FHE: You Are Not Alone by Shauna Gibby"
[B]ecause Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so." -Jeffrey R. Holland
Conference Talk: For more information on this topic read "None Were with Him," by Jeffrey R. Holland, Ensign, May 2009, 86-88.
Thought: Brothers and sisters, one of the great consolations of [the] Easter season is that because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so. His solitary journey brought great company for our little version of that path - the merciful care of our Father in Heaven, the unfailing companionship of this Beloved Son, the consummate gift of the Holy Ghost, angels in heaven, family members on both sides of the veil, prophets and apostles, teachers, leaders, friends.
(Jeffrey R. Holland, "None Were with Him," Ensign, May 2009, 86-88.)
Song: "God is Watching Over All," Children's Songbook, p. 229.
Scripture: I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. (John 14:18)
Lesson: Wrap one family member in a big, fluffy quilt and ask the person how it feels. Ask the rest of the family how they feel when they wake up in the middle of the night because they are cold and then pull a big, fluffy comforter over them.
Tell your family that there are two Comforters to comfort us. Read aloud John 14:16-18, 25-27. Ask:
According to verse 16, footnote a, and verse 26, who are the two Comforters?
What will the Comforters do for us? (Verse 18; see all of the footnotes.)Teach your family that the comfort spoken of is the assurance that while Jesus is not present we still belong to Him, and that He has provided a way for us to be where He is. (See verses 2-6.) Furthermore, not only will we receive the assurance that we belong to Him, but this same gift of the Holy Ghost will "teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance" (verse 26) so we will know the way (verses 5-7).
(Dennis H. Leavitt and Richard O. Christensen, Scripture Study for Latter-day Saint Families: The New Testament, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006], p. 132.)
Story: During the time World War II raged, Mrs. Terese Patton was proud of the blue star that graced her living room window, representing to every passerby that her son Arthur, my boyhood friend, wore the uniform of his country. When I would pass the house, she often opened the door and invited me in to hear the latest letter from Arthur. She would read until her eyes filled with tears, and I would then be asked to read aloud.
Arthur had blond, curly hair and a smile as big as all outdoors. He stood taller than any boy in the class. I suppose this is how he was able to fool the recruiting officers and enlist in the Navy at age fifteen.
To Arthur and most of the boys, the war was a great adventure. I remember how striking he appeared in his Navy uniform. How we wished we were older, or at least taller, so we too could enlist.
Arthur meant everything to his widowed mother. I can still picture Mrs. Patton's coarse hands as she would carefully replace the letter in its envelope. These were honest hands that bore the worker's seal. Mrs. Patton was a cleaning woman in a downtown office building. Each day except Sundays, she could be seen walking up the sidewalk, pail and brush in hand, her gray hair combed in a tight bob, her shoulders weary from work and stooped with age.
Then one day she received the dreaded news that Arthur had died at sea. The blue star was taken from its hallowed spot in the front window. It was replaced by one of gold. A light went out in the life of Mrs. Patton. She groped in darkness and deep despair.
With a prayer in my heart, I approached the familiar walkway to the Patton home, wondering what words of comfort could come from the lips of a mere boy. The door opened, and Mrs. Patton embraced me as she would her own son. Home became a chapel as a grief-stricken mother and a less-than-adequate boy knelt in prayer.
As we arose from our knees, Mrs. Patton gazed into my eyes and spoke: "Tom, I know that you are a religious young man. Tell me, will Arthur live again?"
I do not recall the exact words of comfort I spoke to her that day. However, years later, in 1969, as I spoke in general conference, I addressed my remarks to Mrs. Patton and said, "Mrs. Patton, wherever you are, from the backdrop of my personal experience, I should like to once more answer your question, 'Will Arthur live again?'"
I mentioned the words of the Psalmist: "If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me." (Psalm139:9-10.) I quoted the words of the Savior, as well as the testimony of John the revelator when he said, "I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; . . . and the sea gave up the dead which were in it." (Revelation 20:12-13.)
At the conclusion of my address, I added the testimony of a witness, saying, "Mrs. Patton, God our Father is mindful of you. Through sincere prayer you can communicate with Him. He too had a Son who died, even Jesus Christ the Lord. He is our advocate with the Father, the Prince of Peace, our Savior and Divine Redeemer. One day we shall see Him face to face. In His blessed name I declare to you the solemn and sacred truth: Oh, Mrs. Patton, Arthur lives!"
Following the broadcast of that message, I received a touching letter from Mrs. Terese Patton, Arthur's mother, who was living in Pomona, California. Among other things, she wrote, "I don't know how to thank you for your wonderful and comforting words. God bless you always."
(Thomas S. Monson, Inspiring Experiences That Build Faith: From the Life and Ministry of Thomas S. Monson, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1994], p 190-191.)
Activity: Play "hangman" with the phrase YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Place one dash on the bottom of a piece of paper for each letter of the phrase. Leave a space between words.
Draw a "gallows" on a sheet of paper.
Have family members guess one letter at a time. Fill in the letter (everywhere it appears) on the appropriate dash (or dashes) each time the person guesses correctly.
Add one body part to the drawing each time the letter chosen is not in the word (head, body, right leg, right foot, left leg, left foot, right arm, right hand, left arm, left hand). Note each letter guessed onthe paper, to keep track of the letters. The goal is to figure out the phrase before the person is completed.
Refreshment
Cherry Chocolate Cake
CAKE
1 chocolate cake mix
3 eggs
1 21-ounce can cherry pie filling
frozen whipped topping (optional)
CHOCOLATE ICING
1 1/4 cups chocolate chips
1/3 cup evaporated milk
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup powdered sugarPreheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, carefully fold cake mix, eggs, and pie filling together by hand until well blended. Pour into a greased and floured 9×13-inch pan. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
To make chocolate icing, combine chocolate chips and milk in a saucepan and heat over low heat until chips are melted. Remove from heat, stir in butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar.
When cake is cool, frost with chocolate icing or thawed frozen whipped topping, if desired. Makes 15 servings.
(Lion House Entertaining, [Salt Lake City:Eagle Gate, 2001], p. 121.)
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Prepare one-week-at-a-time Week 43
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Meat
Extra Item Purchase 8 rolls of Toilet Paper
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Put home and visiting teaching in its proper place of importance. This will bless our ward, individually and collectively.
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Meat
Extra Item Purchase 8 rolls of Toilet Paper
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Put home and visiting teaching in its proper place of importance. This will bless our ward, individually and collectively.
Week 42 Preparing for 2 People
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 30 lbs. Wheat or Flour
Extra Item Purchase 10-20 boxes of Macaroni and Cheese
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: President Monson is an example of loving and helping “the one.” Does someone you know need some special care at this time?
Food Storage Purchase 30 lbs. Wheat or Flour
Extra Item Purchase 10-20 boxes of Macaroni and Cheese
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: President Monson is an example of loving and helping “the one.” Does someone you know need some special care at this time?
Week 41
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two
Week 41
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 20 lbs. of Sugar
Extra Item Purchase 3 months of Dish Soap
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Obtain the manual, “Preach My Gospel” if you don’t already have one. Choose one Christ-like attribute in chapter 6 to work on in your own life.
Week 41
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 20 lbs. of Sugar
Extra Item Purchase 3 months of Dish Soap
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Obtain the manual, “Preach My Gospel” if you don’t already have one. Choose one Christ-like attribute in chapter 6 to work on in your own life.
Group Purchase Vitamin C Available to Order
We are getting a group purchase of an ascorbate vitamin C. ("The Right C") We actually now have access to the generation above what we ordered last time. Here are the specifics: The Right C (approx. 225 1,000 mg servings)comes in 1/2 lb labeled container, bulk powder 4 pathways into the cell buffered one of the latest generation in vitamin C bio availability more effective than Ester C not acidic and tastes good has riboperine complex which aids in absorption 1/2 lb. = 227 grams1 gram = 1,000 mg1/4 t. = 1,000 mg
Cost $35.00 (tax and shipping included)
For Q's call Melonie Turley 435 512-0822
Lesson on vitamin C for Flu: In body ph, you need to be more alkaline than acidic to maintain good health. If you are acidic you are more prone to sickness and disease. When you are more alkaline and eat alkaline foods your body is more resistant to sickness and disease.So in relation to vitamin C there are 2 main forms of vitamin C. an ascorbate = alkalinean ascorbic acid = acidic When you take an ascorbate form it makes your body more alkaline. When you take an acidic form you make your body more acidic. SIMPLE. Lesson over. During a crisis, and specifically during flu season, if you saturate your cells with vitamin C you can create a protective coating around the cell by taking 1,000 mg of vitamin C every 2 hours when you have chance of exposure and/or have beginning symptoms. The cells then have a resistance to becoming sick because of the saturation point and protective coating from the vitamin C. If you are taking an acidic form every few hours you are then making your body more acidic, allowing you to become more prone to sickness which is counter-productive to staying healthy. By taking an ascorbate form you are then making your body more alkaline, thus making it more resistant to sickness!
Cost $35.00 (tax and shipping included)
For Q's call Melonie Turley 435 512-0822
Lesson on vitamin C for Flu: In body ph, you need to be more alkaline than acidic to maintain good health. If you are acidic you are more prone to sickness and disease. When you are more alkaline and eat alkaline foods your body is more resistant to sickness and disease.So in relation to vitamin C there are 2 main forms of vitamin C. an ascorbate = alkalinean ascorbic acid = acidic When you take an ascorbate form it makes your body more alkaline. When you take an acidic form you make your body more acidic. SIMPLE. Lesson over. During a crisis, and specifically during flu season, if you saturate your cells with vitamin C you can create a protective coating around the cell by taking 1,000 mg of vitamin C every 2 hours when you have chance of exposure and/or have beginning symptoms. The cells then have a resistance to becoming sick because of the saturation point and protective coating from the vitamin C. If you are taking an acidic form every few hours you are then making your body more acidic, allowing you to become more prone to sickness which is counter-productive to staying healthy. By taking an ascorbate form you are then making your body more alkaline, thus making it more resistant to sickness!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Useful Classes Coming Up!
Date- Thursday, October 8, 2009
Location- Clinton (Between Ogden & Layton), Residential Home, 1363 W. 2600 N. (804-839-3659 cell)
Brief Summary6:00-7:00 p.m. - Clean Water Class – Five ways to purify your water in an emergency. (by Jennifer Willis)
7:00–9:00 p.m. - Pandemic Preparation Class - Come and learn how to protect your family during a pandemic that may come around! (by Melonie Turley)
Fee - Free Classes - All are Welcome!
Date Saturday, October 10, 2009
Location- Sandy – Larry H. Miller College
Brief Summary9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Spiritual Preparation1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Pandemic Preparedness3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Break3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Water & Personal Hygiene4:15 - 5:00 p.m.
Food Storage Feed your family on $1 a day & 3 month supply
DISPLAYS - Pandemic, Water, Food storage, Sanitation & Heat, Light, and Fuel
Fee - $30 for the seminar ($35 at the door) – Contact Doug to get tickets for the seminar (435)469-2294
Location- Clinton (Between Ogden & Layton), Residential Home, 1363 W. 2600 N. (804-839-3659 cell)
Brief Summary6:00-7:00 p.m. - Clean Water Class – Five ways to purify your water in an emergency. (by Jennifer Willis)
7:00–9:00 p.m. - Pandemic Preparation Class - Come and learn how to protect your family during a pandemic that may come around! (by Melonie Turley)
Fee - Free Classes - All are Welcome!
Date Saturday, October 10, 2009
Location- Sandy – Larry H. Miller College
Brief Summary9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Spiritual Preparation1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Pandemic Preparedness3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Break3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Water & Personal Hygiene4:15 - 5:00 p.m.
Food Storage Feed your family on $1 a day & 3 month supply
DISPLAYS - Pandemic, Water, Food storage, Sanitation & Heat, Light, and Fuel
Fee - $30 for the seminar ($35 at the door) – Contact Doug to get tickets for the seminar (435)469-2294
Awesome Reminder Article
PERSONAL AND FAMILY PREPAREDNESS: A Way of Life
When we speak of personal and family preparedness, we should speak of foreseen, anticipated, almost expected needs which can be met through wise preparation. Even true emergencies can be modified by good planning.--H. Burke Peterson
Personal and family preparedness is provident living. Being provident involves being “wise, frugal, prudent, making provision for the future while attending to immediate needs.” (Barbara B. Smith)
Education• Improve our ability to read, write, and do basic mathematics.• Study the scriptures and other good books.• Learn to communicate effectively with others.• Take advantage of opportunities to gain more knowledge.
Health• Obey the Word of Wisdom.• Exercise regularly.• Provide for adequate medical and dental care, including appropriate insurance where possible.• Keep homes and surroundings clean and sanitary.• Shun substances or practices that abuse our bodies or minds.
Employment• Prepare for and carefully select a suitable occupation.• Become skilled at work through training and experience.• Be diligent, hard working, and trustworthy.• Give honest work for the pay and benefits received.
Home Storage• Have sufficient food, clothing and shelter for self and family.• Where possible, store a year’s supply of basic items needed to sustain life.• Regularly use and replace all stored items in order to keep them from spoiling.• Learn to produce and prepare basic food items.
Resource Management• Pay tithes and offerings.• Avoid unnecessary debt and save for the future.• Satisfy all of our promised obligations.• Use our resources frugally and avoid wasting them.• Use our time wisely.• Be willing to serve those in need by sharing our time, talents, and resources with them.
Social, Emotional, and Spiritual Strength• Study the scriptures and the teachings of the living prophets.• Obey God’s commandments and heed the counsel of Church leaders.• Exercise faith in Christ and cultivate humility.• Pray frequently and fervently.• Strengthen our relationships with family members, neighbors, and friends.• Shun things that are morally and spiritually degrading• Work toward worthy goals.• Do the best we can to adjust to change and recover from misfortune.
