God rarely infringes on the agency of any of His children by intervening against some for the relief of others. But He does ease the burdens of our afflictions and strengthen us to bear them, as He did for Alma’s people in the land of Helam (see Mosiah 24:13–15). He does not prevent all disasters, but He does answer our prayers to turn them aside, as He did with the uniquely powerful cyclone that threatened to prevent the dedication of the temple in Fiji;6 or He does blunt their effects, as He did with the terrorist bombing that took so many lives in the Brussels airport but only injured our four missionaries.
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Really?
Two Latter-day Saints are counted among the missing following Sunday’s eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano that has killed at least 38 people.
All missionaries are safe — but the disaster has exacted a tragic toll on the local Church community and far beyond.
Besides the two unaccounted for members, “there are at least five members who were transferred to the hospital with severe burns,” reported Central America Area Public Affairs Director Julio Alvarado.
The search for survivors was interrupted Monday by another eruption that sent a hot flow of mud, ash and gas down from the volcano. A pyroclastic flow of brown sludge has engulfed the village of El Rodeo, according to Reuters.
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Pres. Oaks was unavailable for comment....