Ensign

August 1993

Volume 23 Number 8

Contents

• Special Features

• First Presidency Message: Counsel to the Saints
  President Ezra Taft Benson

• A Temple to Exalt
  Elder Boyd K. Packer

• Missionaries to the World
  Grant Barton

• Family History Wellspring
  LaRene Gaunt

• Was Our Family Scripture Study a Failure?
  Coleen Bay

• A People Prepared: Latter-day Saints in West Africa
  Marjorie Draper Conder

• A Bag of Apples and a Bottle of Salsa
  Marian Clements Hayes

• By Study and by Faith
  Giles H. Florence, Jr.

• David King Udall, Arizona Pioneer
  Kellene Ricks Adams

• His Faith Began with Physics
  Elizabeth VanDenBerghe

• Regular Features

• Of Good Report: Beneficiaries of Service
  Marie Holt Tsutsui

• I Have a Question
  Meaning of “the gates of hell” in Matthew 16:18 Charles Muldowney
  Magnifying one’s calling as home teacher Richard J. Marshall

• Mormon Journal
  A Purpose Made Known Ernst Jonathan Kaiser, as told to Don Thorpe
  The Perfect Teacher Wendy Evans Udy
  “I Can Give Blessings” Coke Newell

• Speaking Today: Making Memories
  Elder L. Tom Perry

• The Visiting Teacher: Improving Our Communities

• Random Sampler
  Putting the Lid on Cash Flow
  Better Home Evenings—Plan on It
  Home Movies—Starring Our Ancestors!
  The Little Golden Bean

• Portraits
  A Model Family: Renan and Evy Disner
  Grandma Esther: Esther Thalman Darthell Torgersen

• News of the Church