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Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox among 45 Utahns who delivered hope, food and power to Puerto Ricans

Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox says that with the help of fellow Utahns, he became something unexpected during a just-finished trip to help hurricane victims in Puerto Rico: the answer to prayers.

For example, he describes an elderly couple that just ran out of money for food and a gasoline-powered generator. The wife worried how to care for her bedridden husband in the heat without a fan as he suffered from infections and Parkinson’s disease.

As Utah volunteers knocked on her door to offer help, she told them, “I prayed last night and said, ‘God, please send us help.