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Monday, January 26, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Silly Silly People
Silly Silly People
Noah told the people that the rain was going to fall
Noah told the people they better get on the ball
Noah told the people to repent and turn to God
Cause God had, had it up to here and the wicked He would trod
Those Silly Silly People, why were they all so blind?
We certainly, would never be, a people of that kind!
Lehi told the people that Jerusalem would fall
Lehi told the people, but all they did was stall
Lehi told the people, to repent and turn to God
Cause God had, had it up to here and the wicked he would trod
Those Silly Silly People, why were they all so blind?
We certainly, would never be, a people of that kind!
Samuel told the people as he stood upon the wall
that Christ would come in five short years and save them from the fall
Samuel told the people to repent and turn to God
Cause God had, had it up to here and the wicked he would trod.
Those Silly Silly People, why were they all so blind?
We certainly, would never be, a people of that kind!
Our prophet tells the people that there's not much time at all
Our prophet tells the people, they better get on the ball
Our prophet tells the people to repent and turn to God
Cause God has had it up to here and the wicked he will trod.
So if we look into our pantry's and find that they are bare
and if our scriptures on the shelf, show not wear or tear.
Could we be silly people? Are we possibly that kind?
That we refuse to hear our God, could we be "Oh So Blind?"
Copyright 2009 Susan Edwards and Roweena Rymer
Noah told the people that the rain was going to fall
Noah told the people they better get on the ball
Noah told the people to repent and turn to God
Cause God had, had it up to here and the wicked He would trod
Those Silly Silly People, why were they all so blind?
We certainly, would never be, a people of that kind!
Lehi told the people that Jerusalem would fall
Lehi told the people, but all they did was stall
Lehi told the people, to repent and turn to God
Cause God had, had it up to here and the wicked he would trod
Those Silly Silly People, why were they all so blind?
We certainly, would never be, a people of that kind!
Samuel told the people as he stood upon the wall
that Christ would come in five short years and save them from the fall
Samuel told the people to repent and turn to God
Cause God had, had it up to here and the wicked he would trod.
Those Silly Silly People, why were they all so blind?
We certainly, would never be, a people of that kind!
Our prophet tells the people that there's not much time at all
Our prophet tells the people, they better get on the ball
Our prophet tells the people to repent and turn to God
Cause God has had it up to here and the wicked he will trod.
So if we look into our pantry's and find that they are bare
and if our scriptures on the shelf, show not wear or tear.
Could we be silly people? Are we possibly that kind?
That we refuse to hear our God, could we be "Oh So Blind?"
Copyright 2009 Susan Edwards and Roweena Rymer
Sunday, November 23, 2008
THREE more banks failed on Friday
Three more banks failed on Friday with a combined 214 branches.
The total is now at 22 for the year. Wondering how this rates for the past 8yrs? check out this list.
Check out http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/.../banklist.html (sorry the embedded link isn't working) to see the banks that have failed since 2000.
Don't forget about CITIBANK who is going under as of today (I believe). Will the Fed bail them out? Tomorrow should be interesting! I hope everyone has been preparing for hard times. They are HERE!
The total is now at 22 for the year. Wondering how this rates for the past 8yrs? check out this list.
Here are the number break downs:
2000 - 2 banks
2001 - 4 banks
2002 - 10 banks
2003 - 3 banks
2004 - 3 banks
2005 - 0 banks
2006 - 0 banks
2007 - 3 banks
2008 - 22 banks
Check out http://www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/.../banklist.html (sorry the embedded link isn't working) to see the banks that have failed since 2000.
Don't forget about CITIBANK who is going under as of today (I believe). Will the Fed bail them out? Tomorrow should be interesting! I hope everyone has been preparing for hard times. They are HERE!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Apple Box Ovens in Payson
Today we had the opportunity to go to another ward and give a presentation. Scott gives a monthly preparedness class and a gal comes from Payson. She was impressed by Scott's Emergency Heating and Cooking one and asked him to give the presentation to her ward. She asked me to give a presentation on the apple box ovens . We were delighted! If we can help one person get moving on emergency prep stuff our time is well worth spent.
