From July 2007 to the present time, the mission president and wife are President Ross H. and Sister B. Heidi Marchant of the Holiday Salt Lake City Stake. Prior to his call as mission president, President Marchant had been employed by Farmers Insurance for 32 years handling death and serious injury claims resulting from automobile accidents. He had also been the lobbyist working with the Utah Legislature and the Department of Insurance that regulates all insurance in Utah. As a young man, he received his mission call to the Singapore Mission, but shortly after the name of the mission was changed to the Southeast Asia mission. After serving a couple of months in Singapore, he was sent as one of the first six elders to begin missionary work in Indonesia. Elder Ezra Taft Benson had dedicated Indonesia for the preaching of the gospel a few months earlier. President Marchant arrived in Indonesia in January of 1970 and served in Jakarta, Bandung, and Bogor. His past Church experience includes branch executive secretary, counselor in a bishopric, ward clerk, ward Primary teacher, and stake mission president. He was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, and graduated from University of Utah majoring in finance. He met Sister Marchant at a wedding breakfast and they were married in Salt Lake Temple about 10 months later. They are parents of 8 children – 4 boys and 4 girls. All of their sons and one daughter have served missions – they ALL went to Spanish speaking mission. They have 9 grandchildren.

Sister Marchant was also born in Salt Lake City, Utah, attended University of Utah and graduated with a degree in Medical Technology, and has served as a family extraction worker, stake Relief Society secretary, ward Primary president, counselor in a Relief Society presidency, and Relief Society compassionate service leader. After their children were born, Sister Marchant worked one night each week in the bloodbank at LDS Hospital, but spent most of her time as a homemaker where she enjoyed raising the children.

From July 2004 to June 2007, the mission president was President Dean C. Jensen. He and his wife, Margaret Jean Jensen, were members of the Mesa Arizona Salt River Stake. Prior to their call as mission president and wife they had served missions together in Jakarta, Indonesia; Oaxaca, Mexico; and Jameson, Missouri. As a young man President Jensen served as a missionary in the Northern Indian Mission. President Jensen’s past Church experience included stake clerk, stake executive secretary, stake Young Men president, high council, bishop and scoutmaster. He graduated with a BS degree in Business Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and operated his own construction firm for 30 years building custom homes, commercial/industrial buildings and restaurants. He was born July 14, 1946 in Boise, Idaho to Weldon Tolman and Roma Condie Jensen. He and Sister Jensen were married in the Mesa Temple in 1967. They are parents of 7 children and have 13 grandchildren.

In addition to their service as missionaries, Sister Jensen had served as counselor in a stake Young Women presidency, stake missionary, ward Relief Society president, Young Women president and Gospel Doctrine teacher. She was born in Safford, Arizona to Grover Lamro and Margaret Elaine Russell Hoopes.