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“What Is True Repentance?”

The article by President Kimball in the May New Era, “What is True Repentance,” was most inspiring and will be very helpful to me in my work as a bishop in counseling those who need repentance.

Bishop William O. Lyda
Kimberly, Idaho

Nonmember missionary

I am not a Mormon—yet. I heard of the Church from some of my friends a few years ago. The bishop here in town encouraged me to get the New Era. I love it! Some of my friends whom I am trying to interest in the Church want me to get pamphlets for them, and they also want to read my New Eras. A Mormon friend said I should go on a mission. I don’t think my parents would like me to be a missionary right now, but even so one of my friends was baptized last month with a little of my encouragement. How do you think I’m doing?

Carolyn Cook
Kinston, North Carolina

Terrific! Editor.

Pass the ammunition

Thank you for the spirit that the New Era brings to the Cumorah Mission. On our zone conference tours, we take each missionary in the mission a New Era. It’s almost as if they come to zone conference to pick up their New Eras and then to go proselyting. If there aren’t enough New Eras to go around, we always receive feedback requesting extra copies. The missionaries read them and then pass them on to the people they are teaching. The New Era works wonders in opening the eyes of teenage investigators.

Elder Alan Holt
Cumorah Mission

For the love of “Charly”

I just finished reading “Charly” in the June New Era. I also enjoyed “Home Cooking” in January. Jack Weyland writes the kind of stories that I like to read. One question: Is Brother Weyland an “oldie” with unbelievable insight into youth, or is he a young, wise, talented writer?

Jackie McMurdie
Hyrum, Utah

Brother Weyland is a professor of nuclear physics at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City. He is in his early 30s, married, the father of three children, and serves in the bishopric of his ward. Editor.

I really appreciated the story “Charly” in the June issue of the New Era. I met a girl much like Charly while staying with cousins in Iowa. Along with the other things we did, we managed to fit in a trip to an amusement park. One month after we parted I was baptized into the Church. There are many people I’d like to thank for my conversion, but of them all she had the most influence in changing my life. Her letters have greatly strengthened my testimony. I would like to thank Brother Weyland for this great story, and I hope it has touched others’ hearts as well as mine.

Steven Patterson
Torrington, Wyoming

The Mormon way

We, the LDS Group of the Vacaville Medical Facility, would like to request a courtesy subscription to the New Era. Being in prison, we are very limited financially. Through donated old issues of the New Era we have gained a lot of insight into Mormon doctrine. The magazine has been a great aid to us in many ways. We are a new group here, and our membership is now 50 and growing steadily. Materials such as the New Era have been a great help in bringing men to the Mormon way. We would deeply appreciate your consideration in this request. We are very pleased with the New Era. Its contents are beautiful and spiritually enlightening.

The LDS Group
Vacaville, California

Gift subscriptions are being provided by the following groups: Kaysville Region Special Interest group, Palo Alto Area Special Interest group, Centerville Fourth Ward Aaronic Priesthood MIA. Editor.

The not so distant future

I love the New Era. The selected portrayals of the LDS way of life in America, pioneer and modern, help me (as an Englishman) to appreciate the heritage and upbringing of my missionary companions, most of whom are from the states. The New Era gives me, as a convert, the vision of what the Church will be in Europe in the not so distant future, to which end I am devoting my time and talents.

Elder Philip N. Smith
France-Belgium Mission

Thanks for hard work

Thank you for the New Era. It is a great magazine, and I look forward to receiving it in the post each month. Since Perth, Western Australia, is so far from the States, we don’t get the New Era until late. Only today we received the March issue, and I am glad I can read it now. I am 16 years old as of yesterday and have had the Church and its teachings all my life. I don’t know what I would do without the Church. I feel really blessed to be able to live in Perth, because here I have to strive and work hard to stay close to the Lord. I feel that if I don’t work hard for something, I will never really appreciate it.

Kaylene Poallier
Perth, Australia

Don’t miss the Playmill!

Thanks for printing the great article by Peggy Wiseman on the Playmill Theater. The article and pictures brought back wonderful memories of visiting the Playmill last summer and many summers before. We have a cabin in nearby Idaho, and I try to make it at least once a summer. Last summer my friend and I were so impressed by this group that we stayed an extra day just to see another show. The kids who work there are so excited about their “jobs” that you just can’t help but join in their excitement! My advice to anyone who’s going to be anywhere around West Yellowstone is don’t miss the Playmill!

Becky Rounds
Ogden, Utah

Always on a Sunday

I often read the New Era on Sunday, because the Lord has asked us to remember him on this day, and we should do things that keep us thinking about him. The New Era helps me do this. Of course, it’s still up to me to apply the things I read about.

Nancy Cooper
Portland, Oregon

Just in time!

I have been a member of the Church now for one year, and I still have a lot of questions. Last Sunday I was called to be the teachers quorum president, and I wasn’t too sure of all the duties and responsibilities of a teacher. On Monday I received the May issue of the New Era. The article on the role of the teacher really answered a lot of my questions as did Brother Backman’s answer in Q and A. It came just in time!

Buzzy Johnson
South Pasadena, California

The May issue of the New Era was the answer to my prayers. I was set apart this month as second counselor in the teachers quorum, but I wasn’t sure what my responsibilities were, so I asked my Father in heaven for guidance. It came through the New Era.

Tom Rue
Trenton, New Jersey

My husband has just recently been baptized and ordained a deacon. The May New Era will surely help him understand his responsibilities in the priesthood. We are working toward going to the temple in about a year. I am so very glad to have these publications put out by the Church to help us on our way back to the kingdom of heaven.

Lornie Segoviano
Pasco, Washington

Fantastic fern

Brian Kelly’s article about Stewart Peterson and Where the Red Fern Grows in the April issue was fantastic! I saw the movie, and I want to let Stewart know how much I admire him and the beautiful job he did in the film.

Lisa Passey
Las Vegas, Nevada