I asked my SIL to babysit and my mom to help with the apple box direction and food prep. Thank you! We couldn't have done it without you! We showed up at the church at 8:30 and got the charcoal started and ready for the food. Kathleen, prepared a pizza(her stone was too big for the oven, so she improvised!), two loaves of bread and cinnamon rolls. YUM! Carb heaven! My mom and I had never tried cooking in an apple box oven in November. It was 29* when we got there...brrr! Luckily it warmed up to almost 50* before noon! (today * means degrees)
We first gave the demo of HOW you cook in it. Showed them all the pieces parts and got the ovens preheated. AS we got the food in Scott began his presentation. Scott, goes through so much work for his presentations. He researches untill he is blue in the face and can't see straight. Lucky for him, this was the second time for this presentation.
The pizza was done first. Kathleen, Elaine, and I were in the kitchen chatting and my mom came in and told me the pizza temp was down at 200*, The look on Kathleen's face was priceless! She said "but it is supposed cook at 385*. Five minutes later I brought in a perfectly cooked pizza. She breathed a breath of fresh air. She had not wittnessed the cooking. She didn't see it was doing fine at the 200*. Yes, it lost heat which is not optimal, but it cooked well at a lower temp, just longer. It was so worth the excitement I witnessed today on her face alone.
Next were the loaves of bread. I wish I had taken pictures of the food, as proof you can bake in a box. The bread was BEAUTIFUL! Kathleen, can really make bread! Yes, it took longer than the kitchen oven, but it was delish! The cinnamon rolls, were beautiful too. After the pizza, I believe everyone believed.
It is such a great feeling knowing you can cook with something so simple. Store some charcoal and your good to go. It is rewarding to see eyes light up in understanding.
Thank you Kathleen! Today was a great day!
I asked my SIL to babysit and my mom to help with the apple box direction and food prep. Thank you! We couldn't have done it without you! We showed up at the church at 8:30 and got the charcoal started and ready for the food. Kathleen, prepared a pizza(her stone was too big for the oven, so she improvised!), two loaves of bread and cinnamon rolls. YUM! Carb heaven! My mom and I had never tried cooking in an apple box oven in November. It was 29* when we got there...brrr! Luckily it warmed up to almost 50* before noon! (today * means degrees)
We first gave the demo of HOW you cook in it. Showed them all the pieces parts and got the ovens preheated. AS we got the food in Scott began his presentation. Scott, goes through so much work for his presentations. He researches untill he is blue in the face and can't see straight. Lucky for him, this was the second time for this presentation.
The pizza was done first. Kathleen, Elaine, and I were in the kitchen chatting and my mom came in and told me the pizza temp was down at 200*, The look on Kathleen's face was priceless! She said "but it is supposed cook at 385*. Five minutes later I brought in a perfectly cooked pizza. She breathed a breath of fresh air. She had not wittnessed the cooking. She didn't see it was doing fine at the 200*. Yes, it lost heat which is not optimal, but it cooked well at a lower temp, just longer. It was so worth the excitement I witnessed today on her face alone.
Next were the loaves of bread. I wish I had taken pictures of the food, as proof you can bake in a box. The bread was BEAUTIFUL! Kathleen, can really make bread! Yes, it took longer than the kitchen oven, but it was delish! The cinnamon rolls, were beautiful too. After the pizza, I believe everyone believed.
It is such a great feeling knowing you can cook with something so simple. Store some charcoal and your good to go. It is rewarding to see eyes light up in understanding.
Thank you Kathleen! Today was a great day!
Sunday, October 19, 2008
President Packer and a gentle reminder
Recently President Packer spoke in his home ward. It has made the rounds in email, message boards, you name it. Apparently a sister took notes shorthand. She wrote the whole talk down. Below is a letter that was read in Sacrament meetings a little over four years ago. It is still valid today, just as it was then. Please, take care not to pass on things the General Authorites have asked us not to. Things get out of hand and changed etc.
