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Pete Fleming

Olive and Pete Fleming
Born 1928
Seattle, Washington
Died January 8, 1956
Curaray River, Ecuador
Nationality American
Education University of Washington
(1946-51)
Occupation Missionary
Religious beliefs Christian (Plymouth Brethren)
Spouse Olive Fleming (née Ainslie)
(Jun 26, 1954 – Jan 8, 1956)
Parents Kenneth Fleming
Greta Fleming
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Peter Sillence Fleming (1928-1956) was an evangelical Christian missionary to Ecuador who, along with four others, was killed while attempting to evangelize the Waodani people through efforts known as Operation Auca. Evangelicalism is a theological movement tradition and system of beliefs most closely associated with Protestant Christianity, which identifies with the Gospel A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. The Huaorani, Waorani, or Waos are native Amerindians from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador (in the Oriente region with some marked differences Operation Auca was an attempt by five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States to make contact with the Huaorani

Early life

Fleming was born in Seattle, Washington. He was taught the Bible from an early age, but claimed he was not a Christian until he was 13 years old after hearing the testimony of a blind evangelist. Blindness is the condition of lacking Visual perception due to Physiological or Neurological factors During his late teens and early twenties, Fleming was known for his knowledge of Scripture and spiritual maturity.

In high school, Fleming earned letters in basketball and golf. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m He was also a good student, graduating at the top of his class.

In 1946, Fleming enrolled at the University of Washington as a philosophy student. See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University He was very driven in college, working part-time and dedicating much time to prayer and Bible study, as well as keeping up on his classes. He was also elected president of the University Christian Fellowship. He went on for his master's degree, which he received in 1951.

Fleming met Jim Elliot during a series of conferences and mountain climbing expeditions arranged by a Christian organization. Philip James Elliot ( October 8, 1927 &ndash January 8, 1956) was an evangelical Christian Missionary to They became good friends and at one time spent six weeks preaching across the country together. Elliot had a great deal of influence on Fleming and was largely responsible for his becoming a missionary and for his breaking off of his engagement with Olive Ainslie, a childhood friend.

Ecuador

Fleming went to Ecuador in 1952 as a part of a two-man team with Jim Elliot. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. After serving on the mission field for a while, Elliot changed his mind about celibacy and got married. Shortly afterwards, Fleming proposed to Olive in a letter, and they were married in 1954.

In September 1955, Fleming joined with Elliot and three other missionaries in Operation Auca, an attempt to reach the Waodani Indians with the Gospel. He was the last member of the team to join, largely because of concerns of his wife. They had only been married 18 months when Fleming was killed along with the other missionaries. The rescue team found Fleming's body floating in the Curaray River. The Curaray River (also called the Ewenguno River or Rio Curaray) is a river in eastern Ecuador and is part of the Amazon River basin His body was identified by a red woven belt he was wearing.

According to reports, Fleming was speared by Kimo, a man who later became one of the first Huaorani converts to Christianity.

Shortly before Fleming's death, Olive had her second miscarriage. Miscarriage or spontaneous abortion is the natural or spontaneous end of a Pregnancy at a stage where the embryo or fetus is incapable of surviving generally defined She soon returned to the United States in order to recover. She eventually remarried, to Walt Liefeld.

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