Preparedness Notes for Friday — April 1, 2022

April
1st,
1886
was
the
birthday
of
Arthur
W.
Pink,
who
died
15
July
1952
and
was
an
English
Christian
evangelist
and
excellent
Reformed
Biblical
scholar.
It
was
his
meticulously
referenced
arguments
in
his
book,
The
Sovereignty
of
God,
that
first
convinced
me
of
the
truth
of
the
doctrine
of
Election.

April
1st
is
both
April
Fool’s
Day
and
(unofficially)
Molly
Ivins
Day.
The
latter
refers
to
this
key
verse:
“The
fool
hath
said
in
his
heart,
There
is
no
God.”
(Psalm
14:1
KJV)

—

SurvivalBlog
Writing
Contest

Today
we
present
another
entry
for
Round
99
of
the

SurvivalBlog
non-fiction
writing
contest.
The
prizes
for
this
round
include:

First
Prize:

1. The
   photovoltaic
   power
   specialists
   at
   
   Quantum
   Harvest
   LLC 
   are
   
   providing
   a
   store-wide
   10%
   off
   coupon.
   Depending
   on
   the
   model
   chosen,
   this
   could
   be
   worth
   more
   than
   $2000.
2. A
   
   Gunsite
   Academy
   Three
   Day
   Course
   Certificate.
   This
   can
   be
   used
   for
   
   any
   of
   their
   one,
   two,
   or
   three-day
   course
   (a
   $1,095
   value),
3. A
   course
   certificate
   from
   
   onPoint
   Tactical
   for
   the
   prize
   winner’s
   
   choice
   of
   three-day
   civilian
   courses,
   excluding
   those
   restricted
   for
   military
   or
   government
   teams.
   Three-day
   onPoint
   courses
   normally
   cost
   $795,
4. 
   Two
   cases
   of
   Mountain
   House
   freeze-dried
   assorted
   entrees
   in
   #10
   cans,
   courtesy
   of
   
   Ready
   Made
   Resources
   (a
   $350
   value),
5. 
   A
   $250
   gift
   certificate
   good
   for
   any
   product
   from
   
   Sunflower
   Ammo,
6. 
   American
   Gunsmithing
   Institute
   (AGI)
   is
   providing
   a
   $300
   
   certificate
   good
   towards
   any
   of
   their
   DVD
   training
   courses.
7. Two
   sets
   of
   
   The
   Civil
   Defense
   Manual,
   (in
   two
   volumes)
   —
   a
   $193
   value
   —
   kindly
   donated
   by
   the
   author,
   Jack
   Lawson.

Second
Prize:

1. A
   
   Front
   Sight
   Lifetime
   Diamond
   Membership,
   providing
   lifetime
   free
   training
   at
   
   any
   Front
   Sight
   Nevada
   course,
   with
   no
   limit
   on
   repeating
   classes.
   This
   prize
   is
   courtesy
   of
   a
   SurvivalBlog
   reader
   who
   prefers
   to
   be
   anonymous.
2. A
   SIRT
   STIC
   AR-15/M4
   Laser
   Training
   Package,
   courtesy
   of
   
   Next
   Level
   Training,
   that
   has
   a
   combined
   retail
   value
   of
   $679
3. 
   Two
   1,000-foot
   spools
   of
   full
   mil-spec
   U.S.-made
   750
   paracord
   (in-stock
   colors
   only)
   from
   
   www.TOUGHGRID.com
   (a
   $240
   value).
4. 
   Two
   Super
   Survival
   Pack
   seed
   collections,
   a
   $150
   value,
   courtesy
   of
   
   Seed
   for
   Security,
   LLC,
5. A
   transferable
   $150
   FRN
   purchase
   credit
   from
   
   Elk
   Creek
   Company,
   toward
   the
   purchase
   of
   any
   pre-1899
   antique
   gun.
   There
   is
   
   no
   paperwork
   required
   for
   delivery
   of
   pre-1899
   guns
   into
   most
   states,
   making
   them
   the
   last
   bastion
   of
   firearms
   purchasing
   privacy!

Third
Prize:

1. 
   Three
   sets
   each
   of
   made-in-USA
   regular
   and
   wide-mouth
   
   reusable
   canning
   lids.
   (This
   is
   a
   total
   of
   300
   lids
   and
   600
   gaskets.)
   This
   prize
   is
   courtesy
   of
   
   Harvest
   Guard (a
   $270
   value)
2. A
   
   Royal
   Berkey
   water
   filter,
   courtesy
   of
   
   Directive
   21
   (a
   $275
   value),
3. A
   transferable
   $100
   FRN
   purchase
   credit
   from
   
   Elk
   Creek
   Company,
   toward
   the
   purchase
   of
   any
   pre-1899
   antique
   gun.

—

More
than

$725,000
worth
of
prizes
have
been
awarded
since
we
started
running
this
contest.
Round
100
begins
in
just
two
days,
so
get
busy
writing
and

e-mail
us
your
entry.
Remember
that
there
is
a

1,500-word
minimum,
and
that
articles
on
practical
“how-to”
skills
for
survival
have
an
advantage
in
the
judging.

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