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A wise person once said, "Every society will be judged byhow 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
TIME...we belongto eternity...Neal A. Maxwell
angel mother and father...
...but to my wonderful husband,Walter Ray Petersen.For the 59 years we lived together on this earth,I pinched myself thatI was the lucky gal whom he chose to be hiseterna sweetheart.I still can hardlybelieve it.
Walt called himself...
"The last of the old-time country doctors."
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."He not only healed medically, but he healed spiritually as a bishop, stake president, mission president, temple president, patriarch, doctor, friend, husband, father, grandfather--an all around exceptional person. Our friend, Jeff Rasmussen, said: "There will never be another like Walt Petersen in our town."
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 24-30, 2025
MONDAY,
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?"
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--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.
MONDAY,
NOVEMBER 24, 2025
Family is Everything…. Sunrise: 7:24 a.m. Sunset 5:04 p.m.
SONIA AND TINA
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These
are some very powerful verses regarding sealings. Notice Jesus Christ was
sealed to His Father. We also through sacred ordinances in the temple are
sealed to our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and families forever. Being sealed
is an absolute necessity to be with our Father again.
Matthew
18:18
18
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
John
6:27
27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto
everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God
the Father sealed.
"The
power to validate all priesthood ordinances and make them binding both on earth
and in heaven—the sealing power—is crucial for
gathering and preparing a covenant people on both sides of the veil.
We
tend to think of the sealing authority as applying only to certain temple
ordinances, but that authority is necessary to make any ordinance valid and
binding beyond death. The sealing power confers a seal of legitimacy upon your
baptism, for example, so that it is recognized here and in heaven."
D.
Todd Christofferson
Artist
Danny Hahlbohm
TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 25, 2025
These
are some very powerful verses regarding sealings. Notice Jesus Christ was
sealed to His Father. We also through sacred ordinances in the temple are
sealed to our Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and families forever. Being sealed
is an absolute necessity to be with our Father again.
Matthew
18:18
18
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
John
6:27
27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto
everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God
the Father sealed.
"The
power to validate all priesthood ordinances and make them binding both on earth
and in heaven—the sealing power—is crucial for
gathering and preparing a covenant people on both sides of the veil.
We
tend to think of the sealing authority as applying only to certain temple
ordinances, but that authority is necessary to make any ordinance valid and
binding beyond death. The sealing power confers a seal of legitimacy upon your
baptism, for example, so that it is recognized here and in heaven."
D.
Todd Christofferson
Artist Danny Hahlbohm
TUESDAY,
Family is Everything…
Family is Everything...
NATALIE CUT MY
HAIR THIS MORNING,,,
I WASN'T ABLE
TO GO TO INSTITUTE...
Wed, Nov 25, 2014-FB 11 years ago
We are excited to have our family coming to our home today and tomorrow. Of the 52 (7 kids, their spouses, their kids and now 4 of the 35 grandchildren married) we will have 42 together for about 5 days. We do give thanks!
WEDNESDAY,
Wed, Nov 25, 2014-FB 11 years ago
We are excited to have our family coming to our home today and tomorrow. Of the 52 (7 kids, their spouses, their kids and now 4 of the 35 grandchildren married) we will have 42 together for about 5 days. We do give thanks!
NOVEMBER 26, 2025
Family is Everything…
Lunch Bunch was cancelled for today.Steve came at noon to drive me to Rexburg.We pulled out of our driveway at 12:43.Stopped to get Janie flowers.On road at 1:07...
Fort Hall Reservationfor a rest stop...
WEDNESDAY,
NOVEMBER 26, 2025
Family is Everything…
Steve and Grama
pulled up to Greystoneat 5:33 pm.
Steve trying to fix therolling trash drawer...
...but the brackets were cracked.
Daniel & Kelly, Maeve,Ingrid, and Lumi arrivedfrom Great Falls, Montana--a 5-hour drive to Rexburgon Thanksgiving Eve...
The Gathering has begun...
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5 0 S I M P L E T H I N G S T O
B E G R A T E F U L
F O R T O D A Y
1- The start of a new day.
2- The breath in your lungs.
3- The warmth of the sun on your
skin.
4- Moments of silence.
5- The sound of laughter.
6- The pleasure of a hobby.
7- The ability to help someone.
5 0 S I M P L E T H I N G S T O
B E G R A T E F U L
F O R T O D A Y
2- The breath in your lungs.
3- The warmth of the sun on your
skin.
4- Moments of silence.
5- The sound of laughter.
6- The pleasure of a hobby.
7- The ability to help someone.
a photo of
TRACES O TIME . . .
a photo of
Gary sent a photo of their 15 pies
at Jenny's.
*** *** ***FRIDAY,
NOVEMBER 28, 2025
Family is Everything…
Happy 
TRACES OF TIME . . . THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 27, 2025Family is Everything…
Grama Fish with Iggy
Iggy will be "1" next week --on December 3.
Goodbye Greystone...
Janie, thanks for a wonderfulThanksgiving time...
...I'll be back...
...for Christmas.
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SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 29, 2025
Family is Everything…
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