“Contents,” Ensign, Feb. 1996, 1
First Presidency Message: “Be Not Afraid, Only Believe”President Gordon B. Hinckley
Couple Missionaries—“A Wonderful Resource”Interview with Elder David B. Haight
Tommy and the Gumball MachineJean Kitch Ashby
“O How Great the Plan of Our God!”Elder Gary J. Coleman
Helping Families Grow in the Gospel
Once Children Grow UpGarth A. Hanson
Temple Square’s Early Warm WelcomeH. Wallace Goddard
Puerto Rico’s Joyful SaintsLaRene Porter Gaunt
Letting Go and Trusting Heavenly FatherSharon Bradley
On Bended Knee
Discerning Answers to Our PrayersGrant E. Barton
Watering Our Neighbor’s LawnMarilynne Linford
Mormon Journal I Spoke Out for Faith Nina Bazarskaya, as told to Valerie Parker Why Did I Wait? Lorna W. Goodman Forty-four Friends in the Temple José Ojeda Would I Have the Faith to Sustain This Man? Susan Fairbanks Horne The Little Gray Envelope Kim Hofhiens The Gate Lee Christensen
I Have a Question Why Nephi was commanded to slay Laban Rodney Turner Meaning of the word satyr Stephen Ricks Finding accurate information on nutrition Mark J. Rowe
Under the AfghanJan Murray Smith
Portraits
The Visiting Teacher: “A Mighty Power of Healing”
Random Sampler
News of the Church
On the cover: Front: photo by Peggy Jellinghausen; back: photo by Jerry Garns.
Inside front cover: Enos Praying, by Robert T. Barrett, oil on canvas, 24″ x 16″, 1981.
Inside back cover: Genesis of Repentance: Realization, by Wilson Jay Ong, oil on canvas, 30″ x 40″, 1992, Courtesy of the Museum of Church History and Art.