District YSA Activity

Our YSA Center hosted a district activity with YSAs coming from 5 different cities.  Because they must travel long distances using trains, buses and the metro system to get here it's not easy to get these young people together very often.  The day started with breakfast followed by Institute class.  Then there was a break to play games while we set up lunch.

We set up a potato bar and for most of them it was the first time they had seen anything like it.  They seemed to enjoy it but we found it interesting that they put all the ingredients on their plate separately.



After lunch they played games and worked on the service project.  Then there was a fireside with our District President, Brother Doru, speaking to them about temple marriage and families.  Because they had so far to travel home the dance started at 5:30 and ended about 8:30pm.  They had a good time listening to the music and playing with the balloons.

The service project was writing letters to the missionaries that are serving from Romania and Moldova..  There are 12 serving at the present time with about 4 more who have either received their call or are waiting for it.



We felt like the event was a success with so many young people coming to the Center and enjoying each other's company.  There were 8 non members that came which was a bonus.  Most of them came to Church the next day and some are meeting with the missionaries.  We loved seeing our Center full of young people.

Our YSA committee members did an outstanding job of planning, organizing, and carrying out this wonderful activity.  It's not easy when everyone lives so far away.

Cleaner Shrimp



We love the missionaries that serve here and they perform a very important service for us.  Have you seen the episode on Animal Planet where Jeff Corwin is sitting on a dock wearing a tuxedo and eats a huge meal?  Then he strips off the tuxedo and is wearing a wet suit.  He puts on diving gear and drops into the water.  He goes to the bottom and finds a cleaner shrimp which he puts into his mouth.  That shrimp then cleans all the food off his teeth.  It is so awsome to watch!  Well, our missionaries are kind enough to clean up leftover food after our activities so we don't have to carry any food back across the street.