The Prophet's Voice 2009

The Prophet's Voice 2009

As revealed to Embrosewyn Tazkuvel

1 January 2009

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Greetings to all Children of Light and their families and friends,

It is an honor to speak to you again as the new year begins. The year 2009 will be very eventful and tumultuous- more so than 2008, which was more turbulent than most would have preferred. The actions you take based upon the forewarnings in this epistle will allow you to weather the coming storms with greater serenity, prosperity and security than those who will not possess the knowledge I shall impart to you. Therefore, I strongly encourage you to read this message in entirety and to forward it to every family member and friend that you care about.

In this missive I will tell you events that shall come to pass in 2009 based upon the current forces in play. You will learn about both public and hidden actions that have been taken by those in positions of authority to disempower and devalue your lives and assets. More importantly I will share specific things you can do to avoid being caught up in the storms and protect your family and assets from harm, or at least limit the damaging impact.

Be not faint of heart from the things you shall read. It is not too late to change the tide to a more favorable current, as I will also give you specific actions that your governments can still take to pull them away from the abyss and put them on more solid ground, ensuring the safety and prosperity of their citizens.

Part 1: A LOOK BACK

A prophet can be judged based upon the accuracy of the things foretold. How much of what was said comes to pass? I hope you will give serious thought and conscious actions to the things I write to you about for 2009. To encourage you to do that, here are some of the things I spoke to you about at the beginning of 2008. These discordant currents continue into 2009 and many of the same things I predicted then are still applicable this year in even greater magnitude.

Taken from the 2008 Prophet’s Voice:

“The sub prime mortgage problems that have recently been reported by the news media are just the tip of the iceberg of coming economic woes that will likely touch the lives of most people in the US and around the world.”

“2008 has the potential to be the worst economic times anyone alive has ever seen, and like the terrorist attacks on the world trade centers Americans and the people of the world will not see it coming until the house is falling down.”

“You will see failing banks, bankrupt insurance companies, falling corporate giants, bankrupt cities, defaulting states, and foreign creditors cashing in their US securities and making a run for the exits.”

“The falling card of the sub prime mortgage crisis has already pushed down the next card- the insurance companies that were insuring all of those failing mortgages. Within weeks, without government financial intervention, many of these will go belly up. They simply do not have the financial resources to pay out for all the claims being made by lenders.”

“When the first big banks, big corporations and big insurance companies start declaring bankruptcy, you'll see the stock market shed 2000 points very rapidly.”

“Of course as the United States goes, so too will go the rest of the world to one degree or another. As the US is the largest export market for most countries, if they stop buying because their economy is blasted, the house of cards continues to fall against the countries whose economies rely on revenues from exports to the US.”

I did not tell you these things, all of which came to pass, to scare you, but to forewarn you so you could be prepared when most of the world was not, and be buffered from the effects of the financial storms.

As you know, as bad as things were, governments around the world did intervene in the financial markets in 2008 and staved the greater consequences for a time; but only for a time, because in most cases, the actions taken by the governments to shore up the financial system were not the correct actions to take. The underlying forces leading to financial collapse not only remain, but have been exacerbated by many of the government’s actions, foretelling even greater problems in 2009.

In 2008 there was almost complete insolvency in all types of financial institutions and government. Though this was kept largely hidden from the public it did occur, and in 2009 that shall snowball bringing about far greater disintegration of institutions, closed businesses, lost jobs, and the destruction of the livelihoods of families and individuals.

However, I would be remiss if I did not explain one very important fact to you at this point. Though I see the future, it is not absolute. The future is not written in stone, decreed by God, or predestined. I see where the current rivers of events both seen and unseen are flowing and have a high likelihood to end. But just as the mighty Mississippi river has changed its course from time to time in history, so can the future be diverted from its current disastrous course into a new more prosperous one. Understand this and you will understand why I write to you: first, so you can be better prepared for that which is likely to come; and second, in understanding the future that is currently coming you can work in concert with others to change the outcome; to alter the future to one that is better. That is within your power, and I shall reveal the blueprint to you.

If you have read recent business headlines at the end of December 2008, you know that most highly regarded stock pickers are predicting tough times for the first half of the year but a complete turnaround for the stock market in 2009 and an end to the recession by the end of the year. I hope they are correct. However, I see just the opposite.

The first quarter of 2009 has the best promise for a respite as there is a great deal of hope among people all over the world with the incoming Obama administration in the USA. But unless currently unconsidered options for rescuing the economy that I shall outline are instituted, the underlying fundamentals of the flawed economic system will prevail, and by the last half of 2009 what had seemed to be a bad recession will be getting far worse.

