9 games you’ll want to bring on your next family vacation

If you're eager to study up on your favorite talks from this past weekend, the moment you've been waiting for has arrived. The text versions of each talk from the April 2018 general conference are now available in English, and text versions in other languages will continue to be made available throughout the next several days.

In March, Elder Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles along with several other Church leaders toured 10 Asian countries and visited with Saints in those areas. The growth of the Church in many of these areas is quite remarkable.

A unique part of working at LDS Living is getting familiar with a wide variety of Deseret Book products. We have so many favorites that we wanted to share with our fabulous readers. As you'll see, a couple of us couldn't narrow it down to just one!

The announcement of seven new temples to be built across the world (three of which are the first in their countries) this conference was an exciting and historic message to many members—and it even fulfilled prophecy.

What an amazing story!

I think I really started to believe that the Church was true when I was finishing reading the Book of Mormon for the first time. When I read the scriptures, the words about prayer really stood out to me. I could see there were people who truly had conversations with God. After I completely read through the Book of Mormon, I saw Moroni’s challenge to pray and ask God yourself. His words were so convincing. Moroni already knew this was true, but he challenged people at the end of the Book of Mormon to ask for themselves if this book was true and see if God would give them an answer. It was humbling to read what he had to say and to take on that challenge. I had to get up enough courage to ask God if this was real and if it was true. And the great thing is that I did learn for myself that the Book of Mormon is true!

"Ridiculous." "Gross." "Contemptible." These are just a few words early critics of the Book of Mormon used to describe this sacred text. While some are critical of the Book of Mormon's authenticity, the sophistication of these sacred scriptures shows its complexity.

Kim Burgon recalls the highlight of a family trip to Disneyland in 1959 when he was just 8 years old, and it wasn’t the rides. It was a time-lapse video of Disneyland’s Main Street, U.S.A., being constructed. The time-lapse concept fascinated Burgon, who was already interested in buildings and architecture. That little-known Walt Disney movie would become the inspiration for a video Burgon would make nearly 20 years later of the Jordan River Temple being constructed—a video that is being shown at the Jordan River Temple open house for the first time in several decades. But this impressive, historic film did not come about without its share of miracles, testimony, and work.

From barbecues to ward potlucks to firesides, Mormons love socializing around a good plate of food. And no matter what event you’re at, there are a few staple “Mormon” foods you’ll likely find. Try your hand at some of the following recipes, including Jell-O, funeral potatoes, and pasta, collected in The Essential Mormon Cookbook.