The Black Sea Conferences

These past 2 or 3 weeks has been very busy putting together the final touches for the youth and young single adult conference held on the Beautiful Black Sea. Iberostar Hotel complex gave us a good deal with all you can eat buffet bars for breakfast, lunch and dinner in a 4 star resort right on the beach. The young people loved it. The pictures only tell a small part of the story. Our good friend who is the CES Coordinator of all of Eastern Europe, Henry Kosak and our immediate supervisor, Igor Poddubny were there to provide learning experiences for each group. Elder and Sister Gibbons of the Eastern Europe Area Presidency attended and gave us all excellent council to make our choice now, so that when tempted we will already have made our decisions. Missions, marriage, temple marriage, etc were part of the goals we should be making.

Building Bible Sandcastles. The youth and YSA were given the challenge to make something that represented stories from the Bible.

Good friends were made. Ayre and Sevda with the Jorgensens, Andersens, and Sis. Mace.

The youth took a Flight 409 Simulated crash that lead them to the 3 degrees of glory, where they were instructed in the entrance exams to each of the kingdoms.

Young Men and Young Women had separate lessons from the Bennetts and Gibbons on proper behavior and etiquette.

Lots of pictures but they still do not tell the whole story. The testimonies of the participants were increased as hearts were touched by the love they felt and the lessons they heard. The food was great; could not have put more into their stomachs as we fed their spirits as well to capacity. What a great opportunity to share our weekend with the wonderful youth and young adults of the Bulgarian Mission.