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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
Things That I Learned From Hurricane Sandy
Hi Family – I have close family friends who live in the DC area. The stakes in the DC area have been active in helping the survivors of Hurricane Sandy, both by donations and by hands-on help. Many people were bussed in on a regular basis to aid in the clean-up. Our friends emailed my parents the following list. It was used in a Relief Society lesson in their ward. The list was made by a church member who didn’t lose his house in the hurricane but who went without power for several weeks. I found this list VERY motivating and powerful. I hadn’t seen a list compiled quite like it concerning emergency preparedness. Perhaps this list will help inspire us to continue to prepare. Definitely worth the time to read.
Things that I learned from Hurricane Sandy
1. The excitement and coolness wears off around day 3.
2. You are never really prepared to go weeks without power, heat, water etc.
Never!
3. Yes it can happen to you.
4. Just because your generator runs like a top, does not mean it is
producing electricity.
5. If you do not have water stored up you are in trouble. A couple of cases of bottled water is “NOT” water storage.
6. Should have as much fuel as water
a. Propane
b. Gas
c. Kerosene
d. Firewood
e. Firestarter, (kindling, paper, etc)
7. Even the smallest little thing that you get from the store should be stocked up (spark plug for the generator, BBQ lighter, etc).
8. If you are not working, chances are nobody else is either.
9. I was surprised how quickly normal social behavior goes out the window.
I am not talking about someone cutting in line at the grocery store.
a. 3 people were killed at gas stations within 50 miles of my home.
b. I did not say 3 fights broke out, 3 people were killed.
10. Cash is king (all the money in your savings account means nothing).
11. Stored water can taste nasty.
12. You eat a lot more food when you are cold.
13. You need more food than you think if your kids are out of school for 2 weeks.
14. Kids do not like washing their face in cold water.
15. Your 1972 honda civic gets to the grocery store as well as your 2012 Escalade…but the Honda allows money left over for heat, food, water, a generator, fire wood, a backup water pump, you get the idea.
16. The electrical grid is way more fragile than I thought.
17. Think of the things that are your comfort, your escape, a cup of hot chocolate, a glass of milk and a ding-dong before bed, etc. Stock up on those too. You will need that comfort after day 3.
18. You quickly become the guy in the neighborhood who knows how to wire a generator to the electrical panel, directly wire the furnace to a small generator, or get the well pump up and running on inverter power OR you are the guy whose Master’s degree in Accounting suddenly means nothing. (Love you Steve!)
19. A woman who can cook a fine meal by candle light over the BBQ or open fire is worth her weight in gold. And women, whose weight in gold would not add up to much, usually die off first.
20. It takes a lot of firewood to keep a fire going all day and into the evening for heat.
21. All the food storage in the world means nothing if your kids won’t eat it.
22. You might be prepared to take care of your children and their needs, but what about when the neighborhood children start to show up at your door?
23. Some people shut down in an emergency. There is nothing that you can do about that.
24. Your town, no matter how small is entirely dependent on outside sources of everything. If supply trucks stop rolling in due to road damage, gas shortages or anything else, you could be without for a long time.
25. In an emergency Men stock up on food, Women stock up on toilet paper.
26. I was surprised how many things run on electricity!
27. You can never have enough matches.
28. Although neighbors can be a great resource, they can also be a huge drain on your emergency storage. You need to know how you are going to handle that. It is really easy to be the guy who shares on Day 3, not so easy on Day 11. Just reality.
29. Give a man a fish, he eats for that day. Teach a man to fish and he will never be hungry again. Now I get it.
30. All of the expensive clothes in the closet mean nothing if they don’t keep you warm.
31. Same goes for shoes…Love you Honey!!!!
32. You cannot believe the utility companies. They are run by politicians!! Or so it seems,
33. Anything that you depend on someone else for is not available anymore.
34. Quote “A man with a chainsaw and knows how to use it is a thing of beauty” hahaha
35. Most folks don’t have any emergency storage. They run to Wal-Mart and get water and batteries and then fill their tubs with water. That is it. A lucky few will get a case of ramen and a box of pop-tarts. That will be your neighbor’s supply. (especially if you live outside of Utah)
36. Fathers, all the money you have ever made means nothing if you can’t keep your kids warm.
37. Mothers, everything you have ever done for your kids is forgotten if your kids are hungry.
38. You really do not want to be the “Unprepared Parents.” The kids turn on you pretty quick.
39. Small solar charging gadgets will keep you in touch. Most work pretty well it seems.
40. Most things don’t take much power to operate.
a. Computers,
b. Phones
c. Radios
d. TV
e. lights
41. Some things take a ton of power to operate.
a. Fridge
b. Toaster
c. Freezer
d. Hot plate
e. Microwave
42. When it gets dark at 4:30 pm the nights are really long without power.
43. Getting out of the house is very important. Even if it is cold. Make your home the semi-warm place to come home to…not the cold prison that you are stuck in.
44. Someone in your family must play or learn to play the guitar.
45. Things that disappear never to be seen again for a very long time.
a. Fuel, of all kinds
b. Matches, lighters of any kind, etc.
c. Toilet paper
d. Paper plates, plastic forks and knives
e. Batteries, didn’t really see a need for them. (flashlights??? I guess)
f. Milk
g. Charcoal
h. Spark plugs (generators)
i. 2 stroke motor oil, (chainsaws)
j. Anything that could be used to wire a generator to the house
k. Extension cords
l. Medicines (Tylenol, Advil, cold medicine, etc)
46. There was a strange peace to knowing all I had to do each day was keep my family safe, warm, and fed, but my peace was someone else’s panic. There were also many things that were not learned from hurricane Sandy, but reinforced. Those things were the importance of my family and their love and support, especially my lovely wife, that my Heavenly Father is really in charge, period, and finally that I am very thankful for the upbringing and experiences that have taught me and brought me to where I am. Wherever that is.
God Bless!!!
Frantz Ostmann
Things that I learned from Hurricane Sandy
1. The excitement and coolness wears off around day 3.
2. You are never really prepared to go weeks without power, heat, water etc.
Never!
3. Yes it can happen to you.
4. Just because your generator runs like a top, does not mean it is
producing electricity.
