Today it was announced that the new President and Companion of the Spain Barcelona Mission will be Craig D. and Laurel E. Galli. They will report to the mission on July 1, 2018.
Craig Galli was born and raised in Reno, Nevada by Peter and Dorothy Galli. From 1978 to 1980, Craig served in the Spain Seville Mission where he gained a strong testimony of the Savior and love for the Spanish people, culture, and food.
Lark Evans was born and raised in Salt Lake City’s historic Gilmer Park where she was blessed by the examples of wonderful LDS teachers and leaders. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Utah and master's degree from BYU, both in English.
Craig and Lark met in Washington, D.C. while attending the BYU Washington Seminar Program. After graduation, they moved to New York City where Craig attended law school at Columbia and Lark finished her master’s degree. They then moved to the Washington, D.C. area where they raised their three daughters and Craig worked for the U.S. Department of Justice. A fourth daughter was born in Salt Lake City in 1993.
Their daughters Rachel, Ariel, Hannah and Laurel are married, finishing school and rearing their families; Craig and Lark have seven grandchildren. Rachel served a mission in Italy and Laurel in Alaska. Their sons‐in‐law served in Venezuela, Portugal, Singapore, and Paraguay.
From 2013 to 2015, Craig and Lark lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Craig served as the Area Legal Counsel for the South America South Area under Elder Walter F. Gonzalez.
Craig is a partner at the Salt Lake City office of the law firm, Holland & Hart LLP, and has taken a leave of absence to teach fulltime at BYU Law School where he teaches Corporate Compliance, Business Ethics, and Environmental Law.
New Mission Boundary Alignments
"Mormon Newsroom reported in October that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would adjust the number of its 421 missions to better fit the needs of each region of the world. Today (February 1), the Church announces boundary realignments for 19 missions, as well as the creation of five new missions. With the changes there will be 407 missions.
Changes to mission boundaries are common. Since President Thomas S. Monson announced in 2012 the change in the ages for missionary service, the Church has created 76 new missions to accommodate a surge of growth in only a few years, from 58,000 to 88,000 missionaries. The initial wave of missionaries has since receded to about 68,000 missionaries, as anticipated.
Fewer missionaries means that not only are fewer missions needed but also a heightened importance of a more strategic placement of missionaries in areas of need around the world; thus the creation of five new missions.
“We want missionaries to be in the best possible place and position to help people, whether through sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ or community service,” said General Authority Seventy Elder Brent H. Nielson, Executive Director of the Missionary Department. “The pattern established by the Savior is to make a difference in individual lives, one by one, all over the world, which requires continuous planning and organizing.”
Details on mission merges will be coming in future communications from mission presidents to parents of missionaries in the affected missions."
https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/mission-adjustments-2018
As part of those changes, the Spain Málaga mission will be dissolved into the Madrid and Barcelona missions. Our new mission boundaries will include all of our current mission area, as well as Elche, Cartagena, and the Canary Islands.
Calli had so many friends that went to Malaga after the MTC it will be interesting to see if any of them get reassigned to the Barcelona mission.
I also read this article about Jeremy Guthrie being one of the 111 new Mission Presidents. He served in Spain and returned right after Calli entered the MTC and did a FHE for the missionaries there. We were excited to hear he and his cute family would be serving in Texas.
Living proof that the Lord likes to work with the simple and weak': Former MLB pitcher talks call to serve as LDS mission president
SALT LAKE CITY — Only four years after starting in Game 7 of the World Series and one year of retirement, former MLB pitcher Jeremy Guthrie is stepping to the mound in a new game.
The 38-year-old Guthrie and his wife Jenny have been called to preside over the Texas Houston Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
A list of more than 100 new mission president assignments, including the Guthries, was released Thursday morning by the LDS Church. The Guthries are expected to begin their 3-year assignment in July in a city recovering from last fall's flooding. In addition to going to a city where Guthrie suited up as a pro baseball player, their mission is also home to the Houston Astros, who claimed the World Series title last season.
Despite his lack of LDS Church leadership experience, Guthrie and his family are thrilled for the chance to make a difference in people's lives.
"We're excited to go to Houston," Guthrie told the Deseret News Friday afternoon. "This is the next three years of our lives. ... I am living proof that the Lord likes to work with the simple and weak sometimes. But hopefully I can be someone who learns well and more importantly, is able to find his direction through the Spirit in all the many tasks that will be placed before me as a mission president."
The Guthries were called in October and learned of their Houston assignment around Christmas. His wife was thrilled, having always wanted to serve a mission but as a young woman instead opted to marry Guthrie. Their children, a 13-year-old daughter and sons ages 11 and 7, were somewhat nervous at the prospect of going to a Spanish-speaking country because Guthrie speaks the language. But the pressure was instantly erased when they received their call to Houston, Guthrie said with a laugh.
"I think they are feeling pretty good about things," Guthrie said.
Since the new mission president assignments were released, the Guthrie family has been overwhelmed by an outpouring of love and support from other family, friends, people in the Houston area and future missionaries with call in hand, waiting to report. One special shout out came from his former BYU coach, Gary Pullins, who lives just outside the Houston South Mission boundaries, Guthrie said.
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