On Being Prepared
I’m worried that someone is trying to tell me something. About six months ago I became the ward Emergency Preparedness person. This freaked Doug out a little bit because he thought that we needed to be prepared for something. So I started on my merry way working on surveys and a 5th Sunday presentation on the church’s new approach to food storage.
Then, Doug’s dad got the same calling. Then, my dad got the same calling. What am I supposed to make of all this? Then, the final straw: a box arrived at my house with some embroidered towels for the boys. This was a wonderful gift from my Aunt Rozanne (whose virtues need to be extolled in a whole separate post). While the boys were running around the house with their personalized towels I noticed something in the bottom of the box. It was this:
Along with the lamp came an explanation of the Parable of the Ten Virgins along with different ways that we might prepare ourselves. Enough said! I heard you loud and clear! I have taken the hint!
Now, I don’t know exactly what I’m supposed to be preparing for, but I take some comfort in the fact that doing something is better than doing nothing. So, on the day the lamp came, I ordered a year’s supply of rice. I figure that I can work on this little by little and eventually I will be fully prepared.
And just in case you think that my rice supply has lulled me into a false sense of security, this morning I woke to a warning of this:
I’m not reall worried where we are, but we don’t very often see the map actually involve our neck of the woods. I’m making sure I know where all the flashlights are … just in case!
ingrid said,
September 10, 2008 at 12:52 pm
So where did you order your year’s supply of rice from? Way to be prepared, Sarah!!!
Warren said,
September 10, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Yum! Rice cakes, rice pudding, rice slurry, rice paste, . . . . what more could you want???
This is a good reminder for us. We are slowly collecting our food storage and emergency preparedness items. Maybe too slowly . . .
Nisa said,
September 10, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Hey, I need to call you. We have the same calling. I taught a course on food storage and er prep for a year last year. But prep and supply collection was different in Idaho. I could use some ideas.
anne said,
September 11, 2008 at 12:13 am
My food storage is just barely getting started. Well not really that great. I found my favorite lemonade (santa cruz, typically $3+ for one) for $.88 so I came home with like 20 bottles and put them in our pantry. Taylor had a good laugh at my attempt at food storage. 😉