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SUVA, Fiji — Binay and Nil Devi Prasad waited with high expectations to attend the Suva Fiji Temple — which was dedicated exactly five years after they were baptized June 18, 1995.
They planned to attend the recently-dedicated temple for the first time on July 7. There they were to receive their own endowments and be sealed as a family with their three children.
All three children in the Indo-Fijian family were serving full-time missions in the Fiji Suva Mission, but were located far from Suva because of civil unrest and racial tension related to an attempted civilian coup that deposed the Indo-Fijian prime minister who, along with more than 20 others, was still being held hostage. Stake president Paul Bunker Whippy obtained permission and arranged travel to the temple for their children — Elder Binesh Binay Prasad, Sister Nileshni Binay Prasad and Elder Nilesh Binay Prasad, and they arrived as scheduled.
However, because of electric power interruptions related to the political turmoil, the family was unable to do temple work that day. President Whippy took time to rearrange transportation for the three missionaries so they could stay for one more day.
Electrical power stayed on for completion of the 6 a.m. session on July 8, long enough for the family to be sealed together.
"This is the most important day of my life," said Brother Prasad. "I love my family so much."
