New Era

May 1999

Volume 29, Number 5

Contents

• The Message: Your Sacred Duty
  Elder Dallin H. Oaks
  Aaronic Priesthood holders should understand their sacred responsibilities and act worthily.

• Special Delivery
  Aaron J. Tolson
  Our quorum took the right route to service.

• I Said Yes
  Marilyn Feik
  When asked the golden questions, she couldn’t say no.

• Everyday Heroes: Charlie’s Miracle
  Beckie W. Kearl and Cameron Carr
  Charlie lived long enough to reach his biggest goal.

• Idea List: Making History
  Barbara Jean Jones
  Want to be a part of history in the making? Here’s how.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  I like acting in plays, especially with our community theater, but some performances are scheduled for Sundays. Should I give up participating so I won’t have to perform on Sunday?

• Mormonad: Temper Your Temper

• Friends Four Ever
  Laury Livsey
  True friends in Western Samoa help each other make good choices.

• Super Bike
  Lindy Taylor
  With hardly anything to give, the poor of Bangkok gave her everything.

• Everything IS OK
  Jeanette Waite Bennett
  Meet Adam Harrop, the youngest-ever student body president of Ricks College.

• Think First, Act Fast
  John Bytheway
  Make the decision first; then you’ll do what’s right when the pressure is on.

• How I Know: Leaving Home
  Caroline Hinckley
  Fear departs with the knowledge that Heavenly Father knows and cares.

• Scripture Lifeline: Change of Heart
  Kristin Bowen
  When she stopped worrying about what’s on the outside, the change on the inside brought real happiness.

• The Bulletin Board

• Fiction: The Caretaker
  Mari E. Jorgensen
  Mission impossible? Not with a whole ward to back him up.

• Mormonisms

• Strike from the Sky
  Helen Glissmeyer
  Struck down by lightning, he was sustained by a greater power from above.

• Feedback
  Letters to the editors

• Poem: Skunked
  P. Samuel Anguiano

• Photo of the Month
  Ted Van Horn

Cover: The Church is a dominant force in the life of Justina Tavana, Apia Fifth Ward, in Western Samoa. See “Friends Four Ever,” p. 20. Cover photography: Laury Livsey (front), Tamra Hamblin (back).