The following 38 new Area Seventies were sustained April 2: Nelson L. Altamirano, 56, Managua, Nicaragua; Manuel Araiz, 56, Mexico City, Mexico; Sergio E. Avila, 41, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Marcelo Bolfarini, 45, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Shayne M. Bowen, 50, Idaho Falls, Idaho; David R. Brown, 48, Colonia Juarez, Mexico; Fernando E. Calderon, 46, Quito, Ecuador; Milton da Rocha Camargo, 47, Santana de Parnaiba, Brazil; Daniel M. Canoles, 49, Santiago, Chile; I. Poloski Cordon, 37, Guatemala City, Guatemala; Federico F. Costales Jr., 43, Baguio City, Philippines; John C. Dalton, 61, Yorba Linda, Calif.; Heber O. Diaz, 62, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Luis G. Duarte, 43, Comayaguela, Honduras; Frerich J. Grts, 61, Dusseldorf, Germany; Ronald J. Hammond, 49, Rexburg, Idaho; Miguel Hidalgo, 56, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico; Patrick Kearon, 43, Clevedon, England; Donald J. Keyes, 54, Uintah, Utah; Christiaan H. Kleijweg, 55, Oorschoten, The Netherlands; Larry R. Lawrence, 57, Clovis, Calif.; Robert W. Lees, 62, Paradise Valley, Ariz.; F. Rene Loli, 55, Lima, Peru; Glendon Lyons, 51, Queretaro, Mexico; Juan A. Machuca, 58, Mexico City, Mexico; Raymundo Morales, 50, Cardenas, Mexico; Brent H. Nielson, 50, Twin Falls, Idaho; Carlos S. Obata, 49, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Alejandro M. Robles, 64, Lima, Peru; Gerardo L. Rubio, 46, Santiago, Chile; Gvido Senkans, 38, Riga, Latvia; Fabian L. Sinamban, 42, General Santos City, Philippines; Dirk Smibert, 49, Queensland, Australia; Hans T. Sorensen, 46, Auckland, New Zealand; Eivind Sterri, 43, Asker, Norway; Miguel R. Valdez, 41, Santa Rosa, Philippines; Gary W. Walker, 61, Eagle, Idaho; Richard C. Zambrano, 38, Arequipa, Peru.
Releases to be effective on May 1, 2005, were announced for the following 37 Area Seventies: Jorge O. Abad, Carlos E. Aguero, Marcos A. Aidukaitis, Gustavo A. Barrios, Rene J. Cabrera, Edison M. Cabrito, Tad R. Callister, Carl B. Cook, Reynaldo L. Cuyong, Jorge L. del Castillo, Benjamin De Hoyos, Lindsay T. Dil, Fred C. Dimaya, Enrique R. Falabella, Roberto Garcia, Larry W. Gibbons, C. Scott Grow, John A. Harris, Merrill F. Higham, R. Randall Huff, Michael L. Jensen, Paul V. Johnson, Won Yong Ko, Wilfredo R. Lopez, Ronald L. Loveland, Jeffrey J. Marchant, Hans H. Mattsson, E. Israel Perez, Holger D. Rakow, Alfonso Ramos, Carlos C. Revillo Sr., Manfred H. Schutze, J. Mitchel Scott, Jose A. Teixeira da Silva, Lowell M. Snow, Guillermo Torres, Roland N. Walker.