YSA Conference in Khabarovsk

August 12-15, 2009 we attended a YSA Conference in Khabarovsk. There were about 20 YSA from the mission in attendance. With leaders there were about 35. It was held a camp about 30 minutes out of town. It was raining like crazy the whole time. It caused most of the activities to be held in doors, however it ruin anything. Everyone had a great time. The mosquitos were out in abundance. Even with the repellant we got bit. We held a workshop on leadership skills. We used the example in Alma 55 where Captian Moroni sends Laman up to the enemy and gives them lots of wine. They all get drunk and then they are able to send weapons over the wall to the prisoners and in the morning when the guards awake they realize they are surrounded. Rather than killing them, Captain Moroni simply frees the prisoners. We likened it to the qualities of a good leader. Then we had them figure out how to get their group threw a "mine field" in order to capture the enemy. They had a great time trying to figure it all out. Thanks to the 30 plus years at girls camp.....we were able to put together a fun, hands on activity. They had a great talent show. President Pratt did his awesome magic tricks and played his harmonica. Everyone enjoyed. We also spoke at a fireside. My topic was on "choosing the right". I gave up trying to do it in Russian and used a translator. Who knows if we will ever get the language down!