What If...

What if you were asked to live on the food and toiletries you have in your home for one week?  How about 2 weeks?  How would it go?  What would you miss the most?  Maybe, fresh fruits and vegetables, milk?  Would you run out of shampoo or laundry detergent?  How hard would it be if you couldn't just stop by the store or order something from Amazon?

I have heard of wards or stakes that have played out this scenario.  Every time I have heard feedback, every family has something to change or add to their storage, no matter how prepared they are. 

Over the last several months, I have given you goals to store "the basics" in the form of long term storage (Salt, Cooking Oil, Containers,  Grains,  Beans, Sugar and Honey, Milk) and short-term storage (3-month meal plan:  Month1, Month 2, Month 3, Month 4).  These basics are enough to sustain life and make things semi-comfortable. 

I heard of a family that would periodically live on what they have.  One night, the father would call the family to Family Home Evening and announce that for the next week, there would be no grocery store trips.  All meals had to be prepared with what was currently in the home.  This would be a great way to rotate food storage and other food items!  This particular family also used the money saved that week to purchase the supplies for their food storage that they found that they were deficient in.

Whether or not you have a "live on food storage week" is up to you and your family, but I think it is worth looking at and determining if it is something you could do and what you think you would need.

I challenge you to think about what you would want to add to your stores in case you were not able to buy it for a block of time.  Maybe this is a good time to determine needs from wants.  I leave it to you to prepare for the time of "What if..."