New Era

November 1988

Volume 18, Number 11

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: The Promise
  Elder Devere Harris
  I tried to help but I just couldn’t reach them.

• Mormonad: Have a Choice Experience. Choose to Vote

• Letters from Home
  Ardeth G. Kapp
  Messages from your Heavenly Father are right at your fingertips.

• First Person: Toughest
  Hartt Wixom
  Proving who the best fighter was took on a whole new perspective.

• Mormonisms

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  I have a problem with swearing. How do I clean up my mouth?

• A Champion Again
  Kendra Kasl Phair
  Victory follows catastrophe for gymnast Diane Ellingson.

• The Seasons of Minnesota
  Richard M. Romney
  No matter what time of year, LDS youth are learning and growing.

• My Family: My Dad
  Loren Dean
  See Dad. See Dad work. See Dad play. See Dad love.

• Pen Pals and New Era Snowballs
  Anne C. Bradshaw
  A gift subscription prompts conversions all around the world.

• FYI: For Your Information

• Scripture Lifeline: The Desire of Their Hearts
  Echo Farrow
  My sister would never return. But I found a way I could help her.

• Fiction: A Saving Tackle
  Mark A. Russell
  I wanted to share the gospel with my teammate, but how?

• Photo of the Month
  Aaron Vinck

• Poetry: The Recital
  Ardean T. Loertscher

Cover: Like this lighthouse on the shore of Lake Superior, LDS youth not only weather storms, they guide others to safety. See p. 26. (Photography by Galen Erickson and Richard M. Romney.)