As another year draws to a
close, it provides a great time for retrospection. We can all give ourselves
and families a preparedness checkup. How are YOU doing with the goals you set
in January? We can no longer lull ourselves
into a false sense of security with thoughts that “it won’t happen to us”, or
“it is a long ways off”. This year has been filled with worldwide disasters
that bear a strong testimony to the need for each of us to engage in a personal
family preparedness program. Long winter
nights provide a great time to take inventory of what your summer canning, and
fall purchases have added to the storage shelves. Take stock, and then take action. There is no
time like the present…. to “Be Prepared!” The challenge is now that you have
begun, or even finished, that you keep it up, for being prepared is a
continuous process. May you be
successful in all your preparedness.
Have a very Merry
Christmas and a prosperous and “Prepared” New Year!!
Included in this month's newsletter:
Season's Greetings: Preparedness ideas to give as Christmas gifts.
Spiritual Preparedness: Self reliance and becoming like the savior.
Disaster Prep: Solar cooking - making an oven from a box and tinfoil.
In the Southern Utah Garden: seed catalogs, leaves, ashes, Christmas gifts.
Using your Harvest: Pomegranates - jelly, Dixie Salad, tip to remove seeds.
Provident Living: Practice provident living at Christmas - quote by Robert D Hales.
Cool Clear Water: Amounts and containers and Christmas presents.
Food Storage: Start with basics, then add other items for day to day use, and give for Christmas.
Merry Christmas!
Click here for a complete copy of the December 2013 Back to Basics Newsletter.