The events I predicted in 2008 will certainly continue into 2009 with a gusto.

Here are some prophecies from 2008 that remain in play and continue into 2009:

“...the economic underpinnings of the worldwide economy are on much shakier ground than are reported in the mainstream news.”

“No politician has the guts to admit it and no citizen wants to hear it, but the policies of the United States beginning with Iraq, and continuing through the spectrum of life from education, health care, energy to the environment, have been for years based on poor policy seeking to gain short-term advantage in the present, without long-term thought to the ramifications in the future. This has resulted in a building financial storm of insolvency for the ages that is about to blow through the US house of cards. The future that has never been given a thought, is now the present, and it's not happy.”

“As times become excruciatingly tight financially for most people there will be wage riots in the streets and anti-government movements springing up right and left. (around the world) Recent immigrants will find themselves the scapegoats of politicians looking to blame anyone but themselves.”

“Tax revolts will become common as citizens refuse to continue to fund a government that has squandered thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars on unwarranted foreign wars, failed to clean up the environment, improve infrastructure, provide domestic security and tranquility, or make sound fiscal policies, which results in lost jobs and a worthless US dollar that even third world countries will refuse to take by 2011.”

“Most of the trauma will be felt by people living in cities and suburbs. The bigger the city, the bigger the problems.”

Before I get into greater details I would like to impress one word into your mind, one word you remember and silently repeat as you read everything else; one word- GOLD.

There are a few scenarios that can play out in 2009; everything from catastrophic, to terrible, to bad, to painful restructuring. Regardless of which scenario prevails, owning physical gold will be beneficial. And it’s not as easy as it used to be to buy 24kt gold in any form from coin to bullion. The price has been forcibly depressed for years, far below its true market value by the governments and central banks who have relied on a lower than market value for gold to maintain public confidence in their worthless fiat currencies. It may say “legal tender” on the piece of paper the governments pass off as money, but it is nothing more than an acknowledgment of debt, denominated on a 1/1000^th of 1 cent shred of paper with some fancy ink. Intrinsically, a one dollar bill is no different than a one hundred dollar bill. By comparison, one hundred ounces of gold is 100 times more valuable than one ounce of gold. Reliance on worthless paper currencies backed by NOTHING of universal intrinsic value is a principal foundational cause of the current financial morass.

Whatever the official price is for an ounce of gold- plan on paying a 10%+ premium on top of the base price; then once you have paid for your bullion, plan on not getting immediate delivery but being put on a waiting list. The smelters are working 24/7 but they cannot keep up with the demand for that ageless yellow metal which holds the universal intrinsic value that paper money, derivatives, stocks, etc. do not. At the very least gold will offer you a safety net of true value. If the financial house of cards tumbles as badly as it is likely, the price of gold will skyrocket.

Many politicians are pushing additional bailouts of nearly a trillion dollars; others are pushing for no more bailouts; still others for something in between. The reality is none of these options will cure the economic sickness that hangs over the world economies because all the choices being presented are only dealing with symptoms and ignoring the disease that is the cause.

Many of you have an interest in the details of the world's problems, and others only wish to know what you can do personally to protect you and your family and prosper. Therefore, I will give my prophetic warnings first, followed by specific actions you and your family can do for your well-being and then end with greater details of the problems and solutions for those who wish to read more.

Though I write this to the members of the church I know it is widely disseminated by email forwarding to friends and family. I do encourage you to forward this to those that you care about. But I do not wish to be accused, and the church subsequently threatened for giving unlicensed financial advice. So what follows is a detailing of what I and my family are doing to prepare for the events of 2009 and beyond. Consider our actions and the coming state of the world and make your own choices for you and your family as you think best.

These are not meant to be “survivalist” actions, because that is a hopeless bent on the ills of society that I do not share. Rather the actions detailed below are intended to help in our daily lives, while also serving us if the economies of the world continue to deteriorate. Examples from my own life experiences show there are times when being prepared as outlined below have helped us overcome mini short-term disasters. And, if the world economies do continue to decline, even to the point that we are put into a survival mode for a few weeks, months or longer, the same forethought and actions detailed below will see us through the storm.

