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OCTOBER 2002 a still, small voice telling you what to do? Do you re- The Still, Small Voice member from Primary who the still small voice is?” ama! “I know—it was the Holy Ghost,” Jordan said. Mama! “I’m glad I listened to Him.” MI’m Jordan Jones, age 6 (as told by his Aunt Dawn) sorry I got all Tupelo, Mississippi wet, but Jalen was blowing bubbles in the Fishing Trip pool!” Jordan wo of my brothers, their shouted. friend Kent, and I decided Jordan’s Tto go on a fishing trip. We mother raced were just going to canoe to the outside to find beach, eat, fish, and go back his baby home. At first, things went cousin, Jalen, Jalen Brown and Jordan Jones smoothly. We went to the beach lying purple and ate. But on our way back home, the wind and lifeless on the deck of the pool near the stairs. kept pushing us away from home. I prayed hard, She gathered up his body and began to pat his and finally we got home. I’m glad Heavenly Father back. Jalen began to cough up lots of water. helped us. I know that we couldn’t have done it Jalen’s parents had been upstairs. They rushed without Him. downstairs and took him to the doctor. Jalen’s Natasha Watts, age 9 PaPa and Grandma went with them. Then every- Coon Rapids, Minnesota one began to notice that Jordan was soaking wet from head to toe—clothes, shoes, and all. “Jordan, you are so brave! You pulled Jalen Reading the Friend out of the pool without even taking time to take i! We’re writing to off even your shoes,” his mother said. “What tell you that we happened?” Hread the Friend. “When I went outside, I saw Jalen in the mid- Our favorite things have dle of the pool, and he was blowing bubbles. He always been Kitchen was so scary looking that I didn’t want to touch Krafts and Funstuf! him. But I got in the water and pulled him to the Callie and Haley Harshman, stairs. I didn’t know what to do next, so I went to ages 11 and 9 Lake Havasu City, Arizona get you.” Jordan’s Aunt Amberly went to help him find some dry clothes. She asked, “If Jalen was so The Friend welcomes your letters sharing a spiritual scary that you didn’t want to touch him, how did experience, your testimony, or your feelings about the you know what to do?” Friend magazine. Send them to Childviews, Friend, 24th Floor, 50 East North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah “Something told me what to do,” he told his 84150–3226. Please include a picture of yourself and aunt. your name, age, and address. Submissions may be edited "Do you know that the feeling you had was like for length and clarity. Volume 32 Number 10 October 2002 The First Presidency Gordon B. Hinckley A children’s magazine published by Thomas S. Monson The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints James E. Faust The Council of the Twelve Boyd K. Packer L. Tom Perry David B. Haight Neal A. Maxwell Russell M. Nelson Stories and Features Dallin H. Oaks M. Russell Ballard Joseph B. Wirthlin IFC Childviews Richard G. Scott Robert D. Hales Jeffrey R. 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POST- MASTER: Send address changes to of Jesus Christ, to keep His Distribution Services, Church Magazines, P.O. Box 26368, Salt Lake Music commandments, and to City, Utah 84126-0368. Subscription helpline:1-800-537-5971. 46 I Know That My Savior Loves Me always remember Him. He Credit card orders (American Express, Discover Card, MasterCard, Visa) may in turn promises to give you be taken by phone. All materials may be copied for His Spirit. This term is found incidental, noncommercial church or home use unless identified with a in "Heavenly Father’s Plan for © and the copyright holder’s name. Cover by Dick Brown Other uses require permission of the copyright owner. Me," Sharing Time, and Special Witness in this issue. See if you can find it. Come Listen to a Prophet’s Voice We each face worries, sorrows, and hard and desire His blessings. Be prayerful! There is something wonderful, there is something noble, choices. But we do not face them alone. there is something upstanding and good about The wisest and strongest Being in the uni- an individual who prays. Don’t forget to pray.” verse has offered to counsel and comfort us (Ensign, June 2000, page 19.) at any hour of the day or night. Members of President Thomas S. Monson the First Presidency join all the prophets who First Counselor in the First Presidency “When our oldest son was about three, he ever lived in inviting us to pray. would kneel with his mother and me in our evening prayer. I was serving as the bishop of the President Gordon B. Hinckley ward at the time, and a lovely lady in the ward, “There is a power greater than you who can Margaret Lister, lay perilously ill with cancer. Each help you. You never need be ashamed of praying. night we would pray for Sister Lister. One evening Get on your knees as the day starts. Get on your our tiny son offered the prayer and confused the knees as the day closes and offer prayer unto the words of the prayer with a story from a nursery Lord, and ask Him to bless you in dealing with book. He began: ‘Heavenly Father, please bless Sis- your problems, to bless you in your schooling, ter Lister, Henny Penny, Chicken Licken, Turkey bless you in all you do, and remember before Him Lurkey, and all the little folks.’ We held back the those who are less fortunate than you, others who smiles that evening. Later we were humbled as Prayerare in trouble and need Margaret Lister sustained a complete recovery. We ABOVE: PHOTOGRAPH BY CRAIG DIMOND; RIGHT: PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DEREK ISRAELSEN 2 THE FRIEND do not belittle the prayer of a child. After all, our children have more recently been with our Heavenly Father than have we.” (Ensign, October 1999, page 2.) President James E. Faust Second Counselor in the First Presidency “A fervent, sincere prayer is a two-way commu- nication that will do much to bring the Spirit flow- ing like healing water to help with the trials, hardships, aches, and pains we all face. As we pray, we should think of our Heavenly Father as being close by; full of knowledge, understanding, love, and compassion; the essence of power; and having great expectations of each of us.” (Ensign, January 1999, page 2.) OCTOBER 2002 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee Mom put down the jar of baby food she’d just (Jeremiah 33:3).