Reference: Providing in the Lord’s Way: A Leader’s Guide to Welfare, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
When we speak of personal and family preparedness, we should speak of foreseen, anticipated, almost expected needs which can be met through wise preparation. Even true emergencies can be modified by good planning.--H. Burke Peterson
Personal and family preparedness is provident living. Being provident involves being “wise, frugal, prudent, making provision for the future while attending to immediate needs.” (Barbara B. Smith)
Education• Improve our ability to read, write, and do basic mathematics.• Study the scriptures and other good books.• Learn to communicate effectively with others.• Take advantage of opportunities to gain more knowledge.
Health• Obey the Word of Wisdom.• Exercise regularly.• Provide for adequate medical and dental care, including appropriate insurance where possible.• Keep homes and surroundings clean and sanitary.• Shun substances or practices that abuse our bodies or minds.
Employment• Prepare for and carefully select a suitable occupation.• Become skilled at work through training and experience.• Be diligent, hard working, and trustworthy.• Give honest work for the pay and benefits received.
Home Storage• Have sufficient food, clothing and shelter for self and family.• Where possible, store a year’s supply of basic items needed to sustain life.• Regularly use and replace all stored items in order to keep them from spoiling.• Learn to produce and prepare basic food items.
Resource Management• Pay tithes and offerings.• Avoid unnecessary debt and save for the future.• Satisfy all of our promised obligations.• Use our resources frugally and avoid wasting them.• Use our time wisely.• Be willing to serve those in need by sharing our time, talents, and resources with them.
Social, Emotional, and Spiritual Strength• Study the scriptures and the teachings of the living prophets.• Obey God’s commandments and heed the counsel of Church leaders.• Exercise faith in Christ and cultivate humility.• Pray frequently and fervently.• Strengthen our relationships with family members, neighbors, and friends.• Shun things that are morally and spiritually degrading• Work toward worthy goals.• Do the best we can to adjust to change and recover from misfortune.
Reference: Providing in the Lord’s Way: A Leader’s Guide to Welfare, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Week 40
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two
Week 40
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Vegetables
Extra Item Purchase Multi Vitamins (for two people to last 6 months)
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Read D&C 18:15. Is there someone you know who is ready to learn about the gospel?
Week 40
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Vegetables
Extra Item Purchase Multi Vitamins (for two people to last 6 months)
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Read D&C 18:15. Is there someone you know who is ready to learn about the gospel?
Week 39
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Fruit
Extra Item Purchase 8 rolls of toilet paper
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Read Elder David A. Bednar’s conference address “Ask in Faith” (page 94 of the May Ensign). Follow his council to make your prayers more meaningful.
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“when people are but unwilling to take care of themselves we are responsible to employ the dictum of the Lord that the idler shall not eat the bread of the labor” Boyd K. Packer
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Fruit
Extra Item Purchase 8 rolls of toilet paper
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Read Elder David A. Bednar’s conference address “Ask in Faith” (page 94 of the May Ensign). Follow his council to make your prayers more meaningful.
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“when people are but unwilling to take care of themselves we are responsible to employ the dictum of the Lord that the idler shall not eat the bread of the labor” Boyd K. Packer
Week 38
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two
Week 38
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 30 lbs. of Wheat or Flour
Extra Item Purchase 11 lbs. Macaroni or Spaghetti
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Read 2 Nephi 9: 50-51. Reevaluate your priorities and place those things that matter most at the top of your list.
Week 38
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 30 lbs. of Wheat or Flour
Extra Item Purchase 11 lbs. Macaroni or Spaghetti
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Read 2 Nephi 9: 50-51. Reevaluate your priorities and place those things that matter most at the top of your list.
Improve Your Credit
10 Things You Can Do Today To Improve Your Credit
From LaToya Irby,
Blemished credit is both stressful and costly, but it's not the end. As hopeless as the situation might seem, bad credit won't last forever. There are things you can do right now to begin to improve your credit score.
1. Stop using your credit cards
In a bad credit situation, one of the worst things you can do is continue accumulating debt by making credit card purchases. Put your credit cards away until you have more control of the situation.
2. Get a copy of your credit report
You can't begin repairing your credit until you know exactly what you need to work on. Obtain a copy of your credit report from each of the three major credit bureaus to find out which accounts need work and which are just fine.
3. Clean up your credit report.
If your credit report contains incorrect information, you have the right to have it removed. Your credit report will include information about disputing inaccurate information with the credit bureaus.
4. Get current on delinquent accounts
Your payment history makes up 35% of your credit score. Getting current on your delinquent accounts will have a great impact on your credit.
5. Don't put in any more credit applications
As long as your credit is in repair mode, you should avoid making any more applications for credit. It's likely that you'll get turned down for credit and the applications will only decrease your credit score.
6. Keep accounts with balances open
You might be tempted to close out credit card accounts that have become delinquent, but wait. Before you close any account make sure it won't negatively affect your credit.
7. Call your creditors
Right now they're certainly the last people you want to talk to, but you'd be surprised at the help you might receive. Talk to your creditors about your situation. Many of them have temporary hardship programs that will reduce your monthly payments until you can get back on your feet.
8. Pay off your debts
You will have to start paying off your debts to improve your credit situation. If you don't have the money on hand, sell some of your belongings to speed up the process. It will be a sacrifice, but the financial freedom you gain will be worth it.
9. Get professional help
Resources, like consumer credit counseling, are available to assist you. If you are overwhelmed by your credit situation, seek professional assistance. You can locate a credit counseling agency through the National Foundation for Credit Counseling.
10. Be patient
Your credit wasn't damaged overnight, so don't expect it to improve in that amount of time. Continue paying your debts and over time you will see an improvement in your credit.
10 Things You Can Do Today To Improve Your Credit
From LaToya Irby,
Blemished credit is both stressful and costly, but it's not the end. As hopeless as the situation might seem, bad credit won't last forever. There are things you can do right now to begin to improve your credit score.
1. Stop using your credit cards
In a bad credit situation, one of the worst things you can do is continue accumulating debt by making credit card purchases. Put your credit cards away until you have more control of the situation.
2. Get a copy of your credit report
You can't begin repairing your credit until you know exactly what you need to work on. Obtain a copy of your credit report from each of the three major credit bureaus to find out which accounts need work and which are just fine.
3. Clean up your credit report.
If your credit report contains incorrect information, you have the right to have it removed. Your credit report will include information about disputing inaccurate information with the credit bureaus.
4. Get current on delinquent accounts
Your payment history makes up 35% of your credit score. Getting current on your delinquent accounts will have a great impact on your credit.
5. Don't put in any more credit applications
As long as your credit is in repair mode, you should avoid making any more applications for credit. It's likely that you'll get turned down for credit and the applications will only decrease your credit score.
6. Keep accounts with balances open
You might be tempted to close out credit card accounts that have become delinquent, but wait. Before you close any account make sure it won't negatively affect your credit.
7. Call your creditors
Right now they're certainly the last people you want to talk to, but you'd be surprised at the help you might receive. Talk to your creditors about your situation. Many of them have temporary hardship programs that will reduce your monthly payments until you can get back on your feet.
8. Pay off your debts
You will have to start paying off your debts to improve your credit situation. If you don't have the money on hand, sell some of your belongings to speed up the process. It will be a sacrifice, but the financial freedom you gain will be worth it.
9. Get professional help
Resources, like consumer credit counseling, are available to assist you. If you are overwhelmed by your credit situation, seek professional assistance. You can locate a credit counseling agency through the National Foundation for Credit Counseling.
10. Be patient
Your credit wasn't damaged overnight, so don't expect it to improve in that amount of time. Continue paying your debts and over time you will see an improvement in your credit.
10 Things You Can Do Today To Improve Your Credit
Week 37
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase Fruit Drink to make 8 quarts
Extra Item Purchase Shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, to last 6 months
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Read Elder Dallin H. Oakes conference address “Testimony” (page 26 of the May Ensign). Share your testimony with someone during the week.
Food Storage Purchase Fruit Drink to make 8 quarts
Extra Item Purchase Shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, to last 6 months
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Read Elder Dallin H. Oakes conference address “Testimony” (page 26 of the May Ensign). Share your testimony with someone during the week.
Week 36
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Soup
Extra Item Purchase 2 Months of Laundry Soap
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Seriously review your Feed My Sheep List and find one person you could invite to attend Sacrament Meeting or General Conference.
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Soup
Extra Item Purchase 2 Months of Laundry Soap
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Seriously review your Feed My Sheep List and find one person you could invite to attend Sacrament Meeting or General Conference.
Week 35
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two
Week 35
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge 0f the Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Meat
Extra Item Purchase 8 Rolls of Toilet Paper
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Consider together as a family, who you can invite to General Conference
Week 35
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge 0f the Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Meat
Extra Item Purchase 8 Rolls of Toilet Paper
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Consider together as a family, who you can invite to General Conference
Helpful Preparedness Classes In Our Area:
Date- Thursday, October 8, 2009
Location- Clinton (Between Ogden & Layton), Residential Home, 1363 W. 2600 N. (804-839-3659 cell)
Detailed Directions Directions going North on I-15:Take the UT-103/650 NORTH exit, EXIT 335. Take the ramp toward UT-126/CLEARFIELD. Turn RIGHT onto N MAIN ST/UT-126. Continue to follow N Main St/UT-126 until you get to 2300 N. (in Sunset)There is a Smith's grocery there. Turn LEFT onto 2300 N. Continue until you come to a round-about at 1500 W. Turn right. Turn right again at the 2nd right - 2600 North. House #1363 is on the right 1/2 way up the block, directly across from 1375 W. We have a street light on the corner of our property. 1363 W. 2600 N
Directions going South on I-15: Take the UT-97/5600 SOUTH exit, EXIT 338. Turn RIGHT onto UT-97/W 5600 S. Turn LEFT onto 1900 W/UT-126. Turn RIGHT onto 6000 S (Roy County). Turn LEFT onto 3050 W. Follow 3050 W (it will become 1375 W in Davis County). At stop sign go straight into my driveway. 1363 W. 2600 N.
Brief Summary
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Clean Water Class – Five ways to purify your water in an emergency. (by Jennifer Willis)
7:00–9:00 p.m. - Pandemic Preparation Class - Come and learn how to protect your family during a pandemic that may come around! (by Melonie Turley)
Fee - Free Classes - All are Welcome!
Date Saturday, October 10, 2009
Location- Sandy – Larry H. Miller College
Brief Summary9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Spiritual Preparation1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Pandemic Preparedness3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Break3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Water & Personal Hygiene4:15 - 5:00 p.m.
Food Storage Feed your family on $1 a day & 3 month supply
DISPLAYS - Pandemic, Water, Food storage, Sanitation & Heat, Light, and Fuel
Fee - $30 for the seminar ($35 at the door) – Contact Doug to get tickets for the seminar (435)469-2294
Location- Clinton (Between Ogden & Layton), Residential Home, 1363 W. 2600 N. (804-839-3659 cell)
Detailed Directions Directions going North on I-15:Take the UT-103/650 NORTH exit, EXIT 335. Take the ramp toward UT-126/CLEARFIELD. Turn RIGHT onto N MAIN ST/UT-126. Continue to follow N Main St/UT-126 until you get to 2300 N. (in Sunset)There is a Smith's grocery there. Turn LEFT onto 2300 N. Continue until you come to a round-about at 1500 W. Turn right. Turn right again at the 2nd right - 2600 North. House #1363 is on the right 1/2 way up the block, directly across from 1375 W. We have a street light on the corner of our property. 1363 W. 2600 N
Directions going South on I-15: Take the UT-97/5600 SOUTH exit, EXIT 338. Turn RIGHT onto UT-97/W 5600 S. Turn LEFT onto 1900 W/UT-126. Turn RIGHT onto 6000 S (Roy County). Turn LEFT onto 3050 W. Follow 3050 W (it will become 1375 W in Davis County). At stop sign go straight into my driveway. 1363 W. 2600 N.
Brief Summary
6:00-7:00 p.m. - Clean Water Class – Five ways to purify your water in an emergency. (by Jennifer Willis)
7:00–9:00 p.m. - Pandemic Preparation Class - Come and learn how to protect your family during a pandemic that may come around! (by Melonie Turley)
Fee - Free Classes - All are Welcome!
Date Saturday, October 10, 2009
Location- Sandy – Larry H. Miller College
Brief Summary9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Spiritual Preparation1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Pandemic Preparedness3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Break3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Water & Personal Hygiene4:15 - 5:00 p.m.
Food Storage Feed your family on $1 a day & 3 month supply
DISPLAYS - Pandemic, Water, Food storage, Sanitation & Heat, Light, and Fuel
Fee - $30 for the seminar ($35 at the door) – Contact Doug to get tickets for the seminar (435)469-2294
Monday, September 14, 2009
Food Co-Op
There is a food co-op that does orders for our area. This is a great way to buy fresh food for daily meals or to preserve for your wet food storage. Once a month the food is sent to the warehouse for us to pick up, if you would like to have someone from the Preparedness Committee pick up your order, call LaFonda. The orders for this month will be accepted after the 28th of September. The deadline to sign up for next month is on Oct. 9. The order pick up date is Oct.24. You may call with your order, mail it in, or make it at the warehouse. The first time you must make your order over the phone or in the mail. After your first order, you may do it online, the co-op will send you the order form in your email.
If you would like to look at the site yourself, their main web page is http://gaia.econ.utah.edu/ if you want more specific information about the food co-op, type it in the search bar at the right-hand top of the page. If you would like to receive additional information, call (801) 746-7878 or toll free 1-866-959-2667. To sign-up, go to the website or call.
If you would like to look at the site yourself, their main web page is http://gaia.econ.utah.edu/ if you want more specific information about the food co-op, type it in the search bar at the right-hand top of the page. If you would like to receive additional information, call (801) 746-7878 or toll free 1-866-959-2667. To sign-up, go to the website or call.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Week 34
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 30 lbs Wheat or flour
Extra Item Purchase 30 lbs. Beans
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Pray for the missionaries in our ward. You can assist their work by carefully considering the names on your Feed My Sheep list. Pray for inspiration as to which of them is ready to hear the gospel message.
