Are you prepared?

We finally have our internet hooked up again. Although we don't have our regular computer working yet so I can't post any pictures.

Anyway I have a little story for everyone to think about with the hurricanes hitting and all the diseasters going on in the world. In our old stake, a neighboring ward's bishoped got up after sacrament meeting and made a challenge. It goes as this, "As of today (they started on the 18th), he challenged everyone in the ward not to buy anything from the stores for 30 days, with the exemption of gas. He challenged them to live off of their food storage and live as if a disaster had happened." This meant they had no time to plan or prepare for it. It was just what was in their house. They couldn't buy milk or bread or the 'neceessities' that we take for granted. They could trade with neighbors and anyone they wanted to but they couldn't buy anything.

IF YOU WERE TO DO THIS, WOULD YOU MAKE IT?

Yesterday in church they had a 'bartering' table set up infront of Relief Society. The ward had taken the challenge. I came home and told Jake about this and we talked together about what we had. I would dare say (knock on wood) that we could make it. It would be hard drinking powdered milk or not having my soda or anything that is a 'luxury'. But we do have a food storage started that we would make it by. What about you guys. It's something to think about with everything happening in the southeast.