Sunday, February 23, 2014

Samoans Prayed for Rain to Come with the Apostles, and it Came

   What of the 50 little stories in "Consider the Blessings," from the man the people in Salt Lake City consider a prophet?
   Not all SLC residents consider him a prophet, but I am among those who do. His little book contains story after story of God's hand in the lives of man below.
   Many years ago, Thomas S. Monson accompanied President Hugh B. Brown to American Samoa. There, they learned the people had been fasting for rain, and the drought had pushed them to the point they were on the verge of closing the school for lack of water. That morning, the Samoans told the two church leaders that they had been fasting that with the apostles would come moisture from heaven.
   Later that evening, as they arrived for the meeting they had came to speak in, the two church leaders remembered the plea from earlier in the day. A prayer was uttered for the Lord to acknowledge the fasting of the Samoans. As President Brown began to speak, the rain came down so hard it was hard to hear him speak. It rained for two hours.

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