One group of Young Women present their poster
Saturday, November 5, 2005
We had a great time today. Yesterday a local Bishop and his counselor came in to see the President, who wasn't in the office, to see if he could come to their ward youth conference in the nearby hills and give a talk 1 1/2 hour 'workshop' to their youth. The youth were already up there and he wanted the president to come the next day - today. The President and wife were leaving for Bohol early this morning so we got the assignment and it turned out well. The topic was "Encouraging youth to go on missions." We bought poster paper and smaller pieces of bright colored paper and took markers, crayons, scissors, tape, glue, pens, rulers, old copies of the New Era and Ensign from the office. We divided them -32- into groups of five or six and had each group make a poster that would encourage youth to go on a mission. They really liked the activity and made very amazing posters. Afterwards they showed their posters to each other and told about them - then we talked for about 15 minutes - Dad had talked 10 minutes at the beginning. The setting was fine - great view of the city, the youth very fun and cooperative and all of us had a good time. The Bishop plans to display the posters at the upcoming ward cultural activity and to give each group an award for their work. We pray that besides having fun, they also increased in their desire to serve a mission.
