May 2023 Back to Basics Newsletter

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The Merry Month of May is upon us, and those April Showers have certainly brought May Flowers! Our planting season was postponed a bit with the wonderful winter rain and snow, but gardens are now growing, and the hoped for harvest with them. This is a month of determining. College grads head for their futures, school years wind up and summer plans are made, all determining a future. What you plant today determines what you harvest in the future. It is so with all of our preparedness. “Where preparations are being made there will be little difficulty, but where no preparation has been made, suffering and difficulties will come.” (Welfare Conf 1970.)  Luke 6:46 asks, “Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?’ One of the things the Lord has told us, is Be Prepared! Let us not waste another moment. Give up some luxuries to become more self-reliant! That “toy” or “activity” will not fill a hungry child’s tummy. Be Prepared! What we do today will determine our tomorrow. The decision is yours!

 Included in this month's newsletter: 

Disaster Prep - Tool Assessment - a list of equipment and tools that would be useful in a post disaster situation - that you inventory as a group to make available to help each other as family and neighbors.

How to Weather a Shortage - a basic reminder of basic preparedness that allows us to be ready for whatever lies ahead.

Five Principles of Economic Constancy - from N Eldon Tanner. These principles will help your money go further and your choices become better!

In the Southern Utah Garden - a list of what to do in the month of May.

Cooking with Food Storage - recipes for using rice, which is a part of basic long term storage.

Disaster Grab-n-Go Folder- a list of documents to gather in one place that is easy to grab in case of an emergency.

Quotable Quote: Provident and Practical - Spencer W Kimball gave us great advice back in 1976 for gardens and skills.

Spiritual Preparedness:  From Russell M Nelson - on the spiritual survival tool we all need.

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