“Sturdy Shoes and a Waterproof Tent” is one of my favorite preparedness articles from the Ensign magazine. It offers many preparedness lessons we can learn from Church history (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). It’s perfect for this year when we are studying the Doctrine and Covenants and Church history in Come, Follow Me.
Lessons from the Pioneer Famine of 1856
When the course of our normal life is disrupted, it helps to fill free time with constructive activities.
A history about circumstances in Spanish Fork, Utah, in 1856 includes this description: “Having no crops to gather, the settlers built bridges, made fences, opened a road up the canyon for the purpose of getting out wood poles and all the men turned out for weeks on these public works, donating their labor.”
How did you fill your time during the COVID pandemic?
