New Era

August 2003

Volume 33, Number 8

Contents

• The Message: Recognizing Answers to Prayer
  Elder Richard G. Scott
  Just talk to your Father. He hears every prayer and answers in His way.

• Web of Friendship
  Elder Richard H. Winkel
  Reaching out in friendship helps us all grow taller, straighter, and stronger.

• A Day on the Battlefield
  Buckley Condie
  Teens in the Wilmington Delaware Stake learned how a long-ago war prepared us for the restored gospel.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  Why doesn’t the Church make a list telling me exactly what I can and can’t do?

• New Era Poster: Clean Up Your Act

• It’s Just Hair
  Juli Housholder
  Losing my hair was my biggest trial.

• Talk All You Want
  Don Carlos Vidal
  Just talking led to believing.

• Branching Out
  Shanna Ghaznavi
  In the Dauphin Manitoba Branch, being spread out doesn’t mean these teens aren’t close.

• Open the Circle
  Jan Pinborough
  Pull in those who need a friend.

• Of All Things

• Soaking Up Seminary
  Katie Bliss
  Every day for four years? How much was there for me to learn?

• The Extra Smile

• Gospel Classics: The 10-Cent Solution
  Elder Sterling W. Sill
  Honesty, even in small things like the price of a soda, builds character.

• Home Sick for Camp
  Lara Ellertson
  I turned to my father for a blessing when I was too sick to go to camp.

• From the Field: Keep on Pedaling
  Scott Creer
  We felt we should pedal even faster. It put us in the right place at the right time.

• What’s in It for You

• We’ve Got Mail

• Poem: Perfection
  Heather Ohern Hemsley

• Photo of the Month
  Emily Lim

Cover: Even though miles separate Tyson Ulrich from his friends, he feels united with the youth of the branch in Dauphin, Manitoba. See “Branching Out” on p. 26. Cover photography: Shanna Ghaznavi (front) and Kelly Larsen (back).