FW: NOW THE LORD WILL PREACH HIS OWN SERMONS

Boyd K Packer family reunion near July 4 2006 (as told to me by a co-
worker at my elementary school whose niece is married to Boyd K
Packer's grandson)

As Pres. Packer was giving counsel to his family as a patriarch he
admonished them again to get their storage and preparedness items.
He said, "The next step is to prepare to leave our homes if
necessary." (The niece told her aunt that the Packer family has two
reunions every year--one near July 4 and one near Christmas, which
gives even greater validity to the next story from a completely
different source.)

From my friend Diane -----------. A real estate developer stopped at
her home on December 19, 2006 to see if she would be interested in
selling (she lives on a corner lot on Main street in Lehi). As he was
touring her home he saw the foam clothing she is working on and was
very interested. They started talking about preparedness and he told
her his sister was married to Boyd K. Packer's son and the Packer
family had just had their annual Christmas party on December 17. He
had counseled his family to "GET PREPARED NOW--there is something
serious coming very soon."

President Packer at a stake conference in a Holliday, Utah stake two
weeks after General Conference October 2006. At the adult Saturday
night meeting he opened the meeting up for question and answer. One
brother asked him to comment on why there had been no talks on
preparedness at Conference. President Packer responded that
President Hinckley has told the brethren not to speak on preparedness
anymore--they have been counseled on it for more than a hundred
years. "Now the Lord will preach his own sermons."

Presiding Bishop of Church David Burton Sept. 1, 2006 Leadership
meeting of a South Jordan stake conference: Keep your eye on the
prophet...being self-reliant has always been part of the
Church. Statistics are that no matter what the church does, no higher
than 15% have storage. We are not going to say any more--our people
are going to need it. For example, what if somebody released a
virus? What if the virus caused a pandemic? What if the pandemic
led to a quarantine? What if quarantine was enforced? What would
you do? The office of the presiding bishopric trying to come up
with a plan--don't know what we will do. The responsibility lies
with head of each family.

Elder Woods, Elk Ridge Stake Conference mid-August 2006
time of preparation is past --now is time of consummation

Counselor in Presiding Bishopric (last name beginning with 'E') at
Mapleton, Utah stake conference mid-January 2007:

1. Store water
2. Store 1 month supply of "comfort food"
3. Store AT LEAST A YEAR'S SUPPLY OF FOOD
4. Have emergency cash on hand (2-4 weeks salary)
DO IT NOW

TV News (about Feb. 8) President of Iran states that soon Israel and
the U.S. will "cease to exist": a "surprise" is planned for the U.S.
in April that "they won't like."