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Greetings. This is Pastor David Bass at New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church

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with a moment of truth where we challenge you to think through an important issue of life and

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faith. Today, are you a prepper? Are you a prepper? And if not, why not a prepper? What is a prepper

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anyway? Well, one of my favorite blogs, the SHTF blog, which stands for when the shiitake

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mushroom hits the fan, right? A disaster of some kind. When the shiitake mushroom hits the fan,

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and I'm using a euphemism for the shiitake mushroom, right? Well, this blog puts it succinctly. It says

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a prepper is someone preparing for societal collapse, natural disasters, or any other type

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of large-scale event that would disrupt life as we know it, unquote. Now, to someone who naively

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thinks that grocery stores will always be full, things will always go on the way they are today,

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and even if some disaster does happen, well, then the government will take care of me.

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To those kind of naive people, normies, I call them, a prepper is some kind of weird conspiracy

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theorist. But indeed, if I'm a conspiracy theorist, then they are naive, brainwashed Pollyannas.

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Just one example will suffice. I have a relative in the Tampa region of Florida who definitely is a

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prepper. In the event of a hurricane, he had a relative to flee to in another state and what is

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known as a bug-out bag. That is, a small set of supplies that he could rely on for a few days.

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Water, food, layers of clothing, elements for a fire, even rudimentary shelter. And all of it fit into

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his vehicle. His neighbor, however, with whom he is otherwise good friends, always thought my cousin

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was a bit of a kook for this and many other preparations he had made for other situations.

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A conspiracy theorist, a paranoid nutcase. But when Hurricane Ian struck recently, my cousin very

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early alerted his relative in central Georgia that he was coming, packed up his family with their bug-out

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bag and left before the mandatory evacuation order came. His neighbor, on the other hand, waited until

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the last minute to leave, and that neighbor found himself stuck in parking lot-level traffic trying to

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evacuate. He had nowhere to flee as a safe destination, and every hotel and motel along the way was full

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already. As night fell, so did the spirits of he and his family. They had no food, water, shelter, or even

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toilet paper. They were unprepared. They were unpreppies. Ah, do not be a naive, brainwashed Pollyanna,

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dear listener. A non-preppy. A prepper is merely someone who is prepared, to some extent, lesser or

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greater, for a particular extraordinary situation. And extraordinary means just what the compound words

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indicate. Extra, that is outside of, above, beyond, outside of the ordinary, that is the usual, the

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day-to-day pattern. Extraordinary. Ordinary life is disrupted, and all of what you expect, your Big

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Mac in the drive-thru, a full tank of gas, light when you flip the switch coming home, and perpetual

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cell phone service, all that irritatingly stops altogether. It could be a hurricane. It could be a

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nuclear explosion, a power artage, a war, a famine, or some of us who see what is coming, a deliberate

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collapse of civilization altogether. If one has any historical awareness whatsoever, then he realizes

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that the intrusion of the extraordinary is indeed the ordinary pattern. Until we reach the pinnacle of

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paradise and orderliness, this will be the case. There will always be life-threatening disasters,

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things like war and famine and pestilence, and many Americans have never experienced this historical

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norm. We've been the most prosperous, stable, well-fed people in history. Our Christian

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Constitutional Republic has given us productive farms that supply the world with food, the American

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ingenuity to build an industrial base that once supplied us with labor-saving tools and devices,

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and, as well, a level of prosperity for the average family that the world has never known before. But

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all of this is going away, and I have documented the reasons why and the insidious process by which

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the traitors in our own system have undermined our constitutional republic. I've done this in many

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other broadcasts, and you can access those at americastruths.org. That's one word, americastruths.org.

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But the engineered shortages and supply chain bottlenecks and soaring price inflation and the

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descent of our culture into chaotic barbarism, these are all indices of civilizational collapse.

