December 2023 Back to Basics Newsletter

 

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! It truly is “The most wonderful time of year!” There’s always a greater spirit of kindness and giving in December, that we all wish would carry on throughout the upcoming year. We have been asked to share the Light of Christ at this special time of year. What a wonderful opportunity this gives to us to bless our fellowmen. A part of that service opportunity and sharing the light is also needful among our own family members. We can help our immediate and extended families in their preparedness efforts. The Christmas season is also a wonderful time to strengthen our spiritual preparedness. Jesus Christ is the “reason for the season”, and all temporal and spiritual preparedness are ultimately acquired so we will be ready to welcome Him in a coming day, when He Comes Again! Let us use our Christmas celebrations as a time to be prepared for such a day! If we are prepared we shall not fear! Let this year’s best “presents,” be our seeking to be in His “presence!”

Included in this month's newsletter: 

A Preparedness Christmas - a list of preparedness gift ideas for your family and friends.

Disaster Prep - Where were you when the lights went out? - ideas for short and long term preparedness for power outages.

Disaster Prep - Solar Cooking - an inexpensive way to have a solar cooker.

In the Southern Utah Garden - garden tips for December.

Cooking With Food Storage - Christmas Goodies - recipes for Pecan Brittle, Easy Caramel Corn, and Rolled Sugar Cookies (all with ingredients you can store) and a link to other Christmas goodies from a past newsletter.

Spiritual Preparedness - two quotes on our spiritual preparedness needs.

Emergency Prep - Heat in a Can - "how to" instructions to make a can for a small amount of heat and to cook on in emergencies.

Home Storage Order Form - a list of items from Home Storage Centers with prices for 2023, and a link to find a center across the United States and Canada.

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November 2023 Back to Basics Newsletter

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November is our month of “Gratitude.” This is the month that the glow of autumn settles on the world around us. The days are still pleasant, and the nights cool enough to encourage a cozy fire to gather round. It is that time of year when we are thankful “all is safely gathered in” so we can say, “let the winter storms begin.” Being grateful helps us recognize the blessings that God sends to us, and in turn encourages us to use wisely the resources that are ours. Let us each use this Thanksgiving month to show our gratitude for all we are blessed with, by being sure we have put aside “every needful thing,” and can care for our families. What better way to show our gratitude to the Lord for his bounty, than to be good stewards over it, and follow His admonition that “if ye are prepared ye shall not fear.” As Ralph Emerson once said, “This time – like all times -is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”  Let us use this time of Thanksgiving, to Be Prepared!

Included in this newsletter:

Food Storage: A Place for Everything - ideas for organization, inventory, and rotation to help make your food storage program be a little more successful.

Provident Living - A Penny Saved - ideas to save money with grocery shopping, cleaning supplies, and thrifty choices.

Spiritual Preparedness - several quotes and scriptures that inspire out preparedness.

In the Southern Utah Garden - tips for our November Garden.

Using the Fall Harvest - ideas for your pumpkins and green tomatoes.

Disaster Prep - Building Unity - points on how unity with those around can help in a disaster and tips on how to build unity.

A Food Storage Thanksgiving - items you can have ready for Thanksgiving Dinner you store on your shelf, in the freezer, or a cold storage location. Put on a dinner without a trip to the store.

Cooking with Food Storage - Traditional Thanksgiving Recipes - No fail pie crust, Dixie Salad, and Cranberry Relish.

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