The Brubaker Family

The Brubaker Family

President Brubaker and I are excited to be here as the Mission President and companion of the Belgium Brussels Netherlands Mission! We love your sons and daughters, and feel to thank you for the wonderful missionaries you have raised! This is a very unique mission. Our mission includes two countries, and five languages, not including many dialects spoken in the Netherlands. The missionaries are teaching many people from all around the globe. With the help of the Spirit, the missionaries are finding those who have been prepared to receive the Gospel. This is truly the best mission in the world, and we are honored to be a part of it. We will try and take good care of your sons and daughters. We love them so much already!

We have 5 children and 11 wonderful grand children. We have so much fun together! We are grateful for the support they have given us as we prepared to leave for three years. Our home is in Salt Lake City, Utah. We have raised our family in the Millcreek Holladay area. We enjoy many activities together. We are happiest when we are hiking in Southern Utah, cross-country skiing into our rustic cabin in the Uintahs, enjoying a good game of Train or Settlers of Catan, or just being together and sharing a meal with each other. We love our family so much!!!

Saturday, May 29, 2010

A Memorable Senior Outing

Valkenburg is situated in a beautiful part of the Netherlands which is perfectly suited for walks or (mountain) bike tours through the hilly terrain. Valkeberg) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. Elder Salden's brother lives very close, and offered to take the senior couples on an outing they will never forget! Due to our other responsibilities with the Single Adults in Eindhoven, I understand we really missed out! Sister Langeveld describes their day:

Elder Salden is from Limburg and he arranged for his brother to be our tour guide on Saturday, May 29th, in the Valkenburg area. We were so glad that we wore our tennis shoes for the "walk" that was planned! We hiked for nearly five hours past beautiful buildings, churches, houses and caves carved into stone mountains, woods, meadows with gorgeous flowers and wild cows and horses, old farmhouses, and a welcome outdoor cafe. Only a native of the area could show us what we experienced that day, and we'll always remember our wonderful experience.
The Brubakers joined us for a lovely dinner together at a German restaurant, afterwhich we retired to our hotel rooms, happy and tired. The next day was Sunday and we all attended church together in the nearby Heerlen Ward. We were so surprised to see English hymn books and hear the meeting conducted in English! Many military families live in nearby Germany and attend the Ward, thereby making it an English speaking ward. Some Dutch is also spoken there, but most of the local members speak excellent English, too.
Just a little resemblance!

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