Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Traces of Time . . . November 3-9, 2025

 TRACES OF TIME . . .                  {Last week: Scroll to end click "Older Posts" at bottom right.

It is in very tiny font: Older Posts} 
Week of
november 3-9 2025

Stay on the Covenant Path
to reach the
Tree of Life
 
A wise person once said, 
"Every society will be judged by
how it treats the least fortunate."

"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly...                             

TIME...we belongto eternity...Neal A. Maxwell
On this blog I share with family and friends my 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 to 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--
 second only to being 
with me and our children--
was as a pilot flying...

Our first plane was a piper Cherokee...
Then in a six-seater Cessna high-wing, turbo-charged airplane. 4824 Foxtrot was the call number.  {He owned the plane with two partners).

We were blessed to serve 4 missions together--FIRST MISSIONJuly 1995-July 1998  3 YEARS 

               Mission President and wife of the                Mexico Merida Mission - YucatanCancun was in our Mission.We drove 3,000 miles each month to Zone conferences and to interview the missionaries.*** *** ***SECOND MISSION     Mar 2005-Feb 20072 YEARSArea Medical Advisor - Central America Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,  Costa Rica, Panama.We lived in Guatemala City.we went to a differant country each month.12 missions -                     2,000 missionaries.*** *** ***THIRD MISSIONSep 2008-Mar 20101 1/2 YEARSArea Medical Advisor - South America So.Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay14 missions - -2300 missionaries*** *** ***

FOURTH MISSIONJuly 2011 -Nov 20143 YEARS 3 MONTHS
Temple President and Temple MatronSan Salvador El Salvador TempleDedicated Aug 21, 2011*** *** ***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?"
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Walt was also a carpenter at heart--like his carpenter father, Ray Petersen.

Family... From 1963 to 1974 we hadseven and called that heaven...


This blog is...Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen...




 







...their spouses--Julie, John, Jennifer, Jerry--our 39 grandchildren--10 spouses of G-C, and with a new gg-son 8-28-'25 = 9 great-grandchildren--for a posterity of 73...2 gg-c due in 2026.

Week of

NOVEMBER 3-9, 2025


                 
MONDAY, 

 NOVEMBER 3, 2025

Family is Everything….
 Sunrise:  7: a.m.                                           Sunset 5:22p.m.


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TRACES OF TIME . . .       
                 
MONDAY, 

 NOVEMBER 3, 2025

sunrise 7:00 a.m.
sunset - 5:21 p.m.

private Open House for vip's begins today at burley idaho temple...

This is what Susan Young said about it:

"We are getting excited about the Burley Temple Open House, and we are on a committee which will be there the first days to mingle with special invited guests, November 3-5th. The governor, Scott Bedke-Speaker of the House, and even 2 Idaho Supreme Court judges will be coming. Many pastors and local government officials will be on the tours before it is open to the public on the 6th. Garth Williams was asked to paint a picture as a gift from the church to the Governor when he comes. He painted a scene that has a potato field, Mt Harrison and the Snake River in it."

 Garth Williams by his painting 
for the Governor...

  
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Temple President 

and temple matron 

from the Paul Idaho Stake

Paul Kenji Tateoka and Sister 

Nadine Lani Tsutae Saito Tateoka.

 


President Tim & Sister Carie Eames

  from the Rupert West Idaho Stake

and

President Kent & Sister Marilyn Searle

from the Oakley Idaho Stake

will serve in the Burley Idaho

                   Temple Presidency.  

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I went to my

podiatrist today.



















TUESDAY,  

NOVEMBER 4, 2025

Family is Everything…

       Family is Everything...



 Institute

I'm still editing the
duplicate photos...


The Parable of

the Widow and

the Unwise Judge

and 

The Pharisee 

and

The Publican





















































 We watched 

the 2013 version with 

Leonardo DiCaprio.



$105–190 million[2][3]

Box office

$353.6 million[3]

What is the best

 movie version of

 The Great Gatsby?

AI Overview

There is no consensus on the "best" Great Gatsby movie, as it depends on whether you prioritize fidelity to the novel or modern spectacle. The 1974 version starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow is often cited for its faithfulness to the book and atmospheric portrayal of the 1920s. The 2013 version directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, is praised for its stylistic, high-energy, and visually extravagant approach that some find more entertaining.  

