Mom has the calling for Provident Living and Emergency preparedness in the ward Relief Society. She gave a lesson on using wheat today that she had prepared for a month with experiments at home. She is even growing alfalfa in our fridge which is not so bad. She has Emily's easy wheat bread recipe down and we have been using some of our ground wheat flour.
We have always used the principles of provident living in our home with such a huge gang of kids. Rooms were shared, clothes passed down and Mom bought in huge bulk. I am tickled to see our children following her example.
Yesterday, though, it was a little surreal. Mom talked me into going to a C.E.R.T. training meeting. This is a national program that fits in with our church program pretty well. It stands for Community Emergency Response Team that is organized in neighborhoods. Holliday is really organized and volunteers are trained for emergencies like earthquake, fires etc.
I wondered what I was doing there because it was not an hour lecture on a Saturday but 8 hours with 16 more expected! I got a green hard hat, green vest and large gloves. The morning was interesting as we learned about fires and fire prevention and control. We learned about fire extinguishers and how to use them.
Here is a picture of Mom putting out a propane gas fire. You had to have a team of two, one with the extinguisher and the other holding on behind. The person holding on to Mom was Eileen Hinckley (President Hinckley's sister in law and Stake Relief Society emergency preparedness leader).
They had a container of propane gas and hooked it up to a hose under water; it bubbled up and was lit and produced a huge flame. Mom's extinguisher ran dry so they did not put out the fire and the back up team was goofing off so I guess the house would have burned down.
The afternoon was medical tirage and the instructor found out I was a surgeon and felt I was overqualified to be a CERT guy and would be better off in a hospital tent somewhere so I will be a CERT dropout. This is pretty well organized out here in Salt Lake and working through the organisation of the church makes it easier. There are neighborhood captains etc.
This was an interesting Saturday afternoon,
Love, Dad
8 comments:
Great picture mom! I love the mask and outfit - it looks like mom is well prepared to tackle any fires. You should put a fire extinguisher out by the grill and turkey roaster and give mom a chance to put out the fires on the deck.
That looks so interesting and fun. Well, I guess it shouldn't be too much fun to prepare for an emergency, but it looks cool. Also, you can't refer to an easy wheat bread recipe and not put it on here. Isn't that one of the rules of blogging to share all your knowledge, especially good bread recipes?
Ok Katje, I will find the recepie and blog it.. good to hear from you
That is great! I like how mom still has her coat on and the other lady has her purse still.
Good to know we have well trained neighbors.
Mom is always cold even when putting out a fire
Dad, this is great. we were so happy that we have a huge stock pile of food when this whole swine flu broke out. At one point the US Embassy encouraged people to get a 2 week supply just in case public transportation was shut down. There were huge rushes at the grocery stores, people were going crazy and waiting in long germ-infested lines. We were able to stay home all tranquilos (calm) because we have a ton of food. Now, I will add to my stock pile a lot of N95 masks, hand sanitizer, etc. Everything is back to normal here, church starts up again Sunday and school monday.
Suz.. Mom will use your note in her class. I bought her a Katadyn water filter that is good for 13000 gallons of water for Mother's Day for our emergency supplies.. not romantic but practical.. love Dad
Mom makes me laugh! She doesn't do anything half-heartedly!
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