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Editor's introduction -

"Little Faith" has a PhD in Quantum Physics from the University of Illinois and has worked in industry and taught and done research.  She is a precious Christian sister who spends much time in meditation and is a prayer warrior. She and her family immigrated from China and became naturalized US citizens.   After a recent time of fasting and prayer, she has done some writing on Emergency Preparedness.   She senses some urgency in sharing this and I am honoured to edit and post it for her. It will be in three or four parts. This first part is a list of essential items.

Little Faith writes with an openness about her faith and her relationship with the Lord, and it may be a bit different or even uncomfortable or hard to understand or follow for some.  "God talks to us...Will they ever understand?...all that that matters, is that you want to live...and the Greatness to be had is the Greatness that You give"  -Aimee Allen) If you have public questions for her you can post them as comments and she will answer them. Private questions can be sent to info@liberty4urbana.com

One hopes to never have to be forced to use items laid in for a emergency. Much better to be prepared and not exercise the need than to be caught unaware and unprepared. 

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Emergency Preparation

by Little Faith

 

I recently received a forward prophetic message about the coming Israeli War of 2009 and the need to prepare food for storage. Particularly one should be prepared for being without electricity for extended periods of time and prepare for storage of food for surviving a period of 30 to 60 days. I once met an elderly Chinese sister, a survivor of the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake, who came to know the Lord in US. She told me that she had one big jar of water, (3 feet tall) and one big jar of flour stored in her house before the earthquake. Those resources saved all the people on her street after the earthquake.)

Essential Item List (Simple life style)

(Add your own or delete some of the items listed here, depending on your own situation. Pray for wisdom, and guidance for your own household. How to organize or categorize? Where to put food? How much of each kind of food?)

Food storage list

This is one way to categorize the food and organize the storage.

The starred (*) items are more essential and basic, the underlined ones are for immediate storage needs (quick and easy) this list may serve as a starting point, do whatever you need to categorize and better organize for your own purpose. Simple food storage is a good teaching activity for children.)

Very long shelf time storage (more than 5/10 yrs):

 

• whole grains*, seeds for sprouting; beans*;
• wines; salt*;
  

Medium shelf time storage(1-2 yrs):

• dry noodles*;
• white rice/flour; rolled oats;
• dried cheese; salted fish/egg; dried fish; nuts in shell
• milk powder
• dehydrated herbs/vegetable
• vinegar (wine, rice or fruit)
• oil* (olive oil or other oils, that do not require cooking);

• sugar;

• canned food (make not too much of need for canned food, since they are bulky and heavy for transferring);

• vitamins and food supplement(for extreme food shortage period or very sick people);

• herbal medicines & "modern" medicine;

Short term storage(3-6 mon.):

 

• dry bread, whole grain flour;
• peanuts; nuts;
• frozen vegetables* (caution how much to store; they can not last long when electricity goes out);
• dry fruits*; frozen fruits;

 Very short term (1 mon. or less):

• fresh produce;

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Tips:

• Making dehydrated herbs/vegetables/cheese at home:   (I felt the Lord lead me to see the convenience of dehydrated vegetables over canned ones. Their nutrients are better preserved than the canned/processed ones, and easier to be carried and lighter to be stored.) Use refrigerator (not freezer, freezer will do but takes longer): slice/cut the vegetables (or use frozen food which already cut), scatter on a plate/baking sheet with no cover. Leave it, you will collect dried vegetables in a couple of weeks. (Herbs/leafy vegetables are easier, no need to cut. It is important to get herbs/leafy vegetable or sliced carrots, etc., those edible without further cooking. ) Or just leave in the air. This weather in Illinois makes dehydration faster at home, just a couple of days. Making dry bread: use oven at low heat temperature to heat the fresh baked bread or bread we may purchase at the store.
• Make dried peels of Clementines: they can be used for tea later with healing effect in cold weather.
• (A couple of weeks ago, I caught a cold, this time instead of dealing with it spiritually by pure praise and worship, the Lord led me to experience another method of healing with only unleavened bread dipped with oil & vinegar. My headache and cough was cleared in a couple of hours. The knowledge of this type of healing is some  preparation hard times. In general, respiratory problems need oil for healing. Vinegar helps, too.)

 

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A Simple meal without involving any cooking (when electricity is out):

 

Whatever sort of bread is handy(either dried or fresh) dipped with olive oil and vinegar + dried vegetable/fruits/cheese/slow- cooked soup.

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Emergency bath:

 

a basin of water with the amount of about a teaspoon baking soda, to wash face & body. This way would use less water, but maintain body to be clean enough.  The slight residue of baking soda on the body makes the skin a little alkaline, it will prevent the body from being easily affected by germs or bacteria.

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Other household/emergency items:

Water purification system:

 

This is the best and cheapest I can find so far (no need for electricity, but efficient, effective, features for emergency purpose): http://www.ehealthsupplies.com/gravity-water-filter.aspx (this site also has some solar stove under Solar Ovens and emergency items under Survival/Outdoor, free shipping.)

Solar stove: 

 

I find boiling water, making soup or rice, all can be done by slow cookers. I am not cooking rice now, but theoretically it should be no problem. Actually I did not understand all their meanings until I found solar stove on the internet. Indeed, a solar stove functions as a slow cooker, but can be used in situations without electricity.) Some commercial solar stoves can be found on the market. The price is affordable for any middle class. But it can also be made by a handy man. There is lot of information about how to make solar stove on the internet. It may become a good activity between the father and children in this holiday season, or a good project for school or home school.