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Are you preparing for what is coming, dear listener? Do you have the basic rudiments for survival

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when the power grid goes down? Will you be able to eat when grocery shelves are empty? Can you defend

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yourself and your family when the breakdown of law and order that plagues blue cities like New York

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and Chicago and Portland when it finally comes to your community? Oh, I must confess that I am

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preparing this broadcast primarily for our congregation. My session, which is the Orthodox

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Presbyterian Church's ruling body of elders, my ruling body of elders tasked me with advising the

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church on how to prepare for themselves and their families and be able as well to care for others in

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the congregation with their preparations. And so consequently, I want to share my conclusions with

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you. That is our radio congregation, if I may call you that. And I will only cover the basics of

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preparation. Some of you may find what I'm sharing a bit tedious, maybe because you are a mega prepper

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who's set to survive the sun going supernova. But are you also prepared to help others? I am a

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Christian pastor who follows the advice of the Apostle Paul. Do not neglect to do good and share what you

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have for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. He also says things like to the thief, do honest work with

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your own hands so that you may have something to share with anyone in need. Additionally, prepping

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is biblical, dear listener. You may remember the story of Joseph in the Old Testament. As a lowly

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prisoner in Pharaoh's dungeon, he interpreted the great Pharaoh's dreams such that God was revealing to

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him to set aside in reserve large quantities of grain during the next seven years of abundant

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prosperity because the following seven years would be a time of famine and want. And so impressed is

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Pharaoh with Joseph's interpretation of making a reserve of grain that he placed him in charge of

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the whole preparation operation to being the second in command to Pharaoh himself. And so masterful

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were those preparations that Egypt fed not only her own people during the seven years of famine,

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but the whole world, including Joseph's own family. That story is in the book of Genesis in the Bible.

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Joseph was a prepper. So should you. What does prepping look like? Well, let me cover 12 different

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areas of preparation that you need to make, dear listener. First of all, clean air. Here I follow

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the laws of threes, the law of threes. That is, you can live three minutes without air or oxygen. You can

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live three days without water, or you can live three weeks without food. Now, unless you're a marathon

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runner, you might be able to live a little longer than three minutes. You know what I mean, though? In

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general, the law of threes applies. Three minutes without air or oxygen, three days without water,

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three weeks without food. So depending upon the disaster, the air you breathe may or may not be

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breathable. Fires, sudden overwhelming pollution, maybe poisonous gases, or God forbid, a nuclear

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explosion. Now, home air filters are available, which effectively filter out most pollutants,

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and they can be installed ahead of time. There are also a variety of battery operated air filters for

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when the power is out. They can give you clean air in one or two rooms of your house. Military-grade

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gas masks, too. Do not neglect these. Military-grade gas masks for every member of the family are also

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highly recommended. Do not bother with anything less, either. You can find specs for military-grade

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gas masks at various websites. One of my favorite websites is prepperspeak.com. Preppers Peak,

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that's one word. Prepperspeak.com. Do your homework on these masks, dear listener. They are worth their

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weight and gold in a crisis situation. This is an oft-overlooked preparation because we take our next

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breath for granted, don't we? Oh, clean air. Also, clean water. Hiking and camping in remote areas has

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given me an appreciation for clean, cold water and the tools I need to make it such. You need clean

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water, not only for drinking, but for cooking. When the shiitake mushroom hits the fan, you may turn on

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your water faucet and hear nothing but hollow gurgling of empty pipes. You may turn on your shower and feel

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only a few drops of cold water falling on your shoulders. You may flush your toilet and suddenly

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wish you had dug a pit or an outhouse in the backyard years ago. Oh, after clean air, clean water

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is the highest priority. The enduring question you must answer regarding clean water is source. A source

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for clean water. For example, you can stack bottled water to the ceiling for emergencies and that is good

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policy. We have not only bottled water, but we have 50-gallon drums of water that we regularly recycle

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for us and for our animals, but that only goes so far. In a few days or weeks, that will be gone. We need

