Personal Journal
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February 1, 1998 Mathew J. Stucki Page 1
Letter from Mom and Dad:
Our beloved family,
You are constantly in our thoughts and prayers. Consequently, we have taken steps to accomplish some things that we believe will be for your benefit.
We have increasing concern that we’re all prepared for coming events. To help facilitate your food storage and emergency preparedness needs we have purchased a dry pack canner, and a stock of all necessary supplies (#10 cans, lids, oxygen absorbing pellets, and boxes). They’ll arrive soon. You can bring grains, etc., anytime thereafter, to the farm, and seal them in cans and take them home with you, without the usual hassle involved. Each will leave just enough money in Athe kitty@ to cover the cost of the cans, so we can restock the supplies as needed. Families can purchase bulk quantities for savings and split them up at canning time. We=ll help procure and can things for families a long distance away.
To get this set up for you has cost a thousand dollars. This is our birthday present to all of you this year, instead of checks on your birthdays as we did in the past.
However, grandchildren will still receive a little gift, a birthday bag on their birthdays, or as soon after as we see them.
It is very important that we learn how to cook the foods we store, that we use them in our meals, and rotate supplies. Storing a surplus will enable us to help neighbors who aren’t prepared, and distant saints who we are told will come to the valleys of the mountains for safety when troubles begin.
We need to remember that troubles will start in Zion, will come as suddenly as a whirlwind, and at a time when many will think Zion prospereth, and all is well. When it starts, it’s too late to get oil in our lamps. But, if we are prepared, we shall not fear.
For some time we have felt the need to arrange our affairs while we can, so that all we have worked so hard for will go to our family without litigation fees or taxes, which otherwise consume much of it.
Consequently, we have had a competent trust attorney make us a living trust. We wanted no mistakes made. We have the documents available at the farm for you to read anytime you wish.
In essence, everything we own, including the farm, its equipment, the farmhouse and furnishings, our B&B stocks and the antiques leased to the B&B, our vehicles and bank accounts, now belong to the trust. At present we are the trustees. Whoever survives the other will then be trustee, until unable or deceased. Then, the family controls the properties with new trustees named and guidelines that include all of our children in significant decisions.
We have expressed our wishes in the trust, but we have not bound you to any choices, as we trust your judgement if circumstances arise we didn’t foresee.
We continue to believe that the farm will have great value to our family in the years ahead in one or more of these ways:
If some of your homes are lost through a depression, or unemployment, and the farm is debt free, you have a refuge there.
In times of civil strife or other conditions that stop the restocking of grocery stores for an extended time, there is land and water here for raising food enough to sustain a lot of you, with hard work, plus ample firewood.
If good times prevail, your eight families, and in time thirty-two grandchildren’s families can come to a wondrous area and stay in a delightful country retreat, for vacations, honeymoons, and anniversaries, almost free of cost.
The challenge you will face is maintaining the property when we no longer can; paying taxes, assessments and utilities when we’ve passed on; and likely having to care for one of us at the last without selling properties to pay for the care.
Presently the B&B pays the trust a monthly lease payment for use of the antiques, and in time we hope that it can pay the trust some stock dividends, which will help pay the expenses mentioned.
In order to leave you an asset, rather than a draining liability, we’ll work hard to finish all we can, pay off the truck, and most (if not all) of the mortgage, using our inheritance this way. Thus the inheritance we have received passes on to our children in valuable property.
There are other options we have thought of, but nothing else seems as important to us as what we can do with our means to help our children and in this way.
We admonish you to live the principles given us by Christ, and to stand firmly behind Him, and his prophets in our day, that you will have the guidance of the Holy Spirit in all your decisions, and be valiant participants in the momentous events unfolding.
How much we love and appreciate all of you, and look forward to an eternity together.
Dad and Mom
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February 1, 1998 Mathew J. Stucki Page 1
Letter from Mom and Dad:
Our beloved family,
You are constantly in our thoughts and prayers. Consequently, we have taken steps to accomplish some things that we believe will be for your benefit.
We have increasing concern that we’re all prepared for coming events. To help facilitate your food storage and emergency preparedness needs we have purchased a dry pack canner, and a stock of all necessary supplies (#10 cans, lids, oxygen absorbing pellets, and boxes). They’ll arrive soon. You can bring grains, etc., anytime thereafter, to the farm, and seal them in cans and take them home with you, without the usual hassle involved. Each will leave just enough money in Athe kitty@ to cover the cost of the cans, so we can restock the supplies as needed. Families can purchase bulk quantities for savings and split them up at canning time. We=ll help procure and can things for families a long distance away.
To get this set up for you has cost a thousand dollars. This is our birthday present to all of you this year, instead of checks on your birthdays as we did in the past.
However, grandchildren will still receive a little gift, a birthday bag on their birthdays, or as soon after as we see them.
It is very important that we learn how to cook the foods we store, that we use them in our meals, and rotate supplies. Storing a surplus will enable us to help neighbors who aren’t prepared, and distant saints who we are told will come to the valleys of the mountains for safety when troubles begin.
We need to remember that troubles will start in Zion, will come as suddenly as a whirlwind, and at a time when many will think Zion prospereth, and all is well. When it starts, it’s too late to get oil in our lamps. But, if we are prepared, we shall not fear.
For some time we have felt the need to arrange our affairs while we can, so that all we have worked so hard for will go to our family without litigation fees or taxes, which otherwise consume much of it.
Consequently, we have had a competent trust attorney make us a living trust. We wanted no mistakes made. We have the documents available at the farm for you to read anytime you wish.
In essence, everything we own, including the farm, its equipment, the farmhouse and furnishings, our B&B stocks and the antiques leased to the B&B, our vehicles and bank accounts, now belong to the trust. At present we are the trustees. Whoever survives the other will then be trustee, until unable or deceased. Then, the family controls the properties with new trustees named and guidelines that include all of our children in significant decisions.
We have expressed our wishes in the trust, but we have not bound you to any choices, as we trust your judgement if circumstances arise we didn’t foresee.
We continue to believe that the farm will have great value to our family in the years ahead in one or more of these ways:
If some of your homes are lost through a depression, or unemployment, and the farm is debt free, you have a refuge there.
In times of civil strife or other conditions that stop the restocking of grocery stores for an extended time, there is land and water here for raising food enough to sustain a lot of you, with hard work, plus ample firewood.
If good times prevail, your eight families, and in time thirty-two grandchildren’s families can come to a wondrous area and stay in a delightful country retreat, for vacations, honeymoons, and anniversaries, almost free of cost.
The challenge you will face is maintaining the property when we no longer can; paying taxes, assessments and utilities when we’ve passed on; and likely having to care for one of us at the last without selling properties to pay for the care.
Presently the B&B pays the trust a monthly lease payment for use of the antiques, and in time we hope that it can pay the trust some stock dividends, which will help pay the expenses mentioned.
In order to leave you an asset, rather than a draining liability, we’ll work hard to finish all we can, pay off the truck, and most (if not all) of the mortgage, using our inheritance this way. Thus the inheritance we have received passes on to our children in valuable property.
There are other options we have thought of, but nothing else seems as important to us as what we can do with our means to help our children and in this way.
We admonish you to live the principles given us by Christ, and to stand firmly behind Him, and his prophets in our day, that you will have the guidance of the Holy Spirit in all your decisions, and be valiant participants in the momentous events unfolding.
How much we love and appreciate all of you, and look forward to an eternity together.
Dad and Mom
