****Walt & Eileen Petersen**: Traces 0f Time . . . July 7-13, 2025

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Traces 0f Time . . . July 7-13, 2025

TRACES OF TIME . . .

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JULY 7-13, 2025

Stay on the Covenant Path
to reach the
Tree of Life

“Keep on the covenant path,”
“Gather Israel,”
“Let God prevail,”
“Build bridges of understanding,”
“Give thanks,”
“Increase your faith in Jesus Christ,” “Take charge of your testimony,”
and “Become a peacemaker.”
Russell M. Nelson
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A wise person once said,
"Every society will be judged by
how it treats the least fortunate."
"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly...
TIME...
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.
*All that I am or ever hope to be,
I not only owe to my**

angel mother and father,

...but my wonderful husband,
Walter Ray Petersen.

Walt called himself...
"The last of the old-time country doctors."

He delivered about 4,000 babies, among fixing broken hips, other surgeries, and even made house calls.As Janie said in his obituary:"He healed many hearts, heads, hands, and everything in-between."
In the 1950s you had to be 20 to serve a mission. This is Walt in August 1954, on the day he was set apart in Salt Lake City
to be a missionary.

One of Walt's happiest of happy places was as the pilot flying...
Our first plane was a piper Cherokee...
Then in a six-seater Cessna high-wing, turbo-charged airplane. Foxtrot 48--something was the call number {he owned with two partners).
We were blessed to serve 4 missions together--First:July 1995-July 1998
       Mission President and wife of the   Mexico Merida Mission - Yucatan* * * Mar 2005-Feb 2007Area Medical Advisor - Central America Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama12 missions - 2,000 missionaries.* * Sep 2008-Mar 2010Area Medical Advisor - South America So.Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay14 missions - 2300 missionaries * *
July 2014-Nov 2018Temple President and Temple MatronSan Salvador El Salvador Temple*** * This totaled 9 1/2 years out of theUnited States.Grampa Petersen told our grandchildren that the Prophet said: "If you love your grandchildrfen, serve a mission,"To which g-dau Ashley asked:"How many?"
* *Walt was also a carpenter at heart--like his carpenter father, Ray Petersen.

This blog is...Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen...
  ...their spouses--Julie, John, Jennifer, Jerry--our 39 grandchildren--8 spouses of G-C, and 8 great-grandchildren--for a posterity of 71.
Week of
  JULY 7-13, 2025

MONDAY, JULY 7, 2025

Family is Everything….

Sunrise: 6: 05 a.m. Sunset: 8:59 p.m.

Cleaning gals...Sonia and

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Sharon took me to Hobby Lobby to buy the Bunco Prize...we also went to Dollar Tree.

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TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2025**

Family is Everything…

Today

MOVIE NIGHT

The Classics... {16}
TREASURE ISLAND - 1950 version

We meant to watch the earlier--1934--version, but rented this one by mistake. We'll watch the 1934 one next week and compare.

I always love gary coming
for movie night.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2025

Family is Everything…
...and so are friends!
Lunch Bunch was at Taqueria
in Eagle Mountain...

18 were able to come...
Marcy, Kelley, Diane,
Barbara, MaryAnn, Lydia,
Kathie, Annette, Andrew,
Nadine, Sharon, Linda,
Faye, Jeanie, Kaye,
Shirlene, Carol, Eileen.
Lunch Bunch

Lunch Bunch
Lunch Bunch
Lunch Bunch
Marcy, Shelley, Diane
Shirlene, Carol, Eileen
Barbara, MaryAnn, Lydia
Lunch Bunch
Faye, Jeanie, Kaye
Lydia, Kathie, Annette
Andrew, Nadine
Sharon, Linda
Five gals paid for the 5 chips 'n salsa
which are $4 each, not complimentary
like in most places...
Carne Asada Enchiladas
with beans 'n rice...
I think Diane got the Tacos of the Day
which were Cheese Steak...
It was fun to meet Shelley,
...who is Diane's walking partner
from when they were neighbors.
Lunch Bunch photo out
in the sunshine...
Nadine, Linda, Eileen, Shirlene
Andrew, Linda, Eileen, Shirlene
the
Nadine took this to get
the sign in. Thanks for
driving us four, Nadine.
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Bunco at MaryAnn's home...

Bunco - MaryAnn made her famous
cowboy cookies to serve.
Bunco - Kaye brought her yummy homemade chocolate chip cookies.
...Yvonne was a good sport about not getting one Binco.
Bunco
Bunco - 11 were able to come...
Faye, Jeanie, Kaye,
Jennie, Carol, MaryAnn,
Kathie, Yvonne. And in front:
Eileen, Laura. Diane taking photo.
Bunco
Diane in this photo on left.

...MaryAnn served the birthday cake that her dau-in-law, Sharon, had baked for her.

