My Connection to "End of the Spear"

You may have seen ads for or read about the new movie: "End of the Spear". IMDB's plot summary describes the movie this way:

"End of the Spear" is the story of Mincayani, a Waorani tribesman from the jungles of Ecuador. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are speared to death by the Waorani in 1956, a series of events unfold to change the lives of not only the slain missionaries' families, but also Mincayani and his people.

When I first saw that this movie was coming out, I was surprised. That's because Nate Saint's son, Philip, was my 4th grade teacher. For those paying attention, that's the same teacher who is pretty much responsible for me turning out the way I did. He's the one who first put a monitor and keyboard in front of me (in 1984? with TRS-80's and TI), gave me "adult" responsibilities by tending to the school icerink, put himself at our level by math competitions that *he* competed in (and we sometimes won, legitimately), got us drawing with Mark Kistler's materials and otherwise pushed every kid in that class to do their personal best. In short, the kind of teacher that every kid should have the chance to see up in front of the classroom for a year.

So, I'm pretty excited to see his family's story told on the big screen. I'm not sure if I'll be able to get to the theater any time soon, but I did add it to my Netflix queue as soon as I had the title.