This story testifies that the hand of the Lord is here in the Mexico Veracruz Mission, that angeles veracruzanos-Veracruz Angels-are protecting our missionaries. This is the story.

Friday morning, 15May09, Elder Fox from Kentucky and his new companion (went into the field three days earlier) who is Elder Zárate were in their apartment at about 10a.m. finishing their morning study time. About two blocks away there was a loud explosion which shook their cement house. An LP gas tank had blown up in a taqueria (taco shop). As you can see, it leveled the building it was in. The taqueria was attached to the house. If you zoom up on the foto you can see where the taqueria was attached to the house--the areas of exposed brick walls. The taqueria is gone. The house was demolished and the roof fell straight down to the ground. The car was parked on the street.

Here is the miracle. The missionaries, as noted, were home studying. The propane tank exploded with such force that it blew out all the windows of other houses for two blocks including across the street and in houses adjacent to theirs. The missionaries were sitting in front of their front window. Not one window in their apartment was broken. Not one. They were protected, uninjured, and well enough to walk down the street and take pictures on their way to work.

Unabashed, the missionaries continued working and baptized a family of four the next day. There is no denying that our missionaries are protected by the hand of the Lord, His ministering angels, and the Holy Ghost.