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, February 27, 2011

Golden Couple Embraces the Gospel

Gilbert Iloanusi and Augustina Ikpetha, Antwerpen

February 27, 2011

Gilbert Iloanusi and Augustina Ikpetha were referrals from Grace and
Joseph Tunde (a member family in our ward). After a leak in their home
destroyed Augustina's Bible, she asked Grace to get a new one for her.
We were contacted and gladly accepted the opportunity to bring them a
new Bible. During our first lesson with Augustina, we learned that she
already had a copy of the Book of Mormon, and she slept with it under
her pillow every night because it helped keep the nightmares away. :)
We set up another appointment to teach her and Gilbert about the Book
of Mormon and how it helps us build our relationship with Jesus
Christ. We quickly learned that they were more than ready to accept
the gospel in their lives! :) They usually committed themselves to
living the principle we taught before we had the opportunity to extend
a commitment and were so excited to share how living it increased the
presence of the Spirit in their lives. They progressed super quick and
gratefully accepted the invitation to be baptized a week earlier than
their original date. They were baptized on Sunday, February 27, 2011
by their best friend Joseph Tunde. Many tears were shed as they
expressed gratitude and testimony about how their lives have been
blessed. Afterwards, Gilbert shared their next goal by saying, "In one
year, we're getting married in the Temple!" :) What an amazing couple!

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