office building in Salt Lake City Utah on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Credit: Scott G Winterton, Deseret News, Deseret News

President Nelson, 94, was set apart as the 17th President of the Church on Jan. 14, after serving 34 years in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. In addition to his service as an Apostle, President Nelson is known for his long and esteemed medical career.

His legacy continues “in the lives of many physicians who are cardiovascular surgeons who were trained under his watchful eye,” Elder Gregory A. Schwitzer, a doctor and General Authority Seventy, told the Church News following President Nelson’s call to lead the Church in January 2018.

As a father of 10 children, President Nelson is also known by many as a beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather.

Herain could stop the excitement that was coursing through me and the group I was travelling with.
As the road turned from asphalt to mud, the scenery changed from overgrown forest to lush but bumpy plains. There, in the distance, were wild elephants. I could hear shrieks of joy coming from the jeeps behind me, muffled under the roar of the engines.

My natural instinct would have been to observe from afar, but the jeep driver had other plans as he inched forward, closer and closer, trying to get the best view so we could take photos. This was a photographic safari after all.
Part of me was a little nervous – my mind consumed with the thought that these animals weighed more than the open-topped jeep I was in and