For five years in the late s grasshoppers descended on Minnesota destroying the crops Farmers tried trapping the grasshoppers in tar and burning their fields to kill the eggs Feeling desperate and on the brink of starvation many people sought a statewide day of prayer yearning to seek God rsquo s help together The governor relented setting aside April to pray In the days after the collective prayer the weather warmed and the eggs started to come to life But then four days later a drop in temperature surprised and delighted many for the freezing temperatures killed the larvae Minnesotans
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