 The Young Ambassadors were the first organized group to represent The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) or BYU in the Soviet Union.In a 1991 speech at BYU, Dallin H. Oaks discussed how the Young Ambassadors overcame the challenges of trying to perform in China in 1978.The challenges were due to the lack of diplomatic relations between China and the United States at the time and the fact that United States tourists were not welcome there.