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==Joaquín Esteban Costa : General Authority Seventy==
  
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[[Thomas S. Monson|Thomas Spencer Monson]] was  [[FAQ: The Passing of Mormon Prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckley|sustained]] as the 16th President of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] on April 5, 2008, following the death of President [[Gordon B. Hinckley]].
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==Solemn Assembly==
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'''Joaquín Estaban Costa''' was born on 8 March 1965, in Concordia, Entre Rios, Argentina, to Graciela M. Fassi and Eduardo J. Costa. He was baptized in 1988 after beginning to date Renée Beatriz Varela who had served as a missionary in Chile. They dated for another year after he was baptized, and were married in the [[Buenos Aires Argentina Temple]] on 29 September 1989. They are the parents of two sons and two daughters.
  
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There’s an air of anticipation that fills the air in weeks, days and hours before General Conference, which intensifies when a new prophet and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is sustained by the general membership of the Church (Mormons). Such was the case today, April 5, 2008, in light of the 178th Annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ.  
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He received his Bachelor Degree in Economics from Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1987, and his Master of Business Administration from [[Brigham Young University]] in1994. He has worked in the banking industry in his native Argentina, the Czech Republic, the Sultanate of Oman in the Middle East, and for a multinational investment banking and financial services corporation (Citibank) in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of his call as a [[General Authority]] [[Seventy]], he was working in Lima, Peru, with MAJ Invest, a Danish investment firm. His duties focused on microfinance.  
  
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Individuals, families, and extended families gather together in their homes, meetinghouses, and, in Salt Lake City, on Temple Square in the newly built [[Conference Center]], refurbished [[Tabernacle]] and Assembly Hall--to glean spiritual knowledge, direction, vision, and replenishment to guide them in coming months. Donned in spring colors and in the shadow of the [[Salt Lake Temple]], thousands of Latter-day Saints gather at the feet of modern apostles and prophets just as those early Christian saints listened to the early apostles and the Savior at the gates of the temple, in meetinghouses, and on the shores of Galilee.  
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Elder Costa has served in several callings in the Church including [[Bishop]], [[Counselor|counselor]] in a [[Stake President|stake presidency]], counselor in a [[Mission President|mission presidency]], [[High Council]] member, and Area Seventy. He was serving as a member of the Fourth [[Quorum of the Seventy]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in the South America Northwest Area when he was called as a General Authority Seventy. He was sustained as a General Authority Seventy during the Saturday afternoon session of the 186th Annual General Conference on 2 April 2016.
  
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Such a meeting, in which the President of the Church is sustained, along with his two counselors, is referred to by the Lord and Mormons as a “[[Solemn Assembly|solemn assembly]]." In this spring conference, the solemn assembly occurred in the first session of the Saturday morning April 2008 conference. Thomas S. Monson, Henry B. Eyring, and Dieter F. Uchtdorf were sustained as the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Below is Elder Costa's message given during the Sunday afternoon session of the 187th Annual General Conference on 3 April 2017 in English and Spanish.
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For Mormons, standing and raising their hands to the square as a symbolic gesture of their choice to sustain the newly called prophetic leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a privilege and a historic spiritual moment.  By assignment, each group of members is called to stand and share their sustaining vote of the new First Presidency. As Mormons believe and witness that the Lord calls and foreordains these prophets, seers, and revelators, there is a joy and rejoicing in watching His hand move forward His work on the earth.
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==Thomas S. Monson: Background==
 
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President Monson had previously served as First Counselor in the [[First Presidency]] of the Church to President Hinckley. President Monson was called into service for the Church at a young age—he was called as a bishop at twenty-two, as a counselor in a stake presidency at twenty-seven, a mission president at thirty-one, and an apostle at thirty-six.
 
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Born on 21 August [[1927]], in Salt Lake City, Utah, to G. Spencer and Gladys Condie Monson; Thomas S. Monson grew up during the Great Depression, which shaped in him, a character of compassion. When he was seventeen, during WWII, Monson joined the U.S. Navy. However, the war was soon over and he was able to enroll in classes at the University of Utah, where he graduated with honors and a business degree in [[1948]]. On October 7, 1948, he married Frances Beverly Johnson. They eventually had three children, two sons and a daughter.
 

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Joaquín Esteban Costa : General Authority Seventy

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Joaquín Estaban Costa was born on 8 March 1965, in Concordia, Entre Rios, Argentina, to Graciela M. Fassi and Eduardo J. Costa. He was baptized in 1988 after beginning to date Renée Beatriz Varela who had served as a missionary in Chile. They dated for another year after he was baptized, and were married in the Buenos Aires Argentina Temple on 29 September 1989. They are the parents of two sons and two daughters.

He received his Bachelor Degree in Economics from Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1987, and his Master of Business Administration from Brigham Young University in1994. He has worked in the banking industry in his native Argentina, the Czech Republic, the Sultanate of Oman in the Middle East, and for a multinational investment banking and financial services corporation (Citibank) in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of his call as a General Authority Seventy, he was working in Lima, Peru, with MAJ Invest, a Danish investment firm. His duties focused on microfinance.

Elder Costa has served in several callings in the Church including Bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, counselor in a mission presidency, High Council member, and Area Seventy. He was serving as a member of the Fourth Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the South America Northwest Area when he was called as a General Authority Seventy. He was sustained as a General Authority Seventy during the Saturday afternoon session of the 186th Annual General Conference on 2 April 2016.

Below is Elder Costa's message given during the Sunday afternoon session of the 187th Annual General Conference on 3 April 2017 in English and Spanish.

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