“In the day of plenty, prepare for the day of scarcity."

That is a quote from President Hinckley in an address to the men of the church during a General Priesthood Session of Conference in the fall of 2002.

I have been really striving lately to build our food storage now that we actually have room to do so. For some reason I have truly felt and urgent need to get started. Steve has been a great help in this, we went to Home Depot a few weeks ago and got some shelving for it and have now begun the joy of building up our food storage. Every time I go to the grocery store I try to buy at least one thing to put in our storage, whether it's a few extra cans of black beans, an extra package of toilet paper, or the store brand hand soap that's on a really good sale. It will take some time to build it up, but I am already amazed at how it looks compared to a few weeks ago-Little by Little!

The thought of getting a full year's supply of food and other household necessities really felt like a daunting task, but this approach has really made it do-able. My sister just emailed me this wonderful talk out of the Ensign that is really inspiring and takes away the overwhelming feeling of trying to get your food storage in order.

That urgent feeling of needing a food storage is now gone and I know that if a time arises that we are unable to get to the store or that money is scarce we will be taken care of and blessed because we are following the counsel of the Prophet.