First Presidency Statement on Haiti - LDS Newsroom

First Presidency Statement on Haiti - LDS Newsroom

It Wasn't Raining When Noah Built the Ark

Buying Local Honey

Thank you to Jennifer R. for the following info:

I just wanted to pass this along. I purchase my honey locally from James Henderson, who lives in Melrose Place (off Florida Blvd across from BRCC). I have been buying from him for a couple years. He is generous and has other items for sale as well. He has hives placed at the Organic Berry Orchard in Ethel and several other places. He is excellent at bee keeping. I have even used his honey soap. When I make a purchase it is for a full gallon of honey. It maybe more. I bring back the container, he gives me a discount, and fills up a new one. He’s pretty cool.

I hope that you can find this useful if this is an item we are needed to add to our food storage. You can buy by the bulk as well.

http://www.goldendelighthoney.com/index.html

January Weekly Food Storage Plan

Week 1 (Jan. 3-9): 6 lbs. salt

Week 2 (Jan. 10-16): 5 cans cream chicken soup

Week 3 (Jan. 17-23): 20 lbs. sugar

Week 4 (Jan. 24-30): 8 cans tomato soup

Week 5 (Jan. 31- Feb. 6): 50 lbs. wheat

December Ark Project Info

"No man is truly free who is in financial bondage. 'Think what you do when you run into debt,' said Benjamin Franklin, 'you give another power over your liberty.'"
~Ezra T. Benson

Spiritual Goal:

• Decide as a family how you can better remember and celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.

Priesthood Provident Living Goal:

• Review your insurance coverage - life, household, vehicle. Do you have enough? Could you replace your vehicle or household goods with the coverage you have?

Storage Goal:

• 40 pounds dried beans per person
  
• Matches
  
• Candles
  
• Batteries

72 Hour Kit:

• Garbage bags
  
• Matches
  
• Candles
  
• $25 cash

November Ark Project Info

"The time will come that gold will hold no comparison in value to a bushel of wheat."
~President Brigham Young

Spiritual Goal:

• Have personal prayers and scripture study every day.

Priesthood Provident Living Goal:

• Make a goal to reduce your family garbage by recycling more.
  
• Look through your belongings and donate unneeded items to charity.

Storage Goal:

• 100 pounds wheat per person
  
• 1 - #10 can juice mix, Vitamin C enhanced, per person
  
• Hand/shower soap
  
• Light bulbs
  
• 24 rolls of toilet paper per person
  
• 2 rolls of paper towels per person
  
• Rotate your prescribed medicines placed in your pack in May.
  
• Feminine supplies

72 Hour Kit:

• Soap (non-rinse is great)
• Disinfectant
• Toothbrushes & toothpaste
  
• Shaving supplies
  
• Feminine needs
  
• Aluminum foil
  

October Ark Project Info

"When people are able but unwilling to take care of themselves, we are responsible to employ the dictum of the Lord that the idler shall not eat the bread of the laborer."
~Boyd K Packer

Spiritual Goal:

• Attend one more session of General Conference than you normally do.

Priesthood Provident Living Goal:

• Make a goal to read 30 minutes/day to your children or grandchildren. If you have no children to read to, make a goal to read at least 30 minutes a day just for pleasure.

Storage Goal:

• 50 cans of soup, stew, or chili per person
  
• 10 pounds of cheese - dried or bottled
  
• Shaving supplies
  
• Dish soap

72 Hour Kit:

• Replace items you placed in your kit in April:4 Granola bars per person 2 sticks of beef jerky per person 1 pkg. chewing gum per person Hard candy or lollipops - at least 12 per person
  
• Check batteries for light and radio and replace if necessary.
  

September Ark Project Info

"There is no person who knows the real purpose for which this welfare program is being instituted, but hardly before sufficient preparation has been made, the real purpose will be revealed, and when that time comes it will challenge every resource of the church to meet it."
~Harold B. Lee

Spiritual Goal:

• Have family scripture study together every day.

Priesthood Provident Living Goal:

• Review your will if you have one. Make any needed changes. If you do not have a will, make one.
  
• Plan and carry out a FHE on the importance of preparedness.
  
• Plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.

