TRACES OF TIME . . .
{Last week: Scroll to end and click "Older Posts" at bottom right.} On this blog I share with family and friends my daily thoughts, doings, what interests me, and--at times--tributes to my eternal sweetheart, Walt, who graduated to heaven on 8-21-2020.
Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, and posterity to come.
THIS WEEK-
MARCH 6-12, 2023
Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, and posterity to come.
THIS WEEK-
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2023
Family is Everything… Sunrise: a.m.
Sunset: p.m.
Days are getting longer...
Spring is only days away
I always love quotes about
Heavenly Father's creations.
*** *** *** *** *** *** ***I just learned that one of
our friends from Burley
has passed away.
Vic and Judy Jackman
moved to Blackfoot
when they retired.
Sounds like that is where
they grew up.
My memory book remembrance for: Judy Jackman – March 15, 1942 to March 6, 2023 – age 80
We were friends with Judy and Vic in Burley. He taught our kids in school, and also coached some of them. Judy was one of the most quick-witted people we knew. She knew how to brighten our lives. She also expertly taught us that when our bucket is getting low, go help someone. We knew her obituary would include her fun spirit in it. I’m sure she is happy with it. She did love life and helped us love it, too. Now she is with her eternal sweetheart forever. Love from Eileen Petersen and family—Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen…and Walt from heaven since 2020.
JUDITH "JUDY"'S OBITUARY
Judith Lois Wilson Jackman [age
80] passed away Monday, March 6th at
Idaho Falls Community Hospital and is now reunited with her beloved husband
Victor Martin Jackman. She was born to Darrell Albert and Gwendolyn Madsen
Wilson on March 15, 1942 in Pocatello, Idaho. She was the oldest of 5 kids.
Darrell Jim Wilson, (Jon), Connie Jane Wilson Call (Ben), Mary Jo Wilson Sime
(Russ) and Sheryl Lu Wilson Griffin (Fred).
During her second year of
schooling in Blackfoot she met a nice young man, with a crooked smile, that
would grow to be the love of her life. After attending school at Ricks College,
she and Marty were married in the Logan Temple, March 8, 1963. (Yes, ladies and
gentlemen, after a short break of 1,181 days they will be spending their 60th
wedding anniversary together again.)
Judy was an educator, beloved
wife and business partner, mother, daughter, devout friend always ready to
liven things up with a quick wit. She was always at her husba.nd's side and
supported him through several moves. Finally landing in Burley, Idaho they
started a journey that would include 2 illustrious careers in education, 2
trailers, 2 homes, 3 loving children, a couple of questionable dogs, a rogue
hamster and a guinea pig or two. She really didn't like having pets but she
loved having children and supporting them in everything. She found a passion
taking care of her second-grade kids, her Mia Maids, and her missionaries. (Not
enough for them to have pets too but she cared a lot for them.)
Judy and Vic are survived by
their 3 grateful children. Casey (Shellie) Jackman of Idaho Falls, Mandy
(Chris) Zeschke of Kaysville, UT, and Dugan (Ben Clegg) Jackman of Boise. There
are also 12 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren that love and will miss
her very much. She is also survived by her Sisters Jane Call, Mary Jo Sime, and
Sheryl Griffin. She is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Jim and
her loving husband.
Judy left several specific and
spiritual threatening instructions to be followed after she left. She has
specifically requested to not have a funeral but opting for a small viewing
followed by a graveside service and a farewell send off with laughter, stories,
and love. The viewing will be held at 1PM, Saturday, March 11, 2023 at Hawker
Funeral Home, 132 S. Shilling Avenue in Blackfoot. The graveside service will
follow at approximately 2:30pm at Riverside - Thomas Cemetery. Her farewell
will happen in the home her and Vic shared in Riverside. Please don't send
condolences but rather happy memories of Judy and her impact on your life at
www.hawkerfuneralhome.com She lived in a Manner of Happiness and that's the way
we will always remember her.
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Now back to my day...
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BALLROOM - NATIONALS WEEK
IT’S NATIONALS WEEK! LESSONS, TANNING, HAIR
APPOINTMENTS, NAIL APPOINTMENTS, OH, AND IT’S
THE FINAL WEEK OF THE SCHOOL TERM. AND THE
ACTUAL COMPETING. HOW MANY TIMES WILL I DRIVE
TO PROVO AND BACK?!? GONNA BE A GREAT WEEK! 