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Cleaning agents:

• Borax (like 20 Mule Team Borax) (may be purchased from Wal-mart)
• washing soda (may be obtained from IGA), baking soda, white vinegar and soaps.
• The borax and washing soda can be used for soaking dirty clothes when there is no electricity to use washing machine. They are environmentally friendly and have been used for over a hundred years for their effectiveness in cleaning for clothing and other household items.
• Baking soda (Wal-mart sell bags up to 5 lb.) and white vinegar are also good household cleaning agents, effective in dealing with bacteria and can be used for many other purposes. Search the internet for more information.

Emergency items:

•  First aid items: rubbing alcohol;
•  Emergency toilet (water and electricity and thus modern indoor plumbing may be inoperative)
  
•  Lighting solutions: various lights: candles, light sticks, emergency lamps, etc.
• Bedding: (Emergency blankets)
• Emergency Tools: power generator; emergency electric charger; emergency radio

Terror Kit:

(I enquired of the Lord whether I need to prepare for this. I was given answer Yes;. You should pray for this item also or discuss in your family. ) This item can be found in either of the sites mentioned above.

*** After 9/11, one of my friend led me to Christ visited me and told me about Potassium Iodide (KI), a medicine she was having for her health problem, but is important to have to prevent radiation damage to the body, which is crucial to have when nuclear war happens. The most detrimental thing during nuclear war is the fallouts. If you do not understand some of the terminologies, go to the internet and find out.

Book about how to prepare nuclear war: http://www.nukepills.com/docs/nuclear_war_survival_skills.pdf (I have not carefully read this book yet, since I was never given enough time to do. Again, consult the Lord first. We may also need to ask the Lord various questions on His instructions for preparation.)

*** After I learned this information, I asked the Lord whether we need to prepare, I was never given an answer to proceed. Only this time, I was told to do. Does it imply anything? I do not know. Do not imply anything by yourself. It is maybe my time to familiarize these products, but maybe it is not your time. Ask and Seek.

*** I noticed there are a large quantity (200 tablets) of Potassium Iodide (KI) provided in one package of Terror Kit, which may help many people. (I remember my friend told me that a small dose would last for quite a while for one person. Once we receive the news of nuclear war, there will be still enough time to take these pills before the fallout spread out to our local area, if we are not immediately close to the sites.)

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All of the above emergency items can also be found in this web site:
http://www.quakekare.com/emergency-supplies-kits/survivalkits.html

portable solar power up to 400w for PC, or other household items with affordable price;
http://www.bargainoutfitters.com/cb/cb.asp?a=322218&kwtid=229302

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•    Planting or Sprouting Kits (for growing some fresh vegetables) / handy grain mills for making flour and flakes: Optional.

•    Spiritual storage: Bible, songs and bible scripture on tape, iPods, etc. (When sometimes trapped at home, it will be a good time to store the spiritual food in us.)

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• Pray for priority in obtaining the items. Get the most essential and those easy to get first. Trust His leading, guidance and timing for all things. 
• Pray for passing this information to neighbors, leaders. Not to make people paralyzed in fear, but giving hope and direction. The former is from the enemy. Let the wisdom of peace from above guide us. Just as the slippery road outside, pray for being CAUTIOUS.
• Pray for ways to reduce waste during the emergency time.
• Pray for familiarizing with the emergency items, where to locate, ways to organize, and when to practice, and how to practice. 

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A Word of Warning:
Part of the list is maybe only for 2009 or only for the immediate time ahead.  It is styled to the needs of my family.  Don't take it as dogma, but pray always and seek wisdom from above. There are lots of the items listed here may have other spiritual or material solutions in the future. Therefore, only consider the list as a reference.

The most important thing to remember is to be covered by the blood of LAMB – Jesus/Yeshua in the days ahead.

The food instructions can be viewed as a reference to store some simple food. Therefore, preparing some dry food, getting a solar oven and some of other necessary things may be in the higher priority list. Other emergency items, like terror kit, for some people, it maybe your time to get familiarize about the products or certain issues or pray for alternative solutions. We just have to pray and rely on Him for all the answers, for the right timing to pray, to plan, to learn, and to execute. Each of us also takes different role in the body of Christ. We can not assume others do the same thing, but stick to the calling from the Lord.

I am praying for all of you who receive this to not fear, but to pray and do according to His perfect Will with His Peace and Wisdom, trust that even before the last minute, when we sincerely repent and pray, there will be solutions from heaven.

Pass it on to all you love if you feel this is helpful to you. May you pray for the right people to share about this article.
May you enjoy His guidance, often surprises, and hide under His wings. Then rise, and shine!

                        -- Sister “Little Faith”

P.S. The hardship in 2009 for lots of us who seek the Lord, will be like an experience of Passover, where in this process some of the strongholds of flesh will be dealt with and we will experience more deeply of the Lord’s salvation, which will empower us for the sake of His gospel. The process will be an upgrade time for some, a cleansing period for some, a learning process for some, a storing time for some, a shining time for some.  There will be the laying of foundations for lots of “warehouses” (established by individual believers not commercial warehouses) or “lighthouses” for the Lord’s Word and Glory. However, do not dismay that the flesh will not be dealt with 100%.  There will be more in the coming days from the Lord to finish His course on us.