Monday, October 19, 2026

Traces of Time . . . Week of October 19-25, 2026

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Week of 
OCTOBER 19-25, 2026
Stay on the Covenant Path
to reach the
Tree of Life
"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly...        

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.

Dedicated to our Posterity of 78: Seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and posterity to come.                  MONDAY, 

OCTOBER 19, 2026

Family is 
Everything... 

Sunrise: 7:43  a.m. 

Sunset:  6:42 p.m.

The weather forecast for the Utah Wasatch Front from October 19–25, 2026, features warm, above-average temperatures through midweek followed by a strong low-pressure storm system bringing heavy rain and much cooler conditions starting Thursday. 
DateDayHigh TempLow TempExpected Weather Conditions
Oct 19Monday69°F50°FMostly sunny, pleasant, and above average
Oct 20Tuesday72°F53°FWarm and sunny
Oct 21Wednesday73°F53°FSunny and peak warmth for the week
Oct 22Thursday71°F51°FRain starting in the afternoon, turning to heavy showers at night
Oct 23Friday55°F44°FMuch colder with steady light rain and gusty winds
Oct 24Saturday57°F42°FClearing out, partly sunny but remaining chilly
Oct 25Sunday62°F41°FSunny and beginning to clear up for outdoor fall activities
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"There are people like that who believe that marriage ought to be eternal, but there is no other church in all this world, outside of our church, as far as I know, that believes in the eternal duration of the marriage covenant.

Just think what a difference it makes in our lives when we know that we are to live on and on forever and forever! I would just as soon believe that death is a complete annihilation of both body and spirit as to think that when death came it would separate me from my wife and from my children and that we would not know each other. I tell you, there wouldn’t be very much to look forward to. How could you want to live on and on forever without a continuation of the love ties that bind you together here?" - LeGrand Richards

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TUESDAY, 

OCTOBER20, 2026

Family is Everything...
Honoring
Walt's Mother...
Grama Jane

1910-2001 - 90 years 
She liked the 
color purple.

Jane was born to
Byrum & Maria(h)
Smith Prescott
October 20, 1910
in Smithfield, Utah
Jane Maria(h) Prescott
Caption said...

"Jane in a prom dress"
Jane grew up in
Cleveland, Utah and
Wendell, Idaho
Jane & Ray Petersen
were married on
June 18, 1931
in the
Logan Temple
 They have four
children...
Bonnie, Phyllis,
Walt, and Dale

 
 the
 The age for missionaies
 
until the mid-1960s
was 20...
 Ray & Jane, 
Grama Rie, and Dale
went with Walt to
Salt Lake City with
Walt where he was
set apart by
Elder Sterling W. Sill
on August  , 1954
as a missionary 
for the
Uruguay-Paraguay Mission
to serve August 1954 
to March 1957...
2 1/2 years.

Aug  16 Mon - Left home to enter mission home, receive temple endowment, be set apart.         Aug 17 Tue - Received temple endowment in the Salt Lake Temple.                                               Aug 18 Wed - Entered the mission home--A  Hotel in Salt Lake City.                                           Aug 20 Fri - Set apart by Elder Sterling W. Sill of the Council of Seventy,Salt Lake City.        Aug 21 Sat - Left Salt Lake City for New York City to receive his vis  and then to board the ship U.S.S. Argentina to sail to Uruguay.                  Sep 14 Tue ARRIVED IN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY

to

to
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to


to
1983 Petersen
Family Reunion
Burley Idaho
Riverfront Park


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         Institute - 2 Nephi 



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   Our Tuesday night movie was
cancelled because I had Covid.
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WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 21, 2026
Family is 


Everything...


Lunch Bunch was 

at a new restaurant in Pleasant

 Grove...Chicken Salad Chick.


    came...

I didn't  go...Covid Day 12.
   ...



THURSDAY, 

OCTOBER 22, 2026 

                       Family is 


Everything…

                 
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 FRIDAY, 

OCTOBER 23, 2026 

       Family is 

Everything…

 



    

SATURDAY,  

OCTOBER 24, 2026 

                  Family is 


Everything…and 

so are friends...


  Rendezvousing with 


BYU vs 

Cougars / 



SUNDAY,

OCTOBER 25, 2026 

                     
Family is 

Everything


 Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward

Presiding:

Bishop Justin Thompson

Conducting:




Organist



Chorister

Cynthia Vaillancourt



Opening Hymn



Invocation:



Sacrament Hymn

#



Administration of the

Sacrament



Speakers:



Closing Hymn

#


Benediction:



New Schedule...5th week...

10:05 - 10:30

Gospel Doctrine

25 minutes...




 10:35 - 11:00

Relief Society / Priesthood

25 minutes... 


Cousins' Pumpkin Carving...






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If you have not seen 

our mini-life-sketch,

it is at the end of 

my testimony below...

Redemption is equal because Christ is infinite...

-- Alma 34:14.

Glory is different because agency is real...

-- Doctrine and Covenants 93:31.


--The Bronze Serpent

 

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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 
October 25th, 2026

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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Heavenly Mother...

♪♫♪♪♫ "...Truth is reason;

truth eternal tells me I've a

Mother there..." ♪♫♪♪♫

--Eliza R. Snow
"O, My Father"












President Dallin H.Oaks said...

"For as we have a Father in heaven, so also we have a Mother there, a glorified, exalted, ennobled Mother. That is a startling doctrine, I recognize, to some folk, and yet we ought to be governed by reason in giving consideration to this doctrine which is a revelation from God" (Sermons and Mission Services of Melvin Joseph Ballard, 205).

"For reasons the Lord has not revealed, we do not know much about a Heavenly Mother. But we have been told that the purpose of life on earth is to give us the opportunity to grow toward being like our Heavenly Father. And we know that we are children of Heavenly Parents. So we know that we have a Heavenly Mother or Mothers. But for reasons the Lord has not revealed, we do not know much about our Heavenly Mother. But we know we must have one because both men and women are working for exaltation . . ." - President Oaks

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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
Aaronic and
Melchizedek
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Of these truths I testify in the 
Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
October 25, 2026   
  
  "Time moves slowly, but passes quickly...              

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