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a consistent renewable source of clean water. We have our own well. We do not depend upon the city for

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water and that's a great relief for us, but what do we do when we need electrical power to run our pump

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and it goes away? Otherwise, that water just sits hundreds of feet below ground, useless to us. If you have

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your own well, there are generators that can be installed that will kick in when the power goes

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down in your region and they should be tested on a regular basis too and requires careful but

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expensive preparation, but it's worth it when things go down. Give a great deal of thought to the problem

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of water and a consistent reliable source. Otherwise, you'll find yourself in a government line

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somewhere hoping to get scraps of government cheese and a bottle or two of water in a FEMA camp or food

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stamp program. Another item you will need is a stainless steel gravity water filter. These are

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so valuable. We are a water-drenched planet, aren't we? Unique in the universe, but not all of that water

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is potable. Unfiltered water will make you very sick or kill you fast. A high-quality water filter

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will screen out almost all bacteria and chemical poisons and most viruses. Once again, you need

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to do your homework on specs for these. This item, a three to five-gallon stainless steel gravity-fed

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water filter, is literally a lifesaver. Get one and put it at the top of your wish list. Well, not only

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do we need clean air and clean water, but we need clean food. Number three, clean food. When it comes to

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prepping, most people go right to food. That's because food so often seems the most vulnerable

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to us in disasters. In history, we hear about famines, that is, a shortage of food, not unbreathable

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air or undriggable water. David tells us in Psalm 104 that God abundantly gives wine to gladden the heart

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of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread to strengthen man's heart, unquote. These are all food

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products, and they're an index of God's goodness to us, aren't they? But the thing I would recommend

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right from the beginning is produce as much fresh food as you can yourself. Begin now, learning how

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and doing this. Produce as much fresh food as you can for yourself. If you have a suitable portion of

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your yard, plant a garden. The shelves of your local library or bookstore are bursting with self-help

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gardening resources. Seek out a neighbor with a green thumb. Tap his knowledge and experience.

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Learn the ancient art of canning, right? A lost art these days. Or the more modern skill of freeze

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drying. Or maybe just freeze as much food as you can, although you are up the proverbial polluted stream

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without the conventional means of conveyance. If the power grid goes down and you have all your food in

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the freezer, then you'll have nothing but a mass of expensive, rotting goo to deal with. So, can or

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freeze dry. If you live in an apartment, you'll be surprised at how much food you can grow in garden

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boxes. Even if you have acreage, garden boxes are still a very efficient means of growing fresh food.

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This year, for example, my wife and I grew potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and lettuce in boxes on our deck.

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There are hydroponic boxes as well. These are fascinating. Check into these. There are hydroponic

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boxes which require no electricity, but in which you can grow several green crops. That is,

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varieties of lettuce, for instance, all year round. Even in your windowsill, you can grow a whole range

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of fresh herbs, which in themselves have healing and medicinal properties besides spicing up your food.

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Well, try the old art of animal husbandry, too. The ancient art of animal husbandry. If you want fresh

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meat, chickens and rabbits are popular alternatives. And with chickens, you also get fresh eggs. But

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always consult your local regulations and ordinances for city and county. We have friends, for example,

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who raise chickens within city limits, and they have a neighbor who hates them for it. And that neighbor

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constantly sends a stream of city bureaucrats to their house, monitoring every cluck, feather, and carcass

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in their yard. Chickens and rabbits are also rather straightforward when it comes to butchering day.

