“Contents,” Liahona, Sept. 1999 Liahona September 1999 Volume 23, Number 9 Contents Features Comment First Presidency Message: The Quest for ExcellencePresident Gordon B. Hinckley How the Atonement Helped Me Survive Divorce The Grapefruit SyndromeLola B. Walters Visiting Teaching Message: Turning to the Savior in Adversity The Temple Garment: “An Outward Expression of an Inward Commitment”Elder Carlos E. Asay Old Deseret Village Edified by the SpiritEvanir Cardoso Especially for Youth Mormon Message: Your Home Away from Home They Decided in AdvanceF. Onyebueze Nmeribe Running—But Not WearyAnne Billings Questions and Answers: How Can I Avoid Gossip? Gospel-Oriented Activity Nights Accept the ChallengeElder L. Tom Perry The Friend Sharing Time: We Can Testify of Jesus Christ and His GospelSydney S. Reynolds Trust in the LordRobin B. Lambert They Testify of Him Making Friends: Pablo and Hugo Varela of Waterloo, BelgiumJulie Wardell TestimonyPresident Gordon B. Hinckley Fiction: Mimi’s TestimonyJeanne N. Burgon On the cover: Front: Stilling the Storm, by Ted Henninger; Back: Jesus Asleep during the Storm, by James Jacques Joseph Tissot Inside back cover: The Healing of the Lame in the Temple, by James Jacques Joseph Tissot