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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.
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.
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,
MONDAY,
AUGUST 17, 2026
Family is Everything... Sunrise: 6:41 a.m. Sunset: 8:22 p.m.
FROM Neal Ash Maxwell "Our Creator's Cosmos"August 2002"But do the sweeping,
scriptural words with which we have been blessed stir us enough? Are we
steadily becoming the “manner of people” who reflect such soaring doctrines by
our increased spiritual sanctification? Brothers and sisters, God is giving away
the spiritual secrets of the universe, but are we listening?
One may ask what is God’s
purpose for the inhabitants? It is best expressed in that terse verse with
which you are all so familiar: “For behold, this is my work and my glory—to
bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man” (Moses 1:39)."
Neal Ash Maxwell - 1926-2004 - Age 78
Our
Creator's Cosmos
*** *** ****** *** ***Further Update to August 17 for the movieThe Odyessey thatopened July 17:
Release dates - July 6, 2026 (Odeon Luxe Leicester Square)
- July 17, 2026 (United States and United Kingdom)
Running time 173 minutes[2] Countries - United States
- United Kingdom
Language English Budget $250 million[3] Box office $1.119 billion[4][5]
*** *** ***
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 18, 2026Family is Everythi...
Family is
"But do the sweeping,
scriptural words with which we have been blessed stir us enough? Are we
steadily becoming the “manner of people” who reflect such soaring doctrines by
our increased spiritual sanctification? Brothers and sisters, God is giving away
the spiritual secrets of the universe, but are we listening?
One may ask what is God’s
purpose for the inhabitants? It is best expressed in that terse verse with
which you are all so familiar: “For behold, this is my work and my glory—to
bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man” (Moses 1:39)."
Neal Ash Maxwell - 1926-2004 - Age 78
Our
Creator's Cosmos
Release dates |
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Running time | 173 minutes[2] |
| Countries |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $250 million[3] |
| Box office | $1.119 billion[4][5] |
*** *** ***
Happy Birthday, DieselOur great-grandson in Texas...
*** *** ***from Neal Ash Maxwell "All Hell is Moved"Nov 8, 1977 - BYU"Clearly, the Book of
Mormon was needed as an added witness in these, the decades of deep doubt.
Clearly, the theophany at Palmyra puts to rout all the chatter about the
historicity of Jesus; it ended all the theological fuzziness about the nature of
the Godhead.
Thus the Book of Mormon came
like a theological thunderbolt on the stage of history—to be a second witness
for the divinity of Jesus Christ “to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that
Jesus is the Christ” (Title page, Book of Mormon; italics added). Note the word
“convincing.” - Neal Ash Maxwell - All Hell is Moved
*** *** *** *** *** *** *** Our Tuesday night movie was
Thus the Book of Mormon came
like a theological thunderbolt on the stage of history—to be a second witness
for the divinity of Jesus Christ “to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that
Jesus is the Christ” (Title page, Book of Mormon; italics added). Note the word
“convincing.” - Neal Ash Maxwell - All Hell is Moved
cancelled. Gary had to work late...*** *** ***WEDNESDAY,AUGUST 19, 2026Family is
THURSDAY,
AUGUST 20, 2026
Family is
FRIDAY,
AUGUST 21, 2026
Family is
AUGUST 21, 2026
Family is
Everything…
...6 years since Walt
graduated to heaven...
Born 1934 inWendell, IdahoSon of Ray & Jane Prescott PetersenWendell, IdahoWendell High School 1948-1952Freshman class leadersI think Walt is 3rd row upon very left.University of Idaho1952-53Major: Civil EngineeringOn Freshman Basketball teamscholarshipBoise Jr. College1953-54Had to be 20 to serve a mission then...Uruguay-Paraguay MissionAug 1954-Mar 1957Mission Basketball Team"Deseret"BYU - Mar-Jun 1957Major: Civil Engineering
University of Idaho Sep 1957Major: Civil Engineeringfor first two weeks, thenchanged toMajor: Pre-MedGraduated June 1959sister Phyllis

