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Day 1 – Water Storage

Video Here: “Cheap Water Storage Hacks That Could Save Your Life”

Day 2 – Food Storage

Video Here: “Can $50 Stock Your Pantry For 2 Weeks Of Survival?”

Day 3 – Car Survival Kit

Video Here: “Car Survival Kit: Being Prepared on the Road”

Day 4 – Heat

VIDEO HERE: “Cheap Tricks to Stay Warm In Blackouts and Power Outages”

Day 5 – When Preps Aren’t Enough

VIDEO HERE: “When Preps Aren’t Enough: Faith in the Fire”

  •  1 Peter 4:12-13
    • “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.”
  • Isaiah 43:2
    • “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee”
  • Daniel 3
  • Desire of Ages, page 528
    • “To all who are reaching out to feel the guiding hand of God, the moment of greatest discouragement is the time when divine help is nearest. They will look back with thankfulness upon the darkest part of their way.”
  • Psalm 23:4
    • “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me.”
  • Matthew 28:20
    • “And, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.”

Day 6 – Water Purification

VIDEO HERE: “Make Dirty Water Drinkable in Any Emergency”

Day 7 – Medical Kits

VIDEO HERE: “Is Your First Aid Kit Missing This?“

  • BURNS:
    • B & W Ointment*
    • Lavender Essential Oil*
    • Aloe Vera*
    • Local Raw Honey (check on FB marketplace, Craigslist, or local health food store for some local honey, it’s WAY better than anything else).
    • Tofu (You can get it at your local grocery store, usually in the fresh produce department)
  • INFECTIONS:
    • Antibiotic ointment* (should already be in any good first-aid kit*)
    • Tea Tree Essential Oil*
    • Hydrogen Peroxide* (much cheaper in bulk from a Costco or Sam’s Club)
    • Charcoal powder* (for making poultices)
    • Garlic Oil (I use about 2 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, crush a fresh clove of garlic into the oil, and let it sit in a warm location for an hour or two. Then strain out the garlic to use the garlic oil.)
    • Salt Water Rinse (use 2 level teaspoons of non-iodized salt per quart of water and shake or stir.)
  • FEVERS: (We teach folks to recognize that fevers are a friend, not so much of a foe. A fever is your body’s way of fighting disease. Just make sure you don’t let the temp get too high.)
  • TRAUMA:
    • Tourniquet (Swat-T)*
    • Pressure Dressing* (we pulled ours from our AMP-3 Medical Kit)
    • Cayenne powder (you can get it at your local grocery store)
    • Quick Clot* (we pulled ours from our AMP-3 Medical Kit)
    • Liquid Skin* for minor wound closure and protection (we pulled ours from our AMP-3 Medical Kit)
  • COLDS:
  • ALLERGIES:
  • MUSCULOSKELETAL:
    • Massage/Stretching
    • Helichrysum essential oil*
    • Deep Blue Rub* (our personal favorite)
    • Comfrey*
      • I make tea with the dried roots (2 cups of water, 1 Tablespoon of root, gently boil for 5 minutes, then steep for at least 30 minutes). Then, I dip a paper towel into the tea, gently wrap the area with the paper towel, then cover it with saran wrap or something to help hold the moisture in. I leave it on for several hours.
    • Hot/cold Contrast Treatment
      • The contrast between the hot and cold tends to increase the circulation to any area, which in turn aids the body in the healing process. Hot water will relax the muscles, drawing new blood into the area, which brings a fresh supply of nutrients and promotes healing. Cold water contracts the muscles and drives blood out of the area. Start with the hot water for 3 minutes and then switch to the cold for 30 seconds. Repeat 3-5 times making sure to always end on cold.
  • MISC:
  • FIRST AID KITS

Day 8 – Emergency Communication

VIDEO HERE: “When Phones Fail, What’s Your Survival Communication Plan?”

Day 9 – Money Preparedness

VIDEO HERE: Quick Money Fixes to Survive the Next Emergency

Day 10 – Safe-proof Your Documents

VIDEO HERE: Disaster-Proof the Papers & Docs You CANNOT Lose

List of documents to consider backing up:

Personal Identification Documents

  1. Birth certificates
  2. Social Security cards
  3. Passports
  4. Driver’s licenses or state ID cards
  5. Marriage certificates
  6. Adoption papers
  7. Divorce decrees
  8. Military records (e.g., DD-214)

Legal and Property Documents

  1. Wills and living trusts
  2. Powers of attorney (medical and financial)
  3. Property deeds and titles
  4. Vehicle titles and registrations
  5. Rental or lease agreements
  6. Court orders (e.g., custody agreements)

Medical Documents

  1. Health insurance cards
  2. Immunization records
  3. Prescriptions (medications and eyeglasses)
  4. Advance directives or living wills
  5. Disability documentation

Financial Records

  1. Bank account information
  2. Investment account records
  3. Retirement account statements (e.g., IRAs, 401(k))
  4. Tax returns (at least 3-7 years)
  5. Loan agreements and promissory notes
  6. Credit card and mortgage documents

