Rain, Rain

Looking out my own window, it’s been raining for a day or two now off and on. Seems on when I have to leave the house, off when I don’t. But, in Georgia they’ve been wishing for rain. Well, actually praying for it. In fact, the whole state is going to pray for rain today, and at 11:45 am (to get it out of the way before lunch?) Governor Sonny Perdue plans to meet with state religious leaders on the steps of his state’s capital to discuss th ematter.>

I don’t ordinarily follow all that is going on in that fine state, but this situation is different. A local Rockville resident, Rockefeller “Rocky” Twyman, appears to be playing a role.

Our neighbor leads off a story in the well-respected Atlanta Journal Constitution:

When you pray for rain, says Rockefeller “Rocky” Twyman, be specific.

Earlier this month, the former Atlantan flew south from his Rockville, Md., home to help organize a prayer vigil and gospel concert for drought relief at the Berean Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Atlanta.

Hundreds showed up. And their prayers were answered. After the service was over, heavy showers came down — on the green fields of Rockville, Md., that is.

“I guess we prayed for rain and it came up here,” Twyman said from his home up north. “It was raining when our plane touched down.”

Rocky’s previous brush with fame came when he played a lead role in founding a group seeking a Nobel peace prize for Oprah Winfrey. Here, he appears with MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson explaining the movement.

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