Elder Wan-Liang Wu

When Elder Wan-Liang Wu was 10, his family moved from Taiwan to Bolivia. It was there that his sisters met the missionaries through friends. He began meeting with the missionaries and was baptized at 11.

Adjusting to a new home proved challenging, but he’s grateful for his family’s move. “I lost something to have better things in a better way of the Lord,” he said.

Wan-Liang Wu was born in Taipei, Taiwan, on December 22, 1970, the youngest child of Chang Yung Wu and Bao Guey Lin. He has three sisters and a brother.

After his family’s move to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, they moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, when he was 14. After service in the China Hong Kong Mission, he married Marcela Beatriz Castellani on March 17, 1995, in the Buenos Aires Argentina Temple. They have three children.

He and Marcela owned and managed her family’s grocery store in Buenos Aires. He has worked for the Church since 2007, first in the Meetinghouse Facilities Department and then, in 2016, as the operations and maintenance manager for the South America South Area.

Elder Wu earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa in 2014 and a master of business administration from the Universidad del CEMA in Buenos Aires in 2020.

At the time of his call, Elder Wu was serving as the Chile Antofagasta Mission president. He has also served as a stake president, stake presidency counselor, bishop, elders quorum president, ward clerk, elders quorum presidency counselor, and temple ordinance worker.