She had made a big one for the
Sunday Family Dinner and sent
this small one home with MaryAnn.

Kathie drove Carol and me
in the new vehicle that Bryant
just got for his 75th birthday...
They call it their
"Batmobile."
2025 Tesla Cybertruck
Pickup truck Electric Vehicle (EV) Definition. An EV is defined as a vehicle that can be powered by an electric motor that draws electricity from a battery and is capable of being charged from an external source.

aka Cyybertruck Beast

Kathie showed us how it can go from 0 mph to 60 mph in 3 seconds...It took our breath away!

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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2025
Family is Everything…

Day

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Summer triple digits...

The record was 34 days in 2022.

FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2025

Family is Everything…

Tragedy in Mini-Cassia counties

happened on Tuesday, July 8:

From the face book post of a Burley resident:

"No one is immune to feeling the effects of the tragedies in our community. Everyone here either knew them, lived in close proximity, saw the man who killed, knew him…

It’s rattled us to our core. Whether or not we want to believe this could happen here, the fact is, now in an alarming horror, it has. Everyone wants to know the gruesome details. In a world of instant gratification, there are things, especially in the justice system, that cannot be shared to protect victim and the man in custody’s rights. Whether or not you agree doesn’t change that.

As the loving and supportive community I know us to be, the best thing we can do is lift up these families, pray over them, stand with them, and take the necessary precautions to keep our families safe."
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From the face book post of another Burley resident:
"Long gone are the days where you could leave your doors unlocked and trust everyone. Too many opportunists are out there looking for selfish gain.
I feel so deeply for the victims, Kelly and Donna Jenks, Angelica Medina, and the other unknown name and their families. I can’t imagine the horror they experienced before they were murdered. I also feel for the family of the man in custody. They have to live out this horror every day now too.
No one can excuse the man’s actions. If he’s dealing with schizophrenia like has been reported, that’s a whole level of hell in someone’s mind that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. For every action, there are consequences. He will have his days in court with a judge. Will it be enough justice for the families? Although when it comes to justice, is there really anything that will ever make it right?
This is a call to action for our community. The lack of mental health resources is glaringly obvious. Let’s band together and get a facility here that can do more for our community: people living under anxiety with crippling fear that need a place to turn to, people with schizophrenia, people with severe depression, people who need educated on how to help others in a mental crisis….
This is a call to be a light Mini-Cassia. Share love and light and not live in fear. I refuse to allow fear to control our community. Let us step forward together. We are Mini-Cassia strong."
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A Burley man is in jail
accused of killing four people
Ben Naylor, a 56-year-old resident of Burley, is currently in police custody following his arrest for the alleged murder of four individuals across two counties in the Mini-Cassia area on Tuesday, July 8.

Authorities have initiated a thorough investigation into these tragic events, and neighbors are shaken by the tragedy.
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SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2025**

Family is Everything…

SUNDAY, JULY 13 , 2025

Family is Everything…

Sunday

Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward

3rd Ward
3rd Ward

Rigdon gave the 7th

Article of Faith

"We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy,

revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of

tongues, and so forth."

Rigdon did a great job.

Didn't take any paper with him...

said it perfectly and clearly

and we all could understand it.

I was so intent on listening to him,

I didn't get a photo.

Here is a photo of Rigdon

from the Primary program

last November.

Eva Cheney, daughter

of Bishop Roger & Jennifer Cheney,

speaking before leaving for

her Uruguay Montevideo Mission

Lisa Miller played a medley of hymns on her flute.

She was accompanied by Emily Slade.

3rd Ward
3rd Ward

Mayra Luedtke introduced herself by telling us

that they have 9 children and 15 grandchildren.

(I presume this is a combined family from

previous marriages.)

Bishop Cheney shared their experience of being

sent to Kawait in 2013 for his job, and when

he took 7 y-o Eva to the English school, he felt it

was chaos with all the students trying to line

up and noisey before entering the building.

Eva ran into the crowd of kids with her arms

outstreatched to become a part of it all.

Curtis Allen thanked Cynthia Vaillancourt and

Sherry Shepherd for directing and playing the

organ today.

3rd Ward

RELIEF SOCIETY

RELIEF SOCIETY

Our Relief Society President, Joanne Lyon, is back

from helping her parents in Canada.

RELIEF SOCIETY

RELIEF SOCIETY PRESIDENCY

Joanne, Heidi, Laura, Sue

RELIEF SOCIETY

Melissa "Missy" Ballantyne

taught the lesson today from...

...Elder Christofferson's General Conference

April 2025 Saturday evening address.

RS LESSON 2025 JUL 13 –

MISSY BALLANTYNE TAUGHT:

Elder D. Todd Christofferson: ‘Worship’

‘How we live may be the best, most genuine form of worship’

5 April 2025, 7:21 p.m. MDT
Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during the Saturday evening session of the 195th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints held in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on April 5, 2025. Cristy Powell, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles spoke during the Saturday
evening session of April 2025 general
conference about worshipping. The following is a
summary of what he said.

