For the grandkids or FHE:  A story of old Mexico:
             I spoke at length with the Executive Secretary's wife, Sister Rubuclava, about early Church History in the colonies, where they currently have a home (when not on a mission).  In the late 1800's many North American Mormon families came to Mexico to preserve their families intact when the Manifesto went into effect banning plural marriage in the U.S.  Pres John Taylor bought a large tract of land from the government of Mexico where they could settle.  He bought it sight unseen.
           When they arrived, they immediately put in irrigation ditches and sowed their crops.  When it started to grow well, some people arrived (native to Mexico) and told them they were on the wrong land had to abandon that land and move to another area leaving all they had worked to preserve.     They picked up and moved, very discouraged...When they arrived at the new place, they found it had no water, and was very rocky and hilly....very poor land to cultivate.  They were devastated, and so prayed and fasted earnestly for help.  They were at their wit's end.....the day after their fast, there was an earthquake which knocked down the hills/mountains around them, and created a river near where they hoped to cultivate.  It was one of the first of MANY miracles for their early settlement.  

          Today, there are two "Mormon colonies"....not really just Mormon any more.  Colonia Juarez and Colonia Durban (I think those are the right names).  The Rubuclavas lives in Juarez.  Many of the homes there were built originally after the pattern of Nauvoo homes:  red brick.   They have an Academy which is very prestigious (quality of education) that is built exactly like the Provo Library.
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For the adults: Bishop Causse  told of a friend who served as a mission president in Africa some 20 years ago, having been assigned to rebuild the mission after a period of evacuation.

One day, he and his wife found themselves trapped in the middle of a military coup. They and eight of their missionaries took refuge in a villa located in the city center.

Leaving to seek food and water, they were captured and taken to the headquarters of rebel forces, where they were questioned in a threatening manner.

“In spite of the brutality of the situation, I felt a power grow inside of me that enabled me to speak with a firm voice, without being aggressive,” related the mission president.

Told by someone that the captors said they were going to kill the president and all of the missionaries, the mission president felt the Holy Ghost come over him with overwhelming power.
“Even [the rebel leader] must have felt it, because his physical appearance suddenly changed, and completely unexpectedly, he asked me, ‘Do you have a Bible?’” the mission president related. “I replied, ‘Yes, of course.’

Then he asked me to read Psalm 91 from the book of Psalms.”
That psalm speaks about the protection the righteous receive from the Lord, Bishop Caussé noted. “At that point, the rebel leader excused himself for his bad behavior. He set down his machine gun and ordered food to be brought to the missionaries. About 45 minutes later, French soldiers arrived with two armored vehicles to evacuate the president, his wife, and the other missionaries.”

Bishop Caussé commented that the story demonstrates a principle that applies to all missions: “Total consecration to the Lord will enable you and your missionaries to call down the powers of heaven. Therefore, one of your priorities as a mission president will be to work unceasingly to help your missionaries elevate their level of personal consecration.”

Psalm 9:10-14  There shall no evil befall thee. . .for he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.  They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest though dash thy foot against a stone. . . therefore will I deliver him."  Bishop Causse:  "The capacity of a missionary to call upon the powers of heaven will depend upon the level of personal consecration he gives."  Bishop Causse