5. If you do not have water stored up you are in trouble. A couple of cases of bottled water is “NOT” water storage.
6. Should have as much fuel as water
a. Propane
b. Gas
c. Kerosene
d. Firewood
e. Firestarter, (kindling, paper, etc)
7. Even the smallest little thing that you get from the store should be stocked up (spark plug for the generator, BBQ lighter, etc).
8. If you are not working, chances are nobody else is either.
9. I was surprised how quickly normal social behavior goes out the window.
I am not talking about someone cutting in line at the grocery store.
a. 3 people were killed at gas stations within 50 miles of my home.
b. I did not say 3 fights broke out, 3 people were killed.
10. Cash is king (all the money in your savings account means nothing).
11. Stored water can taste nasty.
12. You eat a lot more food when you are cold.
13. You need more food than you think if your kids are out of school for 2 weeks.
14. Kids do not like washing their face in cold water.
15. Your 1972 honda civic gets to the grocery store as well as your 2012 Escalade…but the Honda allows money left over for heat, food, water, a generator, fire wood, a backup water pump, you get the idea.
16. The electrical grid is way more fragile than I thought.
17. Think of the things that are your comfort, your escape, a cup of hot chocolate, a glass of milk and a ding-dong before bed, etc. Stock up on those too. You will need that comfort after day 3.
18. You quickly become the guy in the neighborhood who knows how to wire a generator to the electrical panel, directly wire the furnace to a small generator, or get the well pump up and running on inverter power OR you are the guy whose Master’s degree in Accounting suddenly means nothing. (Love you Steve!)
19. A woman who can cook a fine meal by candle light over the BBQ or open fire is worth her weight in gold. And women, whose weight in gold would not add up to much, usually die off first.
20. It takes a lot of firewood to keep a fire going all day and into the evening for heat.
21. All the food storage in the world means nothing if your kids won’t eat it.
22. You might be prepared to take care of your children and their needs, but what about when the neighborhood children start to show up at your door?
23. Some people shut down in an emergency. There is nothing that you can do about that.
24. Your town, no matter how small is entirely dependent on outside sources of everything. If supply trucks stop rolling in due to road damage, gas shortages or anything else, you could be without for a long time.
25. In an emergency Men stock up on food, Women stock up on toilet paper.
26. I was surprised how many things run on electricity!
27. You can never have enough matches.
28. Although neighbors can be a great resource, they can also be a huge drain on your emergency storage. You need to know how you are going to handle that. It is really easy to be the guy who shares on Day 3, not so easy on Day 11. Just reality.
29. Give a man a fish, he eats for that day. Teach a man to fish and he will never be hungry again. Now I get it.
30. All of the expensive clothes in the closet mean nothing if they don’t keep you warm.
31. Same goes for shoes…Love you Honey!!!!
32. You cannot believe the utility companies. They are run by politicians!! Or so it seems,
33. Anything that you depend on someone else for is not available anymore.
34. Quote “A man with a chainsaw and knows how to use it is a thing of beauty” hahaha
35. Most folks don’t have any emergency storage. They run to Wal-Mart and get water and batteries and then fill their tubs with water. That is it. A lucky few will get a case of ramen and a box of pop-tarts. That will be your neighbor’s supply. (especially if you live outside of Utah)
36. Fathers, all the money you have ever made means nothing if you can’t keep your kids warm.
37. Mothers, everything you have ever done for your kids is forgotten if your kids are hungry.
38. You really do not want to be the “Unprepared Parents.” The kids turn on you pretty quick.
39. Small solar charging gadgets will keep you in touch. Most work pretty well it seems.
40. Most things don’t take much power to operate.
a. Computers,
b. Phones
c. Radios
d. TV
e. lights
41. Some things take a ton of power to operate.
a. Fridge
b. Toaster
c. Freezer
d. Hot plate
e. Microwave
42. When it gets dark at 4:30 pm the nights are really long without power.
43. Getting out of the house is very important. Even if it is cold. Make your home the semi-warm place to come home to…not the cold prison that you are stuck in.
44. Someone in your family must play or learn to play the guitar.
45. Things that disappear never to be seen again for a very long time.
a. Fuel, of all kinds
b. Matches, lighters of any kind, etc.
c. Toilet paper
d. Paper plates, plastic forks and knives
e. Batteries, didn’t really see a need for them. (flashlights??? I guess)
f. Milk
g. Charcoal
h. Spark plugs (generators)
i. 2 stroke motor oil, (chainsaws)
j. Anything that could be used to wire a generator to the house
k. Extension cords
l. Medicines (Tylenol, Advil, cold medicine, etc)
46. There was a strange peace to knowing all I had to do each day was keep my family safe, warm, and fed, but my peace was someone else’s panic. There were also many things that were not learned from hurricane Sandy, but reinforced. Those things were the importance of my family and their love and support, especially my lovely wife, that my Heavenly Father is really in charge, period, and finally that I am very thankful for the upbringing and experiences that have taught me and brought me to where I am. Wherever that is.
God Bless!!!
Frantz Ostmann
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
A Great Story!!
Some you of have already read about this . . . But if you haven’t, it’s a great story! And a great one to tell to the boys in scouting, too.
Mormon Missionary Saves a Drowning Man
A Mormon missionary who recently worked with congregations in Santa Cruz, CA, has done more than share the Gospel. He’s saved a life. Elder Etimani Faiese is on a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, now serving in San Jose. On the morning of Friday, May 18th he and his missionary companion left their apartment dressed in T-shirts and jeans, rather than their customary white shirts and ties. That’s because they were off for a day of community service trimming bushes and cleaning up trash at Lake Cunningham, near the Capitol Expressway and Tully Road in San Jose. Elder Faiese was blowing leaves and debris when the blower ran out of gas, so he headed back to refill it.
Along the way he passed a man who was standing on a rock at the edge of the lake. He heard a sound, turned around and saw that the man was standing in the water. “Are you OK?” he asked. The man didn’t reply, so he hurried on, assuming the man must be fishing. A few minutes later he returned and saw that the man was far out in the lake, waving his arms.
“Are you OK?” he asked again, louder this time. When the man responded with a feeble “Help!” Elder Faiese pulled off his shoes and emptied his pockets. He hesitated because he was about to break a mission rule: no missionaries allowed in the water. But this looked like a matter of life or death. So he waded in and began to swim.
