Tietjens Down Under: July 2011

Friday, July 22, 2011

Monday, July 18, 2011

We recieved our call to the Sydney Australia Mission on May 12, 2011. It originally stated that we would enter the Missionary Training Center on Sept 26, 2011.
However, our Visa came quickly and because our Mission President needs us to come earlier, we are now scheduled to enter the Missionary Training Center In Provo, Utah on August 22, 2011.

We are serving in the Sydney Australia Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

We will be sharing the message that the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth in these latter days. That in the spring of 1820, a teen age boy named Joseph Smith was searching for the true church of Jesus Christ. He attended many of the churches in his area and was not finding answers to his questions.

One day he was reading in James chapter 1 verse 5 “If any of ye lack wisdom, let him ask of God” After reading this, he determined to do just that and going into a grove of trees near his home, he knelt down in prayer. He at that time received a vision of God the Father and his son, Jesus Christ. He was told that none of the churches upon the earth at that time contained the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ but if he remained faithful, he could be instrumental in the restoration of the fullness of the gospel which would include the restoration of the Priesthood of God that Christ had ordained his Apostles with.

A few years later, he was given the records of the people on this continent which he translated by the power of God. Among other things, they contained the account of Christ's visit to this continent after his resurrection. The records had been gathered and compiled by a prophet named Mormon and hid up until they were given to Joseph Smith in 1829.

In the spring of 1830, he was instructed to organize the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which name was given by revelation.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Sydney, Australia Temple

Monday, July 18, 2011

We are getting excited