Maddie will be competing
all week on the BYU
Ballroom Youth Teams
and with her partners
Paulo in Smooth
and Lucas in Latin.
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NATIONALS WEEK – BALLROOM –
MARCH 7-11, 2023
TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2023
My memory book remembrance for: Judy Jackman – March 15, 1942 to March 6, 2023 – age 80
We were friends with Judy and Vic in Burley. He taught our kids in school, and also coached some of them. Judy was one of the most quick-witted people we knew. She knew how to brighten our lives. She also expertly taught us that when our bucket is getting low, go help someone. We knew her obituary would include her fun spirit in it. I’m sure she is happy with it. She did love life and helped us love it, too. Now she is with her eternal sweetheart forever. Love from Eileen Petersen and family—Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen…and Walt from heaven since 2020.
JUDITH "JUDY"'S OBITUARY
Judith Lois Wilson Jackman [age
80] passed away Monday, March 6th at
Idaho Falls Community Hospital and is now reunited with her beloved husband
Victor Martin Jackman. She was born to Darrell Albert and Gwendolyn Madsen
Wilson on March 15, 1942 in Pocatello, Idaho. She was the oldest of 5 kids.
Darrell Jim Wilson, (Jon), Connie Jane Wilson Call (Ben), Mary Jo Wilson Sime
(Russ) and Sheryl Lu Wilson Griffin (Fred).
During her second year of
schooling in Blackfoot she met a nice young man, with a crooked smile, that
would grow to be the love of her life. After attending school at Ricks College,
she and Marty were married in the Logan Temple, March 8, 1963. (Yes, ladies and
gentlemen, after a short break of 1,181 days they will be spending their 60th
wedding anniversary together again.)
Judy was an educator, beloved
wife and business partner, mother, daughter, devout friend always ready to
liven things up with a quick wit. She was always at her husba.nd's side and
supported him through several moves. Finally landing in Burley, Idaho they
started a journey that would include 2 illustrious careers in education, 2
trailers, 2 homes, 3 loving children, a couple of questionable dogs, a rogue
hamster and a guinea pig or two. She really didn't like having pets but she
loved having children and supporting them in everything. She found a passion
taking care of her second-grade kids, her Mia Maids, and her missionaries. (Not
enough for them to have pets too but she cared a lot for them.)
Judy and Vic are survived by
their 3 grateful children. Casey (Shellie) Jackman of Idaho Falls, Mandy
(Chris) Zeschke of Kaysville, UT, and Dugan (Ben Clegg) Jackman of Boise. There
are also 12 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren that love and will miss
her very much. She is also survived by her Sisters Jane Call, Mary Jo Sime, and
Sheryl Griffin. She is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Jim and
her loving husband.
Judy left several specific and
spiritual threatening instructions to be followed after she left. She has
specifically requested to not have a funeral but opting for a small viewing
followed by a graveside service and a farewell send off with laughter, stories,
and love. The viewing will be held at 1PM, Saturday, March 11, 2023 at Hawker
Funeral Home, 132 S. Shilling Avenue in Blackfoot. The graveside service will
follow at approximately 2:30pm at Riverside - Thomas Cemetery. Her farewell
will happen in the home her and Vic shared in Riverside. Please don't send
condolences but rather happy memories of Judy and her impact on your life at
www.hawkerfuneralhome.com She lived in a Manner of Happiness and that's the way
we will always remember her.
BALLROOM - NATIONALS WEEK
IT’S NATIONALS WEEK! LESSONS, TANNING, HAIR
APPOINTMENTS, NAIL APPOINTMENTS, OH, AND IT’S
THE FINAL WEEK OF THE SCHOOL TERM. AND THE
ACTUAL COMPETING. HOW MANY TIMES WILL I DRIVE
TO PROVO AND BACK?!? GONNA BE A GREAT WEEK!
Maddie will be competing
all week on the BYU
Ballroom Youth Teams
and with her partners
Paulo in Smooth
and Lucas in Latin.
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NATIONALS WEEK – BALLROOM –
MARCH 7-11, 2023
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Jacee going back to Provo
Jacee now has a Ford Fusion.
It's a full moon tonight...
Eileen - showing my right bloodshot eye from theinjection Monday thathit a vessel.
