Episode Notes How much is enough? Podcast #6 for Feb 1st 2022:

  • With the above information, we can now start to develop 3 lists
  • Priority of whom to buy for
  • Using your provability list of possible people, list in order from “will make it” down to those who “will probably not make it”.
  • Look at the foods needed for these individuals and start to obtain those foods needed for the highest priority people.
  • Keep working your way from the top of the list to the bottom
  • Products lists which will meet the needs of those individuals.
  • Take in to consideration those needed food alergies/needs listed last month
  • Items that individuals will be bringing, buying, and sending to you or monetary contributions for the procurement of prepping materials for the fulfillment of this plan.
  • Only needed in a group situation. Probably not so important for families or very small tribes
  • Budget for items. Develop a budget, do not just max out credit cards and start purchasing willy nilly! A plan will keep you from panic. Remember we are completing the Lord’s plan and sticking to it! The Lord is a Lord of order, and He will guide you. The list below will provide thought material:
  • If you purchase an extra can of something, include it in your prep budget. Just move or write down this item and it is cost and at the end of the month, include this in things you have purchased for prepping. Even though you purchased it on a regular shopping trip, you need to know that you spent that money on preps. Thus, you will not overspend your prep budget. Remember steady is better than binge in anything. Remember the tortas and the hare!
  • Keep track of other items which others send to you. Make sure that you do not include that in your own budget. That is their contribution. But I would keep a total inventory where all items are accounted for.
  • Develop an inventory mechanism for tracking what you have bought and what you still need to buy. This should include: (recommend Excel)
  • Item name
  • Type of preservation method; stored dry and cool loosely gathered, canned, frozen, dehydrated and freeze dried
  • Buy date
  • Type of item: i.e., vegetable, fruit, bean, rice, beverage, meat, and dairy
  • Item container: i.e., bottle, box, bag, carton, can, pale and loose
  • Calories in container
  • Total calories for all containers of (this item only) added together. Use similar methods of storage in each total. This means do not mix freeze dried and canned.
  • Expiration dates
  • Your total need for this item; i.e., how many boxes fills your plan. Count the calories needed and project how many containers you will still need to get.
  • The cost of each item based upon today’s cost per container. May change but gives you a target/projection.
  • Not food items:
  • Inventory all non-food items. Use the following check list for your spreadsheet. (again Excel)
  • Item name
  • Date acquired
  • Count
  • Does this need maintenance? (Y/N) (yes or no answer)
  • If so, how often? Codes below:
  • Weekly (w)
  • Monthly (m)
  • Quarterly (q)
  • Semiannually (s)
  • Annually (a)
  • Condition at purchase; new or used
  • Condition of item; excellent, good, average, below average and poor
  • Where is this item kept?
  • Item description
  • Combined all like items in a tote and mark with a designator such as; numbers or letters and label container/tote
  • Shelve or stack totes/containers in an orderly way
  • Hang up items together or put on a shelf grouping simular items. Items like shevels all together so you can track them and locate when needed.
  • XL inventory sheets available and free for download on mountaintopwithjesus.com
  • Conclusions:
  • The answer to the question; how much is enough? It is that you will never have enough! You don’t know the future and therefore, you cannot know how much is enough. The Lord knows and put into a proper plan; you will be the most efficient steward of the preparation that you can be! The Lord will help you alleviate stress over this question because if you don’t have enough, but have earnestly sought the Lord’s direction, then He in His great mercy will step in and provide some fantastic miracles. Don’t miss those miracles. They will grow your relationship with your Father, His Son, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit!
  • The Lord will lead you through:
  • Prayer
  • Listening and seeking His direction
  • Sharing with Christian brothers and sisters about these preparations. Remember, this is your direction from the Lord for you and your family/others, not them.
  • Reading blogs, joining prep email groups
  • Attending prep shows or perusing the internet for the suggestions listed by others. Rule things in or out.
  • Planning, organization, and the effort that goes into preparation will assist you in an orderly approach and avoid a lot of emotional stress.
  • Your inventories will help you not duplicate items or efforts. You will know when you already have something. Our memories will not work all the time.
  • Organization will help when you and others get together to discuss becoming a group.
  • The Lord loves and wants organization, less emotional/mental stress in your life and for you to know how much God wants to be your Father/provider. I know that “father” is not always an understood concept today but look at other ways to describe his caring for you.
  • Next month
  • Emotional comfort with the Lord

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