Focus Hawaii Elder Talmage W. Nielsen

Authors

• Lance Chase
• Elder Nielsen
• Sister Nielsen

Files

Description

Hosted by Lance Chase, this episode of Focus Hawaii features Elder and Sister Nielsen, the directors of the Hawaii Temple Visitors’ Center in Laie, who share their remarkable personal histories and wide‑ranging missionary service across the world. Elder Nielsen, a retired surgeon, and Sister Nielsen, an educator with deep cultural and spiritual roots in Utah, reflect on their upbringing, family life, and multiple missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‑day Saints, including humanitarian, medical, and administrative service in South America, Europe, and Eastern Europe following the fall of communism. They describe their current mission at the Temple Visitors’ Center, where they welcome visitors from dozens of countries, share messages of faith in Jesus Christ, and help build bridges of cultural understanding, particularly with visitors from Asia. Through stories of medical service, humanitarian aid, and daily interactions with guests, the Nielsens illustrate how global experience, compassion, and faith come together in their work at one of Hawai‘i’s most visited spiritual and cultural destinations.

Length of Video

00:29:36

File Size

241.3MB

Archives Call Number

22.FH

Air Date

6-17-1998

Keywords

Lance Chase, Focus Hawaii, Elder Nielsen, Sister Nielsen, Hawaii Temple Visitors Center, Laie Hawaii, LDS missionaries, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‑day Saints, humanitarian service, medical missions, temple tourism, interfaith visitors, cultural exchange, Polynesian Cultural Center, global missionary work, religious hospitality.

Disciplines

Religion

Recommended Citation

Chase, Lance; Nielsen, Elder; and Nielsen, Sister, "Focus Hawaii Elder Talmage W. Nielsen" (1998). Focus Hawaii. 58.
https://digitalcollections.byuh.edu/focushawaii/58