Accepted to Washington School of Medicinein St. Louis, Missouri#3 in the nation behind#1 Harvard#2 Johns HopkinsSep 1959Came home to work with hiscarpenter Dad for the summer of 1960between his first and secondyear of medical school.Eileen Albertson came homefor summer after her first year at BYU afterhaving graduated fromStevens-Henager Business College......and working a year atthe Executive Offices of First Security Bank in SLC.She worked that summer of 1960as a secretary for the administratorof the State Tuberculosis Hospitalin Gooding, Idaho.
Walt saw Eileen at a Church softball game and called her the next morningfor a date.
Within 5 weeks they were "pinned."(Engaged to be engaged.)
Officially engaged on December 20at Christmas breakafter he had gone back to St. Louisfor that second year of medical schooland she had gone back to her second year at BYU.Hill Air Force Basehosted by Uncle Austin & Gooding, Idaho where myparents lived. Our wedding line...Janice, Sonya, Izabel, Lucille, Ramona,us,Ted, Gene, Jimmy♪♫♪Just because I wear a silly grin the moment you comeinto view...Chances are youthink that I'm in love with you ♪♫
Honeymoon
Walt worked the next two weeks for his Dad... ...then we counted driving through Yellowstone Park on our way to St. Louis as our honeymoon. Walt started his third year of medical school and I got a job at the Jewish Hospital to support us while he studied long hours each night after being in class all day.I was secretary to the Hematologist.I didn't even know what that word meant when I interviewed for the job.
Walt received his M.D. Degree from Washington School of Medicine St Louis, Missouri on June 10, 1963...
...in front of our apartment buildingat 4056 Parkview Avenue, which was directly across the street from the Jewish Hospital where I worked.It was also close to the famous Forest Park.
The next day we headed to Minneapolis, Minnesota...
Walt's family came for hisgraduation, then came tohelp us move into ourapartment in Minneapolis.
Ray & Jane, Phyllis, Walt, Dale, Cliff...Walt began his Internship at Minneapolis General Hospital on June 24, 1963.Our first baby was born on June 24, 1963...so I was at one hospital--Abbott Presbyterian Hospital and Walt was at Minneapolis General...but they called and he barely made it back in time for her birth.
Grama A and Aunt Janicecame from Idaho to help.Janice stayed the entire summer.She was so wonderful to take care of Mary Jane when I had to start working when my baby was just two weeks old.The many hours the interns had to put in averaged out to being paid 17 cents an hour.
FamilyFrom June 1963 toAugust 1974 wehad 7 children...Janie, Gary, Steve,David, Julie, Brian,and Jennifer.
\xxx




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."
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 206 high-wing, turbo-charged airplane. 4824 Foxtrot was the call number {he owned with two partners).
When we were finishing our time in the militaryin Oklahoma, ourStake President said:"Don't go back to Idaho.They have so many Mormons, you won'teven have a calling...Stay here."We went back home to Idaho, wherethey needed a physicianin Burley--51 miles fromWendell--where we grew up.***Here are the callingsWalt had in Idaho:1966--Sunday Schoolteacher to teenagers.1967-1970--Elders'Quorum President.
May 1970-March 1976Bishop - Burley 7th Ward
1973...Walt with JulieHigh CouncilorMarch 1976-Dec 1981
Burley Stake Presidency2nd CounselorDecember 1981 toMay 1983
Stake divided to createBurley West StakeWalt called as theStake PresidentMay 1983 toNovember 1992... May 1983 - May 1986CounselorsNewel Nelson - 1CRalph Rasmussen, Jr. - 2C......who moved to Provo, Utahto go to Law School
Spencer Lloyd was called as 2C, thenin Oct 1983 he was transferred back to Salt Lake City after having served for 5 months. (I don't have a photo with him in the Stake Presidency.)
In November Joe Sagers was called as the Second Counselor.
Patriarch - Spanish speakingfor all Magic ValleyFebruary 1993 for life*** *** ***Walt was a family physicianfor 39 years...Intern - Minneapolis1963-1964 U.S. Public Health ServiceIndian Hospital -Talihina, Oklahoma andShip's Physician and Surgeon onthe Coast Guard Cutter"The Chatauqua" (Aug-Nov 1964)July 1964-June 1966
***...in Burley, Idaho fromJuly 1966 - June 1995...then after serving3 years as mission presidentJune 1995-July 1998...
He was a family physicianin Burley again 7 more yearsfrom July 1998 toJanuary 2005. Officially retired at age 70 on January 14, 2005.

We were blessed to serve 4 missions together-- First MissionJuly 1995-July 1998 
Mission President and wife of the Mexico Merida Mission - Yucatan-Cancun was in our mission*** *** ***Second Mission Mar 2005-Feb 2007Area Medical Advisor - Central America Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama12 missions - 2,000 missionaries.*** *** ***Third MissionSep 2008-Mar 2010Area Medical Advisor - South America SoUTHArgentina, Uruguay, Paraguay14 missions - 2300 missionaries*** *** ***Fourth MissionJuly 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?"*** *** ***Last reunion in Burley
july 2018 - 28 of our 39 posterity
august 18, 2018moved from burley, idaho after 52 years tosaratoga springs, utahWalt & Eileen with Julie our first night in Saratoga Springs...Walt 2019 - WEPR ...GARY AND ISAAC IN CHARGE - "AROUND THE WORLD"


Walt 2020WEPR -TOP GUN - STEVE IN CHARGE


Walt graduated to heaven
one month after this
family reunion --
August 21, 2020
at age 86.
His funeral was Sat, August 29 inBurley, Idaho
Burial inWendeii, Idahowhere we grew up andhave 30 familymembