6 Weeks to Personal Preparedness; Week 5

Make a Plan based on the threats in your area.

1) If something happens were will everyone in your family meet. Best to have a primary and alternative location.

2) Identify an out of area contact: Your contact should live outside of your area. After a disaster, it can be easier to make a long distance call or to text someone than a local call. Family members should call the contact and tell him or her where they are. Everyone must know the contact’s name, address, and phone number

3) If your area is evacuated that know the routes, know were the shelters are.

4) Make home escape plans.

6 Weeks to Personal Preparedness; Week 4

Week 4

What to buy:

1) Buy the things that you identified on the list form week 3.

What to do:

1) Place the items from the list that you may need if you have to evacuate in your go bags.

2) Pack extra clothes and shoes in the go bags.

Waiting on the Lord!

The staff at the International House of prayer Northwest have been practicing silent prayer. So Good. The idea is to listen to Jesus while setting in quiet for an hour every day.

Doing this was really hard, to listen that long and be still, I found that I would fall asleep during part of it. I remember the Lord saying once that while I was silently listening that I was strengthening my inner man as I sat silently before Him.

What I have found that helps me is to ask the Lord what verse I should meditate on (or just pick a verse that has been speaking to me) and then go to that verse and read it , and think about it and read it and ask Holy Spirit about it and just be quite before the verse. It is so important to be silent before the Word of God and allow it to do its work after all the Word of God is a living person, Jesus is His name.

I Remember when I was living in Hawaii during the fall of 2007, I was meditating on the Psalms in my morning devotions. I remember that it was during one of these times that I was just reading and rereading this one Psalm asking about the meaning and contemplating on the verses when the Lord said to me "this is the most intimate thing that you can do with me." I did not fully realize the significance of what He was saying (probably still don't) but He was saying in essence you are meditating on my Son, Jesus is the word of God.

The Word of God is in essence God exteriorizing Himself to us in a way that man can internalize ourselves toward God. Jesus taking on the form of man, and living amongst is the ultimate picture of this.

6 Weeks to Personal Preparedness; Week 3

Week 3

What to do:

1) Write or print out important phone numbers and address, place one copy by your phone and one with your important paperwork. This is especially important if you have all your address and contact primarily located on a phone or computer.

2) Identify what you will need in your house, car and Go Bag that you do not already have from the list below:

House List	Car List
Blankets	Blankets
Lantern	Flashlights
Hand warmers	Windshield breaker
N95 dust mask	Seatbelt cutter
Food for one week	Jumper cables
Water for one week	Empty gas can
Water purification tablets	Cash in small bills
Cash in small bills	Toys for kids
Non-electric can opener	Water for three days
Flashlights	Food for three days
12 to 15 inch adjustable pipe or crescent-type wrench (to shut off gas)	Hand warmers
Games for kids (something to do without electricity)	Baby wipes
candles	Pocket Knife
Water proof matches	Plastic bags
Small camping burner or gas BBQ	Go Bag
Baby Wipes	Flashlight
	Emergency Radio (battery operated)
	Whistle or noise maker
	N95 dust mask
	Pocket Knife
	Sturdy Shoes
	Change of clothes / Water proof gear
	Local map
	Water and food
	Baby wipes
	Cash in small bills