President David O. McKay's Vision of a Temple in Tonga (1955) — Fulfilled by the Nuku'alofa Tonga Temple (1983)

The roots of this miracle reach back to 1839, when King George Tupou I of Tonga committed his country, his people, and his posterity to God's protection, decreeing 'God and Tonga are my inheritance' as the kingdom's motto. The restored gospel first reached Tonga through Elders Brigham Smoot and Alva Butler, who, while serving in the Samoa Mission, were assigned to take the gospel to the Tongan islands. Upon their arrival in 1891 they were granted an audience with King George Tupou I, who gave them permission to preach. Although the early mission struggled and missionaries were withdrawn in 1897, the Lord did not forget the Saints of Tonga; the work was renewed from 1907 and flourished. In 1955, President David O. McKay and his wife Emma Ray visited Tonga — the first visit of a Church President to the islands. While meeting with the Saints in Vava'u, President McKay was inspired to reveal that he had seen a vision of 'a temple on one of these islands, where the members of the Church may go and receive the blessings of the temple of God.' The congregation burst into tears. Nearly thirty years later, in August 1983, the prophecy was fulfilled when President Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the Nuku'alofa Tonga Temple. The account is remembered as a striking latter-day instance of prophetic vision and its fulfillment among the 'isles of the sea' (2 Nephi 29:7).