Please don't send on this email (Pres. Packer's talk), even if you think it has not been changed. It is a matter of obedience. We were not there for the meeting. This was a message for his home ward. Not the world.
If you doubt this, feel free to call his receptionist at 801-240-1000 she will send you to a recorded message about this email that is circulating.
The First Presidency letter is below.
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Please don't send on this email (Pres. Packer's talk), even if you think it has not been changed. It is a matter of obedience. We were not there for the meeting. This was a message for his home ward. Not the world.
If you doubt this, feel free to call his receptionist at 801-240-1000 she will send you to a recorded message about this email that is circulating.
The First Presidency letter is below.
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May 13, 2004
To: General Authorities; Area Authority Seventies; Stake, Mission, and District Presidents; Bishops and Branch Presidents
(To be read in sacrament meeting)
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Statements Attributed to Church Leaders
From time to time statements are circulated among members which are inaccurately attributed to the leaders of the Church. Many such statements distort current Church teachings and are often based on rumors and innuendos. They are never transmitted officially, but by word of mouth, e-mail, or other informal means.
We encourage members of the Church to never teach or pass on such statements without verifying that they are from approved sources, such as official statements, communications, and publications. Any notes made when General Authorities, Area Authority Seventies, or other general Church officers speak at regional and stake conferences or other meetings should not be distributed without the consent of the speaker. Personal notes are for individual use only.
True spiritual growth is based on studying the scriptures, the teachings of the Brethren, and Church publications.
Sincerely your brethren,
Gordon B. Hinckley
Thomas S. Monson
James E. Faust
The First Presidency
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Upcoming classes
Classes are held at my house (please contact me for address) at 10AM and 7PM
October 1 Basic Soap making
October 15 What to do with beans
If you have any bean recipes to share, please email them to me. You can use the "drop me a line" button. I will put them together and send them out as a handout.
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE ON THE BEANS...I forgot I had a previous engagement then.
October 1 Basic Soap making
October 15 What to do with beans
If you have any bean recipes to share, please email them to me. You can use the "drop me a line" button. I will put them together and send them out as a handout.
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE CHANGE ON THE BEANS...I forgot I had a previous engagement then.
Did Pres. Hinckley prophesy the housing crisis?
A gentleman I know posted this on a board I am on. I asked if I could share it, he agreed. He actually said "share it with EVERYONE".
Aren't you glad we have a living Prophet on the Earth? I am! If more had listened to his words, I doubt we would be bailing out all the banks.
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President Hinckley prophesied the Mortgage Crisis?
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Okay gang, bear with me here. I was preparing a lesson for church last weekend on Helaman 6-12, which is known to many as a lesson on the Pride Cycle. It was very timely in light of it being the same week that wall street almost crashed, and we know this is in large part due to the sub-prime mortgage crisis we are still feeling the effects of. People either bought homes way beyond their price range, or people who had no right buying homes in the first place (based on income) got into mortgages they shouldn't have been granted.
So anyhow, I'm thinking about all of this, and the words from President Hinckley came to mind "buy a modest home and pay it off as quickly as you can" (paraphrased). I knew I'd heard him talk about it a few times in the past, so out of curousity I went to lds.org to see when he spoke of this.
I searched for talks containing the phrase "modest home" by President Hinckley. I got hits in the following years: May 1998, 2000, and 2001. So a little more than 10 years ago Pres. Hinckley started talking about the importance of buying a "modest home".
So then I wondered when the housing boom began. If I could find a graph showing the historical inflation-adjusted median home price in the US, I could see quite easily exactly when people started the frenzy of buying homes they couldn't afford. I finally found such a chart, and I was floored at the data. Take alook and see if you get the chills that I felt:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeqrguz/...ited_states.png
Aren't you glad we have a living Prophet on the Earth? I am! If more had listened to his words, I doubt we would be bailing out all the banks.
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