Part 2: COMING EVENTS IN 2009

Although all of the top stock pickers are predicting a turnaround and a rise in the stock market in the second half of 2009, I see the opposite and a continuing decline. Without introduction of sound fiscal policies, beginning in September the market will really crash through the later part of 2009.
While the Chinese economy is also depressed, their government has massive reserves of gold, foreign currencies and US Treasury Bonds. Look for the Chinese and their proxies to go on a buying spree in the USA for real estate and companies.
The Chinese are also the world's largest holder of US debt in the form of US Treasury bonds and notes. The ongoing economic stimulus plans cannot be financed from the savings of Americans because that would just be a drop in the bucket of the funding the US government seeks. Only the Chinese have sufficient cash reserves to help the US government by buying more US debt. This is a desperate and humiliating situation for the US, but look for high government officials to publicly and privately go begging the Chinese to take on more US debt. The Chinese will do it because they want a stronger US economy so they can keep their own factories humming making more products to sell in the US market. But look for the Chinese to demand a steep price- the removal and downsizing of the US military presence in S. Korea and Japan. Like Russia with Georgia (the country), the Chinese consider the Far East their backyard and have had a long-standing goal to push the US military presence back across the Pacific, with Guam as its most western base. Now they have the leverage to make it happen. Watch for them to use it.
Everything prophesized in 2007 and 2008 pertaining to the economy continues to be in play in 2009.
Crime will increase; particularly robberies, burglaries, bank robberies, murders and kidnappings. The more third world a country is the greater crime will increase, due to less effective police forces. Kidnappings of wealthy people and their children will markedly increase in some countries, not from career criminals, but from down and out poor people driven to desperation. So will kidnappings of bankers families held for ransom to force the banker to steal money from their own bank to free their family.
Deflation will continue in the housing markets and with the price of many retail goods, but inflation will begin to ignite in the latter part of 2009 and this shall continue to expand. With the massive amounts of US currency being injected into the economy coupled with near zero interest rate for interbank lending, inflation is the only outcome possible in the end. The government is counting on that to reinvigorate the fiat money and debt driven economy.
Unemployment shall rise to levels not seen since the Great Depression. Using their funny bookkeeping system, the governments of the world will not report the true unemployment rates. Whatever, you see reported as the percentage of workers unemployed, double it to get the true number of unemployed and under employed people. In the US, the true rate of unemployment and underemployment in 2009 will grow to between 20-30%, with even higher numbers in 3^rd world countries.
A rising number of car owners will be killed and wounded in gunfights with an increasing number of repo-men out to repossess their cars because of past due payments.
Anger and harmful and hurtful actions against immigrants and illegal aliens will rise substantially as people and politicians in particular, look for scapegoats for the financial ruin. Again, the more third world a country is, the more pronounced this problem will be, leading in some countries to violence and killings.
As prophesized, 2008 saw the downfall of institutions associated with sub-prime mortgages and then the insurance companies that insured the companies that invested in sub-primes. 2009 shall see the spread of economic destruction to a far wider array of businesses on an overwhelming scale. Look for a continued escalation of closed businesses, foreclosed homes, defunct banks and corporations.
Commercial real estate will be hit very hard. With retail stores both big and small closing in droves, there will be many empty commercial store fronts, floor after floor of vacant office space, and mini-malls and larger malls struggling to keep breathing. This is a bigger time bomb than the sub-prime mortgages because commercial real estate is very highly leveraged. A little money down to build, finance the rest, and count on the rents from high occupancy to pay the loan, will not be a viable formula. Commercial real estate owners will go bankrupt and banks will go out of business because of it.
One area of promise or danger depending upon the actions of the Obama presidency, are the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. These are black holes of expenditures. If Obama winds down the USA's role quickly, funds are saved that can be used elsewhere. If the wars continue to be a drain, they will suck the economic life right out of a floundering America. What do I see? Sadly, I see too little pullout too late, and the damage done to the US economy because of the expenditures in Iraq and Afghanistan are amplified greater than their actual amount.
The economic depression will last far beyond 2009. The US no longer has a foundation of major industrial manufacturing to support a turnaround. In previous major economic downturns including the Great Depression, economic recovery and restitution of jobs came about as the factories started ramping up production and laid off workers went back to work. In 2009, a majority of the factories have been shipped overseas to China, India, Mexico and other countries, where lower wage workforces were available. The quality manufacturing jobs are no longer in the US to come back to, and the jobs that remain, primarily in the service sector, were the first to be laid off and will be the last to come back. When they do come back, what are people coming back to? Low paying jobs that will not restart the economy or dramatically improve the quality of the citizen’s lives.
Despite the protests to the contrary by the Obama administration, and other first world governments, look for the nationalization of many banks and corporations. In name and public relations spins, they may still be portrayed as independent businesses, but in reality they will be owned and dictated to by the government. Socialism? Fascism? The fact is, the US came out of the Great Depression without taking over banks or businesses. Why do they need to take them over now?
There will be tax revolts and wage and job riots in many countries of the world. Why? Because governments and the politicians who run them just don't get it. They only feel useful when they are making new laws and spending more money that they don't have. So the government furnace that feeds on debt needs to continuously be stoked with greater and greater amounts, regardless of the plight of the citizens. That is why despite falling home prices, not uncommonly with 30% or more devaluation, state and local governments are still insisting on increasing the property taxes. Your house just dropped 30% in value and you just got your latest property tax bill with a 7% increase. Are you ready to revolt?
The results of all the various economic stimulus will not improve the economies of the world. But it will enrich the most powerful banks, financial institutions and families, while giving the governments of the world far greater power over the lives of their citizens than they ever had before.
The leaders and ex-leaders of governments, in cahoots with the big bankers and financiers, will use the economic crisis to enrich themselves and strengthen their power. Don't think it could happen in America? It already has. When the government decided they were going to bailout the banks and give away billions of dollars through the TARP program, without accountability for how it was spent, all the big, rich fat cats wanted in on that free feast. To qualify for the free feast, every corporation that could, declared that they too were now banks, so kindly give them their unaccounted billions to spend however they want, and “see ya later.” And don't forget to send the bill to the ignorant taxpayers.