Food Storage Purchase 30 lbs Wheat or flour
Extra Item Purchase 30 lbs. Beans
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Pray for the missionaries in our ward. You can assist their work by carefully considering the names on your Feed My Sheep list. Pray for inspiration as to which of them is ready to hear the gospel message.
Week 33
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two
Week 33
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 6 lbs. Jam
Extra Item Purchase 20 lbs Oats
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Commit to read all the conference talks in the May Ensign. Try reading a talk a day. Share with a family member or friend the talks that were the most meaningful to you.
Week 33
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 6 lbs. Jam
Extra Item Purchase 20 lbs Oats
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Commit to read all the conference talks in the May Ensign. Try reading a talk a day. Share with a family member or friend the talks that were the most meaningful to you.
Week 32
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two
Week 32
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Vegetables
Extra Item Purchase 30 lbs. Rice
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Take time to reflect upon the lessons you have learned from your mother. Think about how you have applied them in your life.
Week 32
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Vegetables
Extra Item Purchase 30 lbs. Rice
Family Prep: Your 72 hr. kit and gear box should be completed. You may add to them as you see fit or continue to add items you skipped.
Spiritual Preparedness: Take time to reflect upon the lessons you have learned from your mother. Think about how you have applied them in your life.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Message from the 1st Presidency
Message from the First Presidency
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Our Heavenly Father created this beautiful earth, with all its abundance, for our benefit and use. His purpose is to provide for our needs as we walk in faith and obedience. He has lovingly commanded us to "prepare every needful thing" (see D&C 109:8) so that, should adversity come, we may care for ourselves and our neighbors and support Bishops as they care for others.
We encourage Church members worldwide to prepare for adversity in life by having a basic supply of food and water and some money in savings. We ask that you be wise as you store food and water and build your savings. Do not go to extremes; it is not prudent for example, to go into debt to establish your food storage all at once. With careful planning, you can, over time, establish a home storage supply and a financial reserve. We realize that some of you may not have the financial resources or space for such storage. Some of you may be prohibited by law from storing large amounts of food. We encourage you to store as much as circumstances allow.
May the Lord bless you in your home storage efforts.
The First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Our Heavenly Father created this beautiful earth, with all its abundance, for our benefit and use. His purpose is to provide for our needs as we walk in faith and obedience. He has lovingly commanded us to "prepare every needful thing" (see D&C 109:8) so that, should adversity come, we may care for ourselves and our neighbors and support Bishops as they care for others.
We encourage Church members worldwide to prepare for adversity in life by having a basic supply of food and water and some money in savings. We ask that you be wise as you store food and water and build your savings. Do not go to extremes; it is not prudent for example, to go into debt to establish your food storage all at once. With careful planning, you can, over time, establish a home storage supply and a financial reserve. We realize that some of you may not have the financial resources or space for such storage. Some of you may be prohibited by law from storing large amounts of food. We encourage you to store as much as circumstances allow.
May the Lord bless you in your home storage efforts.
The First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Week 31
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Fruit
Extra Item Purchase 8 Rolls of Toilet paper
Family Gear Box Fire extinguisher, battery operated smoke detector, CO detector
Family Preparation Purchase a water proof safe to protect your important papers, photos, family history and your on hand cash.
Spiritual Preparedness Prayerfully consider the needs and welfare of the families you home teach and visiting teach. Ask for inspiration.
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Fruit
Extra Item Purchase 8 Rolls of Toilet paper
Family Gear Box Fire extinguisher, battery operated smoke detector, CO detector
Family Preparation Purchase a water proof safe to protect your important papers, photos, family history and your on hand cash.
Spiritual Preparedness Prayerfully consider the needs and welfare of the families you home teach and visiting teach. Ask for inspiration.
Week 30
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 30 Lbs. Wheat or flour
Extra Item Purchase 8 Lbs Salt
Family Gear Box Store some of the spices and seasonings that make meals tasty. Add some sugar or honey.
Family Preparation Review your existing savings plan or start one. No matter what you have already or what your income, you can save something for the future. Pay tithing first and then pay yourself- even if it’s only a little.
Spiritual Preparedness Review the Stake’s standard works reading chart. Have you fallen behind? Take time to catch up.
Food Storage Purchase 30 Lbs. Wheat or flour
Extra Item Purchase 8 Lbs Salt
Family Gear Box Store some of the spices and seasonings that make meals tasty. Add some sugar or honey.
Family Preparation Review your existing savings plan or start one. No matter what you have already or what your income, you can save something for the future. Pay tithing first and then pay yourself- even if it’s only a little.
Spiritual Preparedness Review the Stake’s standard works reading chart. Have you fallen behind? Take time to catch up.
Week 29
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 20 Lbs. Sugar
Extra Item Purchase 3 Months of Dish Soap
Family Gear Box A multi-tool, a basic tool kit, a hammer and various size nails, a saw for cutting wood and one for metal.
Family Preparation Have enough cash on hand to solve emergency situations. Start with $20.00 in ones. Gradually add to it as your budget allows in small bills. This could save your life! Dedicate the funds for emergencies only. Set a goal to have $500.00 or one months pay in cash available.
Spiritual Preparedness If you are unable to attend the Ward Temple Nights, make an effort to attend another time during the month. Attend twice a month when ever possible.
Food Storage Purchase 20 Lbs. Sugar
Extra Item Purchase 3 Months of Dish Soap
Family Gear Box A multi-tool, a basic tool kit, a hammer and various size nails, a saw for cutting wood and one for metal.
Family Preparation Have enough cash on hand to solve emergency situations. Start with $20.00 in ones. Gradually add to it as your budget allows in small bills. This could save your life! Dedicate the funds for emergencies only. Set a goal to have $500.00 or one months pay in cash available.
Spiritual Preparedness If you are unable to attend the Ward Temple Nights, make an effort to attend another time during the month. Attend twice a month when ever possible.
Week 28
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge of the Week:
Food Storage Purchase: 8 Cans of Soup
Extra Item Purchase: 2 Months of Laundry Soap
Family Gear Box: 1 Tall candle, light stick, lantern flash light, and batteries (AA, AAA, Ds)
Family Preparation: Pick your smallest debt and make an effort to pay it off. Apply any spare dollars to this goal. When it’s paid off apply its amount towards paying off the next debt. Continue until the Prophet’s council to become debt free is accomplished.
Spiritual Preparedness: Prepare your family spiritually by making sure your Church Magazine subscriptions are up to date. Set a goal to read all the Conference talks.
Food Storage Purchase: 8 Cans of Soup
Extra Item Purchase: 2 Months of Laundry Soap
Family Gear Box: 1 Tall candle, light stick, lantern flash light, and batteries (AA, AAA, Ds)
Family Preparation: Pick your smallest debt and make an effort to pay it off. Apply any spare dollars to this goal. When it’s paid off apply its amount towards paying off the next debt. Continue until the Prophet’s council to become debt free is accomplished.
Spiritual Preparedness: Prepare your family spiritually by making sure your Church Magazine subscriptions are up to date. Set a goal to read all the Conference talks.
Week 27
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Meat
Extra Item Purchase 8 Rolls of Toilet Paper
Family Gear Box Cooking Supplies: Camp stove or single burner with fuel. Spoon, spatula, multi use pan, pot holders.
Family Preparation Change the smoke detector batteries. vacuum out any dirt or dust and test them.
Spiritual Preparedness Read the Proclamation on the family. Commit at least one paragraph to memory
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Meat
Extra Item Purchase 8 Rolls of Toilet Paper
Family Gear Box Cooking Supplies: Camp stove or single burner with fuel. Spoon, spatula, multi use pan, pot holders.
Family Preparation Change the smoke detector batteries. vacuum out any dirt or dust and test them.
Spiritual Preparedness Read the Proclamation on the family. Commit at least one paragraph to memory
Week 26
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 5 qts. Cooking oil in small containers. A large one will go rancid before you use it all.
Extra Item Purchase 2 qts. Peanut Butter
Family Gear Box Kitchen supplies: paper plates, bowls, cups serving and eating utensils, paper towels, dish soap, water purification
Family Preparation Prepare a financial profile of your family. Include all debts and assets. List them by name and amount. Subtract the debts from the assets to get a rough idea of the family net worth.
Spiritual Preparedness Read D&C 59:9 How might you become more unspotted from the world.?
Food Storage Purchase 5 qts. Cooking oil in small containers. A large one will go rancid before you use it all.
Extra Item Purchase 2 qts. Peanut Butter
Family Gear Box Kitchen supplies: paper plates, bowls, cups serving and eating utensils, paper towels, dish soap, water purification
Family Preparation Prepare a financial profile of your family. Include all debts and assets. List them by name and amount. Subtract the debts from the assets to get a rough idea of the family net worth.
Spiritual Preparedness Read D&C 59:9 How might you become more unspotted from the world.?
Week 25
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Tomato Sauce.
Extra Item Purchase 8 Rolls of Toilet Paper
Family Gear Box This is a large container that holds heaver more specialized items that will make life easier in an emergency. These items are more suited for a mandatory evacuation. This week find the container (trashcan with wheels?)
Family Preparation General Conference is coming up, time to change the batteries in the smoke detector. Buy the batteries now.
Spiritual Preparedness Think of one trait you admired about President Hinkley. Consider how you might incorporate that quality in your own life.
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Tomato Sauce.
Extra Item Purchase 8 Rolls of Toilet Paper
Family Gear Box This is a large container that holds heaver more specialized items that will make life easier in an emergency. These items are more suited for a mandatory evacuation. This week find the container (trashcan with wheels?)
Family Preparation General Conference is coming up, time to change the batteries in the smoke detector. Buy the batteries now.
Spiritual Preparedness Think of one trait you admired about President Hinkley. Consider how you might incorporate that quality in your own life.
Week 24
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 2 lbs. Bouillon Cubes.
Extra Item Purchase 30 lbs. Beans
Car Kit Your Basic car kit is complete. Modify it, personalize it. Some ideas might be coins/money, a book to read, candy, gum, hand towels, phone card, aspirin, etc.
Family Preparation Have a practice disaster with family members. See if your evacuation plan works, can individuals work the windows to exit from them? How long does it take? Are flashlights and shoes easy to grab?
Spiritual Preparedness Read the March 2008 Ensign- The special issue about the Lord Jesus Christ.
Food Storage Purchase 2 lbs. Bouillon Cubes.
Extra Item Purchase 30 lbs. Beans
Car Kit Your Basic car kit is complete. Modify it, personalize it. Some ideas might be coins/money, a book to read, candy, gum, hand towels, phone card, aspirin, etc.
Family Preparation Have a practice disaster with family members. See if your evacuation plan works, can individuals work the windows to exit from them? How long does it take? Are flashlights and shoes easy to grab?
Spiritual Preparedness Read the March 2008 Ensign- The special issue about the Lord Jesus Christ.
Week 23
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase Fruit Drink mix to make 30 qts.
Extra Item Purchase 20 lbs. Oats
Car Kit Consider adding money, a multi tool, and toilet paper.
Family Preparation Have an evacuation plan for leaving home in the event of a fire. Discuss with you family what should be gathered quickly by each member and make assignments. Post this list where everyone can find it.
Spiritual Preparedness Read Alma 37:35. Strive to teach your children to keep the commandments of God.
Food Storage Purchase Fruit Drink mix to make 30 qts.
Extra Item Purchase 20 lbs. Oats
Car Kit Consider adding money, a multi tool, and toilet paper.
Family Preparation Have an evacuation plan for leaving home in the event of a fire. Discuss with you family what should be gathered quickly by each member and make assignments. Post this list where everyone can find it.
Spiritual Preparedness Read Alma 37:35. Strive to teach your children to keep the commandments of God.
Week 21
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two
Week 21
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Fruit
Extra Item Purchase 8 Rolls of Toilet Paper
Car Kit Duct Tape, Electrical Tape, and Bungee Cords
Family Preparation Avoid problems from falling ash by staying indoors close doors and windows, Avoid using fireplaces, furnaces, or clothes dryers unless they have an outside air source or exhaust fans.
Spiritual Preparedness Read Mosiah 4: 6-12. Trust in the Lord and turn to him for guidance.
Week 21
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Fruit
Extra Item Purchase 8 Rolls of Toilet Paper
Car Kit Duct Tape, Electrical Tape, and Bungee Cords
Family Preparation Avoid problems from falling ash by staying indoors close doors and windows, Avoid using fireplaces, furnaces, or clothes dryers unless they have an outside air source or exhaust fans.
Spiritual Preparedness Read Mosiah 4: 6-12. Trust in the Lord and turn to him for guidance.
FHE this week:
FHE: Perpetual Education by Shauna Gibby
Conference Talk:
For more information on this topic read "Welcome to Conference," by Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, May 2009, 4-6.
Thought:
The Perpetual Education Fund, established in 2001, continues to move forward. Since its inception, 35,600 young men and young women have been enrolled in the program and have trained to improve their skills and their employment opportunities. Thus far, 18,900 have finished that training. On average, . . . they are increasing their income by three to four times. What a blessing this is in their lives! This is indeed an inspired program.
(Thomas S. Monson, "Welcome to Conference," Ensign, May 2009, 4-6.)
Song:"I Will Be Valiant" Children's Songbook, p. 162.
Scripture:God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom.(Daniel 1:17)
Lesson:
Read in the For the Strength of Youth booklet why the Lord wants us to learn and to gain an education. Emphasize that we can find joy in learning at church, at school, and at home.
Ask the family three questions:
Question 1: How do you make a blade of grass?Question 2: How many stars are in the sky?Question 3: Have any birds fallen out of trees and died anywhere on earth today?
We can't answer any of these questions.
Who does know the answer to these questions? Jesus Christ does. He created the earth and everything on it. He knows how many stars are in the sky. He knows about the fall of the sparrow, and he knows about each of us. Jesus knows everything. But did you know that we have been commanded to become like Jesus? He has promised us that we can be like him and know what he knows. Does this mean that we need to keep learning? Yes! Do even Moms and Dads need to keep learning? Yes! We all need to learn from the scriptures, from good books, from going to school and to church, and from studying, listening, observing, and working hard. The Holy Ghost will help us get the knowledge that we need, "line upon line, precept upon precept" (2 Nephi 28:30). We will keep learning even after we die.
