Mrs. Wendy Elvir Teaching Minds, Shaping Hearts.

Some people make everything around them better simply by the way they live and the testimony they carry. Ms. Wendy Elvir, our middle and high school Language Arts teacher and 11th-grade homeroom teacher, is one of them.

Since joining Jubilee in 2023, Wendy has become deeply loved by students and their families—not just because she’s an excellent teacher, but because she listens, encourages, and points them toward Christ.

The Lord has placed a special fire in Wendy’s heart, and she shares it with her students. We recently saw that influence through an outreach project with our 11th-grade students at Hospital Escuela, the largest public hospital in Honduras. What began as a senior-year community project became something much greater than community service. Wendy encouraged her students to step outside their comfort zones and spend time with patients and families, bringing hygiene kits, lunch, laughter, prayer, and the Gospel.

For me, teaching is just a small part of my work. Before becoming a teacher, I was already commanded to make disciples. That’s why I try to work with my students as they learn about the Lord. After three years of being the 11th-grade homeroom teacher, I feel nothing but gratitude.

Mrs. Wendy Elvir

But the students didn’t simply show up that day. They prepared their hearts first, fasting and praying twice a week for more than two months as a group, asking the Lord to prepare them for the people they would meet.

When the day came, our students entered the hospital with confidence in the Lord, praying with patients and families facing incredibly difficult circumstances. They shared what they had prepared, but most importantly, they shared hearts surrendered to Christ.

I felt nervous at first, but God helped me. I was able to see a very difficult situation in that place, but I also saw an opportunity to help by bringing food and other supplies. More than just giving them words of encouragement, God allowed me to pray for them and speak words of blessing over their lives.

Christopher Fonseca -11th grader

Mrs. Wendy is the kind of teacher who sees her classroom as an opportunity to shape hearts and raise young people who are willing to serve others and share Christ wherever they go. What a blessing to have teachers who not only teach a subject, but live their faith and inspire the next generation.

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