*** *** *** *** *** *** ***The following is wellworth the 4-minute read:Ballroom Dance at BYU
When Alma Heaton began
the Ballroom Dance Company at Brigham Young University in 1953, it is unlikely
he had any inclination as to the destiny of the now world-renowned program. Nor
did he realize that BYU would one day be honored by the National Dance Council
of America (NDCA) to host the United States National Amateur DanceSport
Championships.
Every March nearly 15,000
spectators, along with 26 national judges fill the Marriott Center to watch
over 3,000 registered couples and teams vie for National Championship Titles.
. Some are locals, while others travel across the country to contend for
a United States Amateur title, $48,450 in total prize money, and a chance to
represent the United States in this year's World Championships in Paris,
France.
While each year the
competition is exacting, BYU students are strongly represented. Two of the four
National Amateur titles, American Smooth and Cabaret, have been dominated by an
unbroken string of members from the Ballroom Dance Company for over 10 years.
Many of these competitors have continued their careers to compete
professionally. Six recent BYU students have become national finalists in
four separate professional events, three of which were crowned champions.
Yet perhaps more
important than any accolade is the immense influence BYU has established within
the dance community. Brian McDonald, President of the NDCA, commented,
"BYU is, without question, the most influential school in the nation in
terms of identifying dance as both a sport and a respected curriculum."
John Kimmins, President of Arthur Murray International echoed this opinion,
describing BYU as, "a major factor in the development of ballroom dancing
in the USA." The prominence that the Ballroom Dance Company has achieved
in regularly hosting the United States National Amateur DanceSport
Championships has not only promoted the art and precision of dance, but has
also exposed the entire ballroom world to the influence and standards of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, providing a sterling example of
the aims and values of BYU in everything from the opening prayers to the music
selection and modest costume regulations. Vibeke Toft, a former world
champion and visiting judge, regarded the occasion as one of ballroom’s
"most anticipated events...truly an experience that cannot be found at any
other event in America."
"BYU has a strict
moral code and a sense of spirituality which promotes good will to others and
purity of thought," noted Denys Drozdyuk and Antonia Skobina, former
National Amateur Latin champions. They continued, "It is nice and
refreshing to dance in this atmosphere which is unique amongst the ballroom
dance competition in the USA, it is motivating and conducive to the creation of
art."
Donnie Burns M.B.E., President of the World Dance
Council (WDC) and the most influential figure in ballroom dance, has also
attended these championships. Impressed by the experience, he offered a
renewable scholarship on behalf of the WDC to support the continued efforts of
BYU and the Ballroom Dance Company. Over past years he has been joined by
Arthur Murray International, Inc., and multiple other nationally acclaimed
judges in extending scholarships that now go towards both academic tuition and
touring fees of Ballroom Dance Company members.
Brian McDonald concluded,
"These United States Championships over the last 10 years have become the
very best that America has to offer." As the BYU Ballroom Dance Company
has developed into a moving force in the dance community, it is clear they have
accomplished the University directive to "greatly enlarge Brigham Young
University's influence in a world we wish to improve."
U.S. National Amateur DanceSport Championships
Provo, Utah – Brigham Young University Marriott Center March 7-11, 2023
"...Nor did he realize that BYU would one day be honored by the National
Dance Council of America (NDCA) to host the United States National Amateur
DanceSport Championships."
Every March nearly 15,000 spectators, along with 26 national judges fill the Marriott Center to watch over 3,000 registered couples and teams vie for National Championship Titles.
Maddie is one of those3,000 competing!
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2023
Ballroom Dance at BYU
When Alma Heaton began
the Ballroom Dance Company at Brigham Young University in 1953, it is unlikely
he had any inclination as to the destiny of the now world-renowned program. Nor
did he realize that BYU would one day be honored by the National Dance Council
of America (NDCA) to host the United States National Amateur DanceSport
Championships.
Every March nearly 15,000
spectators, along with 26 national judges fill the Marriott Center to watch
over 3,000 registered couples and teams vie for National Championship Titles.
. Some are locals, while others travel across the country to contend for
a United States Amateur title, $48,450 in total prize money, and a chance to
represent the United States in this year's World Championships in Paris,
France.
While each year the
competition is exacting, BYU students are strongly represented. Two of the four
National Amateur titles, American Smooth and Cabaret, have been dominated by an
unbroken string of members from the Ballroom Dance Company for over 10 years.
Many of these competitors have continued their careers to compete
professionally. Six recent BYU students have become national finalists in
four separate professional events, three of which were crowned champions.
