The Relief Society Newsletter has been a great reminder for me to make sure I prepare my home for whatever may come. The commandments come from the Lord, delivered to us by the prophets and other inspired leaders. The Lord wants us to be happy, and when we prepare for emergencies, it helps to ensure that hard times won't be even harder. Most of us don't have huge homes with ample pantry and cellar space, but it's still important to do what we can.
And along that vein, here are the:
Top 10 reasons why emergency preparedness is better in China
10. It's fun to explain to our Ayi in Chinese why I'm keeping all our old soda pop bottles, filling them with clean water, and decorating the laundry room with them.
9. Since I never planned on using it anyway, I could never justify buying a $400 hand-cranked wheat grinder in America. Now, thanks to taobao.com, I got one for 80 kuai.
8. I used to drive my car to Costco, throw a year's supply of everything into the trunk, and drive home. Now I balance a week's worth on the double stroller and try to push it home. I get exercise this way, and Penny usually does too, since I kick her out of the stroller to make room for stuff.
7. Since there's a profound lack of tortillas, dinner rolls, and good bread, I've gotten the chance to work on my bakery skillz.
6. We're still trying to find that fine line between preparing for possible emergencies and the inevitable return to the US. I want to be ready, but I am not shipping a bunch of extra stuff home. We buy what we will use; we use up what we buy-- except for the decade's supply of deodorant I accidentally brought.
5. Instead of potato pearls and dried apples, we have dried wood ears and tofu sticks.
4. I can store milk in the cupboard.
3. Penelope knows which cupboard to raid whenever she wants milk.
2. If the end of the world strikes while I'm out of diapers, I'll just cut a slit in Naomi's pants.
1. Thanks to the construction site next door, we now know "What would we do if the power went out?" and "What would we do if there was no water for a day or two?"
3 comments:
I'd say that works :-)
I laughed so hard. My best friend has been living in China for two years now, and I just love those stories. She is moving to Beijing this summer (at least her parents are)--so maybe because the church is so small in China, you'll meet her :)
#2 is my favorite! :)
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