New Era

November 1989

Volume 19, Number 11

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: The Power of Commitment
  Elder M. Russell Ballard
  Sacrifice for your beliefs is worthwhile.

• Mormonad: Show Your Thanks through Your Giving

• First Person: Please Bless Kathy
  Trina Hazlewood
  They’d been so mean to me. How could I forgive them?

• Everyday Heroes: The Fix-it Boys
  Roger W. Nielsen
  It was more than a ward service project.

• Caught in the Storm
  David G. Lerdahl
  The lives of hundreds of men were in my hands.

• Mormonisms

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  I’ve been counseled to choose friends carefully,but I’ve also been counseled not to judge.What should I do?

• Past Present, Future Perfect
  Richard M. Romney
  Rich in history, French youth look to a fabulous future.

• The Dance
  Debbie Payne
  How I got myself out of the wallflower mode.

• Same Difference
  Ann Laemmlen
  Ways to delight in cultural differences.

• Eighth-String Quarterback
  Steve Young
  Going from the bottom of BYU’s roster to the finest of 49ers.

• Scripture Lifeline: Something in Return
  Kirsten Andersen
  It bothered me that she hadn’t ever said thank you.

• FYI: For Your Information
  Good guesting, new testing, peace festing, and more.

• Fiction: The Windmakers
  Donald Smurthwaite
  There was a mystery in the mountains where we fished.

• Photo of the Month
  John Ramuno

• Poetry: Love’s Voices
  Pat Diane Buckner

Cover: Find out how much you have in common with Violet and other Nigerian LDS youth. See p. 30. (Photography by Ann Laemmlen [front], John Luke [back].)