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!!!

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Missionaries Experience Their First Day in the Field!

Eleven New Missionaries arrived early this morning, the 27th of March! Elder Andrews was the first to greet them...with open arms! We are always so happy and relieved for a safe arrival! Welkom in Nederland! What a handsome group of missionaries!The new missionaries worked with Elder Jones and Elder Klippel on their legality and becoming financially prepared for the rest of their mission!
We all worked up an appetite! We treated the missionaries to their first authentic 'pannekoeken'.
Elder Armstrong and Elder Nish decided to share a dinner and a dessert pannekoeken. When they saw the size they knew they made the correct decision!
Elder Theuson and Elder Stanley were excited to be the first to taste these amazing pancakes!
Elder Farmer appropriately ordered the "Boeren" pannekoeken, which means 'farmer' in Dutch!
Elder Armstrong and Elder Nish decided to share a dinner pannekoeken and a dessert pannekoeken. When they saw the size they knew they made the correct decision!Elder Stanley, Elder Christensen, and Elder Benson were all happy with their choice!
Elder Andrews shared his knowledge of the best pannekoeken to order with Elder Huff, Sister Nielsen, and Elder Harvey!


Elder Harvey, Elder Hansen, and President Brubaker are ready to eat!
Elder Mickelsen and Elder Andrews, and Elder Benson, Elder Jones, and Elder Klippel divided the missionaries into groups and they could hardly wait to have their first contacting experience!
It was a sunny, warm day in Leiden! Perfect weather for contacting!Sister Nielson, Elder Stanley, and Elder Andrews carrried on a positive gospel conversation with a woman who was very interested to learn more!
Elder Jones was able to arrange appointments with all the missionaries today to sign in to the country of the Netherlands. They are all now legal! But it made for a very long day! As soon as they arrived at the mission home, they looked so relieved when I said, "Nap time!"

After dinner the missionaries were anxious find out where they will be serving and who their trainer will be!
Elder Stanley is going to Kortrijk, Belgium and will be trained by Elder McCarlie!
Elder Armstrong is white washing a city with his trainer Elder Li! They will be in Emmen, the Netherlands! Members and the senior couples have been working for weeks to get their apartment ready for them!
Elder Hansen will be serving in the city of Utrecht. He will be trained by Elder Guanuna!
Elder Farmer is going to serve in Lelystad. He is being trained by Elder Merrill!
Elder Christensen will be trained by Elder Wait, and will serve in Assen, which is in the beautiful northern part of the Netherlands.
Zuster Nielson is going to Belgium! She will be trained by Zuster Welch and will be serving in Antwerp!
Elder Huff will be trained by Elder Bickham! They will be serving in Spijkenisse!
Elder Harvey is serving in Groningen with Elder Pitchforth! Groningen is in the furthest most northern part of our mission! He might pick up on a little Gronings language!

Elder Thueson will be serving in the Wassenaar branch with Elder Mortensen!
Elder Sanderson is going to Belgium! he will be serving in Turnhout with Elder Leach as his trainer!
We feel very blessed to receive this strong force of missionaries that has come to our mission! We enjoyed hearing their testimonies and their righteous desires to serve God with all their hearts, might, mind and strength!
"Love is the Key."

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