Eight new mission presidents, called by the First Presidency, have been announced. The new leaders and their wives will begin service about July 1. They are:
Rebeca and Jose Luis Alonso
Jose Luis Alonso Trejo, 44, Mexico Tijuana Mission; University 1st Ward, Oaxaca Mexico Mitla Stake; CES coordinator, physician; stake president and former mission president's counselor, stake mission president, bishop and counselor; born in Cuautla, Mexico, to Luis Juan Alonso Jimenez and Maria de la Luz Trejo Q. de Alonso. Married Rebeca Salazar Ramirez, two children.
She is a temple worker and Young Women president, and former family history consultant, Relief Society president and seminary instructor. She was born in Cuautla, Mexico, to Abraham Salazar Trueba and Trinidad Ramirez Gonzalez de Salazar.
Terrance Stephen and Marvia Lynn Drake
Terrance Stephen Drake, 57, Bolivia La Paz Mission; Mount Rose 3rd Ward, Reno Nevada Stake; obstetrician and gynecologist; North America Southeast (Caribbean) medical adviser missionary, former priests quorum adviser, stake president's counselor, high councilor and bishop. Married Marvia Lynn Brown, six children.
She is a health care specialist missionary in the North America Southeast (Caribbean) Area, Primary teacher, Young Women president and adviser and Primary president. She was born in Los Angeles, Calif., to Edward Rubens and Elizabeth Taylor Burgener McCarty Brown.
Eduardo and Irma Lilia Ferreyro
Eduardo H. Ferreyro Medina, 53, Mexico Mexico City North Mission; Itzimna Ward, Merida Mexico Itzimna Stake; CES institute director; mission president's counselor, regional family history consultant, stake president and bishop; born in Merida, Mexico, to Roque Ferreyro Herrera and Rosaura Medina Perez de Ferreyro. Married Irma Lilia Armendariz Orozco, five children.
She is a temple district family history consultant and former nursery leader, Relief Society president and counselor, and Primary teacher. She was born in Ciudad Madera, Mexico, to Guillermo Armendariz Baca and Maria Ines Orozco Andazola de Armendariz.
Felix Alberto and Juana Maria Martinez
Felix Alberto Martinez Decuir, 45, Mexico Oaxaca Mission; Benemerito 3rd Ward, Mexico City Mexico Zarahemla Stake; CES director at Benemerito (Church college); mission president's counselor, stake president's counselor and high councilor; born in Poza Rica, Mexico, to Eusebio Martinez Leal and Socorro Decuir Gomez de Martinez. Married Juana Maria Pinto Garcia, six children.
She is ward Relief Society president, former Young Women president, stake Primary president and seminary teacher. She was born in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, to Victor Pinto Gonzalez and Ignacia Garcia Rocha de Pinto.
Kent and Nyla Kathrine Petersen
Kent Byron Petersen, 65, Alaska Anchorage Mission; Forest Green Ward, Ogden Utah Weber Heights Stake; president, Petersen Motor Co.; ward activities chairman and temple worker, former stake Young Men president's counselor, high councilor and bishop; born in Logan, Utah, to Byron Herman and Ruth Kathleen Camomile Petersen. Married Nyla Kathrine Nye, five children.
Ward Relief Society president, she has served as ward activities committee co-chairman, stake Relief Society president's counselor, director of bi-stake Laurel legacy and ward music director. She was born in Ogden, Utah, to Clyde Vasquez and Bertha Annie Johnson Nye.
Luciana and Sandro Silva
Sandro Quatel Silva, 38, Brazil Rio de Janeiro North Mission; Pernambues Ward, Salvador Brazil North Stake; CES institute director; stake president and former counselor, district president's counselor, mission president's counselor, stake mission president, bishop's counselor; born in Campinas, Brazil, to Francisco and Nilza Maria Quatel Silva. Married Luciana do Nascimento, three children.
She is stake Young Women president and former stake Relief Society president's counselor, ward Relief Society president, stake Primary president and Young Women president. She was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Izaltino and Esmerinda Lourenco Nascimento.
Ester and Henrique Sergio Simplicio
Henrique Sergio Alves Simplicio, 38, Brazil Ribeirao Preto Mission; Candeias Ward, Jaboatao Brazil Litoral Stake; Church purchasing agent; stake president's counselor, bishop, high councilor and elders quorum president; born in Fortaleza, Brazil, to Jose Lopes and Eunice Gurgel Alves Simplicio. Married Ester Paulino Maia, three children.
She is a Relief Society president, and former counselor, Primary president and counselor and Young Women president's counselor. She was born in Fortaleza, Brazil, to Francisco Rubens de Castro and Elba Paulino Maia.
Soledad Estelita and Miguel Valdez
Miguel Ruanto Valdez, 38, Philippines Davao Mission; Santa Rosa 1st Ward, Cabuyao Philippines Stake; CES coordinator; stake president and former counselor, bishop and counselor and district Sunday School president; born in Quezon City, Philippines, to Camilo Jaime and Consuelo Manglicmot Ruanto Valdez. Married Soledad Estelita Reyes Lopez, three children.
She is a stake Relief Society president's counselor and seminary teacher, and former institute teacher, Young Women president and Relief Society president's counselor. She was born in Caloocan City, Philippines, to Pablo Estrella and Soledad Nava Reyes Lopez.
