I am P. Elaine Santillan, originally from Racine, Wisconsin but grew up in Chicago. I came to know Jesus as my Lord and Savior after the death of my firstborn, 3-month-old son died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). The year was 1987. I felt God calling me to missions soon afterwards.

Since then I have served the Lord in the various local churches where he has taken us to. I've been married for almost 40 years. One of those places he took us to was to SETECA (The Central American Theological Seminary) in Guatemala City.

I have worked in different capacities throughout the years such as: nursery, Sunday School Teacher, Kid Church and Kid Mid-week Service layman, Kid Church Pastor, and helped start up a Hispanic Ministry for one of our home churches. I've been a Deaconess, taught Spanish to SETECA short-term Missionary Teams, participated in Medical, Dental and Vision Outreaches and evangelized, when God has given the opportunity, throughout my whole Christian Life. I am a firm believer in using English to evangelize.

In 2020, I found that SEND has a 5-week-TESOL Certificate Training Program in Thailand, with the opportunity to serve at a TESOL Center, and opportunities to serve the Lord in that capacity the world over, as well. 405150