New Era

March 2000

Volume 30, Number 3

Contents

• The Message: The Future You
  Elder Lance B. Wickman
  This is the time and the season to make of your life a magnificent work of art.

• Always My Friend
  Becky Prescott
  When I moved to a new ward, I found a good friend sitting beside me.

• Can I Be Forgiven?
  Name Withheld
  I was devastated. I had accidentally taken a life. How could I go on?

• Warm Up
  Maria Zeller
  When I prayed before my race, my answer was better than a first-place trophy.

• Everyday Heroes: Moving Mountains with Toothbrushes
  Kathleen Pederson Whitworth
  The Downey family spent a year in Tonga, where their service brought brighter smiles.

• Idea List: Are You Prepared?
  Darrin Lythgoe
  How do you help your family get prepared for and stay safe during a disaster?

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  My family is getting ready to be sealed in the temple. Could you help me understand the sealing process so I will be better prepared?

• Mormonad: Make Yourself Useful

• Lives under Construction
  Barbara Jean Jones
  With new temples under construction, the youth in Brazil are building good lives to be worthy for temple work.

• Marking My Place
  Kathryn Moore
  My answer was right before my eyes. It was in the Young Women theme.

• Top of the Morning
  Janet Thomas
  In Dublin, early-morning seminary was just the start of a great friendship built around gospel values.

• The Long and Short of It
  Marcie JoEllen Matthews
  I cleaned out my closet and got a new attitude with my new wardrobe.

• About Sara
  Rebekah Lowe
  Sara could have been left out, but the Young Women drew a circle that took her in.

• Of All Things

• Fiction: Full Circle
  Anne Bradshaw
  When you make the right decisions, sometimes things you thought you had lost are returned to you.

• Mormonisms

• I Never Looked Back
  Cameron McCoy
  Step by step, one young man’s life was guided to the gospel and Church service.

• We’ve Got Mail
  Letters to the editors

• Poem: Night Music
  Dianne K. Reese

• Photo of the Month
  John Ramuno

Cover: Priscila Fernandes Castelo, 16, visits the site of a new temple being built in her hometown of Campinas, Brazil. See “Lives under Construction,” p. 20. Cover photography: Barbara Jean Jones (front), stock photography © Photodisc (back).