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!!!

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Referrals Are Like Gold!

Marielle Houwaart, Den Haag, August 20, 2011

Marielle was quite the miracle! Marielle first came in contact with the missionaries after following an impression after seeing two missionaries in Den Haag ride by on their bikes. That same day after she had seen two missionaries riding their bikes she went onto the internet to look for some kind of support and source of hope. She stumbled upon the church website and found the address of the church in Den Haag. She went that next Sunday to the church in Den Haag, however, the church building there was currently being remodeled so there was no one at the church. They were all gathered at a temporary meeting place at a school. Marielle sent an email to the office of the church here in the Netherlands after discovering that no one was at the church building. We received a referral, via the office a few days later, and immediately called Marielle and set up an appointment. We started teaching her two days later. It was a rather fast 5 week process of teaching and wonderful to see Marielle overcome opposition through her diligent praying and reading in the Book of Mormon. She was baptized 6 weeks after we had first called her. What a miracle! Thank goodness those two Elders were biking by that day when Marielle so desperately needed answers in her life.

(Written by Elder Brockbank)



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