Here's an example of the greed in action: Most people are familiar with GMAC. Many people have financed car purchases through them in the past. They are a finance company, not a bank. But with the governments blessing, they now call themselves a bank, even though they are not. As a newly ordained bank (minus any banking services) they were most happy to accept $26,000,000,000.00 as a gift from the taxpayers. Well GMAC is owned by GM- General Motors, a car company in a lot of trouble, so helping them helps the economy right? Wrong. GMAC is actually majority-owned by Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm run by a former Secretary of the US Treasury (with all the good government connections) with former Vice-President Dan Quayle as Chairman of the international division. They also own a majority of Chrysler Corp. Who gets the benefit of the $26,000,000,000.00? Connect the dots. Of course as a private rather than public corporation, how they spend the bailout money is kept a secret and there's nothing you can do about it. But don't forget to send those naïve, ignorant taxpayers, and their children, the bill.

If you listen to the “experts” in the media, about half say we are headed into a prolonged deflation, where the prices of everything will keep falling and the others claim we are heading into a period of prolonged inflation. Both are right. We are currently in and will continue through 2009 to be in a financial chaos that includes both deflation and inflation. Some things like homes will continue to be devalued. As long as credit is tight and people are personally pulling back from new investments, the supply of homes on the market will continue to be higher than the demand. More homes chasing less buyers forces the prices of the homes to continue to drop.
Certain commodities will also drop as industrial production worldwide slows, decreasing demand for everything from lumber to Styrofoam peanuts. However, gold will continue to rise as more and more people demand something of intrinsic value to hold onto in times of turmoil. Seventy-five percent of silver, which has many commercial uses, is mined as a by product of other metals. As the other metals are in lower demand now due to the economy, less silver is being mined by default. Though the price may fluctuate during the current economic depression, when the economy turns back up in the future, which it will, the demand for silver will rise faster than the depleted supply and the price will rise accordingly.
Then there's oil and gasoline. As consumers are consuming less, the demand for oil is dropping and so is the price. But don't count on the price of gasoline to follow suit. Big oil companies that sell gasoline don't like to see their multi-billion dollar profits drop and they will insure that they don't by cutting back refinery output. To put a positive spin on their cartel tactics to maintain profits, look for the frequent excuse of the refinery being shutdown for “previously scheduled maintenance.”
Inflation however, is right around the corner. BIG TIME. So be prepared. Please understand, inflation is not the price of goods going up, it is the value of the currency going down, which brings about higher sticker prices because it takes more of the lower value currency to buy the goods. To finance the multi-trillion dollar economic stimulus the government will turn to printing more money when they can't find enough buyers for the Treasury debt. Even the Chinese will say “no more” to taking on more US debt. As the printing presses churn day and night printing the “funny money” the increase of currency in circulation will lead to inflation. That's simply the way the math works. Though they will publicly claim to be towing the line against inflation, both the government and the big banks and their fat cat bankers are practically salivating in anticipation of inflation reigniting and pushing the value of assets back up in their squirrelly bookkeeping and tax system.
Although some places in the world will be safer and less affected by the economic storms than others, there really are no good places. No countries, cities or rural areas I can go or send others to and say, “Everything will be OK there.” (Although any rural area will be better than a city.) In a coming world of turmoil I see the safest, least affected places to be intentional communities that are as self-reliant as possible and islands far out in the oceans or even better- floating ocean eco-communities like Celestopea.
Rapidly rising unemployment and food shortages of even the most basic necessities in Pakistan will lead to violent riots and great instability, which will be taken advantage of by Al Queda and the Taliban, as well as other Pakistani insurgent groups. Look for a resurgence of the terrorist groups in Pakistan, and a very real threat to the government from the combination of terrorism and a hungry, angry populace.
Many other third world countries will have similar experiences to Pakistan's, albeit without the nuclear threat. Look for similar unrest spreading to first world countries during the next three years.