Bear your testimony of the importance of education. Share why education is important to you and explain the blessings your education has brought into your life. Congratulate each family member for the things that he or she has learned during the past year. Let each person know that he or she is smart and capable of learning all the things that Heavenly Father wants his children to know. Encourage the family to keep learning every day.
(Deborah Pace Rowley, Before They Turn Twelve, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2007], p. 20-21.)
Discuss the Church's plan (called the Perpetual Education Fund) to help people in other countries obtain an education. Ask how your family could help with this program.
Story:
President Gordon B. Hinckley
(*This was the third time President Hinckley was invited to address the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. More than 2,000 people were in attendance, including diplomats, professors, government officials, media representatives, and religious leaders of many faiths.)
Let me give you, in their own words, two or three expressions [about the Perpetual Education Fund].
This from a young man in Concepcion, Chile:
"I have felt frustrated and inadequate to provide my future family a better economic state and at the same time a spiritual surrounding. All my life I have fought mediocrity. My feelings for the Perpetual Education Fund are those of gratitude to the Lord. This is a great blessing for so many of us, not only from Chile but in all Latin American countries. Today I can change the future and give something better to my children. Thanks to all who have made this possible."
This from a young man in Colombia who is studying to become a computer systems network technician:
"When I was serving my mission, many of the members and even the investigators would ask me about my goals after my mission. Without hesitating I would always respond, 'I'll go to school, work, and get married.' Then, when I was in the apartment with my companion, the truth would come out. I told my companion that it would be too difficult for me, that I could never have the money to do it. My good companion would try to encourage me by saying that the Lord would help me somehow if I were just patient. Still, it seemed hopeless.
"The Perpetual Education Fund was an answer to my companion's faith and the prayers of many others. Now I am achieving that dream. I am attending one of the best schools in my city. My desires and motivation are higher than ever. I can see how I will be able to help my family, the Church, and others, and I will return in many ways the assistance given me. I am so grateful once again to see the fulfillment of the Lord's promise to always protect His sheep."
This from a young man in Brazil. He is now 27.
"I came home from my mission six years ago and eventually found a wonderful wife. However, all my efforts to gain an education were frustrated. The free courses I took were ineffective, and the good courses were expensive and therefore totally inaccessible. When the Perpetual Education Fund was announced, it gave me new hope about becoming self-reliant, about having a promising career. Today I am in training to become a radiology technician thanks to a loan from the fund. After my graduation I will find a job that will give me the time and money to take care of my family and serve better in the Church."
(Gordon B. Hinckley, Discourses of President Gordon B. Hinckley, Volume 2: 2000-2004, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 2005].)
Activity:
Remind the family that the prophet thinks that learning is very important. "Be smart" was one of President Gordon B. Hinckley's Six Bs, and he even established the Perpetual Education Fund to help young men and young women get the education they need. For the Six Bs Relay, family members will run to a certain part of the house, say one of the six phrases, perform a simple action that will help them remember that "B," then run to the next part of the house. Make it a timed obstacle course to see who can finish the relay fastest, or make it a relay with two teams racing against each other. Start at the front door.
B #1: Run to the dining room and touch your lips while mouthing the words "Thank you." Shout out, "Be grateful."
B #2: Run to a bedroom and kneel down and fold your arms. Whisper, "Be prayerful."
B #3: Run to the kitchen and bow your head. Say, "Be humble."
B #4: Run to the home office or stand beside a bookshelf. Point to your brain and declare, "Be smart."
B #5: Run to the bathroom and rub your hands together as if you were washing them. Say, "Be clean."
B #6: Run to the living room, place your hand over your heart, and promise to "Be true." Run back to the front door. The first person or team to touch the door wins the relay.
(Deborah Pace Rowley, Before They Turn Twelve, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2007], p. 21.)
Refreshment
German Pancakes with Strawberries
1/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups milk
3/4 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
3 eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups fresh strawberries, halved
2 tablespoons sugar
1 (8-ounce) carton sour cream
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
Maple syrupPreheat oven to 400 degrees F. Put butter in a 9-inch glass pie plate. Place in oven for 5 minutes, or until butter melts and bubbles. While butter is melting put milk, flour, sugar, eggs, and salt into blender. Blend on medium speed until smooth. Remove pie plate from oven. Adjust heat to 450 degrees F. Immediately pour mixture into pie plate. Return pie plate to oven. Bake for 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F. and bake 8 to 10 minutes more until edges are puffed and browned. Remove from oven. In a bowl, sprinkle strawberries with sugar. Spoon into center of hot pancake. Cut hot pancake into wedges. Serve topped with sour cream, brown sugar, and syrup. Makes 4 servings.
(Julie Badger Jensen, Essential Mormon Cookbook, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2004], p. 11.)
Conference Talk:
For more information on this topic read "Welcome to Conference," by Thomas S. Monson, Ensign, May 2009, 4-6.
Thought:
The Perpetual Education Fund, established in 2001, continues to move forward. Since its inception, 35,600 young men and young women have been enrolled in the program and have trained to improve their skills and their employment opportunities. Thus far, 18,900 have finished that training. On average, . . . they are increasing their income by three to four times. What a blessing this is in their lives! This is indeed an inspired program.
(Thomas S. Monson, "Welcome to Conference," Ensign, May 2009, 4-6.)
Song:"I Will Be Valiant" Children's Songbook, p. 162.
Scripture:God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom.(Daniel 1:17)
Lesson:
Read in the For the Strength of Youth booklet why the Lord wants us to learn and to gain an education. Emphasize that we can find joy in learning at church, at school, and at home.
Ask the family three questions:
Question 1: How do you make a blade of grass?Question 2: How many stars are in the sky?Question 3: Have any birds fallen out of trees and died anywhere on earth today?
We can't answer any of these questions.
Who does know the answer to these questions? Jesus Christ does. He created the earth and everything on it. He knows how many stars are in the sky. He knows about the fall of the sparrow, and he knows about each of us. Jesus knows everything. But did you know that we have been commanded to become like Jesus? He has promised us that we can be like him and know what he knows. Does this mean that we need to keep learning? Yes! Do even Moms and Dads need to keep learning? Yes! We all need to learn from the scriptures, from good books, from going to school and to church, and from studying, listening, observing, and working hard. The Holy Ghost will help us get the knowledge that we need, "line upon line, precept upon precept" (2 Nephi 28:30). We will keep learning even after we die.
Bear your testimony of the importance of education. Share why education is important to you and explain the blessings your education has brought into your life. Congratulate each family member for the things that he or she has learned during the past year. Let each person know that he or she is smart and capable of learning all the things that Heavenly Father wants his children to know. Encourage the family to keep learning every day.
(Deborah Pace Rowley, Before They Turn Twelve, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2007], p. 20-21.)
Discuss the Church's plan (called the Perpetual Education Fund) to help people in other countries obtain an education. Ask how your family could help with this program.
Story:
President Gordon B. Hinckley
(*This was the third time President Hinckley was invited to address the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. More than 2,000 people were in attendance, including diplomats, professors, government officials, media representatives, and religious leaders of many faiths.)
Let me give you, in their own words, two or three expressions [about the Perpetual Education Fund].
This from a young man in Concepcion, Chile:
"I have felt frustrated and inadequate to provide my future family a better economic state and at the same time a spiritual surrounding. All my life I have fought mediocrity. My feelings for the Perpetual Education Fund are those of gratitude to the Lord. This is a great blessing for so many of us, not only from Chile but in all Latin American countries. Today I can change the future and give something better to my children. Thanks to all who have made this possible."
This from a young man in Colombia who is studying to become a computer systems network technician:
"When I was serving my mission, many of the members and even the investigators would ask me about my goals after my mission. Without hesitating I would always respond, 'I'll go to school, work, and get married.' Then, when I was in the apartment with my companion, the truth would come out. I told my companion that it would be too difficult for me, that I could never have the money to do it. My good companion would try to encourage me by saying that the Lord would help me somehow if I were just patient. Still, it seemed hopeless.
"The Perpetual Education Fund was an answer to my companion's faith and the prayers of many others. Now I am achieving that dream. I am attending one of the best schools in my city. My desires and motivation are higher than ever. I can see how I will be able to help my family, the Church, and others, and I will return in many ways the assistance given me. I am so grateful once again to see the fulfillment of the Lord's promise to always protect His sheep."
This from a young man in Brazil. He is now 27.
"I came home from my mission six years ago and eventually found a wonderful wife. However, all my efforts to gain an education were frustrated. The free courses I took were ineffective, and the good courses were expensive and therefore totally inaccessible. When the Perpetual Education Fund was announced, it gave me new hope about becoming self-reliant, about having a promising career. Today I am in training to become a radiology technician thanks to a loan from the fund. After my graduation I will find a job that will give me the time and money to take care of my family and serve better in the Church."
(Gordon B. Hinckley, Discourses of President Gordon B. Hinckley, Volume 2: 2000-2004, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 2005].)
Activity:
Remind the family that the prophet thinks that learning is very important. "Be smart" was one of President Gordon B. Hinckley's Six Bs, and he even established the Perpetual Education Fund to help young men and young women get the education they need. For the Six Bs Relay, family members will run to a certain part of the house, say one of the six phrases, perform a simple action that will help them remember that "B," then run to the next part of the house. Make it a timed obstacle course to see who can finish the relay fastest, or make it a relay with two teams racing against each other. Start at the front door.
B #1: Run to the dining room and touch your lips while mouthing the words "Thank you." Shout out, "Be grateful."
B #2: Run to a bedroom and kneel down and fold your arms. Whisper, "Be prayerful."
B #3: Run to the kitchen and bow your head. Say, "Be humble."
B #4: Run to the home office or stand beside a bookshelf. Point to your brain and declare, "Be smart."
B #5: Run to the bathroom and rub your hands together as if you were washing them. Say, "Be clean."
B #6: Run to the living room, place your hand over your heart, and promise to "Be true." Run back to the front door. The first person or team to touch the door wins the relay.
(Deborah Pace Rowley, Before They Turn Twelve, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2007], p. 21.)
Refreshment
German Pancakes with Strawberries
1/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cups milk
3/4 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
3 eggs
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups fresh strawberries, halved
2 tablespoons sugar
1 (8-ounce) carton sour cream
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
Maple syrupPreheat oven to 400 degrees F. Put butter in a 9-inch glass pie plate. Place in oven for 5 minutes, or until butter melts and bubbles. While butter is melting put milk, flour, sugar, eggs, and salt into blender. Blend on medium speed until smooth. Remove pie plate from oven. Adjust heat to 450 degrees F. Immediately pour mixture into pie plate. Return pie plate to oven. Bake for 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F. and bake 8 to 10 minutes more until edges are puffed and browned. Remove from oven. In a bowl, sprinkle strawberries with sugar. Spoon into center of hot pancake. Cut hot pancake into wedges. Serve topped with sour cream, brown sugar, and syrup. Makes 4 servings.
(Julie Badger Jensen, Essential Mormon Cookbook, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2004], p. 11.)
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Emergency Items Sale:
Solar Panel Kit: 45 Watt w/ controller, reg $250, now $179. Sale through July 29th, at Harbor Freight in Ogden and SLC (go on-line for the store nearest you). You will still need to get an invertor (several would be nice of different strengths), and (2) 6 volt gulf cart batteries at Sam's Club in order to be able to plug in a light, battery recharger, wheat grinder, sewing machine, DVD, CD, hair dryer, freezer, ect. And some cord. Have someone electrically smart look it over to make sure you are covered.
Pressure cooker: Smithfield Impliment in Cache Valley has their Presto Pressure Cooker, 23 qts, regularly $129 for $80. Their All American 21 qt is $210. They may be a "True Value Hardware" in which case there may be some in SLC, and Provo. Sale ends???
Pressure cooker: Smithfield Impliment in Cache Valley has their Presto Pressure Cooker, 23 qts, regularly $129 for $80. Their All American 21 qt is $210. They may be a "True Value Hardware" in which case there may be some in SLC, and Provo. Sale ends???
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
FHE
Conference Talk:
For more information on this topic read "Testimony as a Process," by Carlos A. Godoy, Ensign, Nov 2008, 100-102.
Thought:
To receive the witness of the "still small voice" sometimes can have a stronger impact on our testimonies than the visit of an angel.
(Carlos A. Godoy, "Testimony as a Process," Ensign, Nov. 2008, 100-102.)
Song:
"The Holy Ghost," Children's Songbook, p.105.
Scripture:
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
(John 14:26)
Lesson:
Tell the story of Lehi's family and the Liahona in your own words. Discuss the following questions with your family:
What was the Liahona? (A ball that pointed the way Lehi and his family should go.)
What did it do for them? (It showed them the way to travel, gave instruction, and showed them where to get food.)
How did it work? (Through their obedience.)
Write the following letters on a large piece of paper. Tell your family to unscramble the phrase to discover something that works similarly to the Liahona.
LSOGOHHTY (Holy Ghost)
(Beth Lefgren and Jennifer Jackson, Sharing Time, Family Time, Anytime: Book Two, [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft,1994], p. 48.)
Story:
My first radio was a crystal set. It was hard to tune to the frequency of a particular radio station. One had to literally scratch the receiving wire whisker over the top of the rough crystal to find the right pinpoint, a little valley or peak on the crystal, where the signal was received. Just a millimeter off on one side or the other of that point and you would lose the signal and get scratchy static. Over time, with patience and perseverance, good eyesight and a steady hand, you could learn to find the signal point on the crystal without too much difficulty.
So it is in learning to attune ourselves to the inspiration from God and tune out the scratchy static. We have to work at being tuned in. Most of us need a long time to become tuned in most of the time. When I was a young General Authority, President Marion G. Romney, who was in his seventies at the time, told us, "I know when I am working under the Spirit and when I am not." To be able to recognize when one is being guided by the Spirit is a supernal gift.
(James E. Faust, Stories From My Life, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2001], p. 49.)
