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!!!

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

The Best Christmas Present Ever!

We got the best Christmas present ever! Our daughter Rachel came from Philadelphia to spend a few days with us! It looks like Santa Claus found Rachel all the way in Belgium! She brought lots of sunshine with her and she loved touring our mission with us.


A trip to Holland wouldn't be complete without stopping at Kinder Dijk. It was beautiful, but a little on the chilly side! We documented this stop quickly!


After interviews in Rotterdam, we spent the 31st of December in a hotel next to the Erasmus bridge. We celebrated the New Year from our hotel window. We welcomed the New Year in a big way!
Rachel was the "Queen" for the day as we celebrated Epiphany. Twelve days after Christmas celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus. In Belgium the bakeries all sale a an epiphany cake, and inside is a special surprise. The one who finds the surprise in their piece of cake is the king for the day. Rachel was the lucky one!

Rachel enjoyed having her dad with us in the evenings. Lots of hugs were in order!

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