Because preparedness simplified is more achievable
Because preparedness simplified is more achievable
Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston (IMGH) has a yearly project (Operation IMpact) that provides Emergency Food Packs to over 4000 home bound senior citizens in their Meals on Wheels program. The goal is to help these people survive a natural…
Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf spoke in the Saturday morning session of the General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 4, 2025. In his address titled “Do Your Part with All Your Heart,” he said…
“How does preparedness help establish Zion?” and “How does preparedness or self-reliance or provident living (different names for the same idea) help build the Kingdom of God on the earth?” I think we can find the answer when we look…
“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…
“Our Heavenly Father….has lovingly commanded us to ‘prepare every needful thing’ (see D&C 109:8) so that, should adversity come, we may care for ourselves and our neighbors, and support bishops as they care for others.” –The First Presidency of The…
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,…
April 1981“There are many very good people who keep most of the Lord’s commandments with respect to the virtuous side of life, but who overlook His commandments in temporal things. They do not heed His warning to prepare for a…
“…if ye are prepared ye shall not fear.” D&C 38:30 A friend of mine who also went through Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey emailed me and included a post she had made to her family out of state on the second day…