Elder Duane and Sister Tami Nelson Mission Blog

Australia Brisbane Mission – May 2025-November 2026

We invite you to share our experiences serving as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Brisbane, Australia. We have the privilege of serving as Area Medical Advisor and Assistant for all of the missions in Australia and Papua New Guinea. From May 2025 to November 2026, we will share our fun experiences, growth, challenges, and the joy of serving our Savior.

Transfers…

Written by

nelsoneyes

in


The Brisbane mission has Transfers every six…and on occasion, around Christmas, seven weeks, always on a Monday morning. A Transfer is when missionaries receive notice on Saturday night that they may possibly be moving to a new flat, a new city, the same city but a new District and possibly be given a new companion to work with.

Transfers are often exciting, nerve racking and a lot of work for those missionaries who are moving. Transfers are a time to gather, to see lots of friends, hugs, excitement and meet new people. And yes, it’s common to be nervous around Transfer time. Our Transfers take place in the underground parking lot underneath the Brisbane Temple located at Kangaroo Point.

A typical scene at Transfers. (If you notice, Elder Nelson is leaning against the railing clear to the left. That railing area is where you walk through the double doors and walk up the stairs to the Kangaroo Point Chapel and also out the door to the Brisbane Temple.)

In fact, we had a Transfer this morning, August 31, 2025. Elder Nelson and I were up early to help with picking up missionaries and helping transport their suitcases. Out of our District of twelve missionaries, half of them were transferred. It was very hard to see so many of our wonderful District move on to another area. Elder Nelson and I just LOVE them and we have grown with them and have shared so many wonderful, fun experiences together. They will most certainly be missed! But the amazing thing that happens, as soon as we meet our six new missionaries, we love them also!

August 31, 2025 – Tami with Sister Gomez…she and her husband, President Gomez, are AWESOME mission leaders! They joined our Brisbane Mission the last week of June, 2025. (I absolutely LOVE Sister Kendel Gomez! She treats everyone so special and is a wonderful, smart, beautiful, loving person!)
August 31, 2025 – Our Mission President, Pres. Leo Gomez with our new Mission Financial Secretary, Sister Fiaui, from Hawaii. She arrived in August.

This morning, at 7:45, we picked up Elder Brady (from Georgia) and Elder West (from Utah) and drove to another flat, picked up more luggage plus a guitar, and then drove 45 minutes to the Brisbane Temple. We had our little white car loaded down, haha.

Elder Asay (his back to us with the backpack) is visiting with four missionaries that are getting ready to fly home the next day, July 21, 2025.
Elder and Sister Nelson with Elder Taylor, one of our wonderful missionaries that served in our District, but on this day, we were saying goodbye to him as he was being moved to another city. July 21, 2025.

We gather at the temple parking lot at 9:00 am for about two hours. It is just as fun for us Senior missionaries to see many of the young missionaries, who were once in our District and to visit with them for a few minutes. It is so fun to watch the young missionaries interact with each during these two hours…the Elders ran up to each other and hug, laugh, take pictures and get caught up with friends…the young Sisters do the same hug, laugh, take pictures and get caught up! It is such a fun, joyful experience to watch!

Discover more from Australia Brisbane Mission – May 2025-November 2026

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Comments

Leave a comment

More posts