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Once again, there are several books and websites and any number of friends or neighbors who can get

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you started on when and how to properly butcher, store, and prepare your animals. If you're feeling

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really brave, you might graduate to husbanding goats. Oh, goats. With this animal, you have the potential

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for fresh meat and milk. And it doesn't have to be stinky meat and milk either. That's an old wives'

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tale. Not all goats' meat and goats' milk has to be stinky. No, you can raise them so that they're fresh

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and sweet. Goat is the most widely raised and consumed domesticated animal in the world. Every

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continent and every culture knows them. Every continent and every culture has come to appreciate

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the goats' relative ease of raising and maintenance and return on investment. They're small enough to

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keep on a few acres, but productive such that you can get milk daily and butcher them for meat on a set

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schedule. But once more, consult your city and county regulations and ordinances because some regions are

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more farm-friendly than others. There are minuses with goats, too, that you must keep in mind. They can

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smell awful. Ooh, especially the males. And they're noisy, too. Their braying is obnoxious. Your neighbors

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may not appreciate them either, especially if they're aspiring to turn the neighborhood into Malibu,

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Aspen, or Martha's Vineyard. And always remember, dear listener, fresh is best.

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Fresh is best. Grow as much fresh food as you are capable. But for most people, it's just not

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practical to rely heavily or much less solely on raising all of one's food. Consequently, some version

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of storable food is a better option for many people. Here again, there are landmines to avoid and

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good options that are better than others. For example, buy and store properly dry foods like beans, rice,

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oats, and lentils. I happen to love these things, and I know how to cook them, too. Many people find

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them bland and uninteresting, usually because they're on the dietary treadmill of SAD. SAD is an acronym

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that stands for the Standard American Diet. The Standard American Diet, SAD, consists of fast food,

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low nutrition, and high calories, which are attractively processed and packaged. They're high in salt,

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generally in processed sugars, artificial flavorings, and colorings, but they're low in nutritional value.

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SAD, that is the Standard American Diet, is the primary reasons why Americans have become

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increasingly fat, sick, and stupid. Wake up, America. Eat fresh, and you'll not only feel fresh and healthy,

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but you'll actually rediscover your palate and taste real food again. So, buy and store properly dry foods

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like beans, rice, oats, and lentils. Then, also, well, buying canned goods off the shelf for storage

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has its strengths, and it has its weaknesses. They're relatively inexpensive and available canned

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goods, so far, that is, but that's changing as our supply chain and delivery systems break down,

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and the malevolent subtle effects of inflation. Eat away, so to speak, at the value of our dollar

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when buying groceries. Some of those canned goods retain their nutritional value, but many do not,

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and they're just empty calories. So, buy wisely. Read labels. Don't buy anything with ingredients you

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can't pronounce. Avoid the toxic gruel that passes for food that Big Ag pushes on us. Canned goods off the

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grocery shelf also have a relatively short lifespan in comparison, in comparison, excuse me, to the

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aforementioned dry foods. You may invest heavily in canned goods and find that just when you need a can of

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tomato paste from your shelf, it's bloated like a beached whale and explodes in a stinky mess when you

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punch it with a can opener. So, be careful. Finally, there is the emergency survival food option.

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The emergency survival food option. This has become a vast subject with many bunny trails we could pursue

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in multiple broadcasts. There are numberless books and websites and local preparedness stores, too,

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to which you may go to learn of viable options for you and your family. Just know that when it comes

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to emergency survival food, there are a few factors to consider. First of all, A, nutrition.

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Freeze-drying not only preserves food from spoiling, but also preserves much of a food's

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nutritional value. This is good. The question then becomes, how nutrient-dense is the food being

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freeze-dried? Are you getting a variety of meats and fruits and vegetables in your meals, or just

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variations of pasta and powdered cheese and milk? Nutrition. Variety. B is variety. Once more,

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are the meals bland variations on a theme of pasta and oats, or do you have substantive variety in

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your meals? A real situation that affects poor cultures as well as mere survival conditions is

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food boredom. That is a monotonous routine of the same food day after day. Food boredom. One may be

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eating and surviving, but at the expense of enjoyment and taste. Food boredom can actually erode the will

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to survive and thrive. Make sure that your emergency stored foods package, make sure that package has

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genuine variety in its tubs. Then there is C, also expense to consider. Expense. Emergency storable food

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can be pricey. It may be because that food has genuine variety and care has been taken to provide

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the best ingredients. Then it's worth a price. Other companies do the bare minimum in terms of variety and

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quality and charge less, or maybe insidiously charge more even though they have compromised their

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quality. Do your research carefully. Do your research carefully before you dive in tapping the

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kids' college fund to buy your emergency storable food. Buy several single meal packages, for example,

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to see if you like the food even. Read the labels. Ask questions. Consult an expert that you trust.

