November

Happy November everyone! I hope you are enjoying the beautiful scenery of the fall. I apologize for not updating the site more often in October, but as most of you know, I am in school and it is a very difficult semester. So I hope that last month you were able to store rice and water, set some cash aside, find an alternative heat source (we got a kerosene heater that has saved us a lot of money already), and find or make an emergency kit for your car. I saw a flyer for Ocean State Job Lot and they have two different emergency car kits on sale- one for $20 and one for $32. The sale ends this Wednesday (11/12) so if you don't have one for your car, you may want to consider checking them out.

For this month, our goals are to find alternative light sources (batteries, candles, flashlight and batteries, or shake flashlights), set some cash aside in a safe place, store 2 gallons of water per week (8 per month), and store wheat based on family need. The yellow packet says to store hard red wheat, but I think storing whatever wheat you and your family uses is just fine.

I love the quote on the bottom of this month's page of the yellow packet, "The time will come that gold will hold no comparison in value to a bushel of wheat." That quote is becoming more and more true as our economy continues to struggle. Even in Brigham Young's time, we were warned. As it becomes evident that even tougher times are ahead, now is better time than any to be prepared.

Thank you to all who ordered from the Emergency Essentials group order. It was a very successful order and we'll be doing it again probably after Christmas. FYI- if you ordered the freeze-dried bananas, they are good for up to 25 years if stored properly! Can you believe that?!

Sign-ups for 72 hour kits are going around for the next two weeks. The cost is $7.00 per kit and each kit is enough food for one person for 3 days. So if you have 5 people in your family, the total cost for five kits would be $35. The kits do not include water. A little birdie told me that the bishop joked that for $7 the food must taste like cardboard. It's certainly not a gourmet five course meal, but it's decent tasting, cheap food that will sustain life for 72 hours. My kids will eat it, if that makes you feel better. I wanted to keep the cost as low as possible, so Jocelyn and I shopped around for the best prices. You can give your money to either of us no later than November 23rd. The Young Men will be putting these together for us December 3rd, so it's very important that we have everything in order for them.

If you have fulfilled all of the goals for September and October, please send me an e-mail to let me know. Thank you and good luck this month!