Once I asked the Lord to bless us with a good tail wind so we could get to Foa quickly. As we got under way, one of the older men said, "Elder Groberg, you need to modify your prayers a little."

"How's that?" I replied.

"You asked the Lord for a tail wind to take us rapidly to Foa. If you pray for a tail wind to Foa, what about the people who are trying to come from Foa to Pangai? They are good people, and you are praying against them. Just pray for a good wind, not a tail wind."


John H. Groberg (born 1934) is an emeritus member of the First Quorum of the Seventy for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the Eye of the Storm. By John Groberg 1993. p.175