A Fabulous Class! PL101: Food Storage Rotation

We had a wonderful class yesterday on how to manage our food storage.  Sister Edwards and Sister Barney had some very insightful and helpful information to share.  If you missed it, or want copies of the hand outs, you've come to the right place!

From Sister Emily Edwards:

Click HERE for a link to her presentation outline

- Make food storage a matter of prayer
- Start slow and rotate
- Plan
- Research
- Involve the whole family
- Practice using the ingredients

From Sister Heather Barney:

Click HERE for a pdf of her powerpoint slides
Click HERE for the "Heather's Favorite Resources" handout
Food Storage Staples list and 40 Recipes

Use Wisdom:

"We encourage members worldwide to prepare for adversity in life by having a basic supply of food and water and some money in savings. We ask that you be wise, and do not go to extremes. With careful planning, you can, over time, establish a home storage supply and a financial reserve." (See All Is Safely Gathered In.)

Tips for making food easier to rotate:

- Label

- Organize: group similar items together, develop a rotation system (first in, first out; fill left, pull right, fill back, pull front)

- Take visual inventory

- Increase shelf-life: less frequent need to rotate 

Have the proper tools necessary to use/rotate food

- Wheat grinder/grain mill

- Oven such as a solar oven

- Stove like a "Rocket Stove"

Provident Living 101: Food Storage Rotation

Our next Provident Living class is coming up in a few weeks!  We are excited to have two fantastic and well qualified speakers, Heather Barney and Emily Edwards, teach us all about managing our food storage.

We hope you will join us at the Mission Viejo Stake Center, Saturday, May 2 at 9:00 am.

Child care is provided and there will be a delicious tasters table!

Here is a flyer you can download to learn more and spread the word:  Click HERE for flyer

Provident Living 101: 72 Hour Kits

A great big thank you goes to Lisa Keawekane of the Las Flores ward and Bruce Spencer of the Alicia Park ward for their fantastic presentation on 72 Hour Kits!

We were well instructed and motivated to put together or update our own emergency kits!

PL101: The Power of Three

On September 20, 2014, we had a fabulous presentation by Alana Kirkham on "The Power of Three" emergency preparedness system.

She outlined the inspired program of preparing for the first "three's" of a disaster.  First three: minutes, hours, days, weeks and months.  

She had a treasure trove of information.  Follow the link above (on the blog header) to the Neighbors Helping Neighbors program to find more information, handouts and videos about The Power of Three.

Implement this program in your home and you will feel so much more prepared!

This was our largest attended meeting so far!

Provident Living 101: Gardening Presenation

We hope you were able to attend our gardening class this morning!  Please follow this link to download a PDF of the slide show.

Happy Planting!

Water Barrel Order

We are placing an order for water barrels as a Stake to capture a bulk price.  If you are interested in ordering some emergency water storage containers now is the time! 

Products will be ordered from:

A Plus Survival 3020 Orange Ave. Santa Ana, CA. 92707 888.427.5870

Orders are due March 30, 2014.

Q: How much water do I need to store?

A:  One gallon per person, per day - at least 3 days but preferably 2 weeks. 

(That means 56 gallons for a family of 4 for 2 weeks)

For more information on Water Storage, see the post from our recent Provident Living 101 class.

Products Available:

55 Gallon Barrel: $53.00

5 Gallon Barrel: $14.00

Bung Wrench used for opening 55 gallon barrels: $8.00 

To Order:  

1.  Fill out an order form (forms can be found from your ward RS Emergency Prep Specialist (RSEPS), or by following this link to Google Drive).

2.  Make checks payable to Mission Viejo Stake.

3.  Turn in check and order form to your ward RSEPS or RS President no later than Sunday, March 30.

4.  Pick up barrels from the Stake Center a few weeks after the orders are placed (you will receive a call or email to let you know when they arrive).

Questions?  Feel free to leave a comment or email: mvprepare@gmail.com

Don't delay, store today!  One gallon, per person, per day!

Provident Living 101: Water Storage

We held our first Provident Living 101 class today.  It was a great success!

Betty Campbell, a Stake RS Emergency Preparedness Specialist, taught us about emergency water storage.  For those of you who weren't able to attend, follow this link to view or download a .pdf file of the power point presentation.

Remember, Don't Delay!  

Store today: 

One gallon per person per day!

Water Presentation Powerpoint Slides (.pdf)
Water Presentation Handout