I wish I had taken my camera and had more pictures to share but here is one of a funnel solar oven. (see below to understand why I posted this picture on my blog:)
Last night (it took me a while to finish this post so it was actually last week) I had an experience of a life time, I wasn't having a night out with the girls, or even by myself, I wasn't having a wonderful time with my kids, and I wasn't even out with Joe.
So why was it so amazing well when I went I never thought I would have come home with so much valuable information that changed my life for the good. Ok this sounds really sentimental and cheesy but it was so awesome, I know I am leaving you in suspense:) so here goes. I feel it so very important to share with all of you.
The class was called "So what do you do with all this stuff" A friend from my old ward (our ward was split up a few months back so she lives near me) held a class taught by her mother. She is actually from Richland Washington (near where I grew up) So that was cool. Anyway she came to teach this class just because she feels the importance of these things, she used her own time, resources, money etc. all because she just understands the importance of LISTENING to the prophet.
Ok so she taught us a whole gamet of things my head is still spinning a bit from all the knowledge and information she gave us, I don't think the food storage/preparedness thing truly hit home until last night. I have always known how important it is to do your food storage and be prepared but after last night I know it is a must to follow the prophets and get these things in order right now, not later now, there is no more waiting.
A little more about the women who gave the class, she has not always been the way she is now, prepared and ready for whatever may come. But she is now, she had a near death experience, almost dying (the doctors were sure she would die from bleeding internalally and dehydration. She said at that time in her life she had a priethood blessing telling her she would heal and then another blessing that told her there was a reason she was spared and she needed to find out why and then do what the Lord wanted her to do. After she healed she set out to figure out this thing the Lord wanted her to do, it took a while for her to figure out what it was that he wanted her to do. When she figured it out after prayer and diligence, she knew it was to help people to become prepared for these last days. Prepared with food storage but also with other things. She said she read an Ensign article from August of 2007 on being prepared, when she saw the picture they had that went along with the article she said she was suprised to see something there she had not seen before with preparedness items. A medical mask. The white ones that you see dentist and doctors wear to filter out diseases. Why would we need this? I kind of asked the same question in my mind. Well if there was a pandemic this would be something very essential for our family. It could save some of us, and our children. The church used to have on their website links for medical knowledge like the red cross etc. now she says they have their very own website on it and it just took place about a year to 18 months ago (I think it is providentliving.com but it might be a differnt website that they have just for medical things I am not exactly sure) and the church put a women in charge of going around the whole Wasach front and teaching and educating people on preparedness issues, and food storage. All of this has happened in the last 18 months or so, ok so don't panic like I want to do. Start today even if you haven't done a bit of preparedness at all just start today add some extra to your groceries things that can be stored do a little at a time educate youself I have a sheet that she gave us of nessasary food storage items for one person such as pounds of wheat, beans, rice, etc. what you would need for one person for a year, if enough of you want it I will post all the stuff on the blog, just comment on this post that you would like that and I will post it on my blog . It really was just an amazing evening everything really hit home. I have been feeling for a while the need to do food storage and get things up to date, and I have been doing it a little here and a little there but I am now going to take a very serious approach to it and make sure I do all I can. You know this is a terrible thought but before last night I kind of thought well if there is a huge disaster and it was close to the end of the world why would it be so bad if we died?? HUGH DEB??? What are you thinking. That means I would die not obedient to the Lords counsil of doing all I can to prepare and to take care of my children even though it may be easier to die, that is not the answer the pioneer's did not give up and thank goodness they didn't because a lot of us would not be here if they did. It is about having faith in the Lord and doing what he asks no matter what it is that he asks of us. If my children starved to death becuse I failed to heed the prophets counsel I think that would be such a horrible terrible thing especially knowing I could have done something about it.
Some of us can only do a little and that is all he is asking you to do, what you can, and he always makes up the differnce.
So just do WHAT YOU CAN:)
Anyway that was deep sorry to get so deep on you. I wasn't even sure I was going to go last night Joe was out of town and I really didn't want to pay a babysitter so I could go, but I just kept feeling the urgency that I needed to go. I know it was the Spirit letting me know that what this women had to say I needed to hear. I am so glad I went I was changed for the good in more ways than one.
Ok so now that I gave you my testimony about the whole thing.
here is a bit about what we learned...
How to separate the gluten from the wheat. What an amazing process when I went I didn't even really know what gluten was and now I think I could make meatballs out of it, ground hamburger chicken. It would take some pratice but I think I could do it. She showed us how when you are done separating the gluten from the wheat the left over product is bran and than is how they make bran flakes, never knew:)
We also learned how to bottle butter and cheese
How to sprout things and use sprouts in salads etc. when you sprout something you get so so much more nutrients from the source. my favorite sprout is lentils. I am excited to do some sprouting.
She took us outside and showed us so many differnt solar ovens you can use and buy. She cooked cookies in a pizza box, with no heat other than the sun, pretty cool hugh?
She showed us various ways to perserve things and gave us lots of websites to go to to find information.
Anyway it was just an amazing night, and at the end she asked us after learning all this stuff what would be the best thing we could share with out neighbors..... What do you think, what would you tell your neighbors.
Share the gospel with them give them the knowledge of a Heavenly Father that loves them that is the way you can best help them be prepared. When we truly understand Heavenly Fathers love for us we will be so blessed.
Ok so I really felt I needed to share that with all of you sorry it took so long, thanks for bearing with me. If you have any questions at all feel free to ask!!