While growing up on Upolu Island in Samoa, Faiese loved to swim and spent most of his time on the beach. As he approached the drowning man, he noticed that the middle-aged Asian’s eyes were filled with terror and his mouth was filled with water. The man suddenly jumped on Faiese’s back and grabbed tightly around his neck with both arms. Faiese was in trouble. He couldn’t swim with the man on his back and he couldn’t seem to communicate with him.
“Then I remembered those long ago Scouting lessons,” said Faiese. “I tugged hard to get him off my back and then pulled him under my left arm, clutching him there while I swam back to shore with my right arm.”
On shore another man had noticed the struggle and helped Faiese get the man up to the walkway.
“I saw that the guy wasn’t breathing and I remembered another Scouting lesson,” Elder Faiese recalled. “I laid him down and turned him on his side. Water came gushing out of his mouth.”
The other man used Elder Faiese’s cell phone to call 911 and soon, help arrived.
“I was wet and freezing. My companion came to check on me about the time the ambulance left,” said Faiese. “I had only been gone for a little while, but so much had happened! We went home, I changed my clothes and soon we were working at another service project.”
That evening the reality that he had saved a life hit home. Because he had decided to serve a mission, he had been in the right place at the right time, with the strength and skills that were needed. The day that had started out so routine had been, in fact, a day like no other.
Mormon Missionary Saves a Drowning Man
A Mormon missionary who recently worked with congregations in Santa Cruz, CA, has done more than share the Gospel. He’s saved a life. Elder Etimani Faiese is on a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, now serving in San Jose. On the morning of Friday, May 18th he and his missionary companion left their apartment dressed in T-shirts and jeans, rather than their customary white shirts and ties. That’s because they were off for a day of community service trimming bushes and cleaning up trash at Lake Cunningham, near the Capitol Expressway and Tully Road in San Jose. Elder Faiese was blowing leaves and debris when the blower ran out of gas, so he headed back to refill it.
Along the way he passed a man who was standing on a rock at the edge of the lake. He heard a sound, turned around and saw that the man was standing in the water. “Are you OK?” he asked. The man didn’t reply, so he hurried on, assuming the man must be fishing. A few minutes later he returned and saw that the man was far out in the lake, waving his arms.
“Are you OK?” he asked again, louder this time. When the man responded with a feeble “Help!” Elder Faiese pulled off his shoes and emptied his pockets. He hesitated because he was about to break a mission rule: no missionaries allowed in the water. But this looked like a matter of life or death. So he waded in and began to swim.
While growing up on Upolu Island in Samoa, Faiese loved to swim and spent most of his time on the beach. As he approached the drowning man, he noticed that the middle-aged Asian’s eyes were filled with terror and his mouth was filled with water. The man suddenly jumped on Faiese’s back and grabbed tightly around his neck with both arms. Faiese was in trouble. He couldn’t swim with the man on his back and he couldn’t seem to communicate with him.
“Then I remembered those long ago Scouting lessons,” said Faiese. “I tugged hard to get him off my back and then pulled him under my left arm, clutching him there while I swam back to shore with my right arm.”
On shore another man had noticed the struggle and helped Faiese get the man up to the walkway.
“I saw that the guy wasn’t breathing and I remembered another Scouting lesson,” Elder Faiese recalled. “I laid him down and turned him on his side. Water came gushing out of his mouth.”
The other man used Elder Faiese’s cell phone to call 911 and soon, help arrived.
“I was wet and freezing. My companion came to check on me about the time the ambulance left,” said Faiese. “I had only been gone for a little while, but so much had happened! We went home, I changed my clothes and soon we were working at another service project.”
That evening the reality that he had saved a life hit home. Because he had decided to serve a mission, he had been in the right place at the right time, with the strength and skills that were needed. The day that had started out so routine had been, in fact, a day like no other.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
72 Hour Preparedness Kits
by Debbie Osmond . . . Donny Osmond’s wife:
72 HOUR KITS
Since Donny and I were married we have always had our 72 hour kits on hand in case of an emergency. For as long as I can remember we have received counsel from the president of our church to "be prepared". In most emergency situations it takes the government and local authorities, up to 72 hours to give assistance to those affected by a disaster. We have a backpack or small duffle bag for each member of the family. We each pack a change of clothes plus some of the items I have suggested below. Be sure to rotate the items every 6 months. We have General Conference every October and April and this is the time when we do our rotating. In October we pack for the winter months, and in April we pack for the warmer climate. We also eat the snacks we leave in there and replenish them each time we rotate. As the kids have grown, we have needed to make changes in their clothes too. As we have recently witnessed with the hurricanes and fires, we know that the counsel we have received about preparedness is very important.
Suggested Items to pack. Find which ones are suitable for your family. Remember to pack the smaller kids backpacks so that they can carry their own. Heavier items need to be put in the adult's backpacks. You want to make sure you aren't overpacked and unable to carry your 72 hour kits easily.
I will sleep better knowing my family is ready and prepared. I hope you will find the same comfort as I do.
Debbie
72 HOUR KIT SUGGESTIONS:
Poly canteens, 1 quart
Water purification tablets
Water bag, nylon
Water bag liners, plastic
Food
Personal daily rations
Energy bars, tablets, peanut butter
Trail snacks
Medications
Clothing
Shoes
Socks
Underclothing
Thermal underwear (seasonal)
Shirts, short sleeve
Shirts, long sleeve
Shorts, hiking
Trousers, long
Sweater
Poncho
Gloves, leather
Hat
Shelter (if possible)
Tent
Ground cloth
Bedding
Sleeping bag
Air pillow
Personal Hygiene & Sanitation
Toilet tissue, biodegradable
Feminine hygiene items
Shampoo
Comb and brush
Eye drops
Tooth brush & tooth paste
Deodorant
Soap
Bath towel
Preventative Aid
Moleskins
Mosquito repellent
Lip balm
Sun block
Hand lotion
First Aid
Personal First Aid Kit
Family First Aid Kit
Emergency Gear
Signal flares, night
Whistle
Space blanket
Hand warmers
Light, Heat, Fire making
Flash light/Batteries
Candle - lantern
Glow sticks
Match safe & matches
Lighter
Communication
Pocket radio, battery/solar power
Cell phone
Personal Items
Camera, lenses, flash and film
Binoculars
Swiss Pocket knife
Extra house and car keys
Copy of important papers such as titles etc.
