Sunday, July 23, 2023

Traces of Time . . . July 24-30, 2023

 TRACES OF TIME . . .      

"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly."
“The Color Purple” by Alice Walker, 1982

{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- JULY 24-JULY 30, 2023


  MONDAY, JULY 24, 2023

  
                    Family is Everything…
  
  Sunrise: 6:16 a.m.

Sunset: 8:51 p.m.







Here's a good way

to start Monday...

Julie's post

Not gonna let a little cloud cover and wind get in the way of a quick surf before heading to FSY. Yep, my feed is going to be dominated by Maddie surfing every chance she can get the rest of the summer. #makingupforlosttime #sufergirl #boatinglife
Maddie surfing before FSY starts today...
John & Julie on Utah Lake...
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John & Julie took their 
mothers to lunch at
Kneaders.
A little Pioneer Day lunch with our cute Mommas. ❤️🤍🩵
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It was great. Thank you so much. It's always nice being with you two and Vicki.
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  TUESDAY,  JULY 25, 2023

 
                    Family is Everything…


 Had follow-up check at

Pro-vas at River Woods -

Provo this afternoon. John

reviewed some options for

my venous insufficiency in

my legs. Megan was the aid.


 Thanks, Julie for driving me.

The caramel-marshmellow

sundae reminded me of our

treat after high school...

but then it was just 

15 cents for two scoops

of ice cream at the drug

store soda fountain.

The sky was cloudy, 

but sun was shining...


When I opened face book - someone 

in Saratoga Springs had posted this

13 minutes earlier, saying: "If you're

not outside, go out and see this."


This is what I saw...
 


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Melinda Bridges had this

on face book today...
 
We live in a day where faith is critical to survival. Gone are the
days of fence sitting.
This is our time! We’ve been foreordained to be here on earth
during the final inning of mortality. What a ride this inning has been thus far. But I testify, we haven’t seen anything yet! The Lord will show His greatest miracles during our time. We have front row seats to the fulfillment of modern day prophesies. No need to fear. HE knows the beginning to the end.
“The Lord isn’t asking us to load up a handcart; He’s asking us to fortify our faith.” @mrussellballard

Our whole premortal life was preparation for our time now. We desired, hoped for, and worked tirelessly to be here now.

He paid the price THEN so that we could be a light to the world NOW!
So let’s build our faith, that we may be a light unto the nations!

And on a personal note, I will not stop until the Great Jehovah says the work is done!!


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WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2023

           
 
Family is Everything…

Today is 10 years since my
angel Mother 
Verna Beth Huffaker Albertson
graduated to heaven at age 93.
Born in Rigby, Idaho
January 14, 1920, then family
moved to Wendell, Idaho
in 1921.
Earliest photo we have
of my Mom, guessing age 4
with her
two older brothers,
Morris, 8, standing by the horse.
and David, age 6, on the
horse holding on to her.
1924
The horse's name was
"Old Nig"
Yup, they were farm kids...
Next earliest photo
in the orchard on
the Hansen* place.
Age 5 1/2
Summer of 1925
{Thank you to my cousin Lucy's daughter,
Connie, for putting several of these photos in
family search. It's such a blessing to have them!}
...Summer 1925 with
her Mom and new baby sister,
Lorraine born in June 1925.
(My Mom was always sad
they didn't have any baby
photos of her.)
1927 - age 7
Waiting for the school bus
with her brothers,
David 9, Morris11.
Here's the Wendell Elementary
School my Mom went to from
1926-1932 - Grades 1-6
I went there from 1945-1951
and Janice went there 1955-1957
until they moved to Gooding in 1957.
Here's the Jr. High and 
High School she went to...
Miss McGinnis was one of her favorite teachers.
Miss Gertrude McGinnis Teacher at Wendell High School 1920s - 1930s - 1940s
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Here is her 8th grade graduation
photo from Wendell Jr. High
School in 1934 - Age 14
Age 16 - 1936
Age 17 - September 1937
eloped on a double-dare and
married Arnold Albertson
Age 23 - 1943
Arnold worked at ship yards
in Long Beach, California
during World War II.
{Army wouldn't take men with flat feet. They erroneously thought they couldn't march long distances.}
Arnold went to Long Beach in Oct 1941. 
Verna and Eileen joined him in Jan 1942.
They moved back to Idaho in Sept. 1945.
Back in Idaho when the
War ended in August 1945
Eleanor, Lorraine, Ella--the Mom, Verna.
Morris, David, Dave--the Dad, and Don.
David still in his Air Force uniform.
Age 26 - 1946
Age 37 - 1957
By home in Wendell, Idaho
They moved to Gooding
in November 1957.
Age 41 - June 14, 1961
Arnold & Verna
Sealed in the Salt Lake Temple
the same day as Walt & Eileen
Age 46 - 1966
1973 - Age 53 - Arnold and Verna with
Walt & Eileen's and Don & Janice's families.
February 6, 1982 Verna's eternal
sweetheart, Arnold, died after
a 6-month battle with colon cancer.
Verna with her siblings in the 1980s
Huffaker Reunion - 1980s at Alturas Lake
Does anyone have more photos of this reunion?
Age 66 - June 14, 1986 - at 25th Wedding
Anniversary of Walt & Eileen with all of 
her posterity - two daughters, their husbands,
and 11 grandchildren. Verna had been a widow 
for 4 years.
1990s - Age 70 - Verna stopped coloring
her hair when she was on her mission
in London, England 1989-1991