Yet perhaps more
important than any accolade is the immense influence BYU has established within
the dance community. Brian McDonald, President of the NDCA, commented,
"BYU is, without question, the most influential school in the nation in
terms of identifying dance as both a sport and a respected curriculum."
John Kimmins, President of Arthur Murray International echoed this opinion,
describing BYU as, "a major factor in the development of ballroom dancing
in the USA." The prominence that the Ballroom Dance Company has achieved
in regularly hosting the United States National Amateur DanceSport
Championships has not only promoted the art and precision of dance, but has
also exposed the entire ballroom world to the influence and standards of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, providing a sterling example of
the aims and values of BYU in everything from the opening prayers to the music
selection and modest costume regulations. Vibeke Toft, a former world
champion and visiting judge, regarded the occasion as one of ballroom’s
"most anticipated events...truly an experience that cannot be found at any
other event in America."
"BYU has a strict
moral code and a sense of spirituality which promotes good will to others and
purity of thought," noted Denys Drozdyuk and Antonia Skobina, former
National Amateur Latin champions. They continued, "It is nice and
refreshing to dance in this atmosphere which is unique amongst the ballroom
dance competition in the USA, it is motivating and conducive to the creation of
art."
Donnie Burns M.B.E., President of the World Dance
Council (WDC) and the most influential figure in ballroom dance, has also
attended these championships. Impressed by the experience, he offered a
renewable scholarship on behalf of the WDC to support the continued efforts of
BYU and the Ballroom Dance Company. Over past years he has been joined by
Arthur Murray International, Inc., and multiple other nationally acclaimed
judges in extending scholarships that now go towards both academic tuition and
touring fees of Ballroom Dance Company members.
Brian McDonald concluded,
"These United States Championships over the last 10 years have become the
very best that America has to offer." As the BYU Ballroom Dance Company
has developed into a moving force in the dance community, it is clear they have
accomplished the University directive to "greatly enlarge Brigham Young
University's influence in a world we wish to improve."
U.S. National Amateur DanceSport Championships
Provo, Utah – Brigham Young University Marriott Center March 7-11, 2023
Family is Everything… Lunch Bunch was at
Avenue Bakery
Jeanie, Faye
Sharon, Eileen
Linda B, LeAnn
Eileen, Kathie
Kaye showed us this beautiful
quilt she made...
Lunch Bunch
Lunch Bunch
Twelve could come today...
Clockwise from bottom
left: Jennie, Sharon,
Eileen, Kathie, Kaye,
Linda H, Nadine, Carol,
Linda B, LeAnn,
Jeanie, Faye.
Lunch Bunch
Good food, good friends,
good time always when
we're together.
Lunch Bunch
L-R: Carol, Sharon,
Linda B, Jeanie,
Linda H, Kaye,
Faye, Kathie,
Nadine, Eileen,
and LeAnn.
Lunch Bunch
We always miss those
who can't come.
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Lunch Bunch
Our Wednesday night movie was:
"Free Soul" from 1942 with Lionel Barrymore,
Norma Sheerer, and
Clark Gable
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THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2023
Family is Everything… I thought this was a
colorful breakfast...
On the home front...
Jackson, Riggy, Max
Blue skies for a while
Can even see themountains today...
On the home front...
Jackson, Riggy, Max
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023 Family is Everything…
By evening I realized I
hadn't taken one photo,
so I took a photo of
one of my favorite
photos of Walt.
SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2023
Family is Everything…
Rendezvousing with Gary who
drove me to watch Maddie
dance at Nationals...
Nationals...
Nationals...
Nationals...
Nationals...
I've heard of Cougar Tails...
but never seen one...
and now I got to
eat one...
Nationals...
Need photo of Maddie with us...
We had lunch at Culver's...
Thanks, Gary, for taking me
to see Maddie dance!
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I have listened to our
Family Book Club book:
"Bewildered."
Very interesting.
It has 112 chapters...
I'm on Chapter 28.
Each chapter is from
2-5 min long. I'm
wondering if the author
did that because an
autistic person's attention
span is short?
*** *** ***I didn't have the gumption
to drive to the Saturday
evening session of our
Stake Conference.
And I would have been
driving home in the dark.
Which is terrifying
for me to drive in the
dark now.
SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2023
Family is Everything… Saratoga Springs Utah Stake Conference
STAKE CONFERENCE – MARCH 12, 2023
Presiding Stephen K. Christensen, Area Seventy
The Area Seventy who presided at our Stake Conference
was Elder Stephen K. Christensen, who was called at the last April General
Conference, 2022.
Twelfth
Quorum (Utah Area) – Called April 2022 General Conference
Stephen
K. Christensen, 65, Farmington, Utah; attorney, Nelson, Christensen,
Hollingworth & Williams; currently serving as Sunday School teacher of the
Farmington 10th Ward; former bishop, bishopric member, high councilor, mission
president and stake president; wife: Marilyn F.; nine children.
Called as Mission President in 2017
Guatemala Guatemala City East
Mission – July 2017 to July 2020
Stephen Kohler
Christensen, 60, and Marilyn Farr Christensen, nine children, Farmington 1st
Ward, Farmington Utah Stake: Guatemala Guatemala City East Mission, succeeding
President David J. Crapo and Sister Teresa Crapo. Brother Christensen is a
former stake president, bishop, high councilor, stake and ward Young Men
president, and missionary in the Costa Rica San José Mission. Attorney, Nelson
Christensen Hollingworth & Williams. Born in Salt Lake City to Joe Junior
Christensen and Ida Barbara Kohler Christensen.*
Sister Christensen
serves as a ward organist and is a former stake and ward Relief Society
presidency counselor, ward Primary president, ward Young Women presidency
counselor, and missionary in the Canada Montreal Mission. Born in Salt Lake
City to Lionel Miller Farr and Odetta Jeane Bramwell Farr.
*Personal note: It was Elder Stephen Christensen's father, Elder Joe J. Christensen, who presided at our Burley West Stake Conference November 1992, who released Walt after 9 1/2 years serving as stake president and called Paul Young to be the new stake president. Joe J. Christensen was also a president of Ricks College.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2023
Family is Everything… Saratoga Springs Utah Stake Conference
STAKE CONFERENCE – MARCH 12, 2023
Presiding Stephen K. Christensen, Area Seventy
The Area Seventy who presided at our Stake Conference was Elder Stephen K. Christensen, who was called at the last April General Conference, 2022.
STAKE CONFERENCE speakers:Our stake president was the first speaker, followed by 5 other speakers before the presiding Area Seventy and his wife spoke.
I am putting the highlights of Elder Christensen's talk first.
Elder Christensen said that the main concern he sees with this stake is that there is too much leadership. He mentioned the City of Enoch.
He cautioned us that the time has come one more time to "fort up" after he described Fort Lehi, Fort Cove, Fort Cedar and how the early saints went back to the fort each night for safety.
[Katy said after conference: "When I heard him say 'fort up' I hit record."]
Everything is under attack. About every 8 years there is a recession. Right now the economy is bad.
Quoting Doctrine and Covenants Preface 1:17 "Wherefore, I the Lord, knowing the calamity which should come upon the inhabitants of the earth, called upon my servant, Joseph Smith, Jun., and spake unto him from heaven, and gave him commandments...
v. 24 "Behold, I am God and have spoken it; these commandments are of me..."
Elder Christensen continued, calamities and perilous times will come in these next years before the Savior comes again.
What can we do to be prepared? Nothing more than follow the Lord. What has He told us to do for years now?
I am going to focus on two things. The first one we haven't heard about for a while:
1. Temporal Preparation The Lord has asked His Prophets for many years to tell us to store food and water, and other basic items. Stay out of debt.
The Church does not have wheat or other commodities stored to feed the whole Church. Each family has been warned to have their own food storage plan and have it stored in their own home.
As long as we have been obedient to what the Lord has asked us to do, that is our 'insurance policy.'
[Eileen's personal note: Many years ago, like the 1970s, a General Authority at our Burley Stake Conference said: "If you have been obedient to the Lord's counsel to have sufficient food storage, and in time of need you share it with your neighbors and you run out of food, or if the mobs come and steal it, because you were obedient, that's when the Lord will have the quail come to your back yard."
I have never forgotten that.]
Elder Christensen then gave us his second point:
2. Strengthen our Spiritual Foundation Make our home a Spiritual Sanctuary The basics, as we all know, are daily personal prayer, family prayer, and scripture reading/study.When he and his wife and nine kids got busy on the farm on Saturday and forgot to have family prayer and family scripture reading, often one of the kids would remember in the middle of the day. When they stopped and did those two things, the rest of their day went better.
