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Elva

Basic Info​

  • Location: San Antonio, TX
  • Role/Occupation: Adjuster at USAA
  • Family: Ida Villavicencio's aunt (10 years older than Ida), married to Jaime, ex-husband is Google recruiter
  • Met: Through Ida Villavicencio at her home (January 3, 2026)

Personal Background​

Elva is Ida Villavicencio's aunt, approximately 62 years old. She is the daughter of Mary (the healer who spoke in Castilian Spanish during trances) and granddaughter of Chinda/Wendita Chinda (who performed spiritual cleansings and lived to 103). She carries the family's spiritual heritage and has witnessed supernatural encounters throughout her life.

Spiritual Experiences​

Dark Spirit Encounter (Mother's Passing):

  • When her mother passed away, Elva was asleep but praying
  • "This thing in black came to visit me... moving right over me"
  • She chased it away with prayer without fully waking
  • Her husband Jaime tried to wake her: "What are you talking to?"

Snake Vision:

  • Saw someone spiritually "give her a snake coming in her house"
  • Called Ida to bless the house
  • Never experienced it again after blessing

Family Heritage​

  • Mother (Mary): Healer who went into Holy Spirit trances speaking Castilian Spanish she never learned. People came from all over town for prayer, healing, and guidance. Recognized by healing priest Father Diorio who felt her presence and called her up to help him minister.
  • Grandmother (Chinda/Wendita Chinda): Healer who performed cleansings using plants and leaves while praying. Lived to 101-103 years old. "Doctor said she never got sick because she ate a lot of hot sauce."
  • Great-Grandfather: One of the first Methodist preachers in the United States, killed by arrow while ministering pueblo to pueblo.

Key Testimonies Shared​

Daughter Giselle's Deliverance (2009):

  • Daughter was in bad relationship with boy treating her wrong for 3 years
  • Asked Ida to pray over Giselle
  • Ida said "Give it two weeks"
  • In exactly two weeks, Giselle stopped talking to him "cold turkey"
  • Giselle's explanation: "I don't know. I just don't have any interest in him"
  • "That's unexplainable because my daughter had been with this guy for like three years"

Father's Healing Journey:

  • Father was paralyzed and taken to healing with Father Diorio
  • Her mother (Mary) was felt by Father Diorio when she walked in the room
  • He called her up to help him minister

Skills & Interests​

  • Hairstyling (did Ida's hair for Nori's wedding)
  • Self-taught: "Everybody, when I started working my job and then people would tell me, hey, you're a hairstylist"

Generosity​

  • Known as "extraordinary giver" in the family
  • Made 100 sandwiches to take downtown to homeless
  • Gives $10 bills to homeless even with uncertainty: "I hope he doesn't use it for drugs, but here goes"
  • Ida learned generosity partly from watching Elva

Book Recommendation​

  • Recommended "One Minute with God for Men" for addiction/transformation
  • Shared testimony of woman whose addicted son was completely transformed by reading it daily

Transcripts​

Transcript IDDateSummary
2026-01-03-gary-ida-elva-spiritual-heritage-healing-testimony2026-01-03Shared family healing heritage, daughter Giselle's deliverance testimony, personal spiritual encounters with dark spirits

Notes & Observations​

  • Deeply connected to family's spiritual heritage
  • Practical faith: witnesses to supernatural through family lineage
  • "What you see is what you get" about Ida
  • Dislikes AI phone systems at work: "I fricking hate calling attorneys that have robots"
  • Catholic church attendee