Provident living on the Rez

It wasn't raining when Noah Built the Ark!


After witnessing many results of unpreparedness the past 6 months, we decided we better start warning and teaching our branch members here in Ganado to prepare for emergencies. Some of the problems encountered:
>No running water; all water must be hauled
>No electricity in some homes
>Not enough wood hauled in for winter
>Too much money wasted on pop, fast food;
>No food storage
>Moms not cooking meals, relying on convenience food, which is too expensive
>Water pipes frozen, not wrapped for cold winters
>Money not budgeted so it lasts the whole month
>Tithing not paid, thus the windows of heaven are not open

We are using an 8 lesson course that Elder and Sister Peterson created for the Kayenta wards. Our neighbors, Elder and Sister Robrecht are helping us with the teaching. We conducted our first workshop Wed. May 28, and we will hold them the last Wed. of each month for 8 months.
We had about 15 people come to the first session with 11 families represented. The first session consisted of:
--A 3 ring binder to keep all of their notes, and print outs organized.
--A Jeopardy game (complete with music) to introduce the topics of spiritual preparedness, finances, food storage, and emergency preparedness.
--Instruction on getting out of debt, and tracking their expenses for a week
--A lesson on "waste not, want not" and utilizing the food bought, and not wasting it by letting it spoil in the frige.
--A tasters table featuring foods made from food storage, old fruit, and crock pot meals.

We are very encouraged with the response and hope it will make a difference in the preparedness of the branch here. If anyone wants more information, I can e-mail the files to you.