Age 80 - 2000
FAMILY CELEBRATES 
Verna Albertson's
80TH BIRTHDAY AT OPEN HOUSE - january 14, 2000
GOODING, idaho - VERNA ALBERTSON WILL BE HONORED FOR HER 80TH BIRTHDAY AT AN OPEN
HOUSE ON SATURDAY. FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ARE INVITED TO CALL FROM 2-4 P.M. AT THE SENIOR CITIZEN'S CENTER, 308 SENIOR AVE. IN GOODING.
VERNA HUFFAKER WAS BORN JAN. 14, 1920 IN RIGB, Idah. HER FAMILY MOVED TO WENDELL THAT SAME YEAR.
SHE MARRIED ARNOLD ALBERTSON 
SEPT. 29, 1937.
THEY RESIDED IN idaho -- mostly the MAGIC VALLEY ALL BUT THREE YEARs OF THEIR MARRIED LIFE WHEN THEY MOVED TO LONG BEACH, CALIF.
ARNOLD ALBERTSON WORKED IN SHIPYARDS DURING WORLD WAR II TO SUPPORT THE WAR EFFORT.  VERNA ALBERTSON GRADUATED FROM THE TWIN FALLS BUSINESS COLLEGE in 1957 AND WORKED 27 YEARS FOR SOUTHERN IDAHO PRODUCTION CREDIT ASSOCIATION IN GOODING.
AN AVID ARTIST, SHE WILL DISPLAY HER PAINTINGS AND AMERICANA COLLECTION DURING THE OPEN HOUSE.
THE EVENT IS SPONSORED BY HER DAUGHTERS, EILEEN (WALTER) PETERSEN OF BURLEY AND JANICE ROBERTSON OF OREM, UTAH. SHE HAS 11 GRANDCHILDREN AND 18 GREAT- GRANDCHILDREN.
FOLLOWING THE OPEN HOUSE, A NO-HOST DINNER REUNION FOR THE SOUTHERN IDAHO PRODUCTION CREDIT ASSOCIATION EMPLOYEES WILL BE HELD FROM 5-8 P.M. AT THE LINCOLN INN, 413 MAIN ST. IN GOODING.
Age 87
May 2007 By her 
beautiful home in 
Gooding, Idaho
917 Wyoming Street
2010 - Age 90
At wonderful birthday party at
Don & Marcele's home in
Sugar House.
Her three living siblings--
Lorraine, Don, Eleanor.
Lorraine passed away 5 months
before Verna in Feb 2013.
Don is 94 now, will be 95 in Oct.
Eleanor is 93, living in Boise.
Age 92
 Age 92 with her
two daughters -
Eileen and Janice
for Mother's Day weekend
 Her 93rd Birthday 
January 14, 2013
with Janice
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Verna Beth Huffaker Albertson
1920-2013

Mom had just come to

live with us in April 2011

when we got called to

leave the country

 and help in the 

El Salvador San Salvador

Temple for three years.

Julie said: "We'll take Grama."

So from June 2011 

to July 26, 2013 

Grama A lived with

Julie & John, Jacee,

Jackson, and Maddie.


We can never thank them

enough for all they did for her.

I think they made life a lot more

fun for her than Walt and I

could have. They took her to

the pool, to Corn Bellies at

Thanksgiving Point, and other

exciting places.


Julie & John, Janice and I are

eternally grateful to you and

your kids for your care and

compassion for

Grama A -- especially those

last months that got harder.