Change for pay phones
Handkerchief
Watch
Sun & prescription glasses
Pencil and note pad
Scriptures/Games for kids/activity books etc
Forwarded August 2008
This page is no longer available
http://www.donny.com/info/debbie_recommends
72 HOUR KITS
Since Donny and I were married we have always had our 72 hour kits on hand in case of an emergency. For as long as I can remember we have received counsel from the president of our church to "be prepared". In most emergency situations it takes the government and local authorities, up to 72 hours to give assistance to those affected by a disaster. We have a backpack or small duffle bag for each member of the family. We each pack a change of clothes plus some of the items I have suggested below. Be sure to rotate the items every 6 months. We have General Conference every October and April and this is the time when we do our rotating. In October we pack for the winter months, and in April we pack for the warmer climate. We also eat the snacks we leave in there and replenish them each time we rotate. As the kids have grown, we have needed to make changes in their clothes too. As we have recently witnessed with the hurricanes and fires, we know that the counsel we have received about preparedness is very important.
Suggested Items to pack. Find which ones are suitable for your family. Remember to pack the smaller kids backpacks so that they can carry their own. Heavier items need to be put in the adult's backpacks. You want to make sure you aren't overpacked and unable to carry your 72 hour kits easily.
I will sleep better knowing my family is ready and prepared. I hope you will find the same comfort as I do.
Debbie
72 HOUR KIT SUGGESTIONS:
Poly canteens, 1 quart
Water purification tablets
Water bag, nylon
Water bag liners, plastic
Food
Personal daily rations
Energy bars, tablets, peanut butter
Trail snacks
Medications
Clothing
Shoes
Socks
Underclothing
Thermal underwear (seasonal)
Shirts, short sleeve
Shirts, long sleeve
Shorts, hiking
Trousers, long
Sweater
Poncho
Gloves, leather
Hat
Shelter (if possible)
Tent
Ground cloth
Bedding
Sleeping bag
Air pillow
Personal Hygiene & Sanitation
Toilet tissue, biodegradable
Feminine hygiene items
Shampoo
Comb and brush
Eye drops
Tooth brush & tooth paste
Deodorant
Soap
Bath towel
Preventative Aid
Moleskins
Mosquito repellent
Lip balm
Sun block
Hand lotion
First Aid
Personal First Aid Kit
Family First Aid Kit
Emergency Gear
Signal flares, night
Whistle
Space blanket
Hand warmers
Light, Heat, Fire making
Flash light/Batteries
Candle - lantern
Glow sticks
Match safe & matches
Lighter
Communication
Pocket radio, battery/solar power
Cell phone
Personal Items
Camera, lenses, flash and film
Binoculars
Swiss Pocket knife
Extra house and car keys
Copy of important papers such as titles etc.
Change for pay phones
Handkerchief
Watch
Sun & prescription glasses
Pencil and note pad
Scriptures/Games for kids/activity books etc
Forwarded August 2008
This page is no longer available
http://www.donny.com/info/debbie_recommends
Time Is Far Spent
Talk given by Marti G. Jan 20, 2008
Some think preparedness as either overwhelming or boring but it is neither. I am here to tell you that I have never had as many spiritual experiences as I have had over the last year and it all has to do with preparedness. I KNOW I was led by the hand of God and what I have learned has changed my life.
About 4 months ago I was called to be in preparedness at the ward level . but before I was actually sustained I went again to the Lord and asked Him how I could motivate my ward members. He very softly but strongly said testify. I thought - they are not going to want to hear why I'm into preparedness, and I heard - no testify of the Christ. And I thought - I can do that so I started reciting the different titles of Christ - Jehovah, the Savior, The Good Shepherd, the Redeemer, the Lawgiver, the Word, The Great I Am, and by the time I got to the Messiah, the Anointed One, tears were streaming down my cheeks and then I had what I call a remembrance. It wasn't a vision, but more like remembering when we were in the Great Council and witnessed our Father in Heaven place his hands on the head of Christ, anointing him to be the Savior of all mankind . and then I knew exactly what I was to testify of. Bros. And Sisters, the church is preparing to receive our King for His Millenial Reign. The earth is preparing to receive her creator. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is coming . that before he comes the world will experience more trials and tribulations than ever before - it is prophesied, it is in the scriptures and the Brethren have been warning us very strongly lately. In order for Our King, Our Master to come there will be many calamaties that we need to go through in order to refine us and to make us a Zion people. We are not a Zion people . he will refine us and test us. He wants each of us there to greet Him but if we aren't obedient we may not survive the coming events. We cannot rely upon the Church or our neighbors to save us. Christ will save us through our obedience and part of that obedience is having our food storage.
Paraphrasing Vaughn J. Featherstone Prophecy About Temples - Temple Statement for Utah South April 1987 Vaughn J. Featherstone (given in Solemn Assembly in Manti Temple 7:00 am Sunday)
Before the Savior comes the world will darken. Then will come a period of time where even the elect will lose hope if they do not come to the temples. .
Our garments worn as instructed will clothe us in a manner as protective as temple walls. The covenants and ordinances will fill us with faith as a living fire. In a day of desolating sickness, scorched earth, barren wastes, sickening plagues, disease, destruction, and death, we as a people will rest in the shade of trees, we will drink from the cooling fountains. We will abide in places of refuge from the storm.
They will bathe His feet with tears and He will weep and bless them for having suffered through the greatest trials ever known to man. His bowels will be filled with compassion and His heart will swell wide as eternity and He will love them. He will bring peace that will last a thousand years and they will receive their reward with Him.
I pose this question, are you prepared to take care of yourself and your family? Is it a priority for you to be obedient to the commandment to have food storage? Pres. Kimball made it very clear that food storage is a commandment.
He was very aware of the fact that we have been told since the restoration to store food for preparation of the Second Coming and we sometimes get impatient. In his book, The Miracle of Forgiveness he stated:
"Do we lose faith, do we lose patience, do we lose hope, do we get weary in waiting, because the day is long and the event delayed? It is difficult to be prepared for an event so long delayed. Many have found it too difficult and then slumber without due preparation. Hundreds of thousands of us today are in this position. Confidence has been dulled and patience worn thin. It is so hard to wait and be prepared always.