Elder Christofferson’s talk summary

Four concepts regarding worship:

First, the actions that constitute one’s worship: Most important is what is done in gathering on the Lord’s day. “Worshipping together, as the ‘body of Christ,’ has unique power and benefits as we teach, serve and sustain one another.”

Second, the attitudes and feelings inherent in worship: “Feeling and expressing gratitude to God is, in fact, what infuses worship with a sense of joyful renewal as opposed to seeing it as just one more duty.”

Third, the exclusivity of worship: “Whatever takes precedence over worship of the Father and the Son becomes an idol. Those who reject God as the source of truth, or disavow any accountability to Him, in effect substitute themselves as their god.”

Finally, the need to emulate the Father and the Son: “How we live may be the best, most genuine form of worship. Showing our devotion means emulating the Father and the Son — cultivating Their attributes and character in ourselves. …

“May we receive the Holy Spirit and yield our hearts to God, have no other gods before Him and as disciples of Jesus Christ emulate His character in our own lives. I testify that as we do, we will experience joy in worship.”

See the full text of Elder Christofferson’s talk: ‘Worship’

Notable quotes

“True worship means loving God and yielding our will to Him — the most precious gift we can offer.”

“Worshipping together, as the ‘body of Christ’ has unique power and benefits as we teach, serve and sustain one another. … As a community of Saints, we strengthen each other in worship and in faith.”

“Those who reject God as the source of truth, or disavow any accountability to Him, in effect substitute themselves as their god. One who places loyalty to a party or cause ahead of divine direction worships a false god.”

Who is Elder Christofferson?
Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Elder D. Todd Christofferson has been a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles since April 5, 2008. He was called as a General Authority Seventy in 1993 and served in the Presidency of the Seventy from 1998 until his call as an Apostle.

In 1968, he married Kathy Jacob. The two met at a BYU football game — at the time, he had been helping with crowd control, and she was a Cougarette. They are the parents of five children.

From 1975 to 1980, Elder Christofferson practiced law in Washington, D.C., after serving as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica during the trials and other proceedings known as Watergate (1972-74).

What has Elder Christofferson done recently?

As part of the October 2024 general conference, Elder Christofferson talked about the need to put away “weapons of rebellion” and “yield to the enticings of the Spirit.”

Elder Christofferson joined the Church News podcast in December to talk about the Church Educational System and young adults today.

While pursuing education, “look to the Lord for the help you need,” Elder Christofferson told young adults in March 2025.

Elder Christofferson met with the king of the Ga people in Ghana and Sierra Leone’s president and first lady in February.

Join the “spiritual aristocracy” of ancestors, Elder Christofferson told BYU–Hawaii students in January.

Read more of Elder Christofferson’s general conference addresses, or follow him on Facebook, Instagram and X/Twitter.

RELIEF SOCIETY

MISSY PASSED THIS BASKET OF SWEET TREATS

FOR EACH SISTER.

RELIEF SOCIETY
Sister Ballantyne had each sister write a word on each of four sticks for how we identified with each of Elder Christofferson's four concepts of worship:

1. Action

2. Attitude

3. Exclustivity

4. Emulate

RELIEF SOCIETY

She showed how strong the four

together are, and cannot be broken...

RELIEF SOCIETY

Then she showed that if we just have one, it can

easily be broken in half.

That was a powerful visual aid for me!

RELIEF SOCIETY

Friends...

RELIEF SOCIETY

Missy and Camie

Thank you Shirlene for taking my

Church photo today.

...and thank you for...

...driving me home.

Ted and Sharon driving home

in their golf cart.

Thank you, Nelson, for taking my walker up the

steps to the front door.

This afternoon...

Roast beef and veggies...

It's not the same when

Julie's gone.

she's on her way to

Island Park in Idaho for

the semi-annual

Blueberries' Retreat.

**** 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 13th,
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.

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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.

“An omnicompetent God leaves all mortals free to choose, but how grateful we should be that God chose long, long ago to rescue and to resurrect all His children through the Atonement of His Son. Nevertheless, some reject and many are indifferent to these and other divine beckonings, mostly because they are too caught up in the cares of the world. They are strangers to the Savior, who is far from the thoughts and intents of their hearts.”
Neal A Maxwell
How Choice a Seer!

    Revelation 19:16: -- "And he hath on his vesture and on
his thigh a name written,
KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS".

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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.
“Keep on the covenant path,” “Gather Israel,” “Let God prevail,” “Build bridges of understanding,” “Give thanks,” “Increase your faith in Jesus Christ,” “Take charge of your testimony,” and “Become a peacemaker.”
Russell M. Nelson
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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 Priesthood 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 13, 2025



Next week
July 14-20, 2025**

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