Rest in peace, Mom,

until we see you again...



...on resurrection day in

your prime with
 
Daddy, your

Eternal Sweetheart.

{Actually, it doesn't sound like a lot of rest

from what's been revealed about all that

 we will be doing in the Spirit World.  You

 did tell me several times that you thought

 it was going to be so interesting to see

 what happens after we die. You've had 

ten years now finding out.}

Posterity of Arnold & Verna Huffaker Albertson - 89

As of July 26, 2033

    Children – 2

       Spouses of Children – 2

              G-Children – 11

              Spouses of G-Children – 9

                     GG-Children – 54

                     Spouses of GG-Children – 12

                               GG-G Children – 11

 

Posterity of Walter & Eileen Albertson Petersen

Children – 7

       Spouses of Children - 5

G-Children – 39

       Spouses of G-Children – 7

GG-Children - 6

 

Posterity of Janice Lynn Albertson Robertson

Children – 4

       Spouses of Children – 4

        G-Children – 15

       Spouses of G-Children – 5

GG-Children – 5

 As of July 26, 2033

 

...an excerpt from the Life Story of Verna – an Idaho Girl – 1920-2013                                                           Introduction

Gem of the Mountains is the nickname for Idaho. It’s cold in the mountains in the winter. If this newborn could have had her druthers, she would have chosen a warmer place and time to enter the world. January 14, 1920, was frigid in Rigby, Idaho, when Verna Beth was born into the farm family of Ella and Dave Huffaker. She was their first daughter, joining two older brothers, Morris, 3 1/2, and David, Jr., almost 2.

 “I think my spirit got frostbitten on its way to earth because I’m always cold,” jokes Verna as she begins telling her story.

 Two years before Verna was born, World War I had ended. Over 21 million people died in a worldwide influenza epidemic after World War I. That same year Tsar Nicholas II and his family were murdered in Russia by the revolutionaries. --“Center for Life Stories Preservation” www.storypreservation.com”

 On January 10, 1920, four days before Verna was born, “the League of Nations, the first permanent international body encompassing many of the nations of the world, was established as the World War I Treaty of Versailles went into effect.” --Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac, p. 499.

 Here are some locations to pinpoint the move when Verna was one year old. Rigby is 12 miles northeast of Idaho Falls and has long winters with short summers. Wendell, 185 miles southwest of Rigby, was said to have a longer growing season. In Wendell, Verna lived on the Andrew, Amdal, *Hanson, Simonton, Dean, and Barrett rented places from 1921 to 1937.

 Dave was an excellent farmer and irrigator. He would calcimine [paint] each house they rented so everything would be clean and bright for Ella and the family. Then when they had a farm and house in tip-top shape, someone would buy it. They wondered if they would ever be able to scrape up a down payment to buy a place of their own.

Perhaps this was partly due to the little-known depression for farmers that started in 1919. History books tell us all about The Great Depression from 1929 to when World War II brought the United States out of it in the 1940’s. However, very few history books even mention the depression that hit the farm states following World War I. It’s almost as if it were the unmentionable depression.

 From 1914 to 1918 the prices were going up and up and up for farm products. The government encouraged farmers to grow more and more for the World War I effort and foreign markets. Many Idaho farmers bought more land and equipment on credit. “As soon as the armistice was signed with Germany on November 11, 1918, the U.S. government canceled its farm contracts. By 1920 Europe was producing again, so the U.S. farmers’ markets dwindled away and the farm prices plummeted. Banks began foreclosing on farmers.” [Idaho History, Vol. 2, p. 43, Leonard J. Arrington.]

 This could be why Verna’s family moved to so many different farms and why her Dad couldn’t buy a farm of his own until 1938.

 These Idaho farm families were struggling for survival. Ella was a hard worker but there was always more to do for a large family than the farmer’s wife could get done. Perhaps this is why Verna, the oldest daughter, was expected to help out so much around the house and farm. 

However, Ella told Dave that as his wife she was not going to be like some of the farmers’ wives who worked in the fields plus helping in the barn to milk the cows. And she never did. But she cooked plenty of delicious meals for her family and many hay and threshing crews, had a garden, canned hundreds of bottles of fruit, plus baked homemade bread several times a week, and hung out the cleanest wash in the county!

 In addition to Verna and her two older brothers, Morris, born August 8, 1916, and David, born April 3, 1918, three more children rounded out the family. Her next younger sibling, Lorraine, was born June 25, 1925 when Verna was five years old. 