BUT WE CANNOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO SLUMBER.
Pres Kimball continues . "I believe that the Ten Virgins represent the people of the Church of Jesus Christ and not the rank and file of the world. All of the virgins, wise and foolish, had accepted the invitation to the wedding supper; they had knowledge of the program and had been warned of the important day to come. They were not the gentiles or the heathens or the pagans, nor were they necessarily corrupt and reprobate, but they were knowing people who were foolishly unprepared for the vital happenings that were to affect their eternal lives. They had the saving, exalting gospel, but it had not been made the center of their lives. They knew the way but gave only a small measure of loyalty and devotion. I ask you: What value is a car without an engine, a cup without water, a table without food, a lamp without oil? The foolish asked the others to share their oil, but spiritual and temporal preparedness cannot be shared in an instant. The wise had to go, else the bridegroom wou ld have gone unwelcomed. They needed all their oil for themselves; they could not save the foolish. The responsibility was each for himself. THIS WAS NOT SELFISHNESS OR UNKINDNESS. The kind of oil that is needed to illuminate the way and light up the darkness is not shareable. Each must obtain that kind of oil for himself..
The foolish virgins were not averse to buying oil. They knew they should have oil. They merely procrastinated, not knowing when the bridegroom would come. The day of the marriage feast approaches. The coming of the Lord is nigh. And there are many among us who are not ready for the great and glorious event." (Pres. Kimball - Miracle of Forgiveness).
Many in the church believe that those who have stored a year supply will share with those who have not. Though that is a nice thought, this is what Pres. Packer has said to dispel that notion: "When people are able but unwilling to take care of themselves we are responsible to employ the dictum of the Lord that the idler shall not eat the bread of the laborer". In other words, do not expect your neighbor to feed you. For if he has obeyed the counsel to store up for his family, and you have had the resources to but instead procrastinated, which one of his children should he let starve in order to feed you? If it is not a priority for you to save yourself and your family, why should another family have to take on that responsibility? The Law of Mercy and Justice also apply to food storage ... Some confuse the commandments of sharing and taking care of the poor and needy with sharing their food with the rebellious. There is a huge difference in sharing with the poor and needy and sharing with the rebellious - those who could afford to get their food storage, but don't because other things, buying big screens, vacations, the latest fashions, take precedence over obeying the commandment to store food.
If you are spiritually prepared you will be temporally prepared. You cannot obtain a testimony of tithing unless you pay tithing, you cannot obtain a testimony of prayer unless you pray. It's the doing that brings forth the blessings of heaven and the testimony.
Now let's look at what our current prophet, Pres. Hinckley has said recently.
Oct. 1998-7 years of Plenty begin
"I wish to speak to you about temporal matters. As a backdrop for what I wish to say, I read to you a few verses from the 41st chapter of Genesis. Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt, dreamed dreams which greatly troubled him. . . . 'And I saw in my dream . . . seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: . . . (Joseph's interpretation) Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: And there shall arise after them seven years of famine. . . And god will shortly bring it to pass.' (Gen. 41:20, 26, 30, 32) .. I am suggesting that the time has come to get our houses in order. . . . There is a portent of stormy weather ahead to which we had better give heed.That's all I have to say about it, but I wish to say it with all the emphasis of which I am capable" (President Hinckley, Conference 1998, Priesthood Session.) What does portent mean - it means something momentous or calamitous is about to occur - an evil omen, prophetic or threatening significance. And then 9/11 happened.
It is noteworthy that in General Conference following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack Pres. Hinckley quoted this scripture from the D&C:
Behold, vegenance cometh speedily upon the inhabitants of the earth, a day of wrath, a day of burning, a day of desolation, of weeping, of mourning, and of lamentation and as a whirlwind it shall come upon all the face of the earth saith the Lord. And upon my house shall it begin and from my house shall it go forth, saith the Lord. First among those among you, saith the Lord, who have professed to know my name and have not known me, and have blasphemed against me in the midst of my house, saith the Lord.
And then he said this:
Occasions such 9/11 pull us up sharply to a realization that
"Life is fragile, peace is fragile, civilization itself is fragile. The economy is particularly vulnerable. We have been counseled again and again concerning self-reliance. We cannot provide against every contingency. But we can provide against many contingencies. Let the present situation remind us that this we should do."
EXACTLY 7 YEARS FROM THE DATE THAT PRES. HINCKLEY GAVE HIS 7 YEARS OF PLENTY TALK HE AGAIN MENTIONS THE DREAM OF PHAROH in Oct. 2005-7 years of Lean
"Let us never lose sight of the dream of Pharaoh concerning the fat cattle and the lean, the full ears of corn and the blasted ears, the meaning of which was interpreted by Joseph to indicate years of plenty and years of scarcity." (President Hinckley, October Conference, 2005.)
I do not think there is any coincidence to his giving the talk of famine 7 years apart from each other . I testify that it was a warning to us .
In April 2004 General Conference Elder Dallin H. Oaks said: "We are living in the prophesied time when peace shall be taken from the earth (D&C 1:35), when all things shall be in commotion and men's hearts shall fail them (D&C 88:91). These signs of the Second Coming are all around us and seem to be increasing in frequency and intensity...the accelerating pattern of natural disasters in the last few decades is ominous. While we are powerless to alter the fact of the Second Coming and unable to know its exact time, we can accelerate our own preparation and try to influence the preparation of those around us.. Are we preparing?...We need to make both TEMPORAL and spiritual preparation for the events prophesied at the time of the Second Coming."
Elder Eyring in 2005 said: "The giant earthquake, and the tsunamis it sent crashing into the coasts around the Indian Ocean, is just the beginning and a part of what is to come, terrible as it was. You remember the words from the Doctrine and Covenants which now seems so accurate: (Doctrine and Covenants 88: 88-91) As the challenges around us increase, we must commit to do more to qualify for the companionship of the Holy Ghost.
Casual prayer won't be enough. Reading a few verses of the scripture won't be enough. Doing the minimum of what the Lord asks of us won't be enough. Hoping that we will have the Atonement work in our lives and that we will perhaps sometimes feel the influence of the Holy Ghost won't be enough. And one great burst of effort won't be enough."