Activity:
Play "Ships in the Fog."
Blindfold everyone except for one person. He is the captain.
Line up single file with each family member's hands on the shoulders of the person in front of them. Set up a route with pillows that represent dangerous reefs. Mark off the harbor on the far side of the room. The captain is not in the line but will call out instructions from a distance.
The captain calls out signals to the ship to help them navigate across the room among the pillows and into the harbor.
Repeat with a new captain until everyone who wishes has had a turn. (adapted from George and Jeane Chipman, Games! Games! Games!, [Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain, 1983], p. 41.)
Refreshment
Grandma's Favorite Icee
1 6-ounce can frozen orange juice concentrate
1 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup sugar
16 large ice cubes
Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smooth. Serves 3 to 5 people.
For more information on this topic read "Testimony as a Process," by Carlos A. Godoy, Ensign, Nov 2008, 100-102.
Thought:
To receive the witness of the "still small voice" sometimes can have a stronger impact on our testimonies than the visit of an angel.
(Carlos A. Godoy, "Testimony as a Process," Ensign, Nov. 2008, 100-102.)
Song:
"The Holy Ghost," Children's Songbook, p.105.
Scripture:
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
(John 14:26)
Lesson:
Tell the story of Lehi's family and the Liahona in your own words. Discuss the following questions with your family:
What was the Liahona? (A ball that pointed the way Lehi and his family should go.)
What did it do for them? (It showed them the way to travel, gave instruction, and showed them where to get food.)
How did it work? (Through their obedience.)
Write the following letters on a large piece of paper. Tell your family to unscramble the phrase to discover something that works similarly to the Liahona.
LSOGOHHTY (Holy Ghost)
(Beth Lefgren and Jennifer Jackson, Sharing Time, Family Time, Anytime: Book Two, [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft,1994], p. 48.)
Story:
My first radio was a crystal set. It was hard to tune to the frequency of a particular radio station. One had to literally scratch the receiving wire whisker over the top of the rough crystal to find the right pinpoint, a little valley or peak on the crystal, where the signal was received. Just a millimeter off on one side or the other of that point and you would lose the signal and get scratchy static. Over time, with patience and perseverance, good eyesight and a steady hand, you could learn to find the signal point on the crystal without too much difficulty.
So it is in learning to attune ourselves to the inspiration from God and tune out the scratchy static. We have to work at being tuned in. Most of us need a long time to become tuned in most of the time. When I was a young General Authority, President Marion G. Romney, who was in his seventies at the time, told us, "I know when I am working under the Spirit and when I am not." To be able to recognize when one is being guided by the Spirit is a supernal gift.
(James E. Faust, Stories From My Life, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2001], p. 49.)
Activity:
Play "Ships in the Fog."
Blindfold everyone except for one person. He is the captain.
Line up single file with each family member's hands on the shoulders of the person in front of them. Set up a route with pillows that represent dangerous reefs. Mark off the harbor on the far side of the room. The captain is not in the line but will call out instructions from a distance.
The captain calls out signals to the ship to help them navigate across the room among the pillows and into the harbor.
Repeat with a new captain until everyone who wishes has had a turn. (adapted from George and Jeane Chipman, Games! Games! Games!, [Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain, 1983], p. 41.)
Refreshment
Grandma's Favorite Icee
1 6-ounce can frozen orange juice concentrate
1 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup sugar
16 large ice cubes
Put all ingredients into blender. Blend until smooth. Serves 3 to 5 people.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Week 20 Preparedness for 2 People
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 30lbs. Wheat or Flour
Extra Item Purchase 11 lbs. of Macaroni or Spaghetti
Car Kit Sand or Kitty Litter, Ground Cloth, Carpet or Matt.
Family Preparation Secure important documents in a fireproof safe or scan onto a disc and have a friend or relative store it for you.
Spiritual Preparedness Read D&C 38: 24-27. Strive to become united with those in your ward and community.
Food Storage Purchase 30lbs. Wheat or Flour
Extra Item Purchase 11 lbs. of Macaroni or Spaghetti
Car Kit Sand or Kitty Litter, Ground Cloth, Carpet or Matt.
Family Preparation Secure important documents in a fireproof safe or scan onto a disc and have a friend or relative store it for you.
Spiritual Preparedness Read D&C 38: 24-27. Strive to become united with those in your ward and community.
Week 19
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two
Week 19
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 ½ lbs. Non-Fat Dry Milk
Extra Item Purchase 1 lbs. of Yeast, Baking Soda, and Baking Powder
Car Kit Flashlight w/extra batteries, spot light, chemical light stick, road hazard sign, and road flares.
Family Preparation E.D.I.T.H. stands for Exit Drills In The Home. Regularly have a fire drill to practice exiting the house. Plan where to meet outside the home and what to do next. Test smoke alarms to make sure they work and so everyone knows what they sound like.
Spiritual Preparedness Read “Come to the Temple” by Boyd K. Packer in the Oct. 2007 Ensign. Plan to attend regularly.
Week 19
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 ½ lbs. Non-Fat Dry Milk
Extra Item Purchase 1 lbs. of Yeast, Baking Soda, and Baking Powder
Car Kit Flashlight w/extra batteries, spot light, chemical light stick, road hazard sign, and road flares.
Family Preparation E.D.I.T.H. stands for Exit Drills In The Home. Regularly have a fire drill to practice exiting the house. Plan where to meet outside the home and what to do next. Test smoke alarms to make sure they work and so everyone knows what they sound like.
Spiritual Preparedness Read “Come to the Temple” by Boyd K. Packer in the Oct. 2007 Ensign. Plan to attend regularly.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Pandemic Info Night
Friday, May 29th, 2009 Preparedness Pot Luck Dinner
As President Ollis has asked us this month to be better prepared specifically in the way of food, water, and pandemic preparedness, this invitation is extended to our ward to attend. It can greatly bless you and your families, please come if you can!
Dinner will start at 6pm, with a Lesson on Pandemic Preparedness from 7 to 9PM. About the speaker, Melanie Turley: I have taught food storage/ sprouting classes for 15 years and recently was asked if I would teach on the Pandemic. One class for friends then turned into over 10 classes in the past few months for preparedness fairs, wards and stakes. I put on classes every other week for my area on everything from making tortillas to light and heating. I have a 50+ page booklet that I will offer at the class for $5.00. It will cost you $6- $6.50 if you run it off once at a copy store. (I get over 50 at a time) It will be double sided and hole punched for easy reference. I will bring a display with a lot of things I have prepared with and real solutions for prevention, treatment, and dealing logistically with all the possible scenarios that might come with the Pandemic as it re-occurs in the upcoming fall months. Many scientists are saying that this swine flu has a very good chance to return in the fall, much more deadly. The swine flu is a combination of swine flu, bird flu, human flu and asian flu. The W.H.O. is investigating to see if this is man-made while others believe that it is a bio-weapon which will mutate. Either way, it would be well for us to be prepared for it to return in the fall with a vengence. The 1918 flu, which was similarly configured, came out in the spring (was not very deadly) and returned in the fall in a very dangerous mutated state. We look forward to seeing you!
Here are a few things which we request: Everyone needs to bring a pot luck item to share. If everyone brings a bag of chips, it will not be a fun pot luck dinner. This is an adult meeting, so please get a sitter for your small children. Bring a jacket or blanket since evenings can still be cool. I expect a big crowd so I will not be able to have a campfire. Consider bringing a comfortable lawn chair for the meeting.It is fun to sit and talk afterwards so be prepared to stay. We get into some interesting conversations after the meeting is over.
Jerry & Shawna Draper
Email Cedarpointreliefsociety for details on the location or the phone number of the host for questions
As President Ollis has asked us this month to be better prepared specifically in the way of food, water, and pandemic preparedness, this invitation is extended to our ward to attend. It can greatly bless you and your families, please come if you can!
Dinner will start at 6pm, with a Lesson on Pandemic Preparedness from 7 to 9PM. About the speaker, Melanie Turley: I have taught food storage/ sprouting classes for 15 years and recently was asked if I would teach on the Pandemic. One class for friends then turned into over 10 classes in the past few months for preparedness fairs, wards and stakes. I put on classes every other week for my area on everything from making tortillas to light and heating. I have a 50+ page booklet that I will offer at the class for $5.00. It will cost you $6- $6.50 if you run it off once at a copy store. (I get over 50 at a time) It will be double sided and hole punched for easy reference. I will bring a display with a lot of things I have prepared with and real solutions for prevention, treatment, and dealing logistically with all the possible scenarios that might come with the Pandemic as it re-occurs in the upcoming fall months. Many scientists are saying that this swine flu has a very good chance to return in the fall, much more deadly. The swine flu is a combination of swine flu, bird flu, human flu and asian flu. The W.H.O. is investigating to see if this is man-made while others believe that it is a bio-weapon which will mutate. Either way, it would be well for us to be prepared for it to return in the fall with a vengence. The 1918 flu, which was similarly configured, came out in the spring (was not very deadly) and returned in the fall in a very dangerous mutated state. We look forward to seeing you!
Here are a few things which we request: Everyone needs to bring a pot luck item to share. If everyone brings a bag of chips, it will not be a fun pot luck dinner. This is an adult meeting, so please get a sitter for your small children. Bring a jacket or blanket since evenings can still be cool. I expect a big crowd so I will not be able to have a campfire. Consider bringing a comfortable lawn chair for the meeting.It is fun to sit and talk afterwards so be prepared to stay. We get into some interesting conversations after the meeting is over.
Jerry & Shawna Draper
Email Cedarpointreliefsociety for details on the location or the phone number of the host for questions
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Week 18
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two
Week 18
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Soup
Extra Item Purchase 2 Months of Laundry Soap
Car Kit Fire Extinguisher, Jumper Cables, Tow Strap, 1 quart of Motor Oil, Container of HEET.
Family Preparation Check the furnace and fireplace regularly for Carbon Monoxide leaks. Be cautious with any open flame heating or cooking devices and never use charcoal indoors. Install at least one CO detector in your home.
Spiritual Preparedness Make a commitment to hold Family Home Evening every Monday Night this year.
Week 18
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Soup
Extra Item Purchase 2 Months of Laundry Soap
Car Kit Fire Extinguisher, Jumper Cables, Tow Strap, 1 quart of Motor Oil, Container of HEET.
Family Preparation Check the furnace and fireplace regularly for Carbon Monoxide leaks. Be cautious with any open flame heating or cooking devices and never use charcoal indoors. Install at least one CO detector in your home.
Spiritual Preparedness Make a commitment to hold Family Home Evening every Monday Night this year.
FHE
FHE: Virtue by Shauna Gibby
Conference Talk:
For more information on this topic read "A Return to Virtue," by Elaine S. Dalton, Ensign, Nov. 2008, 78-80.
Thought:
Virtue begins in the heart and in the mind. It is nurtured in the home. It is the accumulation of thousands of small decisions and actions.
(Elaine S. Dalton, "A Return to Virtue," Ensign, Nov 2008, 78-80)
Song:
"Hum Your Favorite Hymn," Children's Songbook, p. 152.
Scripture:
Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven.
(Doctrine and Covenants 121:45)
Object Lesson:
Materials needed: A beat-up, dirty, rusty hanger; a new unused hanger; and a beautiful delicate article of clothing.
Procedure: Display the hangers and the clothing. Ask on which hanger you should hang the clothing. Discuss why.
Explain that when we allow our bodies or minds to be used in an unrighteous or worldly way our spirituality becomes dirty and rusty. Just as we would not want to hang our best and most delicate clothing on this hanger (hold up the dirty hanger), the Lord does not wish to cloak us with some very sacred, beautiful experiences (temple, priesthood) until our lives are in order and we are ready to receive them. (You may wish to discuss repentance and what could be done to make the hanger ready to be used again.)
(Beth Lefgren and Jennifer Jackson, More Power Tools for Teaching, [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1991], p.8.)
Story:
When I was about ten years old, we lived in a home surrounded by an orchard. There never seemed to be enough water for the trees. The ditches were always fresh-plowed in the spring, but after the first few irrigating turns, the weeds would spring up in the ditch bottoms and soon they were choked with water grass, June grass, and redroot. One day, in charge of the irrigating turn, I found myself in trouble. As the water moved down the rows choked with weeds, it carried enough leaves and grass and debris to lodge against the weed stocks and flood the water from the ditch. I raced through the puddles, trying to build the banks up a little higher, to keep the water in the channel. As soon as I had one break patched up there would be another one flooding over in another spot.
About that time an older brother came through the lot with a friend of his who was majoring in agriculture. He watched me for a moment, then with a few vigorous strokes of the shovel he cleared the weeds from the dampened ditch bottom and allowed the water to course through the channel he had dug.
"You will waste the whole irrigating turn patching up the banks," he said. "If you want the water to stay on its course, you have to make a place for it to go."
I have learned that thoughts, like water, will follow the course if we make a place for them to go. Otherwise, we may spend all our time frantically patching up the banks and may find that our "turn" is over and that we have wasted the day of our probation.
I want to tell you of one way you can control your thoughts. It is simple. It may seem so elementary that you will think it unimportant. But, if you will, it may help you. . . .
Let me suggest that you choose from among the sacred music of the Church one favorite hymn, one with lyrics that are uplifting and the music reverent. Select one that, when it is properly rendered, makes you feel something akin to inspiration.
Now, go over it in your mind very thoughtfully a few times. Memorize the words and the music. Even though you have had no musical training, even though you do not play an instrument, and even though your voice may leave something to be desired, you can think through a hymn. I suspect you already have a favorite. I have stressed how important it is to know that you can only think of one thing at a time. Use this hymn as your emergency channel. Use this as the place for your thoughts to go. Anytime you find that these shady actors have slipped in from the sideline of your thinking onto the stage of your mind, think through this hymn. "Put the record on," as it were, and then you will begin to know something about controlling your thoughts. "Music is one of the most forceful instruments for governing the mind and spirit of man" (William F. Gladstone). It will change the whole mood on the stage of your mind. Because it is clean and uplifting and reverent, the baser thoughts will leave.
