2009

May 2009

  • Contents

  • Contents

  • The Priesthood: A Lifetime of Service

    M. Russell Ballard

  • Valiant in the Cause of Christ

  • Because I Was There

    Janice H. Johnson

  • Keeping Your Head (and Heart) in the Game

    Robert K. Wagstaff

  • Questions and Answers

  • A Letter from My Father

    Courtney Hatch

  • Indexing Mania

    Mindy Raye Holmes

  • A Promise Kept

    Dean B. Clement

  • Michaela and the Marshmallows

    Mary-Celeste Lewis

  • Great Day in Guyana

    Richard M. Romney

  • Mormonad: Rise Up O Men of God

  • I Had Questions

    Michael John U. Teh

  • Don’t Drink the Water

    Dan Barker

  • Scared at Night

    Cambrie Hatch

  • What’s Up?

    • All’s Well That Ends Welsh

    • Hymn Vocabulary #3

    • The Church in Hungary

  • The Lights That Lead Us

    Bryant Marcum

  • Instant Messages

    • A Soft Answer

      Rivka O’Neal

    • The New Era at Work

      Sarah Penman

    • A Small Reminder

      Cameron Nuckols

    • A Hug and a Kiss

      Rose Voigt

  • The Extra Smile

  • Pure Joy

    Sean Johnson

  • NewEra.lds.org

  • We’ve Got Mail

  • Sunlight

    Audrey K. Carlson

The Extra Smile
May 2009


“The Extra Smile,” New Era, May 2009, 45

The Extra Smile

“It’s a campout. … You don’t seriously expect me to sleep, do you?”

Eric Leach

“For the last time, we are not taking the dog and cat to church.”

Ryan Stoker

“Sure we had global warming when I was your age. But we called it nice weather.”

Randy Glasbergen

“Sometimes leftovers are meant to be left over.”

Val Chadwick Bagley