Our Great Leader: Russell M. Nelson

I feel like we have not had enough coverage of Russell M. Nelson. I also have a sense of not understanding him very well.

I read the biography of President Nelson by Spencer J. Condie back about when it came about in 2003 or so. That means it has been 15 years.

President Nelson was a very important person in the rise of modern heart surgery. I am not sure anyone who can express this issue eloquently has done it enough coverage.

President Nelson was the moving force behind the expansion of the Church into eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He has also made many, many visits to countries such as Kenya, Mozambique, Ghana and on and on.

Unlike most other current members of the quorum of the 12, President Nelson was never resident outside the US as a general authority. He was stationed in Korea and Japan while working in Army medical during the Korean War, although that was a investigative and moving assignment. He is also fluent in Mandarin. I am not sure what other languages he is fluent in.