Now I want to turn to the story of Noah. Remember Noah preached repentance for hundreds of years while he was building the ark. It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark. The world was beautiful, the sun was shining, life seemed "normal". It is important to note that the people who didn't get on the ark suffered and died by the very calamity that for 300 years had been prophesied would come. Noah pleaded with the people to repent of their disobedience so that Mercy would claim them instead of Justice. All they had to do was repent and begin being obedient. This is a story for our time . The ramnifications of disobedience may be the same as in Noah's time. It's our human nature that we think terrible things will not happen to us, but if you believe in the scriptures and our prophet it is undeniable that calamaties are here and they are beginning to touch our lives and they will increase.
Pres. Benson said: The revelation to produce and store food may be as essential to our temporal welfare today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah.
(Marion G. Romney (Quoting Brigham Young) - April Conference, 1976)
"...If we are to be saved in an ark, as Noah and his family were, it will be because we build it. My faith does not lead me to think the Lord will provide us with roast pigs, bread already buttered, etc., He will give us the ability to raise the grain, to obtain the fruits of the earth, to make habitations, to procure a few boards to make a box, and when harvest comes, giving us the grain, it is for us to preserve it--to save the wheat until we have one, two, five or seven years' provisions on hand, until there is enough of the staff of life saved by the people to bread themselves and those who will come here seeking for safety."
Can you imagine how hard it must have been for Noah, his wife and sons and their wives to listen to the wailing and pounding on the ark as the rains fell. I'm sure when the rains began falling the people began repenting, but it was too late at that point. They had been warned and forewarned to repent of their disobedience so that mercy could claim them but now justice had to be employed. Noah had daughters that married wicked men and I cannot imagine how his heart must have ached when the doors were shut, the rains came and the wailings began. How hard it must have been for Noah, not to extend mercy to his daughters. But he could not, the Lord would not allow him to because even the Lord is governed by the Law of Mercy and the Law of Justice. Did the Lord put Noah and his sons' families at risk by opening the ark for the disobedient who were suddenly repenting? No. If a terrible disaster happens and we do not have services for weeks, would the disobedient be putting the obedient at risk of starving. Obedience brothers and sisters is so very important. Those who are disobedient to the law receive the consequences of their disobedience or rebellious actions. I for one do not want to listen to the cries of my children because I had been disobedient and did not have food for them to eat .
Every prophet over the last 60 years has talked about having the Church members get a bare minimum of at least one year's supply of basic food items, and now has suggested 3 months. Does that mean they have rescinded the one year food storage? NO.
On Sept. 1, 2006, Presiding Bishop David H. Burton - South Jordan Leadership Meeting said:
"Keep your eye on the Prophet. Being self-reliant has always been part of the church. Statistics show that no matter what the Church does, no higher than 15% have storage. We are not going to say any more, but our people are going to need to be prepared. For example, what if somebody released a virus? What if it caused a pandemic? What if that led to a quarantine? What if the quarantine was enforced? (emphasis added) The office of the presiding bishopric has tried to come up with a plan, but we don't know what we could do. The responsibility lies with the head of each family."
It's hard to understand why or how so many good and wonderful people can discount what the prophets have said again and again and again concerning what will suddenly happen to the world in the near future. Are we listening to their voices of warning, to their plea for our repentance?
Brothers and sisters, I promise you, as I have been told I could, that if you begin making preparations and begin your food storage, that the Lord will draw close to you because you are demonstrating that you are drawing close to Him. You will not only be secure in knowing that you are able to feed your family, but you will have spiritual experiences, and you will have a deeper love for Him and for your family.
Preparedness is like a treasure hunt, a beautiful and wonderful path of seeking and receiving further light and knowledge. We as a Stake want you to be prepared, but you must first take the step of asking God to give you a witness as to the importance of being obedient to the command of having food storage and then ask Him to help you in this endeavor. When you receive that witness then you are not left alone.
Let me quote once again Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone. They will bathe His feet with tears and He will weep and bless them for having suffered through the greatest trials ever known to man. His bowels will be filled with compassion and His heart will swell wide as eternity and He will love them. He will bring peace that will last a thousand years and they will receive their reward with Him. I bear my humble witness to you that the great God of heaven will open doors and means in a way we never would have supposed, to help all those who truly want a years supply. All we have to do is to decide, commit to it, and then keep the commitment. Miracles will take place."
I leave you with my witness that I know Jesus is the Christ. I know that he is the Redeemer of all mankind, that our King and Master will reign supreme. I hope that I am worthy to be here when he comes, so that I can be among those who fulfill the prophesy that "every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He is the Christ". May we all have that witness. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Forwarded June 2008
Some think preparedness as either overwhelming or boring but it is neither. I am here to tell you that I have never had as many spiritual experiences as I have had over the last year and it all has to do with preparedness. I KNOW I was led by the hand of God and what I have learned has changed my life.
About 4 months ago I was called to be in preparedness at the ward level . but before I was actually sustained I went again to the Lord and asked Him how I could motivate my ward members. He very softly but strongly said testify. I thought - they are not going to want to hear why I'm into preparedness, and I heard - no testify of the Christ. And I thought - I can do that so I started reciting the different titles of Christ - Jehovah, the Savior, The Good Shepherd, the Redeemer, the Lawgiver, the Word, The Great I Am, and by the time I got to the Messiah, the Anointed One, tears were streaming down my cheeks and then I had what I call a remembrance. It wasn't a vision, but more like remembering when we were in the Great Council and witnessed our Father in Heaven place his hands on the head of Christ, anointing him to be the Savior of all mankind . and then I knew exactly what I was to testify of. Bros. And Sisters, the church is preparing to receive our King for His Millenial Reign. The earth is preparing to receive her creator. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is coming . that before he comes the world will experience more trials and tribulations than ever before - it is prophesied, it is in the scriptures and the Brethren have been warning us very strongly lately. In order for Our King, Our Master to come there will be many calamaties that we need to go through in order to refine us and to make us a Zion people. We are not a Zion people . he will refine us and test us. He wants each of us there to greet Him but if we aren't obedient we may not survive the coming events. We cannot rely upon the Church or our neighbors to save us. Christ will save us through our obedience and part of that obedience is having our food storage.
