Build a Refuge Your Children Can Run To
When The Grid Fails, Your Family’s Coming Home. Are You Ready?
A free class with Nick & Lisa Meissner for parents and grandparents who want to be the place of refuge their family runs to…when times get tough.
You’ll see where water, food, heat and power give out in a long outage, and the simple preparations that make the difference.
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When It Gets Bad Enough, They Head Home
Picture this. The grid’s been down 2 days, the stores are stripped, and your phone lights up. It’s your daughter, and she doesn’t know what to do.
Whether you realize it or not, your kids and grandkids have the idea tucked away in the back of their heads: If it gets bad enough, you just go home to mom & dad.
So for a lot of you, that phone call is coming. The question is, what are they coming home to? Are they walking into a refuge, or are they going to be just as bad off with you as they were on their own?
In this class we’ll walk the 4 things every house runs on, water, food, heat and power, and show you where each one gives out when the grid does. Then we’ll show you the preparations that are simple enough to start this month, and big enough to matter when your family shows up.
What You'll Walk Out With
✓ Where your water stops
What happens to city water and to a well when the power goes, and the first thing to put by so nobody under your roof goes without.
✓ Food for more than 2
Why the stores empty in days, and how a pantry built for the two of you becomes one that can feed the people who come through the door.
✓ A warm room, or a cool one
What a winter or summer outage does to a house with no power, and the one room to get right first.
✓ The power that actually matters
The short list of things that have to keep running, and the simple ways to keep them going without the grid.
Works the same whether you’re on 40 acres with a well or in a house in town with a garage and a spare room.
Who This Class Is For
This Class Is For You If…
- Your kids and grandkids are busy with life and this isn’t on their radar
- You remember hard times, or you were raised by people who lived through them
- You’ve done some preparing, but you did it for 2 people, and 8 might show up
- You’d rather be the one they run to than the one who needs help too
- You’ve been meaning to get this handled for a good while now
Come Ready With…
- A pen and something to write on
- How many people might come to you if things got bad
- Whether you’re on city water or a well, and how you heat your home
- An hour where you can actually pay attention
Why We're Teaching This
Joseph saw the famine coming and got ready for it. When it hit, he sent for his father:
“You shall be near to me, you and your children, your children’s children… There I will provide for you.”
Genesis 45:10–11, NKJV
Noah built the ark and brought his household in. They saw what was coming and made room for their families.
That’s what this class is about. You’ve got 2 things your kids don’t have right now: the time to get ready, and a memory of what hard times actually look like. That’s an advantage, and it’s yours to use for the whole family.
Nick and Lisa Meissner moved onto a piece of ground in the mountains of north Idaho many years ago and had to work out water, food, heat and power from scratch. They’ve been living on what they built ever since, and through their YouTube channel and The Ready Life Academy they’ve helped many thousands of families do the same, one step at a time.
Be the Place They Can Run To
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Free, and the replay opens as soon as you sign up.
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