Well, life is great here. My greenie
is now training a greenie of her own as waves of new sisters start to hit the
Netherlands and Belgium and I started off as the third appendage/coach of the
companionship and half-way through out first week we got a mini missionary, a
sister who is considering serving a mission and wanted to test it out for two
weeks. Now we're an awesome four-some and get to split-off and get twice
(acutally more like a bajillion times more) the work done which is pretty
necessary and fun. I am just having a blast and living it up while it lasts.
This next week is our last week with the mini and then I have week-and-a-half
and times up! Bitter sweet life. To take advantage of the time I do have we
have some super high goals set and decided to celebrate Christmas in June to
call down some mid-year Christmas miracles. My goal is to leave these two
wonderful green companions of mine with fire and passion for the work and a
great pool of people to work with and our mini with the desire and commitment
to serve full-time. The work we do here is sooo amazing and I love it sooo
much!
This last week we had a zone conference, my last one, so the
other elders who are leaving before the next zone conference and I were asked
to share our departing testimonies with the remaining missionaries. As I stood
before everyone I was so overwhelmed with the love I have for each of them, my
mission, and all the people I have been privileged to meet and help and those I
get to meet in the on-coming weeks. It is such an honor to participate in this
great work of our Eternal Father. I am so humbled that He has trusted and
allowed me to do so for the past year-and-a-half and I feel so blessed to be
given almost a month over that time. I love our God and I love His children and
I am determined to bring as many of them home to Him as possible, carried in my
arms and on my back if I have to. That's my plan for the rest of my mission and
the rest of my life :)
What an exciting and fulfilling commission we have as members of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, members of the House of Israel
and the family of our Lord to help others recognize their worth and potential
in the same great, eternal family! I love my calling and am grateful for the
covenant I have made to teach and preach repentance, redemption, and faith in
the Lord as I help bear others' burdens that they may be light, learn
compassion by mourning with those that mourn and comforting those who stand in
need of comfort, as I "stand as a witness of God at all times and in all
things, and in all places" Heavenly Father entrusts me with, even until
the day I die (and beyond, covenants are eternal) that I may be redeemed of God
as I help others achieve their redemption through faith in Jesus Christ and His
Atonement, repentance, baptism through immersion by one holding the restored
priesthood authority of God, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring
to the end, that we might all together have eternal life. How great is our
calling! I love it and it is the desire of my heart to share it.
I am committed (also known as converted) and know that as I go forward
throughout my life to serve God and bring about His great and eternal purposes
I will be blessed with His Spirit and be led. It's the promise I've made to Him
and He's made to me. What a great and wonderful Eternal Heavenly Father we
have! I sure do love Him and am grateful for the sacrifice of His Son, our
Savior Jesus Christ. This testimony brings me more joy than anything else
I've ever experienced and I know it's the same thing that will bring joy to all
of God's children, our brothers and sisters. Have a great week and spread the
good word!
Tot ziens en veel liefde!!
Zuster Becky Hinchcliff
Mosiah 18:7-11
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