The Other Hinckley’s Heavenly Angels (And Other Awesome Experiences)
President Gordon B. Hinckley was a great prophet, in part, perhaps, because he came from good stock. He was not the first Hinckley to be called to the twelve. His Uncle Alonzo A. Hinckley was asked to join as well – and only served 4 years before passing on. Alonzo was amazing in his own right – he healed: “…he healed a lame boy and promised a very sick woman that if she would be baptized and have faith, she would be healed. Accordingly, in the dead of winter a hole was cut in the ice and the ordinance was performed. She regained her health, traveled to Utah, and became the mother of eleven children.” ( https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/prophets-and-apostles-last-dispensation/members-quorum-o-f-twelve-apostles/58-alonzo-arza ) He was given the gift of tongues: “…Elder Alonzo A. Hinckley was a missionary in Holland who understood and spoke very little Dutch even though he had prayed and studied hard. When he returned to a home he had visited before, a lad...