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!!!

Friday, May 06, 2011

Leadership Council Meeting in Leiden


By a big stretch of the imagination, we thought it might be possible to hold our Leadership Council Meeting in the new mission office. There were boxes and furniture up to the ceiling two days ago. Even our fearless Tibbitts suggested we meet in the Leiden Chapel for our meeting. But they were responsible for a miracle!!! The office elders and Elder and Sister Tibbitts made it happen!

We were all pleased and excited to finally be HERE!

Missionaries gave their insight and ideas and a list was made of the things that they felt have brought success in our mission.

1. Unity and Love-Elder Bastian

2. Daily contact and Member Involvement- Elder Crittendon

3. Efective Study-Elder Bair

4. Know My Purpose and Using it Daily in Planning-Elder Marshall

5. Utilizing our Own Personality and Talents-Elder Garrett

6. Smile-Having a positive, uplifitng attitude—Elder Crittendon

7. Take Steps out of Comfort Zones and Do Things We Aren’t Used to Doing, Then the Lord is Able to Step in-Elder Sanford

8. Unity with Companion-Every Aspect of a Mission Goes Well –Elder Mickelson

9. Travel Finding- Elder Favero

10. Applying What We Learn-Elder Matthews

11. Teaching Calendar- Zuster Garvin and Zuster Welch

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.
Stephen Covey
"There are few things in life that bring as much joy as the joy that comes from assisting another improve his or her life."
Richard G. Scott - Ensign, Nov. 1997, 35
"There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
"Find Joy in the Journey."
President Thomas S. Monson

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