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Courtesy calls made in Indonesia

Published: Saturday, March 13, 2010 | Read story
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Elder Russell M. Nelson greets Mrs. Nurijah Wahid, widow of former president of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur). (Photos courtesy Asia Area public affairs)
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Elder Russell M. Nelson greets Mrs. Nurijah Wahid, widow of former president of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur).
During his recent trip to Indonesia's capital, Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve, joined by Elder Anthony D. Perkins of the Seventy and Asia Area president, Elder Subandriyo, an Area Seventy, and President Ross H. Marchant of the Indonesia Jakarta Mission, visited a senior leader of the Islamic faith and the widow of a political leader. Indonesia is the most populous Islamic nation in the world with more than 220 million Muslims.