Paraphrasing Vaughn J. Featherstone Prophecy About Temples - Temple Statement for Utah South April 1987 Vaughn J. Featherstone (given in Solemn Assembly in Manti Temple 7:00 am Sunday)
Before the Savior comes the world will darken. Then will come a period of time where even the elect will lose hope if they do not come to the temples. .
Our garments worn as instructed will clothe us in a manner as protective as temple walls. The covenants and ordinances will fill us with faith as a living fire. In a day of desolating sickness, scorched earth, barren wastes, sickening plagues, disease, destruction, and death, we as a people will rest in the shade of trees, we will drink from the cooling fountains. We will abide in places of refuge from the storm.
They will bathe His feet with tears and He will weep and bless them for having suffered through the greatest trials ever known to man. His bowels will be filled with compassion and His heart will swell wide as eternity and He will love them. He will bring peace that will last a thousand years and they will receive their reward with Him.
I pose this question, are you prepared to take care of yourself and your family? Is it a priority for you to be obedient to the commandment to have food storage? Pres. Kimball made it very clear that food storage is a commandment.
He was very aware of the fact that we have been told since the restoration to store food for preparation of the Second Coming and we sometimes get impatient. In his book, The Miracle of Forgiveness he stated:
"Do we lose faith, do we lose patience, do we lose hope, do we get weary in waiting, because the day is long and the event delayed? It is difficult to be prepared for an event so long delayed. Many have found it too difficult and then slumber without due preparation. Hundreds of thousands of us today are in this position. Confidence has been dulled and patience worn thin. It is so hard to wait and be prepared always.
BUT WE CANNOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO SLUMBER.
Pres Kimball continues . "I believe that the Ten Virgins represent the people of the Church of Jesus Christ and not the rank and file of the world. All of the virgins, wise and foolish, had accepted the invitation to the wedding supper; they had knowledge of the program and had been warned of the important day to come. They were not the gentiles or the heathens or the pagans, nor were they necessarily corrupt and reprobate, but they were knowing people who were foolishly unprepared for the vital happenings that were to affect their eternal lives. They had the saving, exalting gospel, but it had not been made the center of their lives. They knew the way but gave only a small measure of loyalty and devotion. I ask you: What value is a car without an engine, a cup without water, a table without food, a lamp without oil? The foolish asked the others to share their oil, but spiritual and temporal preparedness cannot be shared in an instant. The wise had to go, else the bridegroom wou ld have gone unwelcomed. They needed all their oil for themselves; they could not save the foolish. The responsibility was each for himself. THIS WAS NOT SELFISHNESS OR UNKINDNESS. The kind of oil that is needed to illuminate the way and light up the darkness is not shareable. Each must obtain that kind of oil for himself..
The foolish virgins were not averse to buying oil. They knew they should have oil. They merely procrastinated, not knowing when the bridegroom would come. The day of the marriage feast approaches. The coming of the Lord is nigh. And there are many among us who are not ready for the great and glorious event." (Pres. Kimball - Miracle of Forgiveness).
Many in the church believe that those who have stored a year supply will share with those who have not. Though that is a nice thought, this is what Pres. Packer has said to dispel that notion: "When people are able but unwilling to take care of themselves we are responsible to employ the dictum of the Lord that the idler shall not eat the bread of the laborer". In other words, do not expect your neighbor to feed you. For if he has obeyed the counsel to store up for his family, and you have had the resources to but instead procrastinated, which one of his children should he let starve in order to feed you? If it is not a priority for you to save yourself and your family, why should another family have to take on that responsibility? The Law of Mercy and Justice also apply to food storage ... Some confuse the commandments of sharing and taking care of the poor and needy with sharing their food with the rebellious. There is a huge difference in sharing with the poor and needy and sharing with the rebellious - those who could afford to get their food storage, but don't because other things, buying big screens, vacations, the latest fashions, take precedence over obeying the commandment to store food.
If you are spiritually prepared you will be temporally prepared. You cannot obtain a testimony of tithing unless you pay tithing, you cannot obtain a testimony of prayer unless you pray. It's the doing that brings forth the blessings of heaven and the testimony.
Now let's look at what our current prophet, Pres. Hinckley has said recently.
Oct. 1998-7 years of Plenty begin
"I wish to speak to you about temporal matters. As a backdrop for what I wish to say, I read to you a few verses from the 41st chapter of Genesis. Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt, dreamed dreams which greatly troubled him. . . . 'And I saw in my dream . . . seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: . . . (Joseph's interpretation) Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: And there shall arise after them seven years of famine. . . And god will shortly bring it to pass.' (Gen. 41:20, 26, 30, 32) .. I am suggesting that the time has come to get our houses in order. . . . There is a portent of stormy weather ahead to which we had better give heed.That's all I have to say about it, but I wish to say it with all the emphasis of which I am capable" (President Hinckley, Conference 1998, Priesthood Session.) What does portent mean - it means something momentous or calamitous is about to occur - an evil omen, prophetic or threatening significance. And then 9/11 happened.
It is noteworthy that in General Conference following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack Pres. Hinckley quoted this scripture from the D&C:
Behold, vegenance cometh speedily upon the inhabitants of the earth, a day of wrath, a day of burning, a day of desolation, of weeping, of mourning, and of lamentation and as a whirlwind it shall come upon all the face of the earth saith the Lord. And upon my house shall it begin and from my house shall it go forth, saith the Lord. First among those among you, saith the Lord, who have professed to know my name and have not known me, and have blasphemed against me in the midst of my house, saith the Lord.
And then he said this:
Occasions such 9/11 pull us up sharply to a realization that
"Life is fragile, peace is fragile, civilization itself is fragile. The economy is particularly vulnerable. We have been counseled again and again concerning self-reliance. We cannot provide against every contingency. But we can provide against many contingencies. Let the present situation remind us that this we should do."
EXACTLY 7 YEARS FROM THE DATE THAT PRES. HINCKLEY GAVE HIS 7 YEARS OF PLENTY TALK HE AGAIN MENTIONS THE DREAM OF PHAROH in Oct. 2005-7 years of Lean
"Let us never lose sight of the dream of Pharaoh concerning the fat cattle and the lean, the full ears of corn and the blasted ears, the meaning of which was interpreted by Joseph to indicate years of plenty and years of scarcity." (President Hinckley, October Conference, 2005.)
