Sunday, April 26, 2009

Week 17 (for two people)

FOOD STORAGE:
8 cans of meat
EXTRA ITEM:
8 rolls of toilet paper
CAR KIT:
A couple pairs of safety glasses and gloves for working on the car. Find your jack and tools to change a tire and check them out and learn how to use them.
FAMILY PREPAREDNESS:
Pick the smallest debt and make a dedicated effort to pay it off. Apply any spare money to this goal. When it's paid off, apply it's payment amount, plus what the next smallest one requires, and any spare money to pay the next smallest one off. Continue this plan until the Prophet's council to be debt free is accomplished.
SPIRITUAL PREPAREDNESS:
Gather your family together for family prayer morning and evening. "Pray in your families unto the Father, always in my name, that your wives and your children may be blesses." 3 Nephi 18:21

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Week 16 (for two people)

FOOD STORAGE:
30 pounds of wheat or flour
EXTRA ITEM:
10 - 20 boxes of Macaroni & Cheese
72-HOUR KIT:
A suitable container for your car kit. For example and airline size carry-on bag or backpack or sturdy box with a lid that latches. Something to keep your kit items from moving around your trunk, or the back of your vehicle.
FAMILY PREPAREDNESS:
Prepare a financial profile of your family. This should include all debts and assets. List them by name and amount. Be realistic with your asset values and as exact as possible with the debts. Now subtract the debts from the assets to see a rough idea of the family net worth.
SPIRITUAL PREPAREDNESS:
Read D&C 109. Look for the blessings promised to those who attend the temple.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Week 15 (for two people)


FOOD STORAGE:
20 pounds of sugar
EXTRA ITEM:
3 month supply of dish soap
72 HOUR KIT:
CONGRATULATIONS! You now have a basic 72- hour kit. Check it often. Change or add things as needed. Next week we will start on the car kit.
FAMILY PREPAREDNESS:
Beware of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. CO is an odorless, colorless gas that can be deadly in large concentrations or over long periods of time in low concentrations. It is a product of incomplete combustion. Check the furnace and flue and wood stove chimney regularly. Be cautious with any open flame heating or cooking devices and never use charcoal indoors. Install at least one CO detector in your home.
SPIRITUAL PREPAREDNESS:
Read the story of David and Goliath in 1 Samuel 17. Pick one thing in your life that seems like a Goliath and work to overcome it.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Week 14 (for two people)


FOOD STORAGE:
8 cans of vegetables
EXRA ITEM:
Multi-vitamins (for 6 months)
72 HOUR KIT:
Novel to read, small game, whistle, compass, leather gloves, small cup and silverware, leatherman, knife, thermometer, zipper pull, waterproof matches, fire starter, small toys for children, credit card, cash, or traveler's checks.
FAMILY PREPAREDNESS:
A water resistant safe to protect your important papers, photos, family history and your "on hand" cash.
SPIRITUAL PREPAREDNESS:
Read "Slow to Anger" by President Gordon B. Hinckley, November 2007 Ensign, p. 62-66
"I plead with you to control your tempers, to put a smile upon your faces, which will erase anger; speak out with words of love and peace, appreciation, and respect. If you will do this, your lives will be without regret. Yor marriages and fmaily relationships will be preserved. You will be much happier, You will do greater good. You will feel a sense of peace that will be wonderful."