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These monthly newsletters (from January 2011 to present) are to help us all be more prepared. They are written for the Hurricane Utah Stake (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,) but everyone is welcome to make copies. Many other groups and individuals are using them. (Note: Garden tips are for Southern Utah. You may need to adjust to fit your climate.)

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

January 2012 Newsletter

               Welcome to 2012! With this new year comes a myriad of 2012 doomsday predictions which have ignited songs with lyrics such as: “we’re gonna party like its 2012…like it’s the end of the world”, or plain old fear inducing theories that abound on the media, and references to the Mayan Calendar ending. However, we know that life goes on and we can only do our best, which should include following the counsel to “Be Prepared”. We are so blessed to have a living prophet to “guide us in these Latter Days.” We have been given the tools we need to be happy and to not fear.  “The Lord has told us to prepare ourselves individually in our homes; to see to it that we have reserves of food and clothing; and it wouldn’t hurt to have some reserves of cash on hand. One has said: Where preparations are being made there will be little difficulty, but where no preparation has been made, suffering and difficulties will come.’ ” (Welfare Conf. April 1970) We have seen the different consequences splashed across the evening news from all over the world as disasters have been met with varying degrees of preparedness. Whatever the 2012 year holds in store for us, if we follow the admonition “If ye are prepared ye shall not fear”, we will be okay! We can do as Elder Joseph B. Worthlin advises us: “Come what may, and love it.” So bring on the new 2012 year, and let’s use the time wisely as we practice provident living and “Be Prepared”.


Included in this month's newsletter:
     A Place For Everything and Everything in its place: storage "how and where" guidelines and creative ideas.
     Disaster Prep: fire extinguishers.
     Hot Tip: Farmers Almanac.
     In the Garden: January "to do list".
     Spiritual Preparedness: monthly thought or quote.
     Provident Living: uses for old pantyhose.
     Food Storage recipes: Easy Kid Peanut Butter Cookies; Parched Wheat.
     Basic Food Storage: a list of amounts for different ages and gender.

Click Here to download a complete January 2012 Back to Basics Newsletter.