New Era

July 2005

Volume 35, Number 7

Contents

• The Message: The Right Thing at the Right Time
  Elder Dallin H. Oaks
  Trust in the Lord and His timetable.

• If You Listen
  Elder Lindsay T. Dil
  The Spirit can tell you all you need to know. Are you listening?

• Articles of Faith: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost
  President Gordon B. Hinckley
  They are three distinct beings but one in Their divine purpose.

• The Deacon with the Big Smile
  Fay Waldemar McCracken
  Zayne faces his trials with a smile.

• Q&A: Questions and Answers
  I’m 18 and I just graduated. But I don’t know what my next step should be. What should I do with my life?

• New Era Poster: Develop a Good Attitude

• Young Pioneers in Malaysia
  Henry and JeNeal Call
  Malaysian youth see many firsts as they share the gospel in their country.

• Rescued at Camp
  María Espinoza Alveal
  Prayer brought just the help we needed.

• Wrong Roads and Revelation
  Matthew Holland
  Sometimes the Lord takes us down a path we aren’t expecting.

• Penny for Your Prayers
  Shanna Butler
  Little prayers can add up to big change.

• The Cumorah Crew
  Harriet Sutherland
  The Hill Cumorah Pageant work crew build sets and testimonies.

• The Hope of a Missionary
  Tafadzwa Tanjani
  My life is not easy, but I have hope in Christ.

• Idea List: Choose the Right … Media

• What’s Up?

• Nephites in Georgia
  Heidi Owen
  At camp, Scouts learn how it felt to live in Book of Mormon times.

• Wearing Millicent
  Rebecca M. Taylor
  My burden was strapped to my back, but a smile helped lighten the load.

• The Extra Smile

• Instant Messages
  The faith to fly high; losing an enemy; my hero, my dad; not ashamed of the gospel; trials before missions.

• What’s in It for You

• We’ve Got Mail

• Poem: They All Came through in Glory
  Vaughn J. Featherstone

• Photo
  Welden C. Andersen

Cover: Christopher Berrett of West Jordan, Utah, spent several weeks working at the pageant. See “The Cumorah Crew” on p. 30. Photography: Welden C. Andersen (front) and 1998 PhotoSpin (back)