Howdy Y'all!
Spring has arrived, and everything is perfect!
Along with Spring, came my new companion. Her name is Hermana Hunter. She is straight out of the MTC, and super excited for the work. She is from Saint George, UT, and graduated with an associate's in Culinary Arts. She is 21 years old, although, there are some 19 year old missionaries out in the field as well. She is super excited and super enthusiastic to be out on a mission.
I had my first full-length dream in Spanish about a week and a half ago, and Spanish is coming along nicely. I feel like I can finally communicate with the people we are teaching, and not just try really hard, and half-communicate. There are still struggles, and I don't understand everything yet, but it is nice not to have to think about Spanish (most of the time).
Hermana Hunter and I have been having a lot of success in the last few days. It is amazing how much a fresh set of eyes can change an area and help it grow. There are people everywhere, and we are finding lots of people to teach. It is a very exciting time to be a missionary. I know that the Lord is hastening his work, and I am ready to see the miracles. There is going to be so much growth here in little Stephenville, and I am so excited to be a part of it!
During dinner on our first day, we ate with Priscilla and Edna. We got there a few minutes early to help Priscilla finish cooking and preparing everything. We had Pasole! My favorite. And Priscilla doesn't serve hers with the bones still in, which is good! But, even more exciting was that Priscilla had invited her boss and her husband, Francisca and Luis, over to dinner. They aren't members, and we had a great first lesson. They have a ton of potential! I love it when members introduce us to their friends who are ready for the gospel, it is the best! The only problem is that Luis works on a dairy, and they just changed his schedule so that he has to work Sundays, which means that it is going to be hard to get them to come to church.
Hermana Hunter is amazing. We went to campus on Friday, and we had 3 lessons, 2 new investigators, and 1 baptismal commitment within 10 minutes. It was a great experience! 
We had to drop Kenny this week, because he has chosen his Baptist church and I just wanted to curl up in a ball and cry! He is amazing and I know that one day he will get baptized. But now is not his time. 
He has such a strong testimony of repentance and of Jesus Christ, and it breaks my heart that he can not see past his repentance experience of a year ago with the Baptist Church (which was real) and realize that God is preparing him for more. There is so much more for him, and all I want is for him to partake of the fruit of the tree of life.
The exciting news is that Priscilla is probably going to be baptized soon. Isaias moved out (it is a temporary arrangement, but I think that we can make it work), and it means that Priscilla is now living the law of chastity!
Missionary work is the best. One of my favorite talk's was from Elder Anderson. I really love his promise. "I promise you as you pray to know with whom to speak, names and faces will come into your mind. Words to speak will be given in the very moment you need them. Opportunities will open to you. Faith will overcome doubt and the Lord will bless you with your very own miracles." Elder Neil L Andersen Its a Miracle I know that this promise is true and that missionary work moves on the best when members invite their friends to come and see. If every member of the church would apply this promise and seek the Lord's help in sharing the gospel with their friends, missionaries like me will not have to tract door to door. (I don't mind tracting door to door, but there are far less fruits from tracting, then there are from member referrals.)
Y'all have a blessed day now,
Hermana Julie Anna Sanchez
Hermana Hunter and me.
Generations of Missionaries. Hermana Martinez trained me and Hermana Hansen! Now we are each training as well!
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