Africa West New Mission Presidents

Ghana Kumasi: 7/1/2021–7/1/2024

Thomas L. Kunz and LaDawn Kunz, seven children, Magnolia 1st Ward, Tomball Texas. Ghana Kumasi Mission.

President and Sister Kunz served as a senior missionary couple in the Sierra Leone Freetown Mission.

President Kunz is a former stake presidency counselor, high councilor, bishop, stake mission president, elders quorum president, Scoutmaster, ward mission leader, and missionary in the Germany Munich Mission. He was born in Rexburg, Idaho, to Leonard Robert Kunz and Elvenia Pazdera.

Sister Kunz is a former branch Relief Society president, ward Primary president, ward Relief Society presidency counselor, ward Young Women adviser, Primary teacher, and ward temple and family history consultant. She was born in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Gareth Elwood Ogden and Arlene Porter Ogden.

Nigeria Uyo: 7/1/2021–7/1/2024

Daniel Abeo and Evelyn Abeo, four children, Chantan Ward, Accra Ghana Ofankor Stake. Nigeria Uyo Mission.

President Abeo is a former stake president, high councilor, bishop, bishopric counselor, branch presidency counselor, elders quorum president, national director of public affairs, seminary teacher and district missionary. He was born in Accra, Ghana, to Jospeh Seko Abeo and Mary Amanobea Asare.

Sister Abeo is a former ward Young Women president, ward Primary president, ward Relief Society presidency counselor, Relief Society teacher and missionary in the Ghana Accra Mission. She was born in Abeka, Ghana, to Lawrence Yaw Mann Dzikunu and Lucratia Mana Kalitsi.

Nigeria Ibadan: 7/1/2021–7/1/2024

Frederick O. Akinbo and Marian Akinbo, four children, Ugbor 2nd Ward, Benin City Nigeria Ikpokpan Stake, Nigeria Ibadan Mission.

President Akinbo is a former Area Seventy, stake president, stake presidency counselor, bishop, bishopric counselor, elders quorum president and ward family history consultant. He was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, to Abraham Akintoye Akinbo and Mogbonjubola Ashake Ogunwusi.

Sister Akinbo is a former ward Young Women president, ward Relief Society teacher and Sunday School teacher. She was born in Irrua, Nigeria, to Ekuyiwolo James Iyere and Christiana Iyere.

Cote d’Ivoire Yamoussoukro: 7/1/2021–7/1/2024

Steven L. Bodhaine and Cheryl L. Bodhaine, six children, White Oak Ward, Apex North Carolina Stake, Cote d’Ivoire Yamoussoukro Mission.

President Bodhaine is a former stake president, high councilor, stake Young Men president, stake Sunday School president, multi-stake director of public affairs, bishop, ward Young Men president, Area public affairs committee member and missionary in the Switzerland Geneva Mission. He was born in Denver, Colorado, son of Larry Bodhaine and Raelene Forsberg.

Sister Bodhaine is a former stake Primary presidency counselor, stake music chairman, ward Relief Society president, ward Young Women president, ward Relief Society presidency counselor, choir director and ward music chairman. She was born in Riverside, California, to George Brooks and Alicia Brooks.