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, October 22, 2011

Li Cong Embraces the Gospel in Rotterdam


Li Cong October, 22 October, 2011

Li Cong is amazing. We were led to contact this 23 year old on the street about 2 months ago. Through the quick conversation, we came to find out that he knew almost nothing about God, the goal of life, or life after death. In fact, he had never taken the time to think about those things! He gladly accepted an appointment with us. Through the 8 weeks that we taught him, he was willing to keep commitments. There were no walls that came up. He accepted a baptismal date even when he didn’t know what that meant! But, he stayed with that date. In the beginning it was a little tricky teaching him. Both of us (Elder Osmond and Elder Mickelsen) never had experienced teaching someone with absolutely NO religious background. We had to start with the basics. But since Li was willing to read and pray, he progressed. Li later explained that he was reading with his mind, and not his heart. He was searching for just more knowledge about religion rather than the spiritual side of it. One day Li made the switch. He said he used his heart with the Book of Mormon. Through that, he found so many answers to the millions of questions he had. He soon had no questions at all because the message of the gospel meant the world to him. Through that time, he read the whole Book of Mormon. His testimony of it is unshakeable. He was baptized on October 22nd, 2011. What a strong member he is going to be. Li has the desire to go on a mission, and we hope to see that soon. He will be a blessing to many lives. His biggest desire is to go back to China and share the Good Word to those who haven’t had the chance to hear about it. We love him!


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