SO STOKED!

Hey guys!

Wow, kinda crazy to think that we are all in different states/countries right now! I'm glad everyone had safe travels. I was so happy to get your little email, Elder Nissinen! I hope you are surviving your first week there :) Looks like Europe is sooo fun mom and dad! Thanks for the pics!

This week started off a little slow, but it picked up quick and this past weekend was awesome! We had some really cool things happen. 

This is Alex Schloo! She lived in the Forest Grove Stake for 4 years and knows the Sharp's, Brother Burke, and the Knapp's. It was really fun to talk about Forest Grove
and stuff with her :) SMALL WORLD.

We have a Sister's Conference this Wednesday in Bloomington, and it's basically an all day conference for all the sisters in the mission! There's gonna be speakers and crafts and fun stuff. I'm excited! Transfers are also this Wednesday for sisters. Hermana Hopkins will be leaving and my new companion will be....HERMANA HUDMAN! I can't wait! She is my mission best friend!!!! It's going to be an awesome transfer. I'm so lucky I get to stay in Rochester. This place is the best.

This is Anna! She is the lady that makes all of the food at Salvation Army where we do service.
She is really sweet and is a great cook

Last night we had the church tour for all 5 of the Rochester wards... SUCCESS. We got it put in the newspaper, handed out a ton of flyers, and told everyone about it. We had quite a few nonmembers come and it was awesome. On Saturday, I told all of the missionaries in the Rochester wards that for every flyer they handed out, I would do a pushup! Haha I can't remember how many I had to do, but it was a good motivation to get them out. Church tours are a really great opportunity to introduce people to the church.

Alexis and us at the church tour!

Renee came to church yesterday! She is so so sweet. She actually lives in the 4th ward area, so we will be passing her off to the elders this week but she is one of my best friends. Her and I have a great relationship and even though we won't be teaching her anymore, I'm definitely still gonna hang out with her. 

Sweet beautiful Renee, my amazing friend

We met a lot of people this week from South Sudan. They really are the nicest people and when we go over to their apartments, they just always offer and give us their food. They are so humble and sweet. Haha this family from Iraq invited us into their apartment on Saturday. They kept speaking to us in Arabic and we were like "Uhhhh we literally have no idea what you are saying" lol. But then the grandma brought us Arabic tea and we tried telling her we couldn't drink it and then she was so confused. So she brought us out really gross warm milk and I just felt so bad so I had to drink it but it was horrible! It's actually really really cool to meet people from all over the world though.

Sweet Alexa :) I love her so much! She is returning back to church. She also lives in a fancy apartment
 and we went outside and ate dinner.

I'm so excited for this new transfer and everything it has to bring. It's gonna be SO AWESOME😊

Hermana Elias' birthday party

Good luck this semester Jacob, Kim and B! And Elder Nissinen, buena suerte😉 Work hard this week and stretch yourself, but remember not to be too hard on yourself and get discouraged. I'm so excited to hear about su compañero y sus maestros y la comida y todo! Go treat yourself with a Bueno Bar today from the tienda :) 

Our family is seriously the best. We are so blessed. 

Love Hermana Nissinen