Tis the Season to be Jolly in Rotterdam

The next day we had a repeat performance in the Rotterdam Zone. This is the last Zone Training we had with the Langevelds (left). They have been serving as the Young Adult senior couple over the Young Adult Center in Rotterdam. The Young Adults have love them so much! The Andersons are being trained and have been here for over a month. The Langevelds have trained them well!

President Brubaker's had fun turning gingerbread men into handsome missionaries!
LOVE IS THE KEY!

Missionaries were excited and happy to have this time together to just ENJOY!

"We must cherish each other,
Watch over one another,
And gain instruction,
That we may all sit down
in Heaven together."
Lucy Mack Smith

Blizzard in Nederlands

Hello everyone,

I hope everyone is doing great. We have had a really busy week here. It has snowed almost every day here in Rotterdam, except for yesterday. Saturday was an absolute blizzard. We were kept inside for the first little part of the day because it was so bad. Even the buses were sliding around all over the roads. Scary stuff. The Dutch aren't used to driving in the snow i guess. But we were able to see some success this week. We found out that our friend Adriano had to fly out to Portugal for famliy reasons, so our baptismal date with him has been set back. We were kind of bummed, but it is for a really legit reason. We had a lot of other miracles happen though. There is a man who has been coming to church since before i got here, but he would never meet with us. Well, this past Sunday, the Bishop taught the lesson in the investigators class, and he, Mark, was really touched by what the bishop said and did. So we were able to make an appointment with him this coming week, and the awesome family Croese invited him and us over for dinner next sunday. We were really happy. We had a great time celebrating Sinterklaas. If you don't know what this wonderful Holiday is, then you should look at the mission blog, Sis. Brubaker explains it pretty well. One cool thing, last night, we actually met Zwarte Piet. When i can get a picture set up, i will do let you know what i mean :) Anyways, that is about all that i have to say for this week. Thank you all for your support and your prayers. I want to tell you all the a mission is the best thing i could have ever done. My testimony has grown so much with everthing that i have experienced. I know without a shadow of a doubt that this church is true. I know that the Book of Mormon is true, and that confirmation comes back every time i read a little bit from it. Once you study everything out, and pray about it, God will let you know that it just makes sense. Alles klopt. Ik hoef niks meer te zeggen. Have a wonderful week everyone. I love you all!!!

veel liefs,

Elder Bair

President Brubaker

Dear Brother and Sister Bair,

Sister Brubaker and I wish to thank you for sharing such a fine missionary with us. We admire the diligence of elder Bair to this work. He has developed Obedience, spirituality, and the missionary skills needed to be assigned as a leader in our mission. He has been assigned as District Leader.

Leadership and training of the missionaries in his district will be entrusted to him as their District Leader. His primary responsibility will be to assist them in becoming more effective servants of the Lord. He will become their shepherd and example as they carry the eternal message of the Gospel to the people of these nations. He will be responsible to inspire, motivate, and train them in becoming more effective servants of the Lord.

I am so proud of him and what choices he has and continues to make with his life and I know that he is touching all of our lives in many ways that we don't even know about now. Please continue to write to him and don't be afraid to email me a note or two here and there and I will attach it to my emails. As I have said many times I am sure he is sick of me talking about nothing but soccer (except that he gets to brag about his sisters). But, I am sure he loves variety.

Thanks so much and everyone have a safe and wonderful holiday season.

-Brother and Sister Brubaker