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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.)

Saturday, January 29, 2022

February 2022 Back to Basics Newsletter

 


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February is the “Month of Love.” We ask our favorite someone to “Be My Valentine,” and shower loved ones with flowers, chocolates, or a special dinner. It is also a wonderful time to show our families “love” by adding to our preparedness. “Love is” … storage shelves filled, 72-hour kits in a closet, first aid kits, and barrels of extra water. No one knows our family’s needs, or can care for them, - quite like we do. What a disaster it would be to watch loved ones go hungry or thirsty. We do not know when our “preparedness” will be needed, but we can know that we have done all we could to follow the commandment to “Be Prepared, and that the Lord will “Make all things work together for our good.” If we do our best, He makes up the difference. He has said – “If ye love me, Keep my commandments.” Preparedness is one of those commandments. Let’s show our love!

Included in this month's newsletter:

Food Storage: Use it or Lose it: a list of ideas to help protect your investment.

Disaster Prep - Be a Survivor - a list of "survivor skills" to teach your family.

In the Southern Utah Garden - things to plant and chores to do in February. Includes planting tips.

Pruning Tips - tips to help you prune fruit trees, and a reference for further instructions.

Cooking with Food Storage - What's for Breakfast? Recipes for Breakfast Peach Crisp, Baking Powder Biscuits, Hot Cereals (Oats, Cornmeal, Wheat).

Provident Living - (Clothes) - Got you Covered! Tips on storing clothing to save money and Be Prepared.

Spiritual and Temporal Preparedness - thoughts on how the two go together.


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