“Contents,” Liahona, June 2000 Liahona June 2000 Volume 24, Number 6 Contents Features Letter from the First Presidency First Presidency Message: Precious Children, a Gift from God President Thomas S. Monson At 90, Still Setting the Pace of Service Words of the Living Prophet Following the Prophet: A Book of Mormon Perspective Clyde J. Williams Visiting Teaching Message: “If Ye Are Prepared …” Latter-day Saint Voices: A Labor of Love The Spirit of Elijah Marco Antonio Panés Spano Finding Joy in Life Igor Burceff When the Lord Opened My Eyes Tayo M. Tuason “Cast Not Away Therefore Your Confidence” Elder Jeffrey R. Holland Especially for Youth Mormon Message: Relationships Are Fragile Line upon Line: Finding Inner Peace Hymn: I Know That My Redeemer Lives Samuel Medley, Lewis D. Edwards, and Ralph B. Woodward See What We Mean Richard M. Romney The Friend Making Friends: Richard and María Layme Huallpa of Villa Lipe, Bolivia Corliss Clayton Fun Page: I Can Draw Pioneer Pictures Pat Kelsey Graham Sharing Time: One of God’s Greatest Gifts Ann Jamison Fiction: “My Peace I Give unto You” Kaye Garner Handcart Pioneer Susan Arrington Madsen New Testament Stories John the Baptist Is Born Joseph and the Angel On the cover: Since 12 March 1995, when he was ordained and set apart as the 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Gordon B. Hinckley has continued to extend his own and the Church’s efforts to reach out to others. Front cover: President Hinckley and his wife, Marjorie, are greeted by a confetti storm in Shenzhen, China, May 1996. (Photograph by Gerry Avant, courtesy of Church News.) Back cover: President and Sister Hinckley seal the cornerstone at the Madrid Spain Temple dedication, March 1999. Below: President Hinckley tours Temple Square with reporter Mike Wallace of CBS’s 60 Minutes, December 1995. (Photography by Gerry Avant and Don Grayston, courtesy of Church News.) Inside back cover: Alma Baptizing in the Waters of Mormon, by Arnold Friberg