Three years later Donald joined them on October 1, 1928, and then Eleanor was born March 30, 1930. Verna remembers that when she went to school on April 1st and told her friends she had a new baby sister, they all chimed: “Sure you do--April fool!"

Verna’s entire life story is 450 pages long...

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 Lunch Bunch was at 

Chili's in Saratoga Springs


Nadine, SuzAnne

Carol, Sue, Linda H

Sharon, Kaye, Jennie


Eileen, MaryAnn, Linda B


11 came today...


Clockwise from bottom left:

Eileen, MaryAnn, Linda B, Sharon, 

Kaye, Jennie, Carol, Sue, 

Linda H, Nadine, Suzanne


Clockwise from bottom left:

Eileen, MaryAnn, Linda B, Sharon, 

Kaye, Jennie, Carol, Sue, 

Linda H, Nadine, Suzanne



Southwest Explosion Salad


SuzAnne, Jennie


SuzAnne, Linda H, Eileen, 

Linda B, Sharon, Kaye,

MaryAnne, Carol



Grey clouds rolled in...


My sister's 1998 Toyota Camry

hit 250,000 miles today

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Our Wednesday night movie 

for a baseball movie was

from 1984

"The Natural"

Gary had end-of-the month reports to

get done so wasn't able to come.

THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2023
                     
Family is Everything…
  

  Neighborhood 

 FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2023

                 
Family is Everything…
  
 
Some fun photos popped up on my 

face book feed from 7 years ago...

When Steve saw this he said
 
Dad was shooting his old '22.


The story behind this 

"old '22" is that Walt 

bought it at age 12

at the end of the

1946 summer from

some of his earnings

working on the farm

for Uncle Stan

in Garland, Utah. 


It was bought at the

hardware store in Garland.


Here's Walt in 1945 at age 11

with his brother Dale, age 6


I've been looking for this photo 

of our home with the pickup 

in the driveway.


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It is very revealing what our Prophet

says is the most important date in our life.

Funeral of Patricia Terry Holland

President Russell M. Nelson closed the program with his own personal tribute

“Beloved Jeffrey, inspiring family, loyal friends, may I speak for all members of the Church in expressing our sincerest sympathy. We love Pat! I am grateful to all who have participated in any way in these sacred and unique services for this wonderful woman and treasured friend.”

“Sister Patricia Terry Holland is one of a kind. Truly, an elect lady. She occupies a unique position in our Later-day Saint history. Very few women in this dispensation have been married to a prophet, seer, and revelator and have served as a general officer of the Church. Emma Smith and Eliza R. Snow are two such women and Sister Holland is certainly in that esteemed circle. She also served as the first lady of Brigham Young University while her husband Jeffery R. Holland presided there. Sister Holland thus occupied a most unique position in the annals of the Church’s history. Her remarkable influence upon literally millions of women and men cannot be overestimated.”

“Sister Patricia Holland is exactly what a celestial woman looks like. We weep today for the passing of one so beloved by her family. However, we rejoice because of the celestial life she lived. At our birth, our spirits were clothed with a mortal body. That miraculous gift is the first step toward our gaining an immortal body and qualifying for eternal life. The second step is receiving the sacred ordinances that allow all of us to make covenants with God, and keeping those covenants. The third step is death. Death is a gateway along the path of eternal progress. Though hard for those of us left behind, we know that Sister Holland’s resurrection is certain and eternal life lies ahead. Death is both a necessity and a blessing. God’s great plan of happiness requires that each of us pass through that gateway. Sister Holland’s righteous spirit is now born again in the paradise of God. She continues on her path to eternal life. In time, Jeffrey and Patricia will be reunited. They will later be joined by their beautiful children and their covenant-keeping posterity to experience the fullest joy that God has in store for his faithful children.

“Knowing that, we understand that the most important date in Patricia’s life was not her birth date or her death date. Her most important date was June 7, 1963, when she and Jeff were sealed in the St. George Temple. This ordinance sealed them together forever. They have been completely faithful to their promises made to each other and to their Heavenly Father. Their children were born in that covenant and have remained totally faithful to that covenant. Why is all of this so important? Because the very reason the earth was created was so that families could be formed and sealed to each other. Salvation is an individual matter, but exhalation is a family matter. No one can be exalted alone.” 