Drug related crime in Mexico will escalate in 2009, including killings, beheadings, kidnappings and executions of police and government officials. The US Border Patrol and law enforcement agencies will have their hands more than full trying to stem the overflow of Mexican drug related crime into the United States.
Though I speak of things to happen in 2009 the negative momentum of these events shall carry forward into 2010, 2011 and 2012. The government interventions will in some cases succeed with short-term stimulus to particular sectors of the economy, but overall will extend the length of the economic depression. Most of the government’s actions will benefit the few at the expense of the many.
The price of gold will continue to climb in 2009 and the coming years despite feverish efforts by big banks and governments across the world to suppress the price. The reality, kept hidden from the public, is despite a rising demand that has been building for the last nine years and has greatly increased with the current precarious economic times, mines across the globe have been unable to increase the supply of gold to the market and in most cases have had significant decreases in their reserves of higher grade ore.
Look for additional major stock market downturns across the world in the early spring and early fall, then deep into the fourth quarter, especially in the Asian markets during the last quarter.
Despite the trillions of dollars given to banks to stimulate the credit markets, there will not be a significant increase in lending.
Toxic assets of banks will continue to be hidden from the public and government. But they will come out grudgingly in 2009 resulting in many more bank failures.
Unlike more pervasive welfare systems in Europe, the US safety net for unemployed people needing food and financial assistance is meager. Look for the system to be overwhelmed by the many Americans seeking help.
Despite tens of billions of dollars of bailout money the AIG insurance company looks to still go under in 2009, unless the government simply refuses to allow it and supports it with unlimited bailouts. Its demise will send shock waves through the world’s financial markets as many business will be hamstrung and unable to conduct business without insurance.
Look for the US government to create a program to bailout homeowners behind on their mortgage payments. This will help some, but cause a lot of anger among those who have not fallen behind and don't qualify, and among the renters who will feel like slave laborers whose taxes go to subsidize homeowners who bought more home than they could afford, while they still need to struggle to pay their rent. Despite the bailouts, look for increasing numbers of mortgage defaults and foreclosures, not less.
There will be a wave of auto loan defaults.
More and more families will be moving in, or squishing in, with their parents, siblings or even best friends, just to make ends meet and survive.
Intentional communities in rural settings, composed of people with common goals and life values, will be a bright spot of stability and sustainability. If you ever thought about joining one or starting one, now is the time to do it.
Credit card defaults will rise to record levels, further straining the capability of banks to stay in business.
States will face more severe deficits and funding problems than their most nightmare scenarios, forcing severe cutbacks in services and layoffs of government employees.
The biggest looming disaster is one that 99.9% of the citizens and government officials are oblivious to, and that is the implosion of CDS (Credit Default Swaps), which gambling investors can get into with no margin money, no money down and no regulation. This is a catastrophe that no amount of bailout can overcome as recent estimates concluded that these contracts total over 60 trillion dollars! That's more than half of the value of the entire banking system of the world. CDS's are a form of derivatives originated in 1997 by JP Morgan Chase*, that were exempted from regulations by the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, which the US Congress passed the last hours before the Christmas holidays, attached to the Omnibus spending bill. Under the direction of the financial lobbyists, the Modernization Act was rushed into law, without hearings, completely bypassing the policy committees in both the House and the Senate.

*Ever notice how JP Morgan Chase seems to be the main beneficiary of all the turmoil in the financial markets? Let's see- they scooped up Bear Sterns for pennies on the dollar, same for the giant Washington Mutual Bank which was a collusion shotgun wedding forced by the US government. In addition, the JP Morgan Chase bank of today is a result of previous mergers and acquisitions of several other major banking firms including: Chemical Bank, Manufacturers Hanover, Texas Commerce Bank, Providian Financial, Great Western Bank, National Bank of Detroit and First Chicago Bank.

