New Era

January 1991

Volume 21, Number 1

Contents

• Feedback
  Letters to the editor.

• The Message: Why Am I Running?
  Elder Angel Abrea
  We can use our agency to act, or we can spend our lives being acted upon.

• A Prayer from the Ghetto
  Debbie Pearce
  The gospel message lifts a girl from an almost hopeless situation.

• Blessing Rosie
  Mary Lou Harward
  He was only 12, but that deacon set a powerful example for the rest of us.

• Everyday Heroes: Secret Granddaughters
  Elizabeth C. Zaleski
  Young women in Parowan, Utah, bless older sisters with a year of service.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  A friend of mine is kind of rowdy and wild. How can I help him change without comingacross as self-righteous?

• Good Teachers Don’t Always Wear Plaid
  Adrian Gostick
  Youth in New England honor their school teachers with a special evening.

• Come Back, Heather
  Heather McPhie
  Her father’s prison sentence isolated her; loving friends brought her back.

• Friends
  Richard M. Romney
  Liisa Roto of Finland teaches dolphins—and they teach her.

• Mormonad: Going Nowhere Fast

• FYI: For Your Information

• Fiction: Your Basic Buffalo, Your Tiny Chipmunk
  Jack Weyland
  When two guys compete for the same girl, friendship decides the outcome.

• Mormonisms

• Wipeout
  Farrah Newbold
  For this family, a pileup in the snow broke the ice.

• Photo of the Month
  Scott Morgan

• Poetry: Bleak Night
  Annette Woodruff

Cover: Young Women of the Parowan (Utah) Second Ward had some mighty sweet experiences when they adopted grandmothers for a year. See p. 12. Cover photography: Jed Clark (front), Peggy Jellinghausen (back).