Be Careful When You Hit ‘Reply to All’

Yesterday I got an email from my boss about an issue in Sri Lanka. I replied with an FYI about my friend/convert from Sri Lanka who worked for the government and has helped the Church with legal issues there in the past. Unbeknownst to me one of the recipients of my boss’ original email was Elder Hallstrom from the First Quorum of the Seventy and the Asia Area President. He read my email to my boss about my Sri Lankan connection and five minutes later had my boss and myself in his office. He asked us a bunch of questions about the issue and my friend and gave us an assignment to work on. It was a little intimidating but he was really nice. The Area Presidency’s offices are about 50 feet down the hall from mine, guess I better be on my best behavior.

This picture is of the Church’s new multi-purpose building here in Hong Kong. There are three chapels inside that take up floors one through seven. The Asia Area Offices are on floors eight through ten. The top floor is three apartments for the Area Presidency to live in. My boss’ office is the last two windows on the top left (10th floor) before the building gets smaller for the floor where the Area Presidency lives. My cubicle is just outside his office.