Another new Stake created in Brazil

A new stake has been created in Sumaré Brazil. This is the first foreign stake of 2011, the 241st stake in Brazil, and the 9th new stake in Brazil in the past 12 months.  There are now 2,901 LDS stakes worldwide - 1,473 are in the US (50.8%)
www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/New-stake-presidents.html

2 New Stakes, one in California, one in Brazil

2011 brings the first new stake in CA since 2007, California now has 158 stakes, second only to Utah in the US and that is 37 more stakes than exist in Idaho. There are now 1,473 Domestic stakes, and 1,427 Foreign for 2,900 total stakes worldwide. The new California stake is in Lincoln, CA, 25 miles northwest of Sacramento. www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/New-stake-presidents.html   The newly created stake in Brazil is in Fortaleza.  Brazil now has 240 Stakes, 19 more then Mexico.

Riverton, Utah has first reported new stake of 2011

The Riverton Utah Harvest Park Stake is the first reported new stake created in 2011. Utah which had 9 of the 13 domestic stakes created in 2010, now has 547 stakes (or 37%) of the US Stakes.  There are now 2,903 Stakes
ldschurchnews.com/articles/New-stake-presidents.html

Elder Zachary Mittleman receives his Mission call to Concepcion, Chile

Here is what I shared with him:

1)      http://www.mission.net/chile/concepcion/index.php?set_lang=eng& (official mission web site in English or in Spanish)

2)      http://www.cumorah.com/index.php?target=main&wid=46 (LDS Chilean Facts)

3)      https://lds.org/maps/index.jsf?lang=eng#x=find/places&m=google&lat=-36.781792171319246&lng=-72.74871826171875&z=10&t=3&places=meetinghouses,temples&boundaries=selected,missions&assign=wards&find={c:"Concepci%C3%B3n",s:"Bio-Bio",n:"Chile",lat:-36.82601496577263,lng:-73.05484816431999,z:12}  (LDS map with Mission Boundary drawn)

4)      https://cdol.lds.org/cdol/stats/province-stats.jsf?reportId=5&countryId=101 (State/Province Stats of Chile, Biobio has 4 stakes, 17 wards and 6 branches )

5)      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepci%C3%B3n,_Chile (Wikipedia about Concepcion, the city and biobio the State it is in )

6)      http://elderrileyharper.blogspot.com/ (tons of specific Info about a similar Mission just to the south)

7)      http://www.ldsmissions.com/us/index.php?action=mission.info&mission_id=157 (this isn’t as good as mission.net Link #1 above), but has links to other mission web sites)

Enjoy !!

My stats   561,900 Members (more than ½ Million),  74 Stakes, 1 temple (#24 Santiago, Chile - 1983 ) 1 announced temple (#148  Concepcion, Chile - Announced- 10/2009), 421 wards

Rank Country: 1989 1999 2009 Growth '09 (1 yr) 1 Untied States 4,175,000 5,113,409  6,058,907 1.4% 2 Mexico 570,000   846,931  1,197,573 3.4% 3 Brazil 302,000  743,182  1,102,428 3.9% 4 Philippines 213,000  441,359   631,885 2.8% 5 Chile 266,000  502,153   561,904 1.3%

Rank	Country:	% LDS	Region
1	Tonga	45.2%	So. Pacific
2	Samoa (Western)	31.0%	So. Pacific
3	Amer. Samoa	22.5%	So. Pacific
4	Kiribati	11.9%	So. Pacific
5	French Polynesia	7.1%	So. Pacific
6	Marshall Islands	7.1%	So. Pacific
7	Cook Islands	6.7%	So. Pacific
8	Micronesia	3.5%	So. Pacific
9	Chile	3.3%	So. Amer.
10	Uruguay	2.6%	So. Amer.
11	New Zealand	2.4%	So. Pacific
12	Untied States	2.0%	US

First Stake = Santiago (#590) 19-Nov-72 now called Santiago Chile Quinta Normal

First Missionaries 1923