Three new stakes have been created.
Belo Horizonte Brazil East Stake, which includes the Brasilia, Guarani, Uniao, Aeroporto, Vespasiano wards, and the Itabira and Bom Destino Branches, has been created by Elder Charles Didier of the Seventy.
Chimbote Peru Buenos Aires Stake, which includes the Buenos Aires, Gedeon, La Florida, Miraflores, San Juan and Villa Maria wards, has been created by Elder Eduardo Gavarret of the Seventy.
Sao Paulo Brazil Casa Grande Stake, which includes the Casa Grande, Cipo, Embu-Guacu, Jardim Campinas, Parelheiros, and Sao Jose 2nd wards, has been created by Elder Ulisses Soares.
New stakes
BELO HORIZONTE BRAZIL EAST STAKE: (Feb. 15, 2009) President — Edison Luiz Schuck Da Rocha, 44, manager at Sandvik Mining; wife, Silmara Nunes Schuck Da Silva Rocha. Counselors — Ricardo Choairy Coelho, 43, director; wife, Adriane Teixeira Ruprigues. Edison Pinto Garia, 55, service manager; wife, Amalia Rozane Siqueira Flores.
CHIMBOTE PERU BUENOS AIRES STAKE: (Feb. 22, 2009) President — Alfonso Anibal Granados Aguirre, 58, retired steel worker and driver; wife, Ruby Emperatriz Ocana Taboada. Counselors — Marco Antonio Franco Magain, 37, sales representative; wife, Maria Elizabeth Avalos Garcia. Nestor Aparicio Gongora Bocanegra, 36, business owner; wife, Evelyn Nora Alegre Jara.
SAO PAULO BRAZIL CASA GRANDE STAKE: (Dec. 8, 2008) President — Antonio dos Sontos Maia, 42, pharmacy manager; wife, Maria Aparecioa Ferreira Dos Santos Maia. Counselors — Elenilson Alves Lopes, 37, inspector; wife, Nadia Alves Oliveira Lopes. Walkennedy Osiris Carneiro, 27, businessman; wife, Ivana De Souza Silva.
Stake reorganizations
KENNEWICK WASHINGTON STAKE: (March 8, 2009) President — Richard Joseph Meyer, 54, director of the supply chain Flour Hanford, succeeding David L. Stapleton; wife, Sally Jo Hart Meyer. Counselors — Clark Paul Beus, 57, quality specialist at Baltelle/PNNL; wife, Margaret Park Beus. Patrick Adams Tolman, 50, vice president of operations at Valmont Northwest; wife, Deborah Ann Bateman Tolman.
MESA ARIZONA SALT RIVER STAKE: (March 8, 2009) President — Bert Lewis Whimpey, 49, area director for LDS Seminaries and Institutes; succeeding R. James Molina; wife, Becky Lee Sperry Whimpey. Counselors — Dean Condie Jensen, 62, president at Dean Jensen Construction Company; wife, Margaret Jean Hoopes Jensen. Michael Aaron Lambert, 41, assistant to the area director of LDS Seminaries and Institutes; wife, Kimberly Ann Larson Lambert.
NOVALICHES PHILIPPINES STAKE: (Feb. 22, 2009) President — Marcelino Cayabo Mata, 35, vice president of sales marketing at Electro Aire Enterprises, succeeding George J. Tobias; wife, Joan Del Pilar Malabrigo Mata. Counselors — Edwin Baskinas Bellen, 50, deputy secretary for legislation in the Philippines Senate; wife, Jacqueline Wong Acuna Bellen. Jorge Henry Deray Macaballug, 44, senior construction division representative at Convergys; wife, Elanor Artiga De Leon.
OGDEN UTAH BURCH CREEK STAKE: (March 8, 2009) President — Laurence W. Beech, 54, president of NSC Properties, succeeding Curtis B. Empey; wife, Gloria Jean Jorgensen Beech. Counselors — Anthony Dean Reynolds, 47, community development director for Roy City Corporation; wife, Connie Thomas Reynolds. Thomas Clark Johnston, 53, general dentist; wife, Mary Jo Olsen Johnston.
PEORIA ARIZONA STAKE: (March 8, 2009) President — David Richard Williams, 38, vice president of Knight Transportation, succeeding Patrick J. Farley; wife, Suzanne Lamb Williams. Counselors — Michael Bruce Miller, 63, retired dentist and current business owner; wife, Edythe Larraine Graham Miller. Darin T. Perkins, 43, director at Arizona State Industrial; wife, Carey Hurst Perkins.