“One day, each of us if worthy shall again see the glorified redeemed exalted, and perfected Patricia Terry Holland, wife, mother, sister, saint, and daughter of the living God. He lives. Jesus the Christ, this is his church, restored in its full to provide the blessing of eternal life for all his worthy sons and daughters. I so testify in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, amen.” 

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Saw this on face book.

I don't know if the story is true but I

sure like the 

"I wish you enough" part:

"Recently overheard was a father and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. 
They had announced the departure.

Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the father said, 'I love you, and I wish you enough.'

The daughter replied, 'Dad, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Dad.'

They kissed and the daughter left. The Father walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking, 'Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?'

'Yes, I have,' I replied. 'Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?'..

'I am old, and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is - the next trip back will be for my funeral,' he said.

'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough..' May I ask what that means?'

He began to smile. 'That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone...'

He paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and he smiled even more. 'When we said, 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them.' Then turning toward me, he shared the following as if he were reciting it from memory.

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.

I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the             final good-bye.

He then began to cry and walked away.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them; but then an entire life to forget them.

*TAKE TIME TO LIVE....*

To all my Friends and Family - 

*I WISH YOU ENOUGH*"



SATURDAY, JULY 29, 2023
  
                    Family is Everything…
  

I just saw this:

Church Releases Come Follow Me Manual 

For 2024

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has now published the materials it will use for learning in 2024. The focus will be on The Book of Mormon. 

The Church stated that, “This resource is for anyone who wants to learn from the Book of Mormon—individually, as a family, and in Church classes. If you haven’t studied the scriptures regularly in the past, this resource can help you get started. If you already have a good habit of scripture study, this resource can help you have more meaningful experiences.”

Unlike the Come Follow Me manuals in the past, the coming year has combined the teachers manual and the individuals and families into a single book. 

The Come Follow Me program began at the beginning of 2019. It is designed to create a home-centered, Church-supported approach to learning and teaching the gospel. 


 Rendezvousing with Steve and Gary

for dinner 'n movie.

We were going to "Oppenheimer"

but the report of nudity in his

affair with his former fianceé

after he married Kitty sounds

too explicit. We'll wait and

watch it online to fast forward

past those parts.

We're going to the light-hearted

"Haunted Mansion."

Critical response from Wikipedia

"On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 42% of 162 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "Haunted Mansion's talented cast makes the movie a pleasant enough destination, although it's neither scary nor funny enough to wholeheartedly recommend."[48] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 48 out of 100, based on 48 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[49] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B+” on an A+ to F scale.[50]

Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian gave the film two out of five stars, and stated, "Lakeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson and Jamie Lee Curtis cannot save this laborious story of a creepy old dwelling and the awful Hatbox Ghost".[51] Peter Debruge of Variety wrote, "While the visual effects are surprisingly weak for a film of this scale, the script proves far better than anyone might expect, establishing an emotional foundation for what might otherwise be a gimmick-driven haunted house movie."[52] Lucas Trevor of The Washington Post wrote, "It’s too dark for a family film, too weightless and juvenile for grown-ups. In a season notable for high-level action spectacle and important auteur projects, Haunted Mansion is not just confused but inconsequential."[53] "

I guess we will see what we think after we see it.

Steve, Gary and I all liked it a lot. Gary said 

it followed the Haunted House at Disneyland closely.


Reginald, the rock snake, 

is just over 200 rocks...





SUNDAY, July 30, 2023

                     
Family is Everything…


      Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward


Julie gave a great talk about 

the temple dedication of the 

Saratoga Spring Temple...



Fifth Sunday discussion...


given by Cindy Vaillancourt


on Family History, Research, 

and Temple Work...



She invited us to share our family

stories and photos on familysearch.org 




Cindy and her daughter Nicole


My church photo today...


 Street Snacks at Wildflower Court...

Maggie served snow cones...





Sterretts...



SUNDAY, July 30, 2023

Paul & Kathy Skousen served

homemade chocolate crisp cookies.


Street tacos from Wrights... 


Vickie Conner and daughter...
 

Samantha Warner and new son, Dominic.


Millers -- Michael and Jen


Andersens came over

from Wagoneer because

they'd been gone both

times when

it was their street...


Jennie & Allen 

had dried fruit leather 

they had made...

Andrew had brought 

chocolate cake and

watermelon...


*Street Snacks are a fun time
to visit with neighbors and

get to know where they live.

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* *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 July 30th,

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.
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Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all.
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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."

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Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration.  He is the Restorer of all things.
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President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world. 
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The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.
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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.
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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.

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Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
July 30, 2023



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