INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: A Prepper Friend is Priceless

“Are you a prepper?”  A good friend of mine asked this question today of a casual acquaintance, someone she had just met.  This woman had mentioned raising her own chickens, and nowadays, the only logical follow-up question to that statement  is, “Are you a prepper?”  Not that every chicken owner in the country is into preparedness and self-reliance, but many of them are.  A dead giveaway is when they also live in the city or suburbs!

It’s vital that we have others to talk with about our concerns for the future and our plans for preparedness.  Let’s face it.  On the surface, so much seems normal and unchanged.  Today at the mall, I was surrounded by shoppers who seemed to not have a care in the world as they toted around multiple shopping bags.  (To be fair, I had a couple of shopping bags of my own.)  It’s easy to begin thinking that we’re the crazy ones.

In the coming days, begin looking for opportunities to find preppers in your own circle of friends and acquaintances.  A simple question such as, “Have you ever thought of maybe setting aside some extra food, just in case?”, might open the door to a great conversation and discovering that a prepper soul-mate was just a phone call away all this time!  Yesterday, by asking that question, I discovered that a church friend of mine has been squirreling away bottled water, ramen noodles and fruit juice!  We now have one more thing to chat about!

It’s been said that the first step to a wonderful friendship are the words, “Me too!”  You and me, we all need friends to lean on, learn from, and walk this journey together.  Find a prepper friend this week and tell us about it!

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