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!!!

Sunday, November 07, 2010

A FAMILY Baptized in Zoetemeer

Jenny, Nigel & Richendro Winklar, Zoetermeer, November 7, 2010

We met Jenny on the street while looking for people to teach. We told her we were missionaries and that we had a message and she said I’m in a hurry give me a call, so we did and had a good appointment. We thought she had a lot of potential but then we didn’t see her for 2 months because of work and she cancelled our appointments. Elder Bell went home but then one day Elder Staker and I thought, hey let’s look her up. So we did and got another appointment but this time we made sure to text her the night before. We did that and gave her Alma 32. We showed up the next day and she had read and something was different about her. We then talked about baptism and she said she was ready. We brought out the calendar and made a baptismal date right then and there. Teaching her was so cool to see the change in just in 1 appointment. She was Golden the rest of the time. She came to General Conference and really liked it. Then the next 2 appointments the kids wanted to also be baptized. This was an eventful baptism. It was really cool to think that we could help God in making a difference and teach them in the Dutch language. They have been a real blessing to us and to this ward. Now we have young men and young women in the ward. Jenny is an example of someone looking for something but not knowing where to find it. She continues to read the Book of Mormon everyday. Her family will help change the lives of others. It just goes to show what can happen in just one day of missionary work, finding those elect people. (Written by Elder Staker and Bastian)

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