[Eileen's note: Elder Christensen is an attorney in Farmington, so he must have had a small farm to help his kids learn how to work.]
What do we do on the Internet? A recent study shows that 13-year-olds spend 9 hours a day on screen time.What movies and TV do we watch? He added that this is all a big challenge for us.
Elder Christensen closed with his testimony and witness of Jesus Christ.
*** *** ***The 5 speakers in addition to Pres. Erickson,
the sustainings, ward choir, and intermediate hymn took until 11:33, so Sister Marilyn Christensen took just one-minute in sharing asincere, strong testimony, to leave her husband almost 30 minutes.
*** *** *** *** *** *** ***President Jordan T. Erickson
Seven Ways to Increase Spiritual Capacity
1. 1. Be
Intentional of Time and Space…to read scriptures which is to listen to God’s
Voice
2. 2. Recognize
Spiritual Gifts – D&C 46:8-9, 11-12
3. 3. Take
Charge of Your Testimony
4. 4. Teach
Diligently – D&C 88:78
“Teach ye diligently and my grace shall attend you, that you may be instructed
more perfectly in theory, in principle, in doctrine, in the law of the gospel,
in all things that pertain to the kingdom of God, that are expedient for you to
understand:”
5. 5. Defend
Truth – Duty with Readiness
6. 6. Be
Enthusiastically and Anxiously Engaged in the Work of Salvation
7. 7. Be
in the House of the Lord
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SARATOGA
SPRINGS UTAH STAKE:
(March 28, 2021) President — Jordan Tuttle Erickson, 46, Infuse Medical founding
partner and new business development; succeeding Mark R. Wilkinson; wife,
Heather Michelle Rudy Erickson. Counselors — Jason Dayne Petersen,
47, NuVista Plastic Surgery president and owner; wife, Melinda Jean Muse
Petersen. Jon Ryan Woodbury, 42, Fishbowl
Inventory LLC product manager; wife, Laura Janette Oliver Woodbury.
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
I also met Kent & Ruth Demke who were
humanitarian missionaries in Beijing in
2018 and 2019, coming home in January 2020
just before the Covid pandemic hit the U.S.
I wish I had taken a photo of them.
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Here are Alan & Katy Christensen
We loved having them in our ward since last May. They are moving March 27 to Santa Clara near St. George.
I drove around the temple after stake conference. The Open House is April 15 to July 8.
The Saratoga Springs Temple is 6 blocks
from Julie & John's home,
Here's the official announcement:
After
a media day (April 10, 2023) and a private open house for invited guests (April
11–14, 2023), a public open house will begin Saturday, April 15. From then
until Saturday, July 8, 2023 (Sundays excluded), anyone can walk through the
temple.
The Saratoga
Springs Utah Temple will
be dedicated on Sunday, August 13, 2023, in three sessions (9 a.m., noon and 3
p.m. MDT). President Henry B.
Eyring of
the First Presidency will preside at the dedication. The dedicatory sessions
will be broadcast to all units in the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple district.
Additional details regarding the temple dedication will be announced at a
future date.
Former
Church President Thomas S.
Monson first
announced the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple in April
2017.
Construction began in October
2019.
At 7:15 it's still light...
Sunset was a 7:31 on our
new Daylight Savings time.
8:00 and still a little light...
This photo popped up on face book
from August 8, 2014.Prescott cousins
at Walt's sister, Phyllis Bunn's funeral.
L-R: Susie, Lynda, Jim, Walt, Eileen,
Sharon, Bill.
Today is the remembrance of
Dale Bunn's 94th birthday
March 12, 1929- April 17, 2020
Dale was the sherriff ofWendell for many years.Dale & Phyllismarried in July 1950Phyllis passed awayAugust 3, 2014 atage 82.In 2012 with their six kids at Redfish Lake
** *I am so thankful for The Plan of Salvation and the Atonement of Jesus Christ that makes this Great Plan operational.At the end of this March 12th,I pray you have had a
restful , peaceful, and spiritual
Sabbath Day...
I share these truths as my testimony to you...
Heavenly Father lives and knows us each by name. He loves us and wants us to return to Him and Heavenly Mother when we leave this mortal existence. He loves us just as we are at this very moment. He knows what our potential is.*** *** ***Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all.*** *** ***I am thankful for the guidance of the Holy Ghost as the third member of the Godhead. Walt said to me once: "I look forward to thanking the Holy Ghost in person when I get to Heaven. I don't think we give Him enough credit for all He does."
