Name: Roger Youderian
Date and place of birth: January 21, 1924 in Sumatra, Montana. He suffered from polio for much of his youth.
Accepted Jesus Christ as Savior: Autumn 1944
Commitment to missionary service: Autumn 1944, the same time as his conversion
Mission agency: Gospel Missionary Union
Education: 1941-1943, Montana State University, which he quit to join the Army; 1946-1949, Northwestern Schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he trained to be a missionary.
Military experience: Army paratrooper, served in the Battle of the Bulge
Marriage: Barbara Orton in September 1951; they met at Northwestern Schools.
Children: Beth Elaine (1952), Jerry Lee
Experience in Christian work: Served as chaplain assistant while in the paratroopers; helped develop pictures for teaching the Jivaros the written form of their language; Christian witnessing among the Jivaros; attempted to begin a ministry among the Atshuaras (Achuar)
Mission stations in Ecuador: Shell Mera (for language study), Macuma, Wambimi
People among whom he worked: Jivaros, Atshuaras (Achuar) |
