We spent most of our 'lesson' hours today focusing on emergency preparedness. We do this 2-3 times per year, more and more intensively. Today it was to prepare for a special event for Boy Scouts for my 11yods. We had to have his emergency kit ready. After 5 o'clock he would receive a call as to where to go (it ended up being the usual place, which my dd had already guessed). They did alot during the meeting including inspecting the emergency packs and a fun galavant downtown to previously warned businesses on a sort of race to get there and get back with a signature. This was to demonstrate the value of scouts being good messengers during an emergency when regular communications are out of commission.
They had fun and learned alot.
We are still a long way from being satisfactorily prepared and organized as individuals and a family.
I wonder how other families are doing with this .... it is very challenging to do on an indepth level. However, we see from the events over the past years how important it truly is. We need to challenge ourselves to see this matter through to completion. It is not that we don't rely on God, just that we need to use the wisdom He gives us. Not to put self sufficiency first, of course, but just to be wiser than the serpent.
Sorry for the ramble ... better get to bed.
Resting in Him,
Michele | 
Mar. 4, 2009 - An Update
We ordered and received a catalog with EP supplies. We looked through some online sites including articles.
We talked about scenarios which would require evacuation and what we would do with our animals. We talked about types of disasters or just hardships.
We looked at Ready to Eat meals at Farm Supply.
These are expensive. We picked up some dried foods and seeds at the store.
We talked about getting maps to mark evacuation routes and such.
That's all for now,
Michele