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!!!

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Emmanuel Ezugwu Life is Eternally Blessed!


Emmanuel Ezugwu, Rotterdam, September 17, 2011

We found Emmanuel Ezugwu in a park about 3 months ago. He was with a friend who was also interested. Circumstances only allowed us to meet at the home of Emmanuel’s friend. Sadly, the other man cancelled the appointment and then Emmanuel fell through the cracks. A couple weeks later we were looking through one of our old planners and we came across Emmanuel’s name and we could not remember who he was. We called his number and invited him to come to church. He came! A day later we met with him and he accepted the challenge to prepare for baptism. From there on out Emmanuel cruised to baptism. Emmanuel is a religious refugee from Nigeria. Stories of his trials and persecution nearly brought us to tears. And yet, Emmanuel is never one to complain. His understanding of the gospel is crystal clear and has a bright future. He was a 100% church attender from day one and never looked back. One day, two weeks before his baptism, Emmanuel was an hour late for his appointment. This meant that he came at the same time as Lee, one of our Chinese investigators. The lesson with Lee was about the plan of salvation which was a lesson that Emmanuel had already received. Emmanuel assumed the role of a member on joint teach and taught the plan of salvation flawlessly! He felt the spirit of missionary work and put it into action. We were so proud of him! Emmanuel´s baptismal service went so smoothly and it was attended by 10 investigators of the church! We are so grateful that God led us to call Emmanuel back that one day. He definitely taught us more than we taught him. We love you Emmanuel!!

-Elder Osmond and Elder Mickelsen


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