Belgium Brussels/Netherlands Mission: Oh Happy Day!

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, February 09, 2010

Oh Happy Day!

Our daughter Caroline and her almost two-year old son Jacob came to visit us before he turned two next week! She was so brave to come alone without her husband. We loved our time together!

Big hugs were in order!

We ventured up to Holland in a snow storm, and stopped to show her Kinder Dyke.

It's a small world! Caroline went with us to Breda, Belgium to meet some of our missionaries during a day of interviews. Elder Stringham's brother went to school with Caroline, and Elder Keith's sister lives in her ward in Highland, Utah.