Steve Saint

Skype session with Steve Saint (Nate Saint's son)

We had the privilege of Skyping Steve Saint (Nate Saint's son) from Florida where he is recovering from a severe accident he had a few months ago.  GRN Ecuador is beginning to work alongside Steve's new ministry called I-TEC (Indigenous People's Technology and Education Center).  Steve has spent many years living with the same Woarani men who killed his father.  They have become his family.  While living with them he was able to see the effects of missions on their community.  The people were becoming dependent on the foreigners and didn't realize they were capable of helping their own people and spreading the Word to others around them.  The goal of I-TEC is to give very basic training to indigenous people in the areas of dental, medical, optometry, fixing mechanical equipment and flying planes.  These skills, combined with the recordings made through GRN, allow the native people to meet the basic needs of others while sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Steve Saint was kind enough to skype with us and welcome us to Ecuador and his facility.  He was encouraged by the work the Lord was doing and the future of these ministries.
He has recently released a new book called The Great Omission and a DVD training series called Missions Dilemma.  Both are focused on what does and does not work in missions and is aimed at changing our perspective on the way we do missions both short and long term.  I've read the book and loved it and Emil and I are currently going through the DVD series.  Our hope is to be able to share it with you at home in the near future.