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Now, much more could be said. Perhaps you see some glaring emissions or egregious errors. Go ahead and

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contact me if so, and I'll see if I can make some adjustments in subsequent broadcasts. But this area

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of preparation, ensuring an adequate supply of nutritious, good-tasting food is crucial.

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Oh, well, dear listener, think about these things. We will consider the remaining

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shiitake mushroom, hit the fan items. We'll consider the rest of those next week. But in closing,

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I want to emphasize with you again that when it comes to surviving and thriving in a disaster event

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or a civilizational collapse, the old principle that no man is an island obtains. You will not

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survive alone. Whatever you have, whatever preparations you've made, howsoever clever you

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think you may be, you will not survive alone. No man is an island in a disaster situation. We need one

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another, especially we Christians. We Christians should be the most prepared and the most willing

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to share of any people. Paul commands that we Christians love one another, for example. In many

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places, he says things like, well, then the members, that is of the Christ body, work together so that

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they may have the same care for one another. We are expected to have the same care for one another.

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And Paul also says through love, serve one another. Paul says to bear one another's burdens and so

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fulfill the law of Christ. Paul then also says in another place, always seek to do good to one another

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and to everyone. So you see, these things are expected of Christians during natural disasters or

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other times of extreme stress. There is no more appropriate time to fulfill the law of Christ

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by loving one another than in crisis situations. And dear listener, we all have needs too. No one

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prepares 100% in all areas. You will find weaknesses in your preparations. Believe me, when a disaster does

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strike, you might even experiment a little bit by going off grid for a few days and seeing how your

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preparations hold up. You may be surprised at some of your weaknesses and the things that you need to

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improve. But the bottom line is no one prepares 100% in 100% of all areas. In fact, we all have our own

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respective skills and knowledge and training. We all have our own areas of expertise. Be ready to help

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one another, dear listener. Have extra food that you can share. My wife, she is a very skilled crafter and

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she knits wool socks, for example. And she has some to spare in a grid down scenario. And perhaps you can

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think ahead and maybe buy a case of Strike Anywhere matches. Think about this. Strike Anywhere matches,

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how valuable they will be in a grid down situation. And they are increasingly rare in our culture and they

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will be valuable in a grid down situation. And then have those Strike Anywhere matches, have them ready

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to share or as an item with which to barter. We'll talk about bartering as well. So learn the basics,

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for example. I'm trying to do this myself. Learn the basics of first aid or take an EMT course and know

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how to suture a wound or treat an infection or splint a broken arm. All of these skills will be valuable

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in a grid down situation and you will be able to show genuine Christian love to your neighbors by doing

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so. The point is, learn to love one another, seek to do good to one another and to everyone. No time is

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better than when indeed the shiitake mushroom hits the fan. There will be times like this and there will

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be harder times coming in the future. So be prepared. Indeed, have a Joseph reserve on hand. Joseph was a

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prepper. You should be too. This is Pastor David Bass at New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

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We meet for holy worship on Sunday at 10 a.m. at 101 4th Street on the corner of 4th and Boulevard.

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Come and pay us a visit. Cross our threshold. Find out who we are. You'll find some preppers there.

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You can get some good advice on prepping from many of our people. And we invite you to come and join us

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and see who we are. New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church. We meet for holy worship on Sunday

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at 10 a.m. at 101 4th Street on the corner of 4th and Boulevard. And you can call us for more

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information at area code 208-523-0196. 208-523-0196.

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Peace.