Virtue will not associate with filth, while evil cannot tolerate the presence of good.
At first this simple little procedure may seem to you so trivial as to be unimportant and ineffective. With a little experimenting, you will learn that it is not easy, but it is powerfully effective.
(Boyd K. Packer, Memorable Stories and Parables, [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1997], p.78.)
Activity:
Print the following on wordstrips:
Dating
Dress/Appearance
Friendship
Honesty
Language
Movies/Books
Music/Dancing
Sexual Purity
Sabbath DayPlace all wordstrips face down on a display area. Have a family member choose one wordstrip and read it to the family. Talk about choices that must be made in each area and discuss way that each of us can be a righteous example. Repeat for every wordstrip. If questions arise, use For the Strength of Youth as a resource.
(Beth Lefgren and Jennifer Jackson, Building Blocks for Better Lessons, [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1998], p. 63.)
Refreshment
Yvoni's Pineapple Cake
1 yellow pudding-in-the-mix cake mix
1/2 cup cream of coconut
1/2 cup pineapple juice
4 eggs
1/3 cup oil
1/2 to 3/4 cup crushed pineapple, drained
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9×13-inch cake pan.* Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except crushed pineapple. Blend well, then fold in pineapple. Place in prepared pan and bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on rack. Makes about 15 servings. Good topped with whipped cream and pineapple.
*Cake may be baked in any shape pan, such as a bundt cake pan or an angel food cake pan.
Conference Talk:
For more information on this topic read "A Return to Virtue," by Elaine S. Dalton, Ensign, Nov. 2008, 78-80.
Thought:
Virtue begins in the heart and in the mind. It is nurtured in the home. It is the accumulation of thousands of small decisions and actions.
(Elaine S. Dalton, "A Return to Virtue," Ensign, Nov 2008, 78-80)
Song:
"Hum Your Favorite Hymn," Children's Songbook, p. 152.
Scripture:
Let thy bowels also be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven.
(Doctrine and Covenants 121:45)
Object Lesson:
Materials needed: A beat-up, dirty, rusty hanger; a new unused hanger; and a beautiful delicate article of clothing.
Procedure: Display the hangers and the clothing. Ask on which hanger you should hang the clothing. Discuss why.
Explain that when we allow our bodies or minds to be used in an unrighteous or worldly way our spirituality becomes dirty and rusty. Just as we would not want to hang our best and most delicate clothing on this hanger (hold up the dirty hanger), the Lord does not wish to cloak us with some very sacred, beautiful experiences (temple, priesthood) until our lives are in order and we are ready to receive them. (You may wish to discuss repentance and what could be done to make the hanger ready to be used again.)
(Beth Lefgren and Jennifer Jackson, More Power Tools for Teaching, [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1991], p.8.)
Story:
When I was about ten years old, we lived in a home surrounded by an orchard. There never seemed to be enough water for the trees. The ditches were always fresh-plowed in the spring, but after the first few irrigating turns, the weeds would spring up in the ditch bottoms and soon they were choked with water grass, June grass, and redroot. One day, in charge of the irrigating turn, I found myself in trouble. As the water moved down the rows choked with weeds, it carried enough leaves and grass and debris to lodge against the weed stocks and flood the water from the ditch. I raced through the puddles, trying to build the banks up a little higher, to keep the water in the channel. As soon as I had one break patched up there would be another one flooding over in another spot.
About that time an older brother came through the lot with a friend of his who was majoring in agriculture. He watched me for a moment, then with a few vigorous strokes of the shovel he cleared the weeds from the dampened ditch bottom and allowed the water to course through the channel he had dug.
"You will waste the whole irrigating turn patching up the banks," he said. "If you want the water to stay on its course, you have to make a place for it to go."
I have learned that thoughts, like water, will follow the course if we make a place for them to go. Otherwise, we may spend all our time frantically patching up the banks and may find that our "turn" is over and that we have wasted the day of our probation.
I want to tell you of one way you can control your thoughts. It is simple. It may seem so elementary that you will think it unimportant. But, if you will, it may help you. . . .
Let me suggest that you choose from among the sacred music of the Church one favorite hymn, one with lyrics that are uplifting and the music reverent. Select one that, when it is properly rendered, makes you feel something akin to inspiration.
Now, go over it in your mind very thoughtfully a few times. Memorize the words and the music. Even though you have had no musical training, even though you do not play an instrument, and even though your voice may leave something to be desired, you can think through a hymn. I suspect you already have a favorite. I have stressed how important it is to know that you can only think of one thing at a time. Use this hymn as your emergency channel. Use this as the place for your thoughts to go. Anytime you find that these shady actors have slipped in from the sideline of your thinking onto the stage of your mind, think through this hymn. "Put the record on," as it were, and then you will begin to know something about controlling your thoughts. "Music is one of the most forceful instruments for governing the mind and spirit of man" (William F. Gladstone). It will change the whole mood on the stage of your mind. Because it is clean and uplifting and reverent, the baser thoughts will leave.
Virtue will not associate with filth, while evil cannot tolerate the presence of good.
At first this simple little procedure may seem to you so trivial as to be unimportant and ineffective. With a little experimenting, you will learn that it is not easy, but it is powerfully effective.
(Boyd K. Packer, Memorable Stories and Parables, [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1997], p.78.)
Activity:
Print the following on wordstrips:
Dating
Dress/Appearance
Friendship
Honesty
Language
Movies/Books
Music/Dancing
Sexual Purity
Sabbath DayPlace all wordstrips face down on a display area. Have a family member choose one wordstrip and read it to the family. Talk about choices that must be made in each area and discuss way that each of us can be a righteous example. Repeat for every wordstrip. If questions arise, use For the Strength of Youth as a resource.
(Beth Lefgren and Jennifer Jackson, Building Blocks for Better Lessons, [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1998], p. 63.)
Refreshment
Yvoni's Pineapple Cake
1 yellow pudding-in-the-mix cake mix
1/2 cup cream of coconut
1/2 cup pineapple juice
4 eggs
1/3 cup oil
1/2 to 3/4 cup crushed pineapple, drained
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9×13-inch cake pan.* Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except crushed pineapple. Blend well, then fold in pineapple. Place in prepared pan and bake for 40 to 50 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on rack. Makes about 15 servings. Good topped with whipped cream and pineapple.
*Cake may be baked in any shape pan, such as a bundt cake pan or an angel food cake pan.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Flu Info Church Website
"Pandemics are global in nature, but their impact is local. When the next pandemic strikes, as it surely will, it is likely to touch the lives of every individual, family, and community. Our task is to make sure that when this happens, we will be a Nation prepared."
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for TwoWeek 17
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase
8 Cans of Meat Extra Item Purchase
8 Rolls of Toilet Paper Car Kit
A couple pairs of safety glasses and work gloves.
Find your jack and tools (to change a tire), check them out and learn how to use them.
Family Preparation
For communication during a power outage, make sure you have a corded phone. Cordless phones don’t work when the power is off.
Spiritual Preparedness
Resolve to prepare spiritually for Sundays this year by reading the lessons to be taught each week before church.
* Our Ward is invited to go to the Sandy Storehouse Dry Pack on May 6th from 5pm-9pm
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase
8 Cans of Meat Extra Item Purchase
8 Rolls of Toilet Paper Car Kit
A couple pairs of safety glasses and work gloves.
Find your jack and tools (to change a tire), check them out and learn how to use them.
Family Preparation
For communication during a power outage, make sure you have a corded phone. Cordless phones don’t work when the power is off.
Spiritual Preparedness
Resolve to prepare spiritually for Sundays this year by reading the lessons to be taught each week before church.
* Our Ward is invited to go to the Sandy Storehouse Dry Pack on May 6th from 5pm-9pm
Monday, April 27, 2009
Family Home Evening: Preparing Spritually
FHE: Being an Example
by Shauna Gibby
Conference Talk:
For more information on this topic read "Now Let Us Rejoice," by Barbara Thompson, Ensign, Nov 2008, 114–16.
Thought:
We need to live so that our lives bear witness that we love our Heavenly Father and the Savior Jesus Christ and that we will do what They have asked us to do.
(Barbara Thompson, "Now Let Us Rejoice," Ensign, Nov 2008, 114-16.)
Song:
"Do As I'm Doing" Children's Songbook, p. 270.
Scripture:
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. (John 13:15)
Lesson:
Have a family member read aloud Alma 39:11 and tell how Corianton’s bad example affected the Zoramites. Ask them why it is important that we set a good example. Invite family members to share any examples they know of where the behavior of a Church member helped someone gain atestimony of the gospel. Ask how they think it would make them feel if someone rejected the gospel because of their bad example. How do you think you would feel if someone joined the Church because of your good example? Read together D&C 18:10-16 and then bear your testimony of the joy that comes from being a good example to others.
(Dennis H. Leavitt and Richard O. Christensen, Scripture Study for Latter-day Saint Families: The Book of Mormon, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003], p. 212.)
Story:
Elder Howard W. Hunter
Several years ago a young man came to my home to be interviewed for a temple recommend. He told me of the lovely girl who had consented to be his bride. I knew his parents were not members of the Church, and this fact led to our conversation. I asked him what had come about in his life to cause him to be interested in the Church and to influence him to accept the gospel and live its precepts. This is the story he told me.
Five years before this night we sat together, a little thing happened in his life - a simple thing, yet so extraordinary that it changed his course. He had been serving in the armed services and had been sent to a university in the East for some specialized training, along with two other young men.
The three of them traveled together on the flight which took them to their destination, and on their arrival they went through the procedure of registration and then were assigned to quarters. They were to room together.
He said that during the time they had traveled neither of these companions smoked, and he did not smoke because of his respect for them.
After the three became acquainted with their new quarters they drew straws for beds and then unpacked their cases. Although they were not well acquainted, they spent the evening chatting about their ambitions and their goals in life.
It was past the hour for a reasonable bedtime, and all evening he had been suppressing the desire for a cigarette. He finally suggested that they go to bed. The other two looked at each other, and then one of them said, "Shall we have prayer together before we go to bed?" Then to the other he added, "Will you speak for us tonight?" The two of them dropped to their knees, just as though they had done this all of their lives.
He said to me, "I was somewhat bewildered, but I followed their pattern and got on my knees." And as he did so, some strange fear came over him. He said to me, "I had never prayed in my life, but as this young man spoke to the Lord some warm feeling came over me - a feeling I had never experienced before."
They were soon on their feet, shook hands, and said good night to each other. In a few minutes they were in bed and the lights were out, but sleep did not come to this young man. Something had happened to him while he was on his knees, and he determined to find out what made these two young men different from other men he had known.
These three servicemen went to school the next day and, because of their heavy assignments, spent the evening in quiet study, followed by the chitchat that preceded bedtime. Then it happened again - the same thing that had happened the night before. On this occasion the one who offered the words of thanksgiving and petitioned for the blessings of the Lord was the other of the two.
As the lights went out, one of them said to my friend, "It'll be your turn tomorrow night." For the second night sleep did not come quickly. The thoughts of the words which had been spoken puzzled him for some little time, and he wondered if he would ever be able to express himself on his knees as had been done by the other two.
The next day in the classroom the assignment of that evening kept coming back to his mind. He had the same feeling he had had on many occasions in track meets when he was toeing the line in that tense moment just before the gun that challenged every ounce of strength.
He wondered about this fear that had come over him. In high school he had been a student body officer. For two years he had been a member of the debating team. Public speaking was not new to him, but this was different.
That evening, dinner was over and the three were studying, but it was difficult for him to keep his mind on the subject. He kept thinking of those few moments that would end the day. Then it came. All the courage he had mustered that day seemed to disappear from him and he said to the other two, "I guess I don't have much religion. One of you had better do this."
One of these young men, who had seen the same thing happen so many times during the two years prior to his military service, said to him, "Prayer is just a matter of thanking your Heavenly Father for the blessings you have received and asking him for the blessings you desire. It is just that simple."
With this encouragement he got on his knees and prayed - the first time in his whole life.
For the next few weeks, every third night he took his turn and expressed appreciation for the things that the Lord had given to them and asked for that which they desired.
Then he went with the other two young men to the branch of the Church in the mission where they were attending school. Finally a period was set aside each night for a little discussion in which they taught him the gospel.
Then came the decision and the day he described as the greatest day of his life. One of these young men baptized him and the other confirmed him a member of the Church.
They were soon separated after this brief time in school. He finished his military training, filled a mission for two years, and then met this lovely girl who was now to become his companion for eternity.
It all started from a prayer that night. Prayer has changed many lives. It has had an effect on our lives, both yours and mine. Prayer is that which brings us in close communion with God.
(Leon R. Hartshorn, Outstanding Stories by General Authorities, Vol. 1, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1970].)
Activity:
One person hold an object hidden in his hand and as he describes it the other players have to draw a picture of it.
Gospel application: Seeing something makes it easier to copy. Having an example to follow makes it easier to do what is right (or wrong).
(Alma Heaton, The LDS Game Book, [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968], p. 51.)
Refreshment
Chocolate Crunch
1 cup margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 cups flour
1 cup walnuts, chopped
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese
2 cups powdered sugar
2 cups Dream Whip
2 5 1/2-ounce instant packages chocolate pudding mix
5 1/3 cups milk
Whipped topping
Maraschino cherry
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl, cream together margarine and brown sugar. Mix in flour and nuts. Press into a 9 × 13-inch dripper pan and bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese to soften. Add powdered sugar and cream together until smooth. Whip Dream Whip according to package directions and fold into cream cheese mixture. Spread mixture over top of cooled crust and chill for 20 to 30 minutes.
Mix together pudding mix and milk in a large bowl. Whisk with a wire whisk until mix is dissolved. Allow to thicken slightly. Pour pudding mixture on top of chilled cream cheese mixture. Chill until firm. Cut in 24 pieces. Garnish with whipped topping and a cherry.
(Lion House Desserts, [Salt Lake City: Eagle Gate, 2000], p. 51.)
by Shauna Gibby
Conference Talk:
For more information on this topic read "Now Let Us Rejoice," by Barbara Thompson, Ensign, Nov 2008, 114–16.
