Hi Carson Ward Family, Torrance Stake Family, Family and Friends,
Sometimes I just have a lot to say . .
Spiritual Preparation...184th Semi-Annual General Conference, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
So many people have expressed how much they loved this conference. The best ever. If you missed it go to
lds.org to watch it again or read the talks. You will also be able to order the November Ensign Conference issue in a few weeks from
store.lds.org. After 35 pages of notes from General Conference here are a few quotes from the speakers:
Boyd K. Packer (President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles): "All who follow Jesus Christ will have ever lasting peace."
Lynn G. Robbins (Seventy's Presidency): "Which way do you face?" "Never forgot which way He (Jesus Christ) faced....He always recognized his Heavenly Father."
Cheryl A. Esplin (Second Counselor General Young Women Presidency): "We need to make the (weekly) Sacrament a part of our lives. Our wounded souls can be healed and renewed."
Chi Hong (Sam) Wong: : "We should all be anxiously engaged in helping others return, physically and spiritually."
D. Todd Christofferson (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles): "Who bears the responsibility for what happens in our life?" "We can choose (moral agency) to become who we are. Sins can be erased through repentance." (God is there, He will do all he can to help you.)
Dieter F. Uchtdorf (Second Counselor in the First Presidency): "God will speak to those who approach him with real intent and sincerity...God cares about you, he will listen and answer your prayers....Do not condemn others for the light they have, help strengthen their light....Do your part, it will be glorious."
Dallin H. Oaks (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles): "Live in the world, but not of the world....Do not compromise our truths we believe....Do not show disrespect for those who are different....Kindness is powerful, especially in family settings."
Neil L. Anderson (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles): "Never doubt the testimony of God's prophets....You cannot be helpful to others if your own faith is not secure."
Tod R. Callister (Of the Seventy): "Parents duty--teach them repentance, keep the commandments, gospel of Jesus Christ....Teach them the power of prayer....Use time wisely...put away the electronic devises....Do our children receive our best spiritual influences....God will never leave us alone as parents. He will give us divine help."
Jorg Klegingal (Of the Seventy): "With a 1-10 scale, how do we rate spiritually with God?...Satan wants to put as much distance as he can between us and God....It is our decision alone to change spiritually....Through repentance we should strive to always do your best."
Edwardo Gavarret (Of the Seventy): "Never never follow the wrong voice....Follow Christ."
Jeffrey R. Holland (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles): "It is our Messianic duty to bless the poor...Look to the poor and needy, that they shall not suffer....Rich or poor, we are to do what we can when others are in need....We are our brothers keeper."
L Tom Perry (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles): "How do we learn to change on the changes that come along?...Our Savior is our master teacher, follow Him....Never let the noise of the world over power the still small voice (Holy Ghost)....Make our homes holy places....Carefully evaluate our performance as parents....Today need more than before faithful devoted parents....Build a sure foundation on Jesus Christ."
Henry B. Eyring (First Counselor in the First Presidency): "When trails come we need constant revelation....Do not take lightly the love you have for the prophets--a gift from God."
Russell M. Nelson (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles): "Do we understand what it means, 'We thank thee o' God for a prophet'?...No prophet is ever elected....When we sustain a prophet we are making a personal commitment to uphold their prophetic calling and stand behind him....The living Lord leads the Church....
Never to worry...the Savior is always at the helm of the Church."
Carol F. McConkie (First Counselor in the General Young Women's Presidency): "Only one living prophet on the earth at a time, he alone hears the revelation and direction for the church....God reveals his word through His prophets....The Lord will direct his people in times of trails through his prophets...It will happen in the coming days."
Robert D. Hales (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles): "The greatest gift is 'Even eternal life'....How can this gift be ours?...Through personal revelation....Heavenly Father testifies to us to know the things we are learning is true....The Lord taught His prophets and us through the scriptures....When we ask with a sincere heart we will know the truth of all things....Jesus Christ is our Savior, He lives....We have a prophet to guide us today"
James J. Hamula (Of the Seventy): "The ordinance of the Sacrament is the most holy in the Church...It needs to become most holy to us....Participation in this ordinance signifies our commitment to Jesus Christ....
The most important event, the Atonement of Jesus Christ."
Thomas S. Monson (President of the Church): "We all commenced a wonderful journey when we left the Spirit World (Pre-existance) to seek a body....It is a privilege to choose for ourselves....He did not send us here alone without direction and guidance....We are to be like Jesus Christ...He marked the way and the path to return of our Heavenly Father....We need to choose to follow Him as we walk life's path...He taught us how to pray....We need to be peacemakers, stand up for what we believe, let the light shine in us, be morally clean through thoughts and actions....Ponder the path of thy feet...desire to follow and walk His path....His path will take us safely home."
M. Russell Ballard (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles): "Personal preparedness and common hazards are a part of life....We each are on a moral journey with periods of tranquility and periods of challenges....The Lord has provided help....(He compared life to being in a boat. We need to stay in the boat, which represents the gospel of Jesus Christ. If we leave it we will drown. The life jacket protects us, which represents the Holy Ghost. We need to follow the guide maps, which represent the scriptures.) The Church should lead us to be patient, king, loving, bear one another's burdens, and help the poor.... We need to follow the prophet, apostles, Jesus Christ and avoid distractions....We need to stay in the boat, use the life jacket and guides."
