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, June 19, 2011

Eneida Embraces her New Family

Eneida Silveira, Wassenaar Branch, June 19, 2011

Elder Davies and I (Elder Benson) had received a referral from the Bishop from Leiden (Bishop Prins) of a lady who had been trying to call the church building during the week and also had sent 2 letters to the church building. When Elder McCarlie and Mueller came to Leiden later that week we decided to give the number provided in the letter a call. Eneida answered and told us she would like us to come and begin teaching her as soon as possible. We went over that same night. She had told us she had come in contact with the church here in the Netherlands but she is originally from Brazil. She told that when she went back to Brazil with her son she met with the missionaries and that her son had actually been baptized. Unfortunately she wasn’t able to be baptized at that time and moved to the Netherlands. Several years later she had began trying to find the Church. She was always very happy to have us over. She immediately began coming to church weekly. During our appointments she explained how her life had not been easy. We explained how the Savior Jesus Christ through His Atonement made it possible that we can receive comfort and never have to be alone, because He knows how we feel. She started to become very good friends with many families in the ward and also had become well acquainted with the Tibbitts. Then after the baptismal Interview, she felt unprepared for that Sunday to be baptized (this being a Friday). We told her to pray about it and ask our Heavenly Father what should be done. We had also prayed together that night for her. The very next day Saturday at 7:00 in the morning we receive a call from Eneida asking if it was still ok if she could be baptized on Sunday because she had a dream and feels like she needs to be baptized. Then we came over that afternoon to help support her and so the spirit could strengthen her. Then that Sunday after the first meeting she was very happy and excited for her baptism. Eneida always says, “Now I have a big family.” (Written by Elder Benson)

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