It was January 8th in 1956, a long time ago, when five notable missionaries were massacred in Ecuador by a tribe of people that have become known as Auca Indians. It appeared at the time to be maybe the greatest tragedy in missionary history in the Modern Era. Persecution did occur in some places in the world, and there were very dangerous mission fields. But it didn’t seem that anything was a tragic as this particular set of martyrs because they were all so highly skilled and highly trained, so profoundly dedicated to the Lord, and had such tremendous potential.