Because preparedness simplified is more achievable
Because preparedness simplified is more achievable
Since 2004, September has been designated National Preparedness Month. Established because of the events of 9/11, it is a national campaign to encourage Americans to be ready for disasters. It is typically a month to focus on emergency plans and…
After the Welsh revolt of 1294-1295, the English reviewed the defenses of their castles in Wales, made changes and even built another castle (Beaumaris Castle). At Harlech Castle, new defense walls were built on the north and west sides of…
God remembered Noah (Genesis 8:1) and brought relief but not until 40 days and nights were over (it stopped raining) and then 150 days (waters started subsiding and the ark rested on a mountain top) and then 8 months (the…
“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…
In the “Come, Follow Me” lesson “I will Lead You Along” (Doctrine and Covenants 77-80), the opening paragraph includes this sentence: “Ultimately, the purpose of a printing press or a storehouse—like everything else in God’s kingdom—is to prepare His children…
Elder Ronald A. Rasband made this statement in his April 2025 General Conference address: “The more prepared we are temporally and spiritually, the more we can thwart the adversary’s cunning attacks.” He echoed Pres. Russell M. Nelson who said in…
Written the week of August 28, 2017 Going through the effects of Hurricane Harvey has been an emotionally draining experience. It was rather surreal to begin with because the weather was so nice. Then it started to rain. And rain.…
Glenn L. Pace (quoting Marion G. Romney) April 1986“He made the process sound so simple, ‘Brother Pace, don’t make things so complicated! All we have been trying to do is make our people self-reliant, because the more self-reliant one is,…