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, August 10, 2010

A Day in the Life of a Missionary

Today was a day I will never forget! I found out first hand what the day of the life of a missionary is like.
I drove to Antwerp and met Sister Holbein and Sister Sharp (exchanges today) and then we went on public
transportation to the Centrum Train Station. There we met an investigator for his first lesson. He is from Africa,
and seems so prepared. He loves the Bible and reads it all the time. He was a little hesitant at first to receive the Book of Mormon, but after reading Moroni 10:4-5 with him , he was excited to start reading it. He is very prepared to receive the Gospel.
Then we got back on the train, and went to Julie’s house. Julie is a member of the Antwerp Ward.
She loves to to go with the missionaries to share her testimony with the investigator.
She is from the Congo, and has a heart of gold!

This is one of the most beautiful paintings I have seen. It was a gift to Julie from her Belgian grandmother.
"The field is white already to harvest."
Julie and I felt like long lost friends after just spending a few hours together!
After leaving Julie's apartment. Sister Holbein saw the train approaching. She took off running to catch the train! Sister Sharp and I ran as fast as our legs would go, but still couldn't catch up with her! (I think she was a long distance runner in her former life!) She held the train for us! Back to Central Station to meet Joseph. Joseph is getting baptized on Saturday, and we escorted him to the church for his baptismal interview with Elder Owens. Oh, my goodness! He is so excited about the church, and can't wait for Saturday! He is from Gambia, and is already sharing the Gospel with his friends! Back on the train. We raced to get the sisters home on time! I hated to see this day end! I love spending time with our sister missionaries! They are about as perfect as they come!


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