*** *** *** *** ***Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration. He is the Restorer of all things.*** *** ***President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world.
Daily Quote: The gospel of Jesus Christ is filled with His power, which is available to every earnestly seeking daughter or son of God. - Russell M. Nelson
*** *** ***The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.*** *** ***
The Book of Mormon is the Word of God and is Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is the most correct book of any book on earth.*** *** ***The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today. Because of the restored Temple Ordinances families can be sealed for eternity.
*** *** ***Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.Eileen PetersenMarch 12, 2023
Next week...March 13-19, 2023
Twelfth
Quorum (Utah Area) – Called April 2022 General Conference
Stephen
K. Christensen, 65, Farmington, Utah; attorney, Nelson, Christensen,
Hollingworth & Williams; currently serving as Sunday School teacher of the
Farmington 10th Ward; former bishop, bishopric member, high councilor, mission
president and stake president; wife: Marilyn F.; nine children.
Guatemala Guatemala City East Mission – July 2017 to July 2020
Sister Christensen
serves as a ward organist and is a former stake and ward Relief Society
presidency counselor, ward Primary president, ward Young Women presidency
counselor, and missionary in the Canada Montreal Mission. Born in Salt Lake
City to Lionel Miller Farr and Odetta Jeane Bramwell Farr.
*Personal note: It was Elder Stephen Christensen's father, Elder Joe J. Christensen, who presided at our Burley West Stake Conference November 1992, who released Walt after 9 1/2 years serving as stake president and called Paul Young to be the new stake president. Joe J. Christensen was also a president of Ricks College.
Seven Ways to Increase Spiritual Capacity
1. 1. Be
Intentional of Time and Space…to read scriptures which is to listen to God’s
Voice
2. 2. Recognize Spiritual Gifts – D&C 46:8-9, 11-12
3. 3. Take
Charge of Your Testimony
4. 4. Teach
Diligently – D&C 88:78
“Teach ye diligently and my grace shall attend you, that you may be instructed
more perfectly in theory, in principle, in doctrine, in the law of the gospel,
in all things that pertain to the kingdom of God, that are expedient for you to
understand:”
5. 5. Defend
Truth – Duty with Readiness
6. 6. Be
Enthusiastically and Anxiously Engaged in the Work of Salvation
7. 7. Be
in the House of the Lord
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SARATOGA SPRINGS UTAH STAKE:
(March 28, 2021) President — Jordan Tuttle Erickson, 46, Infuse Medical founding partner and new business development; succeeding Mark R. Wilkinson; wife, Heather Michelle Rudy Erickson. Counselors — Jason Dayne Petersen, 47, NuVista Plastic Surgery president and owner; wife, Melinda Jean Muse Petersen. Jon Ryan Woodbury, 42, Fishbowl Inventory LLC product manager; wife, Laura Janette Oliver Woodbury.
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I also met Kent & Ruth Demke who were
humanitarian missionaries in Beijing in
2018 and 2019, coming home in January 2020
just before the Covid pandemic hit the U.S.
I wish I had taken a photo of them.
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Here are Alan & Katy Christensen
We loved having them in our ward since last May. They are moving March 27 to Santa Clara near St. George.
After
a media day (April 10, 2023) and a private open house for invited guests (April
11–14, 2023), a public open house will begin Saturday, April 15. From then
until Saturday, July 8, 2023 (Sundays excluded), anyone can walk through the
temple.
The Saratoga
Springs Utah Temple will
be dedicated on Sunday, August 13, 2023, in three sessions (9 a.m., noon and 3
p.m. MDT). President Henry B.
Eyring of
the First Presidency will preside at the dedication. The dedicatory sessions
will be broadcast to all units in the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple district.
Additional details regarding the temple dedication will be announced at a
future date.
Former Church President Thomas S. Monson first announced the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple in April 2017.
Construction began in October
2019.
At 7:15 it's still light...
Sunset was a 7:31 on our
new Daylight Savings time.
I pray you have had a
restful , peaceful, and spiritual
Sabbath Day...
I share these truths as my testimony to you...
Daily Quote: The gospel of Jesus Christ is filled with His power, which is available to every earnestly seeking daughter or son of God. - Russell M. Nelson |
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