Liahona

March 2007

Volume 31, Number 3

Contents

• For Adults

  • IFC

    Family Home Evening Ideas

  • 2

    First Presidency Message: The Gift of Compassion

    President Thomas S. Monson

  • 25

    Visiting Teaching Message: Become an Instrument in the Hands of God by Listening to and Following the Promptings of the Spirit

  • 26

    Home, Family, and Personal Enrichment around the World

    Connie D. Cannon

  • 32

    Having Faith in God’s Timeline

    Catherine Edwards

  • 41

    Lessons from the New Testament: Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life

    Elder Won Yong Ko

  • 44

    Latter-day Saint Voices

    • Pen Pals and Referrals

      Brittany Jones Beahm

    • Never Too Late

      Sylvia de Moscui Maldonado

    • Speaking the Language of the Spirit

      Sergio Adrián López

    • The First of a Thousand Souls

      Norie Tsubaki Murae

  • 48

    Comment

  • N1

    News of the Church

• For Youth

  • 9

    Poster: Missionary Training Center

  • 10

    How to Prepare to Be a Good Missionary: An Interview with Elder M. Russell Ballard

  • 16

    A Day in the Life of a Missionary

    Adam C. Olson

  • 22

    Gifts to Bring Home from the Mission Field

    President Gordon B. Hinckley

  • 36

    From Friends to Sisters to Companions

    Rebecca Mills Hume and Brad Wilcox

  • 38

    If I Had Known at 19 …

    Roger Terry

• The Friend: For Children

  • F2

    Come Listen to a Prophet’s Voice: Be More Forgiving

    President Gordon B. Hinckley

  • F4

    Sharing Time: Try, Try, Try

    Elizabeth Ricks

  • F6

    From the Life of President Spencer W. Kimball: Reading the Bible

  • F8

    Friendship Bracelets

    Jennifer Rose

  • F11

    Honest Morgan

    Vicki H. Budge

  • F12

    Coloring Page

  • F13

    Special Witness: I Just Received the Gift of the Holy Ghost. How Can I Feel the Influence of the Spirit in My Life?

    President Boyd K. Packer

  • F14

    Friend to Friend: Missionary Friends

    Elder Gary J. Coleman

  • F16

    Trying to Be Like Jesus: CTR Rings in the Principal’s Office

    Rebeca F.

On the cover: Front: Photograph by Welden C. Andersen. Back: Photograph by Craig Dimond.

Inside back cover: The Lord’s Harvest, by Marilee Campbell. May not be copied.