Start your home storage. “Two Cans of Corn” (p. 66) shares ways you can be creative in starting home storage when space, budget, or other resources are limited. You might also buy products from a home storage center or ldscatalog.com. The Family Home Storage Starter Kit (item no. 06604000), is a great way to begin.

Strengthen your family. Several articles in this issue focus on building family relationships (see pp. 12, 17, 46, 62). You can find more information on helping your family at www.lds.org under “Home and Family” and then “Building a Strong Family.” You’ll find tips on strengthening marriages, improving parent-child relationships, and much more.

Feature Articles

10

We Were Both Blessed

Jennifer Coleman

Cami didn’t think she needed us, but I wanted to be her friend.
12

Fidelity in Marriage: It’s More Than You Think

Kenneth W. Matheson

The emotional and spiritual aspects of fidelity are just as important as the physical.
17

Questions and Answers

What was the best marriage advice you ever received?
26

Lessons from Liberty Jail

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

God can turn the debilitating prisons of our lives into circumstances that can bring comfort and revelation, divine companionship and peace.
34

Four Talks, Four Lives Changed

How general conference changed these members’ lives for the better.
40

Tangible Testimonies

Heather L. Stock

Images from the Eighth International Art Competition sponsored by the Church History Museum.
46

One Family’s Heritage of Service

Don L. Searle

How did five generations of a family in Paraguay develop a tradition of gospel service?
51

Acting on Spiritual Promptings

A chaplain, a missionary, and a mission president blessed the lives of others when they heeded spiritual direction.
54

The Saga of Revelation: The Unfolding Role of the Seventy

Elder Earl C. Tingey

The history of the latter-day Seventy offers a pattern of revelation for the Church and for individuals, showing how the Lord reveals His will line upon line.
62

The Best Thing I Can Do for Leigh

Name Withheld

Although my sister’s same-gender relationship does not fit in the gospel plan as I know it, I am trying to see her heart as the Savior does.
66

Two Cans of Corn: Home Storage for Newlyweds

Allie Schulte

Newlyweds can begin home storage, even when resources and space are limited.

Departments

Lessons from the Doctrine and Covenants

22

This Is Our Religion, to Save Souls

Elder Erich W. Kopischke

Reaching out and helping is not limited by age, health, time, skills, or financial resources.
37

The Blessings of Sacrifice

Elder Octaviano Tenorio

What inspires God’s children to give up temporal blessings in order to obtain the gift of eternal life?
70

Random Sampler

Emergency preparation, councils for husbands and wives, “can-do’s” for the Sabbath, and making your family a part of “The Family: A Proclamation to the World.”
72

Latter-day Saint Voices

What would you give up for your testimony of the gospel?
76

News of the Church

Do you have a story to tell?

The Ensign invites you to share your experiences with the power of prayer. Tell us about a time you have received an answer to prayer, learned about the nature of prayer and of our relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, or felt the effects of someone else’s prayer. Please label your submission “Prayer” and send it by October 30.

We also welcome other submissions that show the gospel of Jesus Christ at work in your life. You can find this and other calls for articles online at http://ensign.lds.org. Ensign Magazine Writers’ Guidelines are posted on the same page under “Resources.”

You can submit articles through our Web site, ensign.lds.org, or send them to Ensign Editorial, 50 E. North Temple Street, Room 2420, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-0024, USA. Include your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, ward (or branch), and stake (or district). Because of the volume of submissions we receive, we cannot acknowledge receipt. Authors whose work is selected for publication will be notified. If you would like your manuscript, photos, art, or other material returned, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

Gospel Topics in This Issue

Activation, 10, 62
Atonement, 26, 37, 62
Book of Mormon, 74
Charity, 10, 22, 26
Conversion, 34, 72
Faith, 16, 26, 37, 46
Family, 4, 12, 34, 46, 62, 70
Family Home Evening, 39, 69, 71
Friendship, 10, 12
Gender, 4
General Conference, 34
Gospel, 61, 70, 72
Gratitude, 26, 37, 73, 74
Happiness, 17, 72
Holy Ghost, 51, 61, 74
Humility, 12, 17
Jesus Christ, 37, 61, 62, 73
Joseph Smith, 16
Love, 10, 12, 17, 22, 34, 62
Loyalty, 12, 17
Marriage, 12, 17, 70, 72
Missionary Work, 34, 70
Obedience, 17, 46, 61, 66, 70, 72
Plan of Salvation, 37, 73
Preparation, 66, 70
Priesthood, 54
Prophets, 34, 74
Revelation, 16, 26, 51, 54
Sabbath, 70
Sacrifice, 17, 37, 72
Salvation, 22
Scriptures, 62, 66
Service, 10, 17, 22, 46, 51
Seventy, 54
Temples, 16
Visiting Teaching, 10, 61
Women, 4, 10, 46

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