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LDS Week in Review: 5 Must-Read Stories (May 10 - 16)

Apostle Photos: When They Were Called

Mormon Meetinghouse to Become Harvey Cleanup Command Center

I am glad that a place where so many members have found peace and answers in the past will be a place where others find refuge and help after the devastation of Hurricane Harvey.

Latter-day Saint Life

Contemplating Calvary: How Good Friday Adds Special Meaning to the Worldwide Fast

By Lindsey Williams

During Holy Week, Christians around the world reflect on the sacred events of the Savior’s life—and this year I feel as though members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been invited to experience those important events firsthand.

LDS Church announces 58 new missions 'to accommodate influx of missionaries'

This week's issue of the LDS Church News features a list of the 2013 mission president assignments. The list includes 58 new missions, raising the number of missions from 347 to 405.Following President Thomas S. Monson's announcement during the opening session of the October 2012 general conference that the age for missionary service eligibility would be lowered to 18 for young men and 19 for young women, the church saw an immediate increase in missionary applications, bringing the total number of missionaries to more than 60,000 for the first time in years, according to the Church News.

Rebecca Connolly: Believing in Happily Ever After

Rebecca Connolly is an author of stories but she is well aware of who the Author of the best stories is and it is in Him that she has placed her trust. From choosing to quit her job in order to write full-time to writing love stories and continuing to believe in them despite having yet to find a love story of her own, Rebecca has placed her pen firmly in the hand of God. On this week’s episode, we talk with Rebecca about discovering her own story as she tells the stories of others, some fictional but some real heroes whose stories are worth telling.

Latter-day Saint Life

What I Want My Unborn Daughter to Learn from Me, NOT from Pinterest

How many of you fall into this same trap? After searching Pinterest and Facebook and Instagram for a few minutes, you start to think the world actually looks like what you see on social media. You start to think everyone else has a perfect Pinterest life, and all you can see is what is wrong with you.

Latter-day Saint Life

Why Saying "The Church Is True" Is Incomplete

By Zack Oates

“I know the Church is true” is one of the first testimonies we hear Primary children repeating. But somewhere along the path to adulthood, even when there is real feeling behind it, it starts to become a thoughtless introduction to the bearing of a testimony.

Fun

4 Easy Ways to Make Church More Meaningful

You know those times you go to a meeting, program, or activity that you feel the Spirit so strong or the message was so great that you come back home with this amazing feeling that your life has been changed and you have committed to becoming a better person? EFY is a good example of when this has happened to me. Now this is a week long camp but if you’ve ever gone, you know that by the time you come home, you are a different person. You want to be better so much that your heart feels like it’s on fire!

Fun

8 Fun Last-Minute Mutual and YSA Activities That Will Look Like You've Been Planning Them for Weeks

By LDS Living

Whether your guest speaker backs out or you simply run out of time to plan anything elaborate, if you find yourself fumbling for something fun and productive to do for Mutual or a YSA ward activity, check out these fast and fun activities.

Podcasts

Latter-day Saint MLB mental skills coach shares 5 principles for developing a resilient mentality

Justin Su’a coaches major league baseball players on cultivating mental skills to utilize on the diamond, but on this week’s episode of All In, Su’a shares ways to strengthen your mentality, specifically as it relates to faith.