Richard G. Scott (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles): "Adam and Eve did not experience hard times, turmoil, or know happiness and peace while in the Garden of Eden....When they left they felt sadness, joy, sickness, trails. Their choices made it possible for us to come to earth and experience sadness, joy, turmoil and peace.....We need to take time to actively exercise our faith....Let the Atonement into our life....Heavenly Father has given us tools. 1) Prayer, 2) Scriptures, 3) Weekly Family Home Evening, 4) Temples....We came here to be tried, tested and stretched....Life will still have challenges, a part of mortality....These 4 tools can help us overcome every challenge and trail....You will find peace around you and be able to overcome temptations."
Carlos A Godoy (Of the Seventy): "We all experience moments of great decisions in our life....If you continue to live the way you are will your Patriarchal Blessing come true?...Are we making better choices?...
Consider options with the end in mind....We need to be prepared for challenges that will come....We need to share our vision with the people we love....The Lord has a plan for us."
Allan F. Packer (Of the Seventy): "We should not become distracted....Be willing to change....Qualifying entrance to the Celestial Kingdom is like entering another country with a passport, but a spiritual passport.... The Church helps but does not do it for us....Heavenly Father provides what we need so we can help others....(We need to do our family genealogy, share the gospel with others, do work for the dead in the Temples, keep a journal.)"
Larry S. Kacher (Of the Seventy): "Decisions we make in this life effect our eternal life....We learn line upon line as we increase in knowledge and wisdom....Our choices do not only effect us....Are my feet strongly planted in the rich soil of the gospel of Jesus Christ?...Never trifle with sacred things."
David A. Bednar (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles): "My talk is for non-members....The Church has been, always be a missionary church....Latter-day Saints take seriously to teach all men (and women) about the gospel of Jesus Christ....It is a solemn responsibility to carry this message to every country, nation and people....Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior, is the only begotten son of Heavenly Father."
Thomas S. Monson (President of the Church): "We have experienced two glorious days of messages....I am grateful for Heavenly Father's blessings, we have been lifted and inspired....We need to be a little better, kinder than before.... Succor the weak....Be people of honesty and integrity, doing right things all the time, disciples of Jesus Christ. I am grateful for prayers on my behalf....I invoke blessings of heaven upon each of you....May the Lord's blessings be upon you....Amen"
I would rather have food storage and emergency supplies and not need them, than need them and not have them.
How many times have you started dinner and realized you were missing part of the ingredients and did not have time to run to the grocery store? How many times have you started a BBQ and realized you did not have enough charcoal? How many times have you needed to use your flashlight and found out the batteries were dead and you did not have any extra ones? How many times have you had more bills than money?
We all face these dilemmas at different times. There have many times I needed an item to complete the dish I was making for dinner. But, because I have canned/packaged foods in my food storage I did not have to run to the store. But I did make sure I replaced the uses items when I went grocery shopping the next time. There have been times when my digital camera batteries were dead just as I started to take a photo. Fortunately, I always carry extra ones in my purse.When my husband was off work for 3 months due to a work related injury we had our food storage to get us by.
If we are prepared ahead of time with extra canned, package, and dehydrated foods, water and emergency supplies, when a disaster hits we will be prepared and not have to worry where and how we will get the food, water and emergency supplies. We will not be running to the stores only to find the shelves empty.
Sister Linda K. Burton (General Relief Society President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) stated at our last September 2014 General Women's Meeting that in the Parable of the Ten Virgins, the 5 virgins that were ready did not fill there lamps with oil all at once. But they filled them drop by drop by the things they did to prepare.
My husband's Uncle Winfield Booher used to say, "Bit by bit its a cinch."
There is an old saying, "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time."
What do all these quotes and comments mean?
When you have a huge task, like gathering your family's food storage and emergency supplies, you do not have to do it all at once. Fill your cupboards a drop at a time by purchasing extra items each time you go shopping. Bit by bit, before you know it, you will have 1 month, 2 months, 3 months, even a years supply of food and emergency supplies stored. You can do it by filling your lamps one drop at a time. I promise you!
Richard King's Sanitation Class
For those of you who attended our Carson Ward Emergency Preparedness Fair and attended Richard King's wonderful and very informative class on Water Filtration and Water Storage, he is doing a class on Sanitation on Thursday, October 16th, 7PM at the Huntington Beach Stake Center, 8702 Atlanta, Huntington Beach, California USA. Take the 405 Freeway South, get off on Magnolia, turn right. Go down Magnolia, about 10-15 minutes , turn right on Atlanta. The Stake Center is just down a few blocks on the left. If you live near by you will not want to miss his wonderful informative class. Car pool with some friends.
How safe are your children?
