Belgium Brussels/Netherlands Mission: Zone Conference in Antwerp

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!!!

Sunday, March 07, 2010

Zone Conference in Antwerp

Our first Zone Conference was held in Antwerp, Belgium. The missionaries had prepared well as they studied in Preach My Gospel, Chapter 8. This chapter heading is How to Use Time Wisely. The lessons learned on a mission will be a blessing to the missionaries for the rest of their lives.

Elder Wood and Elder Relitz demonstrated an actual planning session. Afterwards the missionaries asked questions. The missionaries spend a a very important part of their day planning. Every week they spend several hours planning for the upcoming week.

Zuster Driggs and Zuster Erickson shared with all of us a well thought out planning session.

During the lunch break, we were able to have a photo moment, thanks to Zuster Vels. She rounded us all up and we were able to capture all of our zusters together!