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Article: In his father's footsteps: Raised in a missionary family, Steve Saint embodies a story of tragedy and redemption that he tells in 'End of the Spear.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
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- January 20, 2006
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Byline: Mark I. Pinsky
Jan. 20--Christianity preaches forgiveness and reconciliation as bedrock faith. But sometimes -- when an offense is so personal and so grievous -- it may take a saint to put these tenets into practice.
Someone like Steve Saint.
A half-century ago this month, his father and four other Protestant missionaries were massacred by primitive Waodani Indians shortly after their plane landed in an Ecuadorean jungle. Today, Saint is traveling the country promoting a new movie that tells the story of his father and what happened after his death.
Accompanying him is a Waodani Indian named Mincaye, who has become one of ...