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!!!

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

A Week of Blessings

We had an eventful week as we traveled through the mission, interviewing our missionaries. We started in Antwerp. While President Brubaker interviewed one missionary I visited with the companion and taught them about a simple envelope budgeting system. Missions are a time in their lives to learn some basics, and what a perfect time for them to learn to account for their 160 euros a month.
I invited them to try this system for three months, and then we will evaluate. Our missionaries in the Antwerp Zone were excited to give it a try.

Here are our awesome Flemish missionaries!

Bisous is from Sierra Lyon and speaks French and English. After interviews in the Hague,
I had the privilege of going with Sister Reber, Fowler, and Cranford on a joint teach.
I was able to help with the language barrier. It was a joy to teach with the sisters.
There was a joyful reunion with Sister Vels and her parents in the Hague.
Sister Vels completed a successful faith inspired mission, and saw many
miracles happen while she served in her homeland of the
Netherlands. We love you Sister Vels and will miss you!

Sister Stapleton, Sister Driggs, and Sister Garvin are serving together
in the beautiful city of Haarlem.
The elders provided us all with a delicious lunch. They made sure there were no leftovers!
Last but not least, we finished our week in Amsterdam.
They received inspirational training by Elder Sticht.

What a great week we had with our missionaries. We feel it a privilege
to be among young men and women that love their Savior Jesus Christ,
and have a strong desire to find those who have been prepared to receive the Gospel.
They are trying to show more Faith as they present the teaching calendar to their
new invesitgators in the 1st or 2nd lesson. We are witnessing a new energy
and more devotion as they act in Faith.


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