Always enjoy having Gary come for 

movie night...still doing

Classic Books made into movies...

next week will be the 1930

"All Quiet on the Western Front"



WEDNESDAY,

NOVEMBER 5, 2025

Family is Everything…

...and so are friends!
 Lunch Bunch was at Chuck-A-Rama
16 were able to come...
I'm still editing the
duplicate photos...
Clockwise from bottom left:
Eileen, Kathie, Shirlene,
MaryAnn, Linda, Shauna...







Jennie, Faye, Kaye,
Judy, Carol, 
Annette, Sharon







Dean and Nadine had
to leave before group photo...
 ...and Amelene had
not come yet.

Dean


Dean

Dean
Dean
Dean

Dean

Dean
Dean
Dean

Dean
Dean
Dean
Dean

















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Bunco was at the home
of Kathie Hatch









2025 is ending with a bang —
 and two giant Moons.

NOV 5 – DEC 4

#fblifestyle




Snoopy’s Moonlight Moment —

The Final Supermoons of 2025 ✨🌕


Snoopy’s getting his blanket ready and climbing to the rooftop — the sky’s about to put on its final show of the year. 🐾💭

First comes November’s Beaver Moon, glowing warm and golden before winter truly settles in. 🍂🌕

Then arrives December’s Cold Moon, shining big and bright — a soft, glowing farewell to 2025. ❄️💫

take a moment like Snoopy…

Look up.
Breathe.

And let the moonlight remind you how far you’ve come this year. 🌙💛

#2025#Snoopy#Supermoon#BeaverMoon#ColdMoon#CozyNights#Gratitude

THURSDAY, 
NOVEMBER 6, 2025
Family is Everything…
The Burley Idaho Temple monument sign.

The exterior of the Burley Idaho Temple.

The Burley Idaho Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has opened its doors for public tours, prior to its dedication on Jan. 11, 2026.

From Nov. 6 to Nov. 22 —9AM-8PM DAILY== excluding Sundays — the public is invited to tour what will become Idaho’s seventh house of the Lord [4 more have been announced for Idaho]. The tours begin Nov. 3 with a media day, and invited guests will also tour the building Nov. 4-5.

Three General Authority Seventies are leading the Nov. 3 media day tours: Elder Steven R. Bangerter, executive director of the Temple Department; Elder K. Brett Nattress, also of the Temple Department; and Elder Karl D. Hirst, second counselor in the United States Central Area presidency.

The celestial room inside the Burley Idaho Temple.The celestial room inside the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

In conjunction with Monday’s media day, the Church released interior and exterior photographs of the Burley Idaho Temple on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

After its dedication next January, this will become the 212th operating temple of the Church. It’s also planned to be the first temple dedicated in 2026.

The exterior of the Burley Idaho Temple.The exterior of the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Design and features

The Burley temple is a two-story structure of approximately 45,300 square feet, measuring 172 feet to the top of the spire. Its steel frame is clad in Bianco Sardo granite, fabricated in Millcreek, Utah. The 10.12-acre site, approximately half a mile southwest of the Snake River, is surrounded by a black Ameristar Montage Plus Majestic fence.

Design motifs draw from the local landscapes, including the sugar beet and potato fields that Idaho’s Magic Valley is known for. Art-glass patterns inside the temple highlight the blossoms and leaves of the potato plant. The color palette ties to the local farmland and open skies, with hues of blue, gold, amber, cream, orange, peach and green.

An art-glass window inside the Burley Idaho Temple.An art-glass window inside the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Soft gold broadloom carpets appear in general areas of the temple, with creamy white carpet in the celestial and sealing rooms. Flooring is primarily composed of Botticino Classico marble, accented with Jerusalem Gold, Verde Guatemala and yellow-gold stones from Italy. In the brides’ room, celestial room and sealing rooms, crystal chandeliers and fixtures hang with antique brass finishes.

Millwork throughout the temple is made of quarter-sawn sapele wood, with the interior doors also using sapele. The doors’ hardware features a potato blossom design with a rubbed bronze finish.

The baptistry inside the Burley Idaho Temple.The baptistry inside the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

This temple and the Church in Idaho

On April 4, 2021, then-Church President Russell M. Nelson announced a house of the Lord for Burley, Idaho. It was one of 20 locations he identified in April 2021 general conference, including temples for five neighboring states.

groundbreaking ceremony was held June 4, 2022, to commence the Burley temple’s construction phase. The event was presided over by Elder Brent H. Nielson — a Burley native and then of the Presidency of the Seventy — who later received emeritus status in 2024.

