The Friendly Atheist reports:

The part of the Mormon Church that oversees the Pacific region has claimed responsibility for causing it to rain in Australia, saying a prayer and fasting event brought life-saving precipitation down on a country where fires have burned 12.35 million acres of land (so far).

The Pacific Area Presidency, made up of an area president and two counselors for the Church of Latter-day Saints, posted yesterday that the “joyous sight” of rain came “a few days after a fast held in Australia.”

The group said in its own statement prior to the event that it would “dedicate a portion of their fast to petition the Lord for relief from the bushfires and drought conditions.”