Part 3: ACTIONS TO TAKE

Conserving income. At our home we are considering “wants” vs. “needs” in making purchases and putting off or eliminating the “wants.” Additionally, we are looking at ways in our home that we can save money on our utility bills. By remembering to turn lights off when we are leaving rooms for awhile, turning our hot water heater thermostat down from 135 degrees to 120 degrees, turning off the pilot light on the propane fireplaces when not in use, avoiding baths and taking shorter showers, and wearing sweatshirts while keeping the house temperature at 68 degrees during the day and down to 64 degrees at night. These few cost-cutting actions have lowered this winter’s utility bill by 32% compared to last years. If you have a hot tub or pool, especially outdoors, this would be a very prudent time to drain them and leave them empty and unused.

Buying Physical Gold and Junk Silver with any extra cash and looking for ways to increase personal income to raise more cash to buy gold. With gold, bullion is best, either coins or bars. 18kt. jewelry a distant second choice. Not collectible coins that are sold for more than the market price of gold; not gold mining stocks; not 14 karat or lower karat jewelry, not commodity contracts or any other form of gold ownership. Buying gold is not meant as an investment even though it may end up being quite profitable. These two precious metals main purpose is to be your anchor of stability in a volatile world. Good times or bad, gold and silver are always redeemable for the goods and services you might need or desire. And unlike paper currency, they do not lose value in times of inflation.

Junk silver is old 90% silver coins (pre-1964 in the US) that are so worn they have no value to collectors and are sold only for their silver content at current market prices plus a small premium for the seller. The advantage to owning a stash of junk silver coins- principally dimes, quarters and half dollars, is it gives you a medium of intrinsic value, to make small everyday purchases that will be accepted by anyone, anywhere, in the advent of the destruction of the paper money/debt economy. When paper money is recognized as worthless, gold and silver retain their true intrinsic value. When an excess of paper money floods the economy, (which will happen), inflation will be ignited, and everyday it will take more dollars to buy less goods. But the price of gold and silver just rise with inflation retaining their purchasing power. In another possibility, if your country or part of the world descends into any type of chaos or anarchy, gold and silver are the one and only medium that will always be accepted by all parties in exchange for any goods or services you may need.

Raising revenue. We are selling a lot of little used and unused items on eBay and through other types of sales such as local newspaper ads. The extra capital goes to buy additional long-term food supplies, gold and junk silver. Also, if for any reason we need to leave the area, short or long-term, I don't want to have to leave valuable but little used items behind. Selling them now gives me the capital to buy more important things. Now is the time to raise additional revenue to have the money to buy gold, junk silver and other necessities. Whether that is gained by selling on eBay or getting a second job, it is a highly worthwhile pursuit in the near-term.

Food & water supply: If the supermarkets no longer had food on the shelves either from a natural or man-made disaster, how many days, weeks, months of food do you have on hand? Most American homes have less than four days of food and a zero supply of water. We lived in Ashland, OR the year Lithia Creek became Lithia Raging River during a mid-winter snow melt. It destroyed roads and much more. There was no running water in town for 10 days. Nothing to drink and no way to flush the toilets. In other states it could have been a hurricane, earthquake, tornado, ice storm, or striking truckers or grocery workers. How prepared are you to provide food and water for yourself and your family for 10 days? How about a month? How about 6 months? Storing water is a challenge and filtering is often a better option. We have a reverse osmosis filter that fits under our kitchen sink and provides pure water for us to drink everyday. But I have also rigged a hand pump that can be attached to it if necessary, to allow the system to be carted off and operate with any water source from a lake to a stream, without city water pressure or an electrical pump.

For food, (we are vegetarians) we have two ways of storing excess food. Non-perishable items we eat every week, such as nuts, are stored in half gallon to gallon containers and always kept near full. We eat a lot of dates, which we buy special order for a discount price in 15lb. boxes and reorder when we have consumed half. We have a spacious pantry and always keep it well-stocked so if we could not go to the grocery store for two weeks to a month it wouldn't be a big deal. This includes essential paper products such as toilet paper. We also store a lot of seeds that can be sprouted and eaten. Whenever we do go to the grocery store we always have in mind to purchase extra non-perishable items with the explicit intention of maintaining at least a 30 days supply of the items we commonly consume and use. For longer-term storage we have 5 gallon buckets of hard-red winter wheat and other grains that can be stored for long periods and can be used to make a variety of entrées, albeit less appetizing than the usual daily feast.

Fresh Produce Garden. Good quality fresh fruits and vegetables are important to everyone, not just vegetarians. Growing your own or at least some of your own gives you the security of a vital food resource in times when the grocery stores may be unavailable.

