Mutual Support Groups (MSG's): A Local Idea

[indysafe317]

My thoughts exactly, there using the wrong opener. I might just have some coffee prepared for next time.

[techres]

Originally Posted by Dr Falken

Well darn, if only those Mormon Missionaries knockin on my door had started talking to me about food storage and preps, they'd have gotten my ear for sure! Guess ya just gotta know what type of honey you need to catch a fly!

One of their requirements of faith is to have one year stock of food supplies for each member of the family. They have special warehouses for bulk food and supplies that you can only access if a Mormon takes you there. They are hard, hard core.

Oh, yeah!

[theweakerbrother]

I would be interesting in visiting anything Bartholomew or Brown County related.

[GhostofWinter]

Originally Posted by techres

One of their requirements of faith is to have one year stock of food supplies for each member of the family. They have special warehouses for bulk food and supplies that you can only access if a Mormon takes you there. They are hard, hard core.

Oh, yeah!

Am I to understand that if you are taken there by a morman, then those of us NOT of the morman faith are able to purchase the supplies and use the facilities as if we were? I know I for one would be VERY interested in this. I was talking to my mom the other day and she was telling me about a cousin that married into the morman faith. I wonder if she would make a trip out from Utah to help me with my preps

Greg

[Manan]

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[Lucas156]

Techres will you update me to area 3 in the OP?

[Bear Poop]

http://www.appleseedinfo.org/

For marksmen training

[techres]

Originally Posted by Bear Poop

http://www.appleseedinfo.org/

For marksmen training

And for history and heritage! And for community building too.

How many in MSG Areas 2 & 3 will be at Riley come the end of the month? How much MSG vital talk could happen around the campfire that Saturday night after the day's training is over? It will be an Appleseed weekend, but the first step of the MSG is actually getting together and building groups which could easily begin at an Appleseed as a great bonus to an already great program.

Perfect time, perfect example, and a whole lotta fun!

(and the Shoot Bosses are gonna be INGO members as well!)

See you all there!

[techres]

Originally Posted by Manan

We are great people. Family oriented. Good citizens. Encouraged to serve the lord, serve our county and our fellow man. Don't ask anybody for much other than to worship as we please, as we allow others to do for themselves. Mormons have been persecuted for years and very strongly believe in self reliance. Very few Mormons live on government programs. Most have food storage for 1 year to 18 months, gardens, emergency call list, canning equipment, medical supplies, etc. The Bishop storehouses hand out food to ANYONE who needs it but you do have to go through a local congregational pastor.

Recently the Church made available millions in funds for any local agency to buy any needed equipment for disaster preparedness. Last year in the Indiana floods, there were millions of pounds of food and water trucked in from around the country. Thousands of volunteers helped those in need regardless of faith.

Through the mid seventies there was enough food storage to feed every person in the United States for several months. That is not possible today due to the increase in the population.

Not proselytizing the faith, but the real life practical self reliant training and know how is available to anyone for free. Even short wave radio operators are common.

I think a preparedness fair is being organized for this fall at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. If anyone is interested I'll keep you in the loop.

We are all very much interested and would love every opportunity that you know of, especially the fair mentioned.

As for faith, I am always impressed by anyone who acts from their faith to help others and their community. I am doubly impressed when they can do it without strings attached. And as such, thank you for whatever you can bring to the rest of us. Helping others to prepare is the Lords work wether you call it a "good deed", "mitzvah", "commandment" or "witness". I could really care less about the language.

So thank you and thank yours.

Now there's work to be done!

[hotfarmboy1]

Originally Posted by techres

And for history and heritage! And for community building too.

How many in MSG Areas 2 & 3 will be at Riley come the end of the month? How much MSG vital talk could happen around the campfire that Saturday night after the day's training is over? It will be an Appleseed weekend, but the first step of the MSG is actually getting together and building groups which could easily begin at an Appleseed as a great bonus to an already great program.

Perfect time, perfect example, and a whole lotta fun!

(and the Shoot Bosses are gonna be INGO members as well!)

See you all there!

I could be up for that. Just gotta make sure I don't have anything going on. And depending on if I have my dep tags filled by then.