“Soon the temple will be your home,” he said at the groundbreaking, “and I hope that as you feel that and understand that, this will become a wonderful place for you to find solace and peace and joy and happiness.”

Related Story

Turning the soil for a new kind of harvest at Burley Idaho Temple groundbreaking

A sealing room inside the Burley Idaho Temple.A sealing room inside the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Burley temple is one of Idaho’s 11 houses of the Lord in various stages of operation, construction or planning.

Six of those temples are operating — in Idaho Falls (dedicated in 1945), Boise (1984), Rexburg (2008), Twin Falls (2008), Meridian (2017) and Pocatello (2021).

Two houses of the Lord are under construction in Idaho: the Montpelier Idaho Temple, since June 2023, and the Teton River Idaho Temple, since June 2024. The latter will be Rexburg’s second temple.

A final two temples are in planning stages: the Coeur d’Alene Idaho Temple, announced October 2024, and the Caldwell Idaho Temple, announced April 2025.

The recommend desk inside the Burley Idaho Temple.The recommend desk inside the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

In 1855, early pioneers of the Church first settled in Idaho at Fort Lemhi, then part of the Oregon Territory. Fourteen years later, the Bear Lake Stake — Idaho’s first — was organized in 1869. Church presidents Harold B. LeeEzra Taft Benson and Howard W. Hunter were born in Idaho.

Today, Idaho is home to almost 500,000 Latter-day Saints in around 1,300 congregations.

The exterior of the Burley Idaho Temple.The exterior of the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Burley Idaho Temple

Address: 40 S. 150 East, Burley, Idaho 83318

Announced: April 4, 2021, by President Russell M. Nelson

Groundbreaking: June 4, 2022, presided over by Elder Brent H. Nielson of the Presidency of the Seventy

Public open house: Nov. 6 through Nov. 22, 2025, excluding Sundays

To be dedicated: Jan. 11, 2026

Property size: 10.12 acres

Building size: 45,300 square feet

Building height: 172 feet (including the spire)

WA chandelier inside the Burley Idaho Temple.A chandelier inside the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The brides' room inside the Burley Idaho Temple.The brides' room inside the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The exterior of the Burley Idaho Temple.The exterior of the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

A chapel inside the Burley Idaho Temple.A chapel inside the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

A hallway inside the Burley Idaho Temple.A hallway inside the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

A staircase inside the Burley Idaho Temple.A staircase inside the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The exterior of the Burley Idaho Temple.The exterior of the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

An instruction room inside the Burley Idaho Temple.An instruction room inside the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The baptistry inside the Burley Idaho Temple.The baptistry inside the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The entryway of the Burley Idaho Temple.The entryway of the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

A waiting area inside the Burley Idaho Temple.A waiting area inside the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The exterior of the Burley Idaho Temple.The exterior of the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The baptismal font inside the Burley Idaho Temple.The baptismal font inside the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

A sealing room inside the Burley Idaho Temple.A sealing room inside the Burley Idaho Temple. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Burley Idaho Temple monument sign.The Burley Idaho Temple monument sign. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Related Stories...

Open-house tours begin for Bahía Blanca Argentina Temple

Read more Church News coverage of temples (Walt and I toured this mission several times during our 18 months serving in the South America South Area as Area Medical Advisor and Assistant - Oct 2008 to Mar 2010.)

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Jen’s fb post 2025 Nov 6…
I sent two kids to study abroad this semester… we gained another one along the way!!! Can’t wait to have Hailey join the crazy brew crew…

Seth and Sarah, our grandchildren--who are twins--are at the BYU Jerusalem Center for this Semester--September through mid-December. Hailey, who has been dating Seth foe awhile, is also there. 

While on a field trip to Greece -- Seth proposed...

Hailey said "Yes!"

They are on their to becoming eternal sweethearts...

...and we couldn't be happier.

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FRIDAY,  

NOVEMBER 7, 2025


             Family is Everything…

  Happy 


















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SATURDAY,  

NOVEMBER 8, 2025



                    Family is Everything…



...watching
BYU vs TEXAS TECH 
 favored by  



No. 7 BYU lost to 
No. 9 TEXAS TECH
7-29 

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SEASON RECORD 8-1
Gary texted:

Even with a loss, BYU still has a good shot to make it to the Big12 championship...