Insurance Policies

  1. Homeowners or renters insurance policies
  2. Auto insurance policies
  3. Life insurance policies
  4. Health and disability insurance policies
  5. Long-term care insurance

Business and Employment Documents

  1. Business licenses and agreements
  2. Employer benefit statements
  3. Contracts and leases related to business
  4. Business tax records
  5. Employment records

Sentimental and Irreplaceable Items

  1. Family photos and videos (digitize for extra protection)
  2. Heirloom documents (e.g., letters, family trees)
  3. Diplomas, degrees, and certifications

Digital and Online Accounts

  1. Passwords and login credentials (use a password manager if possible)
  2. Backup of important emails or digital communications

Day 11 – Fuel Storage

VIDEO HERE: 6 Secrets to Long-Term Fuel Storage

Day 12 – Why Prepare?

VIDEO HERE: “Trust in God, Prepare like Noah: Faith in Action!”

  • Proverbs 21:31
    • “The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.”
  • James 2:14, 17
    • “What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?… Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.”
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:10
    • “For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.”
  • Proverbs 6:6-8
    • “Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler, Provides her supplies in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.”
  • Lamentations 5:1-6
    • “Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.  We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us…We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.”
  • 1 Timothy 5:8
    • “But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”
  • Matthew 24:37
    • “But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
  • Hebrews 11:7
    • “By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.”

Day 13 – Fire Starting Skill

VIDEO HERE: The Skill That Could Save Your Life – Start a Wet Fire Fast

Day 14 – Everyday Carry

VIDEO HERE: What’s Missing from Your Pockets? Everyday Carry Gear

Day 15 – Off-Grid Cooking

VIDEO HERE: Cook Without Power – Off-grid Hacks For Any Emergency

Day 16 – Your Home – a Safe Place

VIDEO HERE: Intruders, Storms & Fire – Protect Your Family in Any Crisis

  • Storms
    • Safe room: interior room with no windows, preferably in a basement or under stairs
    • Use blankets or mattress for protection
    • Earthquakes, get under a structurally sound object like a sturdy piece of furniture and hang on. If outside, go to an open space away from anything that could fall on you.
    • Wildland fire, evacuate unless you have the knowledge and preparation to shelter in place
    • Floods, if in a low area and flood waters are rising, get out!
  • Intruders
  • Fire
    • Test your smoke alarm monthly and replace batteries yearly (unless a permanent battery is in place)
    • How to choose a smoke alarm
    • Ionization sensor = best for flaming fire
    • Photoelectric sensor = best for smoking, smoldering fire
    • A dual sensor is best, such as this smoke alarm with a permanent 10-year battery
    • Fire extinguishers should be in the kitchen, and garage, and a minimum of 1 per floor
    • Type ABC extinguisher is best for all-around residential use
    • Type K is ideal for kitchen
    • Choose an extinguisher with a metal top so it can be refilled
    • Go with a 10-pound extinguisher unless you need a lighter 5-pound model
    • Chimfex Sticks – one of your best options for putting a chimney fire out and saving your home
    • Every bedroom needs at least 1 door exit and 1 window exit
    • Each occupant of the home should be aware of an agreed-upon rendezvous point in case of a fire and must go straight to that point. If they don’t, you might run back into a burning home to save someone who is already safely outside.

Day 17 – Hygiene

VIDEO HERE: Hygiene Hacks That Could Save Your Life in a Crisis

Day 18 – Power

VIDEO HERE: Power Your Essentials When Blackouts Strike

Day 19 – Preparedness & Prophecy

VIDEO HERE: “Preparedness & Prophecy”

  • Revelation 13:16-17
    • “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark…”
  • Revelation 13:13-14
    • “He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived…”
  • Revelation 14:1
    • “Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads.”
  • Last Day Events, pg 149
    • “Satan says … “For fear of wanting food and clothing they will join with the world in transgressing God’s law. The earth will be wholly under my dominion.”
  • Revelation 7:14
    • “…These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
  • Hebrews 11:7 – Noah
    • “By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.”
  • Genesis 6:13-22 – Noah
    • “And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make yourself an ark… And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.” Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.”
  • Genesis 41:34-36, 49 – Joesph
    • “Let Pharaoh do this… collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven plentiful years. And let them gather all the food of those good years that are coming, and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. Then that food shall be as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which shall be in the land of Egypt, that the land may not perish during the famine… Joseph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable.”
  • 2 Chronicles 14:1-7 – King Asa
    • “Then Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet for ten years… And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest; he had no war in those years, because the Lord had given him rest. Therefore he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because we have sought the Lord our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.”
  • Matthew 24:37
    • “But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.”

Day 20 – Bug-out Bag

VIDEO HERE: “Ready to Bug Out? How to Build Your Kit & Plan Your Route”

A bug-out bag is more than just a backpack. It’s your lifeline if you must leave your home quickly. Here’s what you need:

Day 21 – The Ready Life

VIDEO HERE: “Adding Sustainable to Preparedness for Real Independence”

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