Just this winter the Interstate and many other roads where we live were closed because of flooding for 4 days. The entire western half of the state was affected. Supermarkets remained open, but by the 3^rd and 4^th day they no longer had fruits and vegetables because the trucks delivering them couldn't drive on the roads and they had sold out their pre-flood stock.

Growing at least some of your own vegetables is something most people can do on some scale regardless of where they live. Even in the city there are normally small plots of ground available or you can have a small sprout garden, even in an apartment (buy a book on sprouting or look it up on the internet for free as there are many good sources). We lived for some years in a rental with terrible, rocky soil unsuitable for gardening. So I planted our entire garden in 5-15 gallon black plastic pots with purchased potting soil. This included cherries, apples, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, many herbs and more. I used dwarf varieties of the trees. The same could be done even by most apartment dwellers on some scale. Lettuce planted in a wide shallow plastic bucket or wheatgrass trays thrives in the cooler weather and can be grown in many places, even in the winter. Don't wait for the head but pick the new young leaves when they are only about as long as your finger, and you can begin harvesting just a few weeks after you plant and simply continue to plant and harvest and maintain the cycle.

Another thing our family did was to build a 2-sided greenhouse on a 10x10 deck on the second floor of our house, using the L-shape of the house for the other two walls. We had purchased a used 10x20 Costco carport for $100 and used two of the metal frames to form the greenhouse, then wrapped it in 6 mil plastic secured with plastic electric ties through the plastic and around the posts. We stuck clear duct tape where we punched the holes to reinforce the plastic and insure it didn't rip in high winds. Now we have year-round fresh flowers, wheatgrass and salad greens.

Tank Half Full. Although it requires more frequent stops at the gas station, keeping the automobile tank half full ensures that we will still have a means to travel some distance if there is a disruption in the fuel supplies. This is especially applicable during times of higher potential problems like winter weather or spring floods when disruptions are more likely. The same ends can be accomplished if you have the means to safely store 10-20 gallons of fuel on your property. During winter storms this year, all the gas stations in the area we live were out of fuel for 4 days.

Back-up Power and Heat. Do you have an all electric house or apartment? What are you going to do for cooking, hot water and heat if the power goes out? People freeze to death every year during winter storm outages because they didn't have a backup plan for this situation. If you have natural gas or propane for hot water, cooking and/or heating you should keep your tank at least half full or sufficient for at least 30 days of use. Our house has propane hot water and also a propane range. The oven is electric as are the heat and the lights. We have three dozen emergency oil candles for light, plus assorted flashlights and battery powered lanterns. To go with the battery powered lights, we also have a large supply of rechargeable batteries and a small solar panel rigged up to a battery recharger (from Real Goods) that allows us to recharge up to 12 AA batteries at the same time for free- just using the sun.

Emergency Survival Kit. If you need to evacuate or abandon your house and can only take the things you can carry in your car, they better include some vital items for survival. Besides food, water and a good medical kit, you also need to be prepared to be sheltered, cook, sleep, and take care of personal business. An RV is handy, but all we have are some nice cabin tents, sleeping bags, and blowup mattresses that plug into the car battery outlet on the dashboard of the car. We also have a 5 gallon solar shower that can be hung in the sun for a nice hot, free shower and a Coleman propane stove. We have most things in two big plastic bins already loaded, so we just need to throw them into the car and go. The bins also hold freeze-dried foods, toilet paper, a fishing pole and tackle box, and our solar battery charger. Of course we would also bring along all of our emergency supplies from the house, plus all the food we could fit and the reverse osmosis water filter.

Better driving habits. I tend to be a fast accelerating driver. I never get tickets or exceed the speed limit, but I tend to go from slow to fast quickly and ride the speed limit at its highest. But this is a bad habit I have to change. If you have the same bad habit you should consider changing it as well. If the speed limit is 55 mph and you go 50 mph instead, you save gas. If you go 45 mph, you'll make the people behind you upset, but you'll save even more gas. If you accelerate slowly instead of rapidly and decelerate more gradually from a further distance away you'll save a whole lot more gas.

If you want to really save with gasoline, look at a hybrid gas/electric car. Even better and cheaper, and magnificently better for the environment with zero carbon emissions, modify your existing car to be augmented with a simple Brown's Hydrogen Gas modification to the engine. Here is a site that tells you the history of Brown's Gas and gives a lot of great information plus links to numerous manufactures of car devices and generators.

The other thing we've done is consolidate trips to town with better planning to save gas. We live about 4 miles out of town and typically used to make at least two round trips back and forth in a day if not three. Now we try to plan better for the things we need to get done and just make one and on some days none!

