What’s Up?

December 2009

Contents
Contents
Are You a Latter-day Saint?
Quentin L. Cook
Postponing Christmas
Arielle A. Sloan
Mary, Sweet and Tender Maiden
Don H. Staheli and Jim Kasen
Do We Know How Much He Went Through?
Yoshihiko Kikuchi
Mormonad: Hallelujah!
Questions and Answers
A Gift of Love
Chastmier Okoro
Why Me?
Elizabeth Quigley
We Three Kings
Wendy Kenney
Unto Us a Child Is Born
An Eternal Perspective
Richard M. Romney
Gifts from the Heart
Joseph Smith’s Prophetic Mission
What’s Up?
Serving Breakfast
Jacob S. Fullmer
For the Strength of Youth: A Brand New Year
Multiplying Their Talents
Ryanne Roberts
Instant Messages
- Caring and Caroling
  Mindy Raye Holmes
- The Unknown Gift
  Misty Vanlue
Fluting Fancy
Julia Woodbury
The Extra Smile
We’ve Got Mail
Quiet as Starlight
By Sharon Price Anderson

What’s Up?

December 2009

“What’s Up?” New Era, Dec. 2009, 38–39

What’s Up?

A-7 (see 1 Nephi 2:5)

B-4 (see JS—H 1:4)

C-3 (see Genesis 30:22–24)

D-1 (see Luke 1:57–60)

E-6 (see Genesis 21:2–3)

F-2 (see Genesis 25:21–26)

G-8 (see Numbers 26:59)

H-5 (1 Samuel 1:20)

“I have had prayers answered. Those answers were most clear when what I wanted was silenced by an overpowering need to know what God wanted.”

President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, “A Matter of the Heart,” New Era, Nov. 2003, 13.

Mothers of the Prophets Quiz

The stripling warriors in the Book of Mormon were brave and good because they followed their mothers’ teachings. We may not know the names of the stripling warriors’ mothers, but we do know the names of a few other righteous mothers in the scriptures. See if you can match these good mothers to their prophet sons.

A: Sariah	1: John the Baptist
B: Lucy Mack	2: Jacob
C: Rachel	3: Joseph (son of Jacob)
D: Elisabeth	4: Joseph Smith
E: Sarah	5: Samuel
F: Rebekah	6: Isaac
G: Jochebed	7: Nephi
H: Hannah	8: Moses

By Shanna Butler

BYU Re:Writing Contest 2010

It’s time to prepare your entry for the BYU English Department writing contest for high school students 9th–12th grades (ages 14–18). Cash prizes will be awarded in the categories of fiction, poetry, personal essay, and critical essay. You can submit one entry per category.

Submit your entries between January 1, 2010 and January 31, 2010 to BYU English Department, 4198 JFSB, Provo, UT 84602-6701. You can get all the rules and a cover sheet at the department Web site, english.byu.edu. Look for undergraduate writing contests. If you have questions, call 801-422-4939.

By the Numbers

3,500,000

Number of patriarchal blessings preserved in the Church History Library. If placed end to end, they would reach from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Kansas City, Kansas.

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My Favorite Scripture
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