Liahona

October 1996

Volume 20, Number 10

Contents

• Features

• First Presidency Message: The Doorway of Love
  President Thomas S. Monson

• A Book for Eveline
  Teresa Wolf

• A Shield against Evil
  Clyde J. Williams

• The Miracle of My Conversion
  Germaine Emilie Auchatraire-Gay

• Before the Dawn
  Lito Bañez Legaspi

• Ghana: A Household of Faith
  Don L. Searle

• Especially for Youth

• The Pocketknife

• A Positive Note
  Jana Bryner

• All in the Family
  Laury Livsey

• How to Prepare for a Mission
  Casey Null and Aaron Randall Buhler

• We Believe …
  Douglas J. Vermeeren

• Departments

• Comment

• Visiting Teaching Message: Run with Patience

• Mormon Message: Repentance Is Strong Soap

• The Friend

• Friend to Friend
  Rebecca M. Taylor and Elder Han In Sang

• Sharing Time: Honest and Truthful at All Times
  Karen Ashton

• For Little Friends
  “He First Loved Us” Lydia W. Wardell

• Brain Teasers

• Church Words and Phrases
  Laura S. Shortridge

• Fiction: Walking Alone
  Ann Crowder Herrick

• The Signs of Christ’s Crucifixion