Check to see if there is a Gleaners organization in your area. If there's not one it would be a good non-profit organization to start. Gleaners harvest fruits and vegetables for free from both commercial farms and private backyard gardens that the growers and private homeowners would otherwise let go unharvested. They keep all they want for their personal use and donate the excess to food banks. It's a great way to have some family bonding and outdoor fun while harvesting, while filling your pantry and helping your community.

Look for talents you have that you can barter for products and services from other people. When economies crash and paper money is devalued, the value of the products you can make (like a baker and bread) and your skills and talents, are not diminished, and can easily be traded if you have made the connections. Many cities and towns have barter clubs to help facilitate this endeavor. One of our daughters is a massage therapist and she routinely barters for a host of goods and services including a weekly box of fresh produce from a local organic farm, clothes from the local boutique, and many other items both needs and pleasures.

Consider how you can connect more directly to the suppliers of the things you buy each month. Many areas have Buyers Clubs that pool their orders into $500 or more so they can buy directly from the food wholesalers like United Foods, the same companies that the supermarkets buy from. 10-25% savings are normal. Check with your local chamber of Commerce and small grocery stores to find a Buying Club in your area.

Need an inexpensive or free place to stay? There are literally millions of vacant homes, including many very upscale homes in the United States. Many of these homes, including very nice and expensive ones, are getting run down because the owner is not there to take care of them and can't afford to pay for lawn and home care to maintain them. They are difficult to sell when they are not looking their best so both owners and real estate agents will often jump at the opportunity to let quality people live rent free or reduced rent until the house sells to make sure the upkeep is maintained on the property. Go into all the real estate offices dressed nicely and offer to baby-sit a home. You'll probably be surprised at how well your offer will be received. We live in a very nice home with just such an arrangement, with a 2 year lease that offers us a rent that is less than we would normally pay for a house half this size and quality.

Buy prudently in the coming fire sales. Many more businesses will be going under in the coming months. They will be offering liquidation sales to clear out their remaining merchandise, often at 70-80% below the normal retail price for cash buyers. Keep an eye out for sales offering items you actually need, not just want, and be ready to jump in and buy. But be careful you aren't buying an item from a line of products that is being entirely discontinued by the manufacturer, otherwise down the road you might have difficulty getting parts or service.

Links for other ways to save $$$. Here are a few links that will take you to additional articles about actions you can take to save and conserve money right now. Every penny you save is like getting a raise at work. The money you save can be used to buy gold, silver and other essential items of financial security and well-being for you and your family.

10 More Ways to Save

25 Additional Ways to Save

Still Another 25 Ways to Save

Part 4: WHY THE WORLD IS IN THIS MESS

I intended to release this part of the 2009 Prophet's Voice in conjunction with Parts 1-3. However, there is so much to tell here, so much vital information that you need to know that has been kept hidden from you, that the time necessary to put it all into writing is delaying the public release of the more pressing parts of the Prophet's Voice that will give you the information to safeguard and prosper your lives right now. Therefore I release Parts 1-3 to you with prayers that it will be a light and aid to you in your lives. I will continue to work to complete Part 4 to be released to you as soon as possible. If you have been forwarded the Prophet's Voice by a friend and are not currently on our mailing list, please sign up now to insure you are directly emailed Part 4 as soon as it is published.

Some of the secret history revealed in Part 4:

-The real reason both Kennedy and Lincoln were assassinated and which groups were behind it. The first had nothing to do with the Civil War and the second had nothing to do with the Soviet Union or any other foreign government. Most importantly, how this history from long ago has extreme pertinence in your life today.

-The real rulers of the United States and most other countries of the world and it's not the elected politicians. And why, if these despots are not overthrown, as Thomas Jefferson foresaw, they “...will deprive the people of all their prosperity until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”

The blueprint for prosperity revealed in Part 4:

-The specific path the US and world needs to take to turn pessimism into optimism, reestablish economic prosperity, improve the quality of life, and ignite a new renaissance of creative genius.

In the coming times of economic challenge, do not forget to give thanks to Elohim for the many blessings you still have upon you, and to offer up your prayers that a greater light will shine upon the world overcoming the darkness. I promise you that the power of sincere and humble prayer is real and tangible. And when many voices join in common solicitation to the greater light, it will come forth and shine with exceeding brightness.

In the light of Yeshua of Nazareth,

Namaste,

Embrosewyn Tazkuvel

Prophet of Celestine Light

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*The views stated in the Prophet's Voice are strictly the personal views of Embrosewyn Tazkuvel and are not necessarily official positions or opinions of the Church of Celestine Light.