Hello! Welcome to this week's tip!
I wanted to share a quote with you that I have found that gives me great hope!
"God saved for the final inning some of His strongest children who will help bear off the Kingdom triumphantly. For you are the generation that must be prepared to meet your God. There has never been more expected of the faithful in such a short time, a short period, as it is of us."
- President Ezra Taft Benson (BYU Fireside March 4, 1979)
You might say, "...hope? I was thinking more like pressure...you know, like a pressure canner :) ."
I say "hope" because we have been saved for this inning because He trusts us. The more we trust Him the more He trusts us. I think that's SO AWESOME and AMAZING! Sometimes all of the responsibilities that we have as wives, mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, and last but not least...all the single ladies :) - we can feel that there is TOO much expected of us. We are supposed to prepare for the worst, but live in the now and expect the best! Keep going and walk with your heads high because YOU CAN DO IT!
Ok, so in keeping with our water theme for this month, I wanted to share some ideas on purifying water. Right now, our water is treated with chemicals and other stuff to keep bacteria and other greasy grimy things from making us sick. But what if....
Have any of you read the "Great and the Terrible" series? If not, there is a character named Bono who drinks contaminated water because he is in a hurry and what happens later, is something I never want to experience...ever...not even for a second...or two. Morning sickness has nothin' on contaminated water. That's how bad it is :). Here are a few ideas to keep us from making Bono's mistake.
I found this Ensign article that made me laugh as well as think a bit:
http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=120&sourceId=e074615b01a6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD
This website has a calculator for how many drops of chlorine per gallon that you need to sanitize the water.
http://www.csgnetwork.com/h2oemergencypurifycalc.html
I personally don't like the taste or physical effects of bleach in my drinking water. If it is all I had, that is what I would use. However, there are many options available right now that would be alternatives to using bleach.
You can boil the water. This kills all pathogens. Boil for at least one minute.
A water filter that will filter chemicals, and pathogens. I personally am saving for one like this. It is the one that the US military uses. http://doultonusa.com/HTML%20pages/portable_systems.htm
There is also Berkey water filters http://www.berkeyfilters.com/
If you have a solar oven, you can pasteurize water in it. A WAPI will let you know when it has reached pasteurization. What is a WAPI? http://www.solarcookers.org/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=WAPI&osCsid=d5f046fa7e9787bc16117641c0d31904&x=0
Hopefully these tips will help you on your journey to becoming water queens!
And another thing....
How many of you use Cream of Stuff soups in your recipes? I've been a label reader for a few years now and frankly "stuff" could be substituted for many other nasty words. There's so much junk in it! How would you feel if you knew how EASY it was to make your own Cream of Whateva-The-Hecka-You-Feel-Like soups!
You can substitute the milk for almond milk or rice milk or sheep milk (Sorry Randi, I had to throw that in). There is a power in having control over the ingredients... mightier than the pen or the sword!
Sister Emily C sent this to me and I thought it was worth its weight for 200 cans of Cream of Stuff soup...maybe 300! That's more than gold babee!
http://www.milehimama.com/2010/08/23/how-to-make-cream-of-chicken-soup/
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