Instant Messages

July 2009

Contents
Contents
That Is Christian Courage
Robert D. Hales
An Honesty Test
Patricia A. Jacobs and Francini Presença
I Changed My Life in Just 30 Minutes a Day
Andy Jorgensen
Temple Ordinances and Blessings
Amaru Anderson: Her Brother’s Keeper
Sally Johnson Odekirk
Questions and Answers
There’s Always a Way Out
Nicholas Ryan Burk
12 Dancing Stakes
Mindy Raye Holmes
Not by Chance
Michael D. Young
Marching with the Battalion
Arianne B. Cope
Mormonad: Pull Together
From Bottom to Top
Don L. Searle
The Extra Smile
Always Make the Effort
Octaviano Tenorio
What’s Up?
Stepping Up by Stepping Down
Jacob Fullmer and Patricia Farnsworth
Instant Messages
- Beautiful Things Ahead
  Lia McClanahan
- A Chance to Change
  Angel Luis Sanches Notario
Not Just Spinning His Wheels
Sean Johnson
NewEra.lds.org
We’ve Got Mail
Before Their Handcarts
David R. Golden

Instant Messages

July 2009

“Instant Messages,” New Era, July 2009, 44–45

Instant Messages

Left: illustration by Gregg Thorkelson; top: photograph by Garth Bruner

Instant Messages

features personal experiences, insights into favorite hymns and scriptures, and other uplifting thoughts. If you have a personal experience that has strengthened your testimony and you’d like us to consider it, please go to newera.lds.org, click Submit Your Material, and select Instant Messages.

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Beautiful Things Ahead

Lia McClanahan
A Chance to Change

Angel Luis Sanches Notario