Belgium Brussels/Netherlands Mission: Leadership Council in Brussels

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, July 09, 2010

Leadership Council in Brussels

It was a glorious morning in Brussels. All the Zone Leaders, office elders, and two of our sisters met at Tervuren Park. President Brubaker felt it would be an inspiring way to start our Leadership Council. This was the first time for over half of the missionaries. We all felt a special feeling as we walked to the dedication site of our mission. President Brubaker shared parts of the dedicatory prayer given by Jeffrey R. Holland in 1997. Each time we come here we can feel the sacredness of this place.

We felt similar attributes of this park to the sacred grove.

Afterwards we all met at the mission home for training by President Brubaker and the assistants. The missionaries' shoes were a bit dusty from our trek in the park. While we were eating lunch President Brubaker and the assistants shined all of the 12 pairs of shoes!