DARMSTADT AREA 

YOUNG SINGLE ADULTS

As most of you know, after we served in the Freiberg Temple for the first eight months of our mission, the temple was closed for renovation. We then received a second mission call. The main purpose of our second mission was to work with the Young Single Adults in the city of  Darmstadt. We also served in the mission office one day a week, and as Member Leadership Support in the Michelstadt Branch two days a week. As we near the end of our mission, we are looking back at some of our experiences with the Young Single Adults. The following pictures show some of our fun activities and the special youth we served.

This picture was typical of the meals we prepared for the Young Single Adults two times a week.  Across and next to Dale in the picture is a couple from the Darmstadt Ward, the Winstels, who are assigned to work with us in the YSA program.  They are responsible for Institute and cook every other week or so.  We have become very good friends.

After dinner at Family Home Evening in May, we enjoyed some fun group activities in the Darmstadt church grounds. We had a big family that night - and this was just part of them!

These single adults are still young at heart..

Some of us never grow up!

Some of our sweet girls making decorations for an activity 

This picture and the one below are shots from an Area youth conference the YSA sponsored in Darmstadt.  The theme was Lion King. There were about 300 Young Single Adults from all over Germany, Austria, and Switzerland attended.  Activities included dances, meals, workshops, a trip to the Frankfurt Temple, and physical activities.

We have grown to love these  faithful Young Single Adults

We also felt their love and appreciation for us.

We will never forget the beautiful Spirits they radiate.

These young adults have a very difficult challenge to find their future spouses from a limited number of members. That is one of the reasons for putting a great emphasis on their activities in their own area and across Germany and Europe.  Because they are taught to marry within our religion, some of them go to America to school or as Nannies where the pool of members is larger. However, not all of them can afford to leave home and pay out-of-state tuition in America. Because of their limited choices, most of them don't get married until they are in their late twenties or early thirties. We wish we could gather them up and take them all home with us.