Cheney Free Press -

CHENEY – Elinor Young of Chattaroy will be the guest speaker at 10 a.m. during the Sunday, March 12, service.

“Her story is fascinating and so encouraging in obedience to God’s call on our lives,” church Administrator Carol Campbell said.

According to Campbell, Young grew up on a farm north of Spokane. She contracted polio as a child, and at the age of 12, resolved to become a missionary.

After graduation from Prairie Bible Institute, Whitworth University and Wycliffe Bible Translator’s Summer Institute of Linguistics program, Young worked for nearly 18 years with the Kimyal peo...