I do not think there is any coincidence to his giving the talk of famine 7 years apart from each other . I testify that it was a warning to us .
In April 2004 General Conference Elder Dallin H. Oaks said: "We are living in the prophesied time when peace shall be taken from the earth (D&C 1:35), when all things shall be in commotion and men's hearts shall fail them (D&C 88:91). These signs of the Second Coming are all around us and seem to be increasing in frequency and intensity...the accelerating pattern of natural disasters in the last few decades is ominous. While we are powerless to alter the fact of the Second Coming and unable to know its exact time, we can accelerate our own preparation and try to influence the preparation of those around us.. Are we preparing?...We need to make both TEMPORAL and spiritual preparation for the events prophesied at the time of the Second Coming."
Elder Eyring in 2005 said: "The giant earthquake, and the tsunamis it sent crashing into the coasts around the Indian Ocean, is just the beginning and a part of what is to come, terrible as it was. You remember the words from the Doctrine and Covenants which now seems so accurate: (Doctrine and Covenants 88: 88-91) As the challenges around us increase, we must commit to do more to qualify for the companionship of the Holy Ghost.
Casual prayer won't be enough. Reading a few verses of the scripture won't be enough. Doing the minimum of what the Lord asks of us won't be enough. Hoping that we will have the Atonement work in our lives and that we will perhaps sometimes feel the influence of the Holy Ghost won't be enough. And one great burst of effort won't be enough."
Now I want to turn to the story of Noah. Remember Noah preached repentance for hundreds of years while he was building the ark. It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark. The world was beautiful, the sun was shining, life seemed "normal". It is important to note that the people who didn't get on the ark suffered and died by the very calamity that for 300 years had been prophesied would come. Noah pleaded with the people to repent of their disobedience so that Mercy would claim them instead of Justice. All they had to do was repent and begin being obedient. This is a story for our time . The ramnifications of disobedience may be the same as in Noah's time. It's our human nature that we think terrible things will not happen to us, but if you believe in the scriptures and our prophet it is undeniable that calamaties are here and they are beginning to touch our lives and they will increase.
Pres. Benson said: The revelation to produce and store food may be as essential to our temporal welfare today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah.
(Marion G. Romney (Quoting Brigham Young) - April Conference, 1976)
"...If we are to be saved in an ark, as Noah and his family were, it will be because we build it. My faith does not lead me to think the Lord will provide us with roast pigs, bread already buttered, etc., He will give us the ability to raise the grain, to obtain the fruits of the earth, to make habitations, to procure a few boards to make a box, and when harvest comes, giving us the grain, it is for us to preserve it--to save the wheat until we have one, two, five or seven years' provisions on hand, until there is enough of the staff of life saved by the people to bread themselves and those who will come here seeking for safety."
Can you imagine how hard it must have been for Noah, his wife and sons and their wives to listen to the wailing and pounding on the ark as the rains fell. I'm sure when the rains began falling the people began repenting, but it was too late at that point. They had been warned and forewarned to repent of their disobedience so that mercy could claim them but now justice had to be employed. Noah had daughters that married wicked men and I cannot imagine how his heart must have ached when the doors were shut, the rains came and the wailings began. How hard it must have been for Noah, not to extend mercy to his daughters. But he could not, the Lord would not allow him to because even the Lord is governed by the Law of Mercy and the Law of Justice. Did the Lord put Noah and his sons' families at risk by opening the ark for the disobedient who were suddenly repenting? No. If a terrible disaster happens and we do not have services for weeks, would the disobedient be putting the obedient at risk of starving. Obedience brothers and sisters is so very important. Those who are disobedient to the law receive the consequences of their disobedience or rebellious actions. I for one do not want to listen to the cries of my children because I had been disobedient and did not have food for them to eat .
Every prophet over the last 60 years has talked about having the Church members get a bare minimum of at least one year's supply of basic food items, and now has suggested 3 months. Does that mean they have rescinded the one year food storage? NO.
On Sept. 1, 2006, Presiding Bishop David H. Burton - South Jordan Leadership Meeting said:
"Keep your eye on the Prophet. Being self-reliant has always been part of the church. Statistics show that no matter what the Church does, no higher than 15% have storage. We are not going to say any more, but our people are going to need to be prepared. For example, what if somebody released a virus? What if it caused a pandemic? What if that led to a quarantine? What if the quarantine was enforced? (emphasis added) The office of the presiding bishopric has tried to come up with a plan, but we don't know what we could do. The responsibility lies with the head of each family."
It's hard to understand why or how so many good and wonderful people can discount what the prophets have said again and again and again concerning what will suddenly happen to the world in the near future. Are we listening to their voices of warning, to their plea for our repentance?
Brothers and sisters, I promise you, as I have been told I could, that if you begin making preparations and begin your food storage, that the Lord will draw close to you because you are demonstrating that you are drawing close to Him. You will not only be secure in knowing that you are able to feed your family, but you will have spiritual experiences, and you will have a deeper love for Him and for your family.
Preparedness is like a treasure hunt, a beautiful and wonderful path of seeking and receiving further light and knowledge. We as a Stake want you to be prepared, but you must first take the step of asking God to give you a witness as to the importance of being obedient to the command of having food storage and then ask Him to help you in this endeavor. When you receive that witness then you are not left alone.
Let me quote once again Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone. They will bathe His feet with tears and He will weep and bless them for having suffered through the greatest trials ever known to man. His bowels will be filled with compassion and His heart will swell wide as eternity and He will love them. He will bring peace that will last a thousand years and they will receive their reward with Him. I bear my humble witness to you that the great God of heaven will open doors and means in a way we never would have supposed, to help all those who truly want a years supply. All we have to do is to decide, commit to it, and then keep the commitment. Miracles will take place."
I leave you with my witness that I know Jesus is the Christ. I know that he is the Redeemer of all mankind, that our King and Master will reign supreme. I hope that I am worthy to be here when he comes, so that I can be among those who fulfill the prophesy that "every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He is the Christ". May we all have that witness. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Forwarded June 2008
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