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, February 10, 2012

Nick is Baptized in Leiden

Nick Turkenburg, Leiden, December 4, 2011


Nick Turkenburg is one of those investigators that truly make being on a mission completely worth it. Nick was exposed to the church through Mylei, a girl that he met playing an online video game. Overtime they began to communicate over Skype and during these conversations, Mylei would mention the church and in so doing triggered conversations about what she believed. Eventually the time came that they wanted to meet each other in person, so Nick decided that he would fly over and meet Mylei in Texas. While he was there he began to meet with the missionaries in order to understand a bit more about what she believed. Eventually Nick returned back to the Netherlands but after a short time he decided that we wanted return to the United States to meet Mylei again. After this visit it was time for Nick to return back, But this time he wouldn’t be coming alone. While Nick was there Mylei and him were married and returned to The Netherlands to start their lives together. In June of 2011, Nick began to meet with the missionaries again. At the first of October he decided that he wanted to meet more regularly and from there it was just magic. Nick was so willing to do the things that were needed to gain a testimony and because of that the lord granted him with the help he needed and on the 4th of December he was baptized and a week later was confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

The opportunity of being able to meet with Nick and be a part of this whole process has truly been a blessing for me and everyone involved. Nick was one of those choice souls that our Heavenly Father had prepared to receive his gospel. Because of his willingness to follow the gospel his live is being blessed in almost every way imaginable. Nick is one of those people that you never forget. He is truly a choice son of our Heavenly Father and has a bright future ahead for him on this earth and on into eternity. written by Elder Benson

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