New Era

October 1996

Volume 26, Number 10

Contents

• Special Issue: O Canada

• The Message: On Eagles’ Wings
  Elder Alexander B. Morrison
  Want your future to be as great as your potential? Here are some suggestions.

• How I Know: The Power Is Real
  Peter Pomart
  I was a priest, ordaining a teacher. I felt inadequate until I felt the priesthood’s real power.

• Everyday Heroes: All Smiles
  Laury Livsey
  Lindsay Schoen gives up her summers to turn children’s tears to smiles.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  I live in a remote area, my parents aren’t very active, and I have trouble getting to my meetings. How can I feel more involved?

• Mormonad: Save Your Life

• All Are Welcome Here
  by the New Era staff
  Meet some of the LDS youth who make Canada such a great place.

• Back Again
  Debbie Short
  I was looking for my testimony in the right place, but using the wrong method.

• I Remember
  Richard M. Romney
  In Quebec they say Je me souviens. And these LDS youth live up to it.

• FYI: For Your Info

• Fiction: Sink or Swim
  Adrian Robert Gostick
  How could he guide his friend into the Church when he wasn’t sure he wanted to be there himself?

• In Tune: In Days of Old

  Jenny W. Francis

• Friends Forever
  Lisa M. Grover
  Bryce’s LDS friends helped teach him about the Church. Now he’s teaching them about faith and courage.

• Mormonisms

• My Own Witness
  Kalie Hatt
  The struggle to remain worthy really paid off that day in the temple.

• Feedback
  Letters to the editors

• Poem: After a Cold Snap
  Annette Woodruff

• Photo of the Month
  Dwayne Hawryluk

Cover: Léa Dussault, 15, of the Hawkesbury Branch in Quebec, is just one of the terrific Canadian youth you’ll meet in this special issue. See “I Remember,” p. 28. Cover photography: Richard M. Romney (front), Bryant Livingston (back).