Thought:
We need to live so that our lives bear witness that we love our Heavenly Father and the Savior Jesus Christ and that we will do what They have asked us to do.
(Barbara Thompson, "Now Let Us Rejoice," Ensign, Nov 2008, 114-16.)
Song:
"Do As I'm Doing" Children's Songbook, p. 270.
Scripture:
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. (John 13:15)
Lesson:
Have a family member read aloud Alma 39:11 and tell how Corianton’s bad example affected the Zoramites. Ask them why it is important that we set a good example. Invite family members to share any examples they know of where the behavior of a Church member helped someone gain atestimony of the gospel. Ask how they think it would make them feel if someone rejected the gospel because of their bad example. How do you think you would feel if someone joined the Church because of your good example? Read together D&C 18:10-16 and then bear your testimony of the joy that comes from being a good example to others.
(Dennis H. Leavitt and Richard O. Christensen, Scripture Study for Latter-day Saint Families: The Book of Mormon, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003], p. 212.)
Story:
Elder Howard W. Hunter
Several years ago a young man came to my home to be interviewed for a temple recommend. He told me of the lovely girl who had consented to be his bride. I knew his parents were not members of the Church, and this fact led to our conversation. I asked him what had come about in his life to cause him to be interested in the Church and to influence him to accept the gospel and live its precepts. This is the story he told me.
Five years before this night we sat together, a little thing happened in his life - a simple thing, yet so extraordinary that it changed his course. He had been serving in the armed services and had been sent to a university in the East for some specialized training, along with two other young men.
The three of them traveled together on the flight which took them to their destination, and on their arrival they went through the procedure of registration and then were assigned to quarters. They were to room together.
He said that during the time they had traveled neither of these companions smoked, and he did not smoke because of his respect for them.
After the three became acquainted with their new quarters they drew straws for beds and then unpacked their cases. Although they were not well acquainted, they spent the evening chatting about their ambitions and their goals in life.
It was past the hour for a reasonable bedtime, and all evening he had been suppressing the desire for a cigarette. He finally suggested that they go to bed. The other two looked at each other, and then one of them said, "Shall we have prayer together before we go to bed?" Then to the other he added, "Will you speak for us tonight?" The two of them dropped to their knees, just as though they had done this all of their lives.
He said to me, "I was somewhat bewildered, but I followed their pattern and got on my knees." And as he did so, some strange fear came over him. He said to me, "I had never prayed in my life, but as this young man spoke to the Lord some warm feeling came over me - a feeling I had never experienced before."
They were soon on their feet, shook hands, and said good night to each other. In a few minutes they were in bed and the lights were out, but sleep did not come to this young man. Something had happened to him while he was on his knees, and he determined to find out what made these two young men different from other men he had known.
These three servicemen went to school the next day and, because of their heavy assignments, spent the evening in quiet study, followed by the chitchat that preceded bedtime. Then it happened again - the same thing that had happened the night before. On this occasion the one who offered the words of thanksgiving and petitioned for the blessings of the Lord was the other of the two.
As the lights went out, one of them said to my friend, "It'll be your turn tomorrow night." For the second night sleep did not come quickly. The thoughts of the words which had been spoken puzzled him for some little time, and he wondered if he would ever be able to express himself on his knees as had been done by the other two.
The next day in the classroom the assignment of that evening kept coming back to his mind. He had the same feeling he had had on many occasions in track meets when he was toeing the line in that tense moment just before the gun that challenged every ounce of strength.
He wondered about this fear that had come over him. In high school he had been a student body officer. For two years he had been a member of the debating team. Public speaking was not new to him, but this was different.
That evening, dinner was over and the three were studying, but it was difficult for him to keep his mind on the subject. He kept thinking of those few moments that would end the day. Then it came. All the courage he had mustered that day seemed to disappear from him and he said to the other two, "I guess I don't have much religion. One of you had better do this."
One of these young men, who had seen the same thing happen so many times during the two years prior to his military service, said to him, "Prayer is just a matter of thanking your Heavenly Father for the blessings you have received and asking him for the blessings you desire. It is just that simple."
With this encouragement he got on his knees and prayed - the first time in his whole life.
For the next few weeks, every third night he took his turn and expressed appreciation for the things that the Lord had given to them and asked for that which they desired.
Then he went with the other two young men to the branch of the Church in the mission where they were attending school. Finally a period was set aside each night for a little discussion in which they taught him the gospel.
Then came the decision and the day he described as the greatest day of his life. One of these young men baptized him and the other confirmed him a member of the Church.
They were soon separated after this brief time in school. He finished his military training, filled a mission for two years, and then met this lovely girl who was now to become his companion for eternity.
It all started from a prayer that night. Prayer has changed many lives. It has had an effect on our lives, both yours and mine. Prayer is that which brings us in close communion with God.
(Leon R. Hartshorn, Outstanding Stories by General Authorities, Vol. 1, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1970].)
Activity:
One person hold an object hidden in his hand and as he describes it the other players have to draw a picture of it.
Gospel application: Seeing something makes it easier to copy. Having an example to follow makes it easier to do what is right (or wrong).
(Alma Heaton, The LDS Game Book, [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968], p. 51.)
Refreshment
Chocolate Crunch
1 cup margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 cups flour
1 cup walnuts, chopped
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese
2 cups powdered sugar
2 cups Dream Whip
2 5 1/2-ounce instant packages chocolate pudding mix
5 1/3 cups milk
Whipped topping
Maraschino cherry
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl, cream together margarine and brown sugar. Mix in flour and nuts. Press into a 9 × 13-inch dripper pan and bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
In a separate bowl, beat cream cheese to soften. Add powdered sugar and cream together until smooth. Whip Dream Whip according to package directions and fold into cream cheese mixture. Spread mixture over top of cooled crust and chill for 20 to 30 minutes.
Mix together pudding mix and milk in a large bowl. Whisk with a wire whisk until mix is dissolved. Allow to thicken slightly. Pour pudding mixture on top of chilled cream cheese mixture. Chill until firm. Cut in 24 pieces. Garnish with whipped topping and a cherry.
(Lion House Desserts, [Salt Lake City: Eagle Gate, 2000], p. 51.)
Monday, April 13, 2009
Week 16
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 30 lbs. wheat or flour
Extra Item Purchase 10-20 boxes of Macaroni and Cheese
Car Kit Choose a suitable container for your car kit. A plastic container w/lid, airline size carry on bag or backpack, or sturdy box w/lid.
Family Preparation If you have a wood burning fireplace, have it checked out and cleaned. You may also wish to have your heater checked and replace the filter.
Spiritual Preparedness Strive to continue to read your scriptures and Ensign and keep the commandments of God.
Food Storage Purchase 30 lbs. wheat or flour
Extra Item Purchase 10-20 boxes of Macaroni and Cheese
Car Kit Choose a suitable container for your car kit. A plastic container w/lid, airline size carry on bag or backpack, or sturdy box w/lid.
Family Preparation If you have a wood burning fireplace, have it checked out and cleaned. You may also wish to have your heater checked and replace the filter.
Spiritual Preparedness Strive to continue to read your scriptures and Ensign and keep the commandments of God.
Week 15
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two
Week 15
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 20 lbs. Sugar
Extra Item Purchase 3 Months of dish soap
72 Hour Kit Congratulations!
You now have a basic 72 hour kit. Check it often and change or add things as needed. Next week we will start on a car kit.
Family Preparation Teach all family members how to turn off the gas in case of an emergency. Be sure it really needs to be shut off since it could take SDG&E weeks to turn it back on. Store a wrench large enough to do the job close by.
Spiritual Preparedness Read D & C 88: 119, pray with your spouse as well as with your family.
Week 15
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 20 lbs. Sugar
Extra Item Purchase 3 Months of dish soap
72 Hour Kit Congratulations!
You now have a basic 72 hour kit. Check it often and change or add things as needed. Next week we will start on a car kit.
Family Preparation Teach all family members how to turn off the gas in case of an emergency. Be sure it really needs to be shut off since it could take SDG&E weeks to turn it back on. Store a wrench large enough to do the job close by.
Spiritual Preparedness Read D & C 88: 119, pray with your spouse as well as with your family.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
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Sunday, April 5, 2009
Week 14
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two
Week 14
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Vegetables
Extra Item Purchase Multi-Vitamins (6 months worth for two people).
72 Hour Kit Novel to read, small game, whistle & compass, leather gloves, metal cup & silverware, pocket knife, waterproof matches & fire starter, small toys for children, cash in small bills, credit cards
Family Preparation As a family, prayerfully consider someone who could use a little lift. Discuss things that could be done to make their life a little brighter.
Spiritual Preparedness Read 3 Nephi 24
Week 14
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Vegetables
Extra Item Purchase Multi-Vitamins (6 months worth for two people).
72 Hour Kit Novel to read, small game, whistle & compass, leather gloves, metal cup & silverware, pocket knife, waterproof matches & fire starter, small toys for children, cash in small bills, credit cards
Family Preparation As a family, prayerfully consider someone who could use a little lift. Discuss things that could be done to make their life a little brighter.
Spiritual Preparedness Read 3 Nephi 24
Week 13
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of fruit
Extra Item Purchase 8 rolls of Toilet Paper
72 Hour Kit Small set of scriptures, emergency blanket, hand warmers, small radio, earplugs, safety glasses, electrical tape, flashlight, needle and thread, garbage bags, extra set of all keys.
Family Preparation Place a picture of Jesus Christ in a prominent place in our homes.
Spiritual Preparedness Invite your friends and neighbors to join you and enjoy the Spirit at the Temple Open House.
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of fruit
Extra Item Purchase 8 rolls of Toilet Paper
72 Hour Kit Small set of scriptures, emergency blanket, hand warmers, small radio, earplugs, safety glasses, electrical tape, flashlight, needle and thread, garbage bags, extra set of all keys.
Family Preparation Place a picture of Jesus Christ in a prominent place in our homes.
Spiritual Preparedness Invite your friends and neighbors to join you and enjoy the Spirit at the Temple Open House.
Week 12
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 30 lbs. wheat
Extra Item Purchase 11 lbs. Macaroni or other pasta
72 Hour Kit Non Prescription Drugs- Place in Zip Lock bags. Children’s Aspirin, Vitamins, Laxative, Anti-diarrhea, Aloe Vera, Head Ache Relief, Bug Repellant, Cold Remedies, etc.
Family Preparation Place a picture of our Prophet or the First Presidency in a prominent place in our homes.
Spiritual Preparedness Begin to think about the ways you can make the holidays more Christ centered and less commercial. Ask family members for suggestions
Food Storage Purchase 30 lbs. wheat
Extra Item Purchase 11 lbs. Macaroni or other pasta
72 Hour Kit Non Prescription Drugs- Place in Zip Lock bags. Children’s Aspirin, Vitamins, Laxative, Anti-diarrhea, Aloe Vera, Head Ache Relief, Bug Repellant, Cold Remedies, etc.
Family Preparation Place a picture of our Prophet or the First Presidency in a prominent place in our homes.
Spiritual Preparedness Begin to think about the ways you can make the holidays more Christ centered and less commercial. Ask family members for suggestions
Week 11
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two
Week 11
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year=s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase Fruit Drink to make 30 quarts
Extra Item Purchase Shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, (to last 6 months)
72 Hour Kit First Aid Kit: Place in Zip Lock Bag- exam gloves, 1 triangle bandage, hand sanitizer, scissors, penlight, roll of gauze, burn cream, 6 band-aid, 1 ace bandage, antibiotic ointment, 4 butterfly closures, 6 alcohol swabs
Family Preparation Check all windows around the house an make sure they can be used as an emergency exit. Teach all family members how to open them. Give permission to break glass if necessary.
Spiritual Preparedness Through simple service, bless the live of another, perhaps with a note or a phone call.
Week 11
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year=s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase Fruit Drink to make 30 quarts
Extra Item Purchase Shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, (to last 6 months)
72 Hour Kit First Aid Kit: Place in Zip Lock Bag- exam gloves, 1 triangle bandage, hand sanitizer, scissors, penlight, roll of gauze, burn cream, 6 band-aid, 1 ace bandage, antibiotic ointment, 4 butterfly closures, 6 alcohol swabs
Family Preparation Check all windows around the house an make sure they can be used as an emergency exit. Teach all family members how to open them. Give permission to break glass if necessary.
Spiritual Preparedness Through simple service, bless the live of another, perhaps with a note or a phone call.
Week 10 (for 2 people)
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Soup
Extra Item Purchase 2 Months of Laundry Soap
72 Hour Kit Individual Needs: Medications, extra pair of glasses and sunglasses, hearing aid batteries, etc. If some items can’t be placed in your kit, keep them ready to grab. Adjust your 72 hr. kit for children and the elderly with their special needs.
Family Preparation Fill out personal information sheets for each family member. Keep it handy. Make three copies: 1 Home, 2 In Car, 3 In 72 Hr Kit
Spiritual Preparedness Commit to reading at least one conference talk each week. Consider how the counsel from our leaders applies to you and your family.
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Soup
Extra Item Purchase 2 Months of Laundry Soap
72 Hour Kit Individual Needs: Medications, extra pair of glasses and sunglasses, hearing aid batteries, etc. If some items can’t be placed in your kit, keep them ready to grab. Adjust your 72 hr. kit for children and the elderly with their special needs.
Family Preparation Fill out personal information sheets for each family member. Keep it handy. Make three copies: 1 Home, 2 In Car, 3 In 72 Hr Kit
Spiritual Preparedness Commit to reading at least one conference talk each week. Consider how the counsel from our leaders applies to you and your family.
Week 9
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of meat (tuna, chicken, beef, etc.)
Extra Item Purchase 8 rolls of toilet paper
72 Hour Kit Place a set of scriptures in a Ziploc bag and add to your 72 hour kit. For small children add family photos and a favorite book
Family Preparation Provide a first-aid kit, a small bottle of consecrated oil, and scriptures for each car you own.
