2009

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?

    • Raising the Standard of Virtue

    • The Church in Uruguay

    • Spreading Happiness in Alabama

    • My Favorite Scripture

  • 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

The Extra Smile
July 2009


“The Extra Smile,” New Era, July 2009, 33

The Extra Smile

Our stake had a service project for Pioneer Day where we shoveled pathways around a local lake. One sister noticed her children complaining about the work and asked them, “Do you think the pioneer children complained the whole time they were on the plains?”

Her six-year-old spoke up, “Oh, Mom, the pioneers didn’t have planes!”

—Carolyn A., Arizona

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