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!!!

Sunday, December 18, 2011

The Gospel Brings Families Together

Rachael Touwnaar and Deniz Lont

18 December 2011

Amsterdam

Sister Jeffs, Rachael, Deniz and Sister Larsen

Rachael and Deniz are two great sisters. We had a miracle experience meeting them. We had had an appointment in their area that fell through, so we decided to go look up their mother, who was baptized about a year ago. Happily, she was home and she let us in. We shared a message with her, and at the end, she said, "Can you come back next week? My daughters want to follow the baptism lessons." We came back the next week and met the two girls.

We set up a calendar with them in which they would learn all the missionary lessons in four weeks. They were super excited, and every time we came and taught something, they would run and get the calendar so we could cross it off. They loved reading the Book of Mormon and began praying together as a family. From the very beginning, they looked forward to the day of their baptism. This last week leading up to their baptism was one of the happiest and most exciting for them. They are excited to be baptized and coming to church!

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