"How'd you get your name?"

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There is a village in South America that changed its name after a miraculous experience. It seems that there was a severe famine in the region. A drought and other devastations destroyed all of the locally produced food. The area was so poor that the residents couldn’t afford to import much if any food. In fact, most of the people barely eked out a living and few if any material possessions. So they did what they could—they prayed for food.

It wasn’t too long before food started arriving from Italy. The food came in wooden crates. The grateful residents devoured the food, stocking their shelves and making sure everyone in the village had enough to eat. Once the food was unloaded from the crates, the villagers began to dismantle the wooden boxes and make furniture from them. Some even built shacks from the larger crates.

Printed on the side of these crates were the words, “From Italy.” The townsfolk renamed their village, “Plains of Italy” so that future generations would remember the miracle of food sent from Italy.

So how’d you get your name?

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