Belgium Brussels/Netherlands Mission: Blessings Come In Abundance in April!

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, April 21, 2012

Blessings Come In Abundance in April!

Living in such a beautiful country brought many family members to visit us in April.

We were delighted to have Scott's two sisters and niece come to visit.

Keukenhof was in it's prime!

Our son Jacob and his wonderful wife, Abby were able to come to see Abby's ancestral homeland.

Caroline, our daughter came the next day. She came a few days before her husband Ryan and her active 4 year-old, Jacob.

Words cannot describe our instant love for our dear granddaughter , Claire, President Brubaker had not met yet.

Rachel, our youngest daughter, was able to come for this family reunion in the Netherlands!

Holland's tulips were incredible. We took a day riding bikes through the fields of tulips!

A must on Jacob and Abby's list was to visit Volendam. Abby has photos of relatives who had their family pictures taken here over 70 years ago.
She wanted to add her own family photo to her family album.

Celebrating our Dutch "heritage."

The whole family together in costume. Oh, we had so much fun dressing up!

Jacob Simmons wanted to take his catch home with him!

"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love

and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."

Henry van Dyke

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