Having worked in the insurance industry for several years I have learned the importance of child safety while a child is riding in a car. I have taken auto claim reports where children have been seriously hurt which could have been avoided if they had been restrained in the car properly. One will be disabled the rest of her life. I really hate, yes hate is a strong word, but I mean hate, when I see a children not properly restrained in a car. How valuable are your children? Mine are priceless and precious!
On Monday afternoon I was in the emergency room with a family member and witnessed the injuries of a 4 year old boy because he was not in the right place or restrained properly in the car. He was in the front seat sitting in the middle next to his father. They were involved in an accident in the morning and the airbags imploded. At the accident they thought he was alright. After a while they took him to the ER. His face, on the left side, was very red and he had scratches on him from the impact of the imploding airbags. I am not sure if he sustained other injuries. He was moved to a room before I could hear the outcome.
Important: Anyone involved in an accident should ALWAYS be checked out by the medical profession immediately. Either at the ER or your doctor's office. No matter how minor the injuries. You never know what type of injuries they might have sustained internally and may show up later. Document your injuries, even if minor, for the accident report.
Look under the sun visor by your car front window. Most say a child under 12 years old and 110 pounds should never ride in the front seat. They could be seriously hurt or even killed. The imploding airbag can also seriously injury them or kill them. Also check your car/truck manual.
They should also be in the proper restraining car seat, booster seat for their age. Please read the posting dated
April 29, 2013 regarding child car safety and the right restraining car seat for your child.
IT MAY SAVE YOUR CHILD'S LIFE OR KEEP THEM FORM VERY SERIOUS INJURIES!
Weekly Assignment: Emergency Family Medical Kit
The past few weeks we have been working on our Emergency Family Medical
Kit. We are almost done with it. To go back to the beginning go to the
week of
June 1st.
Follow through each week to see what items we have added and why it is
important to have this kit as part of your emergency preparedness
supplies.
This week add the following:
1) Irrigation syringe: This can be purchase at drug stores and medical supply stores.
2) 1-2 Burn Kits: This can be purchase from
emergencyessentials.com. Go in with friends to save on the shipping ($6, $9 or $12, depending on how much you order). Cost about $15-$50 depending on the type and size you purchase.
October Monthly Assignment:
Food Storage . . . Fruits
This month we are adding fruits to our food storage.
1) Purchase canned fruits each week or as you go grocery shopping.
2) You can also purchase freeze-dried or dehydrated fruits for long term storage from companies like
emergencyessentials.com,
honeyville.com,
store.lds.org,
foodforhealthinternational.com. etc..
3) They can be
commercially canned, home canned, freeze-dried or dehydrated or even frozen.
4) Only add
the types of fruits your family will eat. It has been proven, even
in an emergency situation and
people are hungry, especially children, they
will not eat things they do not like. Do not waste your hard earned
money by storing fruits your family will not eat.
5) Store all commercially or home canned fruits in a cool, dry, dark place. Store them in your
cupboards, under beds, enclosed lamp and bedside tables, and in closets.
The garage is too hot!
6) Most commercially canned and home canned fruits will last for about 2-3 years if stored properly. Dehydrated
and freeze-dried fruits will store for 20-30 years if stored
properly. Frozen fruits usually only last about a year or less.
7) Replace any canned fruits in your food storage as you use them.
8) As always, the key to any food storage is
rotation!
Monthly Assignment:
First, figure
out how much fruit (canned, frozen, fresh) your family eats in a month.
You should have done this when we kept track for a month of how much our
family eats and what they eat in a month. Determine how much you need
to store for the number of months you have set you food storage goal,
1-month, 2-months, 3-months, etc.
1) Each week when you go grocery shopping add canned and/or jarred fruits to your food storage. Watch for sales.
2) During the month add dehydrated or freeze-dried long term food storage fruits to your food storage. Watch for sales.
4) If you have fruit trees, during their harvest season, can the fruit. This is usually done by the water bath canning method.
Emergency Preparedness Ideas
Love this idea. Great to increase our food storage: If you have a vegetable garden, or a container one, or plan to plant one in the future check out his article on how to regrow some vegetables after you have harvested them. It is amazing!
Regrow These 5 Food Scraps That You Would Otherwise Throw Away. My mother use to do this. Great way to add to your food storage. You can home can them, freeze them or dehydrate them once you harvested them.
Comments: Please leave your comments below. We all learn from each others talents, experiences and knowledge. Thank you for your comments. They are great appreciated.
Many times we think small efforts will not make a difference, so we do not exert any effort. When we think about food storage or emergency preparedness we think we cannot do it and do not try. We do not have to start with long term dehydrated/freeze-dried foods which are more expensive, start with small steps like purchasing extra canned and packaged foods each time you go grocery shopping. This is the time of year when many grocery stores have sales on canned and packaged foods, some have case lot sales. Example: Albertson's has buy 5 of certain items and save a $1 on each item. Cake mix and brownie mix, normally $1.79, right now if you buy 5 you get each one for 79 cents. A great time to stock up on canned and packaged items. 
2) You can also purchase freeze-dried or dehydrated fruits for long term storage from companies like 