Spiritual Preparedness Memorize a verse of “Count Your Many Blessings” and contemplate the ways the Lord has blessed your life.
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of meat (tuna, chicken, beef, etc.)
Extra Item Purchase 8 rolls of toilet paper
72 Hour Kit Place a set of scriptures in a Ziploc bag and add to your 72 hour kit. For small children add family photos and a favorite book
Family Preparation Provide a first-aid kit, a small bottle of consecrated oil, and scriptures for each car you own.
Spiritual Preparedness Memorize a verse of “Count Your Many Blessings” and contemplate the ways the Lord has blessed your life.
Week 8
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 30 lbs. Wheat
Extra Item Purchase 30 lbs. beans
72 Hour Kit Personal Hygiene Kit: shampoo, soap, chap stick, lotion, razor, nail clipper, comb, toothbrush & paste, handy wipes, hand sanitizer, toilet paper, tissues, feminine items, hand towel. Place in a gallon Zip Lock bag.
Family Preparation Provide a two week supply of fuel for a safe alternative heat source for your home. This could be your fireplace, wood stove, or a propane space heater. Have at least one carbon monoxide detector.
Spiritual Preparedness Read Proverbs 17:22. Make someone happy with a sincere compliment.
Food Storage Purchase 30 lbs. Wheat
Extra Item Purchase 30 lbs. beans
72 Hour Kit Personal Hygiene Kit: shampoo, soap, chap stick, lotion, razor, nail clipper, comb, toothbrush & paste, handy wipes, hand sanitizer, toilet paper, tissues, feminine items, hand towel. Place in a gallon Zip Lock bag.
Family Preparation Provide a two week supply of fuel for a safe alternative heat source for your home. This could be your fireplace, wood stove, or a propane space heater. Have at least one carbon monoxide detector.
Spiritual Preparedness Read Proverbs 17:22. Make someone happy with a sincere compliment.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two Week 7
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 6 lbs. Jam
Extra Item Purchase 20 lbs. Oats
72 Hour Kit Flashlight and AM/FM radio with extra batteries
Family Preparation Clear brush, debris, and trim trees 30 feet around your home.
Spiritual Preparedness Memorize at least one verse of hymn #131, More Holiness Give Me.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 6 lbs. Jam
Extra Item Purchase 20 lbs. Oats
72 Hour Kit Flashlight and AM/FM radio with extra batteries
Family Preparation Clear brush, debris, and trim trees 30 feet around your home.
Spiritual Preparedness Memorize at least one verse of hymn #131, More Holiness Give Me.
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two Week 6
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge of the Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Vegetables
Extra Item Purchase 30 lbs. Rice
72 Hour Kit Food for 72 hours: non-perishable and easy prep.
Family Preparation Make sure your house number is large and visible for Emergency Responders to see easily.
Make sure all family members know their address and directions to get there.
Spiritual Preparedness Read Ether 12:6 and consider one area in life where you can increase your faith.
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Vegetables
Extra Item Purchase 30 lbs. Rice
72 Hour Kit Food for 72 hours: non-perishable and easy prep.
Family Preparation Make sure your house number is large and visible for Emergency Responders to see easily.
Make sure all family members know their address and directions to get there.
Spiritual Preparedness Read Ether 12:6 and consider one area in life where you can increase your faith.
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two Week 5
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Fruit
Extra Item Purchase 8 Rolls of toilet paper (1 per week)
72 Hour Kit Outer gear- correct for the season. Winter coat, rain gear, hat and gloves per person.
Family Preparation Pick two meeting places: Have A Plan!
1. A place near your home in case of fire.
2. A place outside your neighborhood in case you cannot return home after a disaster.
Choose an OUT OF STATE friend as a “Check in Contact” for everyone to call.
Spiritual Preparedness Enjoy the blessings of General Conference. Watch all the sessions.
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Fruit
Extra Item Purchase 8 Rolls of toilet paper (1 per week)
72 Hour Kit Outer gear- correct for the season. Winter coat, rain gear, hat and gloves per person.
Family Preparation Pick two meeting places: Have A Plan!
1. A place near your home in case of fire.
2. A place outside your neighborhood in case you cannot return home after a disaster.
Choose an OUT OF STATE friend as a “Check in Contact” for everyone to call.
Spiritual Preparedness Enjoy the blessings of General Conference. Watch all the sessions.
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two Week 4
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 30 lbs. Wheat or other grain
Extra Item Purchase 8 lbs. salt
72 Hour Kit Flashlight with extra batteries
Family Preparation
Fire prevention: Test smoke detectors weekly. Change batteries every six months (General Conference time). Date batteries- Smoke detectors should be on each floor and outside each floor.
Spiritual Preparedness
Make a commitment to study the Gospel Doctrine lesson to prepare for Sunday School Class.
Food Storage Purchase 30 lbs. Wheat or other grain
Extra Item Purchase 8 lbs. salt
72 Hour Kit Flashlight with extra batteries
Family Preparation
Fire prevention: Test smoke detectors weekly. Change batteries every six months (General Conference time). Date batteries- Smoke detectors should be on each floor and outside each floor.
Spiritual Preparedness
Make a commitment to study the Gospel Doctrine lesson to prepare for Sunday School Class.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two Week 3
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two
Week 3
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Fruit
Extra Item Purchase 8 Rolls of toilet paper (1 per week)
72 Hour Kit Outer gear- correct for the season. Winter coat, rain gear, hat and gloves per person.
Family Preparation
Pick two meeting places: Have A Plan!
1. A place near your home in case of fire.
2. A place outside your neighborhood in case you cannot return home after a disaster. Choose an OUT OF STATE friend as a “Check in Contact” for everyone to call.
Spiritual Preparedness
Enjoy the blessings of General Conference. Read the Ensign.
Week 3
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Fruit
Extra Item Purchase 8 Rolls of toilet paper (1 per week)
72 Hour Kit Outer gear- correct for the season. Winter coat, rain gear, hat and gloves per person.
Family Preparation
Pick two meeting places: Have A Plan!
1. A place near your home in case of fire.
2. A place outside your neighborhood in case you cannot return home after a disaster. Choose an OUT OF STATE friend as a “Check in Contact” for everyone to call.
Spiritual Preparedness
Enjoy the blessings of General Conference. Read the Ensign.
Monday, January 12, 2009
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two Week 2
Week 2
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge of the Week:
Food Storage: Purchase 8 cans of Cream of Chicken Soup
Extra Item: Purchase Laundry Soap to last 2 months
72 Hour Kit: Obtain a blanket (wool or fleece is preferred) or sleeping bag per person. Also - sleeping mat
Family Preparation
By your night stand place a pair of gloves, flashlight and shoes in case of an emergency in the middle of the night.
Spiritual Preparedness:
Read John 5:39, Mosiah 1: 7, and Alma 17: 2
Have daily Scripture study
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge of the Week:
Food Storage: Purchase 8 cans of Cream of Chicken Soup
Extra Item: Purchase Laundry Soap to last 2 months
72 Hour Kit: Obtain a blanket (wool or fleece is preferred) or sleeping bag per person. Also - sleeping mat
Family Preparation
By your night stand place a pair of gloves, flashlight and shoes in case of an emergency in the middle of the night.
Spiritual Preparedness:
Read John 5:39, Mosiah 1: 7, and Alma 17: 2
Have daily Scripture study
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Ensign Advice
Beyond Band-Aids
Janice J. Harrop, “Beyond Band-Aids,” Ensign, Mar. 1992, 73
First-aid supplies for families are always useful, but they are an absolute necessity in disasters. If medical facilities or supplies become unavailable, an otherwise preventable or manageable family emergency can result in tragedy—unless a family has been provident in storing essential first-aid supplies.
Families who want to put together their own supply of first-aid items or expand what they already have will find the following list helpful. Family needs vary, and some items, though potentially useful, may be unnecessary.
1. Disinfectants come in bottles and single-use packs. Unopened bottles will remain sterile and usable for several years; the packs will dehydrate quickly if perforated. Useful disinfectants include hydrogen peroxide, betadine (it kills bacteria on contact and cleanses wounds), liquid chlorine bleach (10-percent chlorine solution kills bacteria in 30 seconds), rubbing alcohol (it sterilizes in 16 minutes), and sterile soaps.
2. Bandages can be made from any clean material, but they must be sterile if used as dressings. Self-adhesive gauze (4-inch width) is a good storage item, but it must be kept dry. Elastic bandages (for supporting sprains and applying pressure) and triangular bandages (for slings and bandaging large areas of the body) are also useful storage items.
3. Dressings should include 4-inch-square sterile gauze sponges and small adhesive dressings (3/4 to 1 inch by 3 inches).
4. Adhesive tape (or paper tape for those allergic to adhesive tapes) in 1/2-, 1-, and 2-inch sizes for bandaging, splinting, and attaching dressings.
5. Latex gloves.
6. Bulb aspirator (3-ounce size) for clearing an infant’s nose and throat.
7. Oral and rectal thermometers.
8. Petroleum jelly.
9. Cotton balls and cotton swabs.
10. Scissors and tweezers.
11. Disposable cold packs or reusable ice bag.
12. Reheatable hot packs.
13. Safety pins and needles.
14. Snakebite kit.
15. Single-edge razor blades.
16. Wool blanket or space blanket.
17. First-aid manual.
18. Phone numbers of family doctor, hospital, fire department, police, and poison-control center.
19. Extra eyeglasses, contact lenses (plus cleaning solution), and hearing-aid batteries as needed. 20. General adult medications might include ointments to control infection and itching; anti-allergic reaction medicines; sunscreen; pain relievers in varying strengths (aspirin or acetaminophen); salt tablets; cold medicine (cough suppressant, expectorant, decongestant); and an antacid, a laxative, and an emetic. You may wish to store a year’s supply of medications for patients with conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure.
21. Children’s medical supplies might consist of disposable diapers (rotate to ensure proper fit), diaper-rash ointment or powder (cornstarch is a substitute), infant or children’s pain reliever tablets or liquid, oral electrolyte to treat dehydration, and a diarrhea medication.
All first-aid supplies should be stored in a dry place and rotated or replaced regularly to avoid impaired sterility, expired shelf life, or damage. A pharmacist can assist you in selecting medications for your first-aid storage and in determining the storage life of specific medications.—Janice J. Harrop, Rigby, Idaho
Janice J. Harrop, “Beyond Band-Aids,” Ensign, Mar. 1992, 73
First-aid supplies for families are always useful, but they are an absolute necessity in disasters. If medical facilities or supplies become unavailable, an otherwise preventable or manageable family emergency can result in tragedy—unless a family has been provident in storing essential first-aid supplies.
Families who want to put together their own supply of first-aid items or expand what they already have will find the following list helpful. Family needs vary, and some items, though potentially useful, may be unnecessary.
1. Disinfectants come in bottles and single-use packs. Unopened bottles will remain sterile and usable for several years; the packs will dehydrate quickly if perforated. Useful disinfectants include hydrogen peroxide, betadine (it kills bacteria on contact and cleanses wounds), liquid chlorine bleach (10-percent chlorine solution kills bacteria in 30 seconds), rubbing alcohol (it sterilizes in 16 minutes), and sterile soaps.
2. Bandages can be made from any clean material, but they must be sterile if used as dressings. Self-adhesive gauze (4-inch width) is a good storage item, but it must be kept dry. Elastic bandages (for supporting sprains and applying pressure) and triangular bandages (for slings and bandaging large areas of the body) are also useful storage items.
3. Dressings should include 4-inch-square sterile gauze sponges and small adhesive dressings (3/4 to 1 inch by 3 inches).
4. Adhesive tape (or paper tape for those allergic to adhesive tapes) in 1/2-, 1-, and 2-inch sizes for bandaging, splinting, and attaching dressings.
5. Latex gloves.
6. Bulb aspirator (3-ounce size) for clearing an infant’s nose and throat.
7. Oral and rectal thermometers.
8. Petroleum jelly.
9. Cotton balls and cotton swabs.
10. Scissors and tweezers.
11. Disposable cold packs or reusable ice bag.
12. Reheatable hot packs.
13. Safety pins and needles.
14. Snakebite kit.
15. Single-edge razor blades.
16. Wool blanket or space blanket.
17. First-aid manual.
18. Phone numbers of family doctor, hospital, fire department, police, and poison-control center.
19. Extra eyeglasses, contact lenses (plus cleaning solution), and hearing-aid batteries as needed. 20. General adult medications might include ointments to control infection and itching; anti-allergic reaction medicines; sunscreen; pain relievers in varying strengths (aspirin or acetaminophen); salt tablets; cold medicine (cough suppressant, expectorant, decongestant); and an antacid, a laxative, and an emetic. You may wish to store a year’s supply of medications for patients with conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure.
21. Children’s medical supplies might consist of disposable diapers (rotate to ensure proper fit), diaper-rash ointment or powder (cornstarch is a substitute), infant or children’s pain reliever tablets or liquid, oral electrolyte to treat dehydration, and a diarrhea medication.
All first-aid supplies should be stored in a dry place and rotated or replaced regularly to avoid impaired sterility, expired shelf life, or damage. A pharmacist can assist you in selecting medications for your first-aid storage and in determining the storage life of specific medications.—Janice J. Harrop, Rigby, Idaho
Prepare One Week at a Time WEEK 1
52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two
Week 1
Our Church Leaders have asked us to make a concerted effort to obtain our year’s supply of food and other essentials. Here are suggestions for a 52 week plan to help us all achieve this. Amounts given are for two people. Adjust the quantities you purchase for the number of family members in your home. The items will change weekly, so keep up with us and take the challenge to become Prepared.
Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge of the Week:
Food Storage Purchase 8 cans of TunaExtra Item Purchase 8 rolls Toilet Paper (1 roll per week for2 months)72 Hour Kit Obtain a backpack or small suitcase with wheels for each family memberFamily Preparation (Choose One)Store enough water for 72 hoursPreferred water storage – 2 weeks – 14 gallons per person. Also store purifying agents. Spiritual PreparednessRead D&C: 137 and 138Have Church magazines in your home and study the words of the modern day Prophets.
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