BYU SCHEDULE FOR THIS SEASON.

Portland_State_Vikings_Logo

Portland State

Provo, Utah / LaVell Edwards Stadium

69-0

Sat., Sep. 6 8:15 PM MDT

BYU Schedule Logo

vs.

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Stanford

Provo, Utah / LaVell Edwards Stadium

27-3

Sat., Sep. 20 5:30 PM MDT

BYU Schedule Logo

at

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East Carolina

Greenville, North Carolina / Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium

34-13

Sat., Sep. 27 8:15 PM MDT

BYU Schedule Logo

at

Colorado Athletics

Colorado

Big 12

Boulder, Colorado / Folsom Field

24-21

Fri., Oct. 3 8:30 PM MDT

BYU Schedule Logo

vs.

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West Virginia

Big 12

Provo, Utah / LaVell Edwards Stadium

38-24

BYU Schedule Logo

at

Arizona Athletics

Arizona

Big 12

Tucson, Arizona / Arizona Stadium

33-27

 Homecoming

Sat., Oct. 186:00 PM MDT

BYU Schedule Logo

vs.

#23

Utah

Big 12

Provo, Utah / LaVell Edwards Stadium

24-21

Sat., Oct. 25 1:30 PM MDT

BYU Schedule Logo

at

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Iowa State

Big 12

Ames, Iowa / Jack Trice Stadium

Sat., Nov. 810:00 AM MST

BYU Schedule Logo

at

#9Texas_Tech_Athletics_logo

Texas Tech

Big 12

Lubbock, Texas / Jones AT&T Stadium

7-29

Sat., Nov. 15  8:15 PM MST

BYU Schedule Logo

vs.

TCU%20Primary%20Logo

TCU

Big 12

Provo, Utah / LaVell Edwards Stadium

Sat., Nov. 22 TBA

BYU Schedule Logo

at

Cincinnati_Bearcats_logo

Cincinnati

Big 12

Cincinnati, Ohio / Nippert Stadium

Sat., Nov. 29  TBA

BYU Schedule Logo

vs.

UCF_Knights_logo

UCF

Big 12

Provo, Utah / LaVell Edwards Stadium

BYU

 

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SUNDAY, 

 NOVEMBER 9, 2025
                   

Family is Everything…


 Sunday

Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward




Eleanor Trent gave thw article of Faith




Daniela Rubio - Chile Santiago Mission



Missionary...




Missionary...



♪♫♪"Be Still My Soul"♪♫

Steve Wright and

Troy Williams

    
...Sherry Shepherd at piano with

daughter turning the music sheets...


Emily Slade, cello


...can see Sherry here.


David South



...gave Sergeant Alvin York

as an example of doing what

God wants us to do...

















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Relief Society


As we walked into the 

Relief Society room,

the  simplicity of

this exquisite table setting

gave me a feeling of serenity.


Relief Society




Relief Society



Relief Society


Relief Society...



Relief Society president,

Joanne Lyon.


Relief Society

SIMPLICITY IN CHRIST

ELDER MICHAEL CZIESLA

General Conference October 2025



Relief Society teacher...

Mayra Luedtke


Mayra wrote these 7

words on the board

from Elder Cziesla's talk

to discuss...


FAITH - LOVE - PRAYER

FORGIVE

SERVE - LISTEN - TRUST


 "Come unto me..."



"The Gospel is so simple, ...


...even a child can understand."



"The power of simple faith...


"Seek ye first...


 Thank you, Mayra for

teaching us how to...

"LET OUR LIGHT SHINE 

THROUGH THE SIMPLICITY

OF JESUS CHRIST"

and giving us this

beautiful candle to

remind us to do so.


Mayra Luedtke, your

light shown today as 

you taught us.


Relief



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Thank you, Julie, for

taking my Sunday photo.





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This afternoon...

Jacee, Maddie, 

Jackson, and Rigdon

were all able to be at

the delicious steak dinner

John prepared.




** *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 
November 9th, 2025

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 Dallin H. Oaks 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 Priesthood Temple Ordinances families can be sealed for eternity.
PRIESTHOOD

 
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Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
November 9, 2025 


                                      

Next week ...

                            November 10-16, 2025

 

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