Provident Living Binders

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I just spent the past few hours organizing six binders for my ward to more fully prepare and get organized around Provident Living.
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I was called a few weeks ago to be the Preparedness Specialist in my ward. A calling which I have done four times now. To help our Louisville Ward Achieve the goals set out by our Stake Presidency, I organized these binders to help motivate, educate, and simplify the sign ups for wet pack and dry pack ordering.
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Here is some of the information I included in the binders:
A letter from our Stake Presidency outlining three goals for our Boulder Stake Members:
The Food Storage Goals set forth in a letter dated July 9th, 2006.
Dates to Remember:
Complete three day Emergency Kits by OCTOBER1, 2006
Obtain at least one month of food by DECEMBER 31, 2006
Obtain at least a three month supply by JULY 1, 2007
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Price Lists for Wet Pack and Dry Pack
Home Storage – Build on the Basics – An article from the June 1989 Ensign
I’m organizing a group purchase of The Kitchen Mill and put a sign up in the binder for that. They have bulk pricing for groups. I used this machine for over fifteen years, almost every day to grind our grains, seeds, and beans into flours to make into bread, pancakes, waffles, and cookies. The motor finally gave out one day after many, many hours of grinding.
I put directions to our Denver Cannery into the binder.
I included a letter from the First Presidency on Home Storage and Financial Reserves.
I included the Proclamation to the world on The Family.
Also included was the document The Living Christ, the Testimony of the Apostles.
And finally I put several copies of Essentials of Home Production and Storage into the Binder:
I’m truly hoping that these efforts will motivate the members of my ward to heed the counsel of our local Stake Presidency to put in a supply of basic foods.
Jenny Hatch
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Thanks HUGO!

I know it is not wise to count chickens before they are hatched, but if any democrats wonder why the conservatives blow them out of the water in the 2006 election, just remember: HUGO at the UN and in NEW YORK!
Here is a funny link to a satirical take on the HUGO speech yesterday!
I know Chomsky is getting some book sales from HUGO’s endorsement (and the reports of his death are greatly exadgeratted), but you have to wonder if a Marxist endorsement is really worth all the fuss…
GOP to fund speaking tour… BWA HA HA HA snort Heh heh ha
Jenny Hatch

American Hiroshima?

Reporter: Take warning for Muslims out of U.S. seriously
“Muslims should leave America,” said Dawood. “We cannot stop our attack just because of the American Muslims; they must realize that American forces are killing innocent Muslims in Afghanistan and Iraq; we have the right to respond back, in the same manner, in the enemy’s homeland. The American Muslims are like a human shield for our enemy; they must leave New York and Washington.”
My prayer is simply that this attack will be stopped like the British Attack was foiled.
I have long thought that even befor 9-11 occured, the terrorists had completely planned the second attack for America, and already had all of the supplies in place for that attack.
Why?
They knew that once the planes hit the targets, America would fully awake from its slumber and crack down on all of the comings and goings of potential terrorists. We have not quite accomplished that goal, but many, many people have been either killed or locked up. The question is: If these terrorists are ready to hit at any time, and they are planning the American Hiroshima attack in the next few weeks, what should be the response of ordinary Americans?
I would challenge anyone reading this post to simply get down on your knees and ask your Father in Heaven what you should do to prepare. For some that may mean doing nothing. For others, they may feel like putting in a small supply of water, non-perishable food, and emergency supplies. For others, it may mean taking an unplanned trip to visit grandma in Nebraska.
I don’t know much about our countrys preparations for a nuclear or radiological bomb going off in a major city. But I do know that the preparations that our family has made comforts and makes me feel more in control of my life. Feelings of being in control are directly related to ones mental wellness or lack thereof.
I know the promptings I have had over the years directly relate to nuclear activity. I have had hundreds of dreams of nuclear bombs going off in America. I have felt very prompted to prepare to give birth in a survival situation. Does this mean that a nuclear bomb is going to go off in Colorado during a time when I am pregnant? No, not necessarily.
I can only testify that while we don’t know what is going to happen in the future, our Heavenly Father does. He loves us, and he wants us to live happy lives. He does not want us to feel fearful, and he does not want us to be afraid. I believe that he has guided our family to certain preparations to be more ready for a time of chaos and terror.
Should the terrorists be sucessful in bombing some cities in America with a nuclear or radiological bomb, I would hope that our military and the president would have the will to turn certain known hot beds of terrorist activity in our world into nuclear parking lots in retaliation, and I would also hope that those terrorists would be fully aware that this will happen within minutes of any attack in America or on our interests around the world.
Jenny Hatch

If Ahmadinejad Wants the UN, Let Him Have It

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If Ahmadinejad Wants the UN, Let Him Have It
I love Claudia Rosett:
Earlier in the week I suggested that the UN be turned into a school where Liberals could go to get educated about Capitalism.
Claudia had a better idea!
“I’ll add to the list one more suggestion. What makes that UN stage such a prize for the likes of Ahmadinejad is the support — both political and financial — conferred upon it by the democratic nations of the world, especially the United States. If the UN can’t deal with Ahmadinejad, let Ahmadinejad deal with the UN. Get out, and give it to him. Send it to Tehran, lock, stock and reconfigured Security Council. Let him make all the speeches he wants. With that clutter out of the way, and with the $5.3 billion the U.S. would save every year, plus the considerable moral and political capital we have been squandering on the UN, we might just have a shot at creating in its place institutions that work.”
Jenny Hatch

Denver Zoo

A friend and I took our boys down to the Denver Zoo the other day. Here are a couple of photos:
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Ben and his friend looking at the Monkeys.
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Ben and the Black Bears
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Giraffs
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Elephants
Jenny Hatch