Self Reliance Tip #39 Breakfast Planning

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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I found this link and thought it would be worthy to share. I plan on printing a copy of it and heeding the advice found in it.

http://ldsliving.com/story/67084-evacuating-from-home-in-an-emergency

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This month I would like to focus on food storage recipes. So you have black beans, katsup, canned meatballs and jello, what can you make with that...uh, those together not a whole lot :)... The meal of the day I struggle with the most is breakfast. Cold cereal is really convenient, but with some favorite cereals you would need to take out a small loan to buy a year supply of it. A small loan would defeat the purpose :). Sure, you can stock up on cereals, but they can also get boring!


Here are some ideas for breakfast:
http://beprepared.com/recipes.asp_Q_ai_E_4_A_name_E_Food%20Storage%20Recipes%20Breakfast

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....and another thing...


......from Heavenly Father's Medicine cabinet...


I found this book in its fullness on this website:
http://www.pshm.org/mormonmedicine.shtml

There are accounts of when people didn't know what to do when faced with sickness or injury, they appealed to their Heavenly Father and the Spirit enlightened their minds as to what to do. I will share shortened versions from their journal entries.
When Sister Lucy Mack Smith saw that her daughter Sophronia who had typhus (which is kind of like mono with rashes, high fever and ache) looked very close to death. A doctor had been helping her for 89 days. He told her there was nothing else he could do. Her and her husband knelt by their bedside and prayed that she would be spared a little longer. Sister Smith picked her up, wrapped a blanket around her and began pacing the floor with her. Sophronia began to sob and from that time forward began to recover.
Amanda Barnes Smith was the mother of a child named Alma severely wounded at the Haun's Mill Massacre. His hip was in such bad shape that none of the bones were together. With her son Willard by her side they prayed together for help and inspiration. She told Alma " The Lord has made it known to me that He will make you well, but you must lie on your stomach for a few weeks." She then took white ashes from the camp fire to make a weak lye and washed the wound. Then she made a poultice of slippery elm tree roots. When the poultice turned black, the wound was washed again and the poultice was changed. He fully recovered.

These stories remind me when Sister Marianne's sister came and spoke to our ward about an experience she had in an emergency when the Holy Ghost told her what to do. These testimonies are so important for us. When we are unsure what to do in an emergency, ask the Lord for guidance first and things will fall into their proper place.