Seven mission presidents and their wives have been called by the First Presidency to begin their service about July 1.
Samuel Cruz, 49, Honduras San Pedro Sula Mission; Girasoles Ward, Tegucigalpa Honduras Stake; counselor in the Honduras Tegucigalpa Mission presidency; former stake president and counselor, high councilor, elders quorum president and counselor and seminary and institute teacher. Welfare administrator for the Church. Born in Tela, Atlantida, Honduras, to Jose Santos Cleto Cruz Gallo and Fidelina Alvarado Velasquez Cruz. Married Olga Virginia Pereira, two children.
Sister Cruz is a former counselor in a stake Relief Society presidency, ward Relief Society, Young Women and Primary president and institute teacher. Born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to Paul Teodomiro Pereyra Cordova and Walditrudis Velasquez Perez.
Joel Hunt McKinnon, 62, Canada Montreal Mission; Winter Park Ward, Orlando Florida Stake; high priests group leader; former Area Seventy, stake president and counselor, bishop, seminary teacher and missionary in the French Mission. Former president, HHP Sales Inc. Born in Waco, Texas, to Demar John and Bernice Lillian Hunt McKinnon. Married Genean Hawkins, five children.
Public affairs committee member, Sister McKinnon is a former community relations chairman, spokesman for the Orlando Florida Temple and ward music chairman. Born in Logan, Utah, to Walter Eugene and Paula Fickes Hawkins.
Hal Evan Mickelsen, 61, Russia Novosibirsk Mission; Cherry Ridge Ward, Salem Utah Stake; ward missionary; former stake president and counselor, regional welfare agent, Sunday School teacher and missionary in the Northern States Mission. Retired dentist. Born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Budge Wesley and Ruby May McCurdy Mickelsen. Married Patricia Ann Gabrielsen, six children.
A Relief Society teacher, Sister Mickelsen is a former ward Primary president, counselor in a ward Young Women presidency, seminary teacher, ward missionary and Relief Society chorister. Born in Logan, Utah, to Lyman Conrad Jr and Dorthy Gene Peterson Gabrielsen.
Rodrigo de Lima e Myrrha, 45, Brazil Santa Maria Mission; Pampulha Ward, Belo Horizonte Brazil Pampulha Stake; Area Seventy; former stake president, bishop, ward mission leader and missionary in the Brazil Sao Paulo South Mission. Commercial director, Escadas Sintese. Born in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, to Nelson Myrrha Junior and Emerita Ines de Lima. Married Alessandra Choairy Coelho, two children.
Sister Myrrha is a former ward Relief Society and Primary president, counselor in a ward Young Women presidency, stake choir director and seminary teacher. Born in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, to Newton Rodart and Maria de Jesus Choairy Coelho.
Esteban Gabriel Resek, 40, Chile Rancagua Mission; Progreso Ward, Neuquen Argentina West Stake; counselor in the Argentina Neuquen Mission presidency; former stake president, bishop and counselor, high councilor and missionary in the Argentina Bahia Blanca Mission. Attorney and coordinator for the Church Educational System. Born in Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Deolindo Antonio and Susana Nelly Guereschi Resek. Married Estela Raquel Vargas, four children.
A ward Relief Society president, Sister Resek is a former Sunday School teacher, stake Primary president and counselor in a ward Primary presidency. Born in Rosario, Argentina, to Cornelio and Elvira Haydee Brusatti Vargas.
Lynn Lee Summerhays, 58, Florida Tallahassee Mission; Canyon View Ward, Farmington Utah North Stake; former bishop and counselor, Young Men general board, high councilor, elders quorum president and missionary in the New Zealand Mission. Senior Partner, Tegra Healthcare Properties. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Preston Lindsay and Cleo Margaret Patton Summerhays. Married Ann Frischknecht, seven children.
Sister Summerhays is a former member of the stake Relief Society board, counselor in stake and ward Relief Society presidencies, visiting teaching coordinator, Relief Society and Primary teacher and Young Women adviser. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Reed Lund and Cleone Rich Frischknecht.
Wright Jenkins Thurston, 54, Texas Fort Worth Mission; Northridge Ward, Sandy Utah Crescent Stake; ward Young Men president; former high councilor, stake mission president, ward mission leader, gospel doctrine teacher and missionary in the Italy North Mission. Entrepreneur. Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, to Dick Wright and Mary Lou Jenkins Thurston. Married Janett Henriksen, five children.
Sister Thurston is a former Ward Relief Society and Young Women president, counselor in a ward Relief Society presidency, stake missionary and counselor in a ward Primary presidency. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Clarence Richard and Evelyn Pay Henriksen.
