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!!!

Friday, February 03, 2012

A BIG Birthday Surprise for President Brubaker!!!

Several weeks ago I decided that it was only the right thing to do, even though President Brubaker wanted this birthday to go unnoticed, to celebrate this birthday in a BIG way! So the wheels started turning, and I had all intentions of inviting all the senior couples to a surprise party at the mission home. Elder and Sister Bush offered to have the surprise party in Deventer at the Young Adult Center. Elder and Sister Everton offered to help with the food. All the other senior couples offered to help. Before I knew it , I wasn't even involved in the preparations! All I was assigned to do is get President Brubaker there! I knew I had to come up with a really good plan. I called the Stake President in Apeldoorn, and asked if he could help me. He was a good sport and did just what I asked him to do. He called President Brubaker and asked if he would be able to come to a meeting before Stake conference the next day concerning the Deventer Young Adult Center. I knew President Brubaker's calendar was free, so he said he would be there! On the day of the party, there were a few mild snow flakes in Leidschendam. We left in plenty of time. A trip that normally takes 1- 1/2 hours took us 5 hours! I'm so glad everyone made it safely! President Brubaker was all prepared for a meeting, briefcase and computer in hand. He was SO surprised there was no President Hulleman there! Just banners........
And our dear senior couples
To make this a very memorable birthday!
We all enjoyed a delicious authentic Thai dinner......President Brubaker's favorite!
We have been so incredibly blessed to have devoted, faithful, happy, amazing senior couples as our examples of tirelessly serving and going the extra mile to bless the lives of our missionaries, investigators, and the young adults and members! We love them so much!
President Brubaker felt it was okay to have a 60th birthday after all! To top the evening, Elder Everton had gathered pictures of all the senior couples and made a very memorable slide show. Enjoy!


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