July 2011
Contents
Our Honored Pioneer Heritage
Thomas S. Monson
Exodus 19:5–6
The Answer in Verse Eight
Angelica Nelson
I Will
Cecilia Sorensen
Helping Each Other in India
Charles and Carol Kewish
Questions and Answers
One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Treasure
Andrej Bozhenov
Just Keep Swimming
Adam C. Olson
Mormonad: Gossip
My Mother Lost Her Shoes in the Susquehanna River
Richard E. Ardmore
Temple Walk Challenge
Lynette Randall
Never Alone
Hillary Slaughter
Rodeos and Righteous Living
Elyssa J. Kirkham
To the Point
Why do we have to be completely under the water when we are baptized?
The Holy Ghost is supposed to be our constant companion, but I don’t know that I feel the Spirit constantly. Is something wrong with me?
Is the Church against all video games or just violent ones?
A Leap for My Life
David I. Robinson
What’s Up?
Focusing on Service
The Church in the Philippines
How to Have Clean Thoughts
Jorge G.
We’ve Got Mail
My Grandfather’s Testimony of Tithing
Cecil O. Samuelson Jr.
Loving Words
Sally Johnson Odekirk
Instant Messages
A Second Chance
Stacey W.
Thanks—I Needed That
Noelle-Marie S.
A Simple Example
Jessica B.
Best Lesson
Paul J.
The Extra Smile
How to Share the Gospel
Russell M. Nelson
Under Heat
John Nelson Schneider
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