Belgium Brussels/Netherlands Mission: When We're Helping We're Happy!

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!!!

Saturday, June 18, 2011

When We're Helping We're Happy!

Elder and Sister Beckstrand are serving in Amsterdam. They are loving being involved with the Young Adult Center. She sent me these pictures. She writes:

I thought you might enjoy seeing these pictures of the missionaries in the Amsterdam District helping the JoVo's with their Day of Service last Saturday. The apartment we were painting is being finished for an elderly sister in the Amsterdam ward. It is in a new senior citizen complex.