Storage Goal:

• 10 - #10 cans (35 pounds total) powdered milk per person
  
• 25 pounds canned or dried potatoes per person
  
• 50 quarts fruit or tomato juice per person

72 Hour Kit:

• Replace items you placed in your kit in March: 1 pound dried fruit or trail mix per person (can use fruit leather) 1 package soda crackers and 1 package graham crackers per person (4 pkg./box) 2 liters tomato or orange juice per person

August Ark Project Info

"For the moment we live in a day of peace, but it shall not eve be thus. Great trials lie ahead... and we must prepare ourselves temporally and spiritually."
~ Bruce R. McConkie

Spiritual Goal:

• Have family home evenings with your family every Monday night.

Priesthood Provident Living Goal:

• Learn to preserve food in a way you haven't tired before.
  
• Make sure your children receive blessings before school starts.

Storage Goal:

• 100 quarts fruit and/or vegetables per person
  
• 24 pints jam or jelly per person
  
• School supplies
  
• Pet supplies

72 Hour Kit:

• 1 can tuna and 1 can pork and beans per person
  
• ½ lb dried milk or 6 shelf-safe milk containers per person
  
• 2 packets hot chocolate mix and 2 cup instant soup packets per person
  
• Disposable plates, cups, bowls, and silverware
• Pet supplies
  

July Ark Project Info

"Ye Latter-Day Saints, learn to sustain yourselves, produce everything you need to eat, dink, or wear...."
~President Brigham Young

Spiritual Goal:

• Take the family names you prepared last month to the Temple

Priesthood Provident Living Goal:

• Eat healthier: fewer sweets, more fruit and veggies, smaller portions of meat and more fiber, etc.
  
• Remember that the woodpeckers inside are often a bigger threat than the store outside.

Storage Goal:

• 50 pounds sugar or honey per person
  
• 10 - 10# cans (35 pounds total) powdered milk per person
  
• 2 toothbrushes per person
  
• Toothpaste and mouthwash
  
• Infant needs - formula, baby food, diapers, Tylenol, etc

72 Hour Kit:

• Prepare blankets (silver foil or wool) or sleeping bags and put them with your 72-hour kit.
• Add to your kit items that entertain: UNO cards, Coloring books, crayons, paper, pencils, etc.
  
• Camp stove or portable BBQ and fuel
• Mosquito repellant
  

June Ark Project Info

"We will see the day when we will live on what we produce."
~President Marion G. Romney

Spiritual Goal:

• Prepare at least one family name of Temple Work.

Priesthood Provident Living Goal:

• Make a goal to have 6 months wages in savings for emergencies. Write out a realistic plan to make it happen. Speed isn’t always an advantage – both cheetahs and snails were on board.

Storage Goal:
First Aid kit - should include:

1. Scissors
   
2. knife
3. thermometer
4. measuring cup
5. medicine dropper
6. hot water bottle
7. triangular bandages
8. soap
   
9. matches
   
10. razor blades
    
11. needles
    
12. safety pins
    
13. adhesive tape
    
14. elastic bandage
    
15. gauze bandages
    
16. paper bags
    
17. bicarbonate of soda
    
18. Ipecac syrup (induces vomiting)
    
19. ammonia
    
20. hydrogen peroxide
    
21. Calamine lotion (insect bites and sunburn)
    
22. rubbing alcohol
    
23. diarrhea remedy
    
24. antibiotic ointment
    
25. first aid instruction book
    
26. waterproof matches
    
27. Consecrated oil

72 Hour Kit:

• Container for holding kit, for instance, large garbage cans with wheels OR a Back pack for each family member. Find an easily accessible place in your home for storing the kit. Your first aid kit, while part of your general storage, should be kept with your 72-hour kit.

May Ark Project Info

The revelation to produce and store food may be as essential to our temporal welfare today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah."
~President Ezra Taft Benson~

Spiritual Goal:

• Pray for the opportunity to share a Book of Mormon or church video with a non-member.

Priesthood Provident Living Goal:

• Make a goal and a plan to exercise regularly. It’s important to stay fit because as Noah found out, when you’re 600 years old, someone might ask you to do something really important.

Storage Goal:

• 100 pounds variety of cereal grains - rice, oatmeal, cornmeal etc. per person
• 24 rolls toilet paper per person
• 2 rolls paper towels per person
• Garden Seeds
• 24 packages flavored gelatin per person
• At least one month prescription ahead for all doctor prescribed medication

72 Hour Kit:

• Battery Powered radio
• Battery Powered light
  
• Batteries