Cambios...:)

Hola Familia!!! 

What a wonderful experience it was to see my beautiful family yesterday. I love you sooo much! I also have the worlds greatest mom so special late mothers day shout out to you. I have some exciting news! So last night I got a call from our mission president and he told me I was being transferred to the worlds largest capital for spam...Austin Minnesota! I am excited for one last big challenge. It will be a challenge because I am white washing the area again (that means both missionaries have never served there and we both get put in together.) My companion is not from American I am not sure where she is from. haha her name is sister sow. Also We are going to be speaking 3 languages...spanish, english and koran i will also be helping her with english! President Forbes said that he knew I could do it and can count on me so we will see how that goes. It is going to be one BIG adventure. I am also a little sad to be leaving all these wonderful people I love here in Rochester I will miss it soooo much but that is how life rolls on! :) 

So this week we were out of our area for a whole day up in Bloomington for mission leader conference and we were with our president for a while and that was really fun! 

We really focused on Bertha and getting her all spiritually geared up for her 10 day trip. She will be getting back the 18th and is getting baptized on the 20th of june. So we wanted to help her really understand the importance of her own spiritual growth even while we can't be meeting. She is still trying to give up coffee and is doing a lot better. Her daughter who she is visiting really likes coffee so she said its going to be really hard to say no. So we role-played with her and she had the perfect response! Her faith is growing so much! 

This past weekend me and my companion hna rawlins (so sad to leave her after 4 transfers) decided we were going to fast to find a new person who we can set a baptismal date with. We tried to set a date but we didn't. However we found some amazing people! We went to this ladies house who used to meet with the missionaries and found out she is super prepared now. She had told us how her and her husband have read the whole book of Mormon and how her favorite book of ours is the for the strength of youth. In fact it touched her so much she shared it with her mom and her mom shared it with her sister who was strangling who is 19. They loved the standards in there so much they searched for the church and have now been going for 2 years. Deborah is this ladies name. It is amazing to me to think of the first missionaries who went over and were inspired to share that with her. She then followed the spirit that it brought and it is changing her families lives. Those missionaries were probably honestly sad that Deborah didn't get baptized but they also probably dont know how much good they did. That's what happens when we open our mouth or from one of the people we were teaching this week let go and let god. We have to let him in. We choose what role he plays in our life. 

Rita and her family continue to do well. I will miss them SO much. I have really grown to love that family. It has been so fun to teach the whole family together. Especially because they want to learn. I am excited for the sisters to keep teaching them and I know good things are in there future. 

We got caught in the rain on a number of occasions this week .One time It started to sprinkle and as we were walking I asked hna rawlins should we chance it or go back and get an umbrella. Of course she said chance it. So by the time we ended our lesson outside was pouring like someone had just turned on the shower over head and we ran in our skirts through the puddles to the car. It was great. Never chance the rain here :)

I dont have  more time to write today because I have to go enjoy my last days in Rochester and pack.

I love you all very much and appreciate all of your support. My favorite part of the call yesterday with the family is when they told me that all have my back because we are one big team. I am so lucky to be apart of that team. We are also so lucky as a whole to be coached by the master and creator of all. 

Make it a fabulous week and enjoy every moment!!!!!!!!!!!

xoxox

Hermana Pentelute

Pics:
1. Bertha's grand daughter Sophia LOVES wearing my name tag. 
2. Rita and Elizabeth on Mothers day.
3. Driving up in the Roch van to Bloomington