Elena Rutiaga

Why I became an SPO Missionary

My freshman year of college I encountered the love of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit in a deeply personal way, and my life was transformed through authentic community cultivated by SPO. Becoming a missionary with SPO is my response to the love God poured into my heart, and I desire to help others experience the joy, freedom, and abundant life found only in Jesus Christ.

Favorite Scripture Verse

“For those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a Spirit of adoption, through whom we cry, ‘Abba, Father!’ The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if only we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.” - Romans 8:14-17

Hometown

Houston, TX