church outside of Puerto Rico was established in New York City. The church has expanded to Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Canada, Curaçao, Ecuador and Spain. Legacy Juanita "Mita" García Peraza died on February 21, 1970, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Teófilo Vargas Sein ("Aarón"), was appointed Prophet of God. Puerto Rico honored Juanita García Peraza's memory by naming an elementary school after her in San Juan. The house where Mita lived in Arecibo, known as , is on the National Register of Historic Places. See also List of Puerto Ricans History of women in Puerto Rico References External links Congregación MITA official site Juanita Garcia "Mita" article in El Nuevo Día newspaper Video of Mita preaching in 1961 1897 births 1970 deaths People from Hatillo, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican people of Canarian descent Puerto Rican religious leaders Puerto Rican Pentecostals Deified women Converts to evangelical Christianity from Roman Catholicism Converts to Pentecostal denominations