Farmington West Provident Living

 A most sincere way to show our love is to serve.  We show our love daily in service to our family members, neighbors, community etc.  Our family members are served most often because we generally see them daily, same household if you will.  Cooking, cleaning, teaching, spending time with, ALL great ways of showing love through service.  Since this blog is to encourage focus on Provident Living, let's consider one way we can show love to our family members, providing for FUTURE needs as well as everyday.  Putting away a little money for the future is always a good idea, college, mission, marriage funds... all great.  What about your food storage and emergency supplies?  Do you have sufficient supply for your entire family?   This next couple of weeks, we encourage you to look at your supply and determine where you are in terms of readiness.  Focus especially on supplies you may need for infants, small children and elderly parents....

Much of being prepared is planning ahead. Preparing for minor incidences as well as a major disaster will help you and your family to 'have no fear' as you will know just what to do and have on hand the basic necessities to survive and endure.   Creating and/or practicing a Family Emergency Plan can be a fun Family Home Evening activity.   Think about the past year... Pandemic, earthquake, wind, personal or financial crisis related to any of these things or something different.  How could you have been better prepared? What would you like to do to prepare for the future? Each Ward in our Stake should have an Emergency Coordinator and an Emergency Response Specialist,   a neighborhood emergency plan and participate in the Stake Emergency Plan (Contact list is outdated due to Stake division, however the emergency plan is valid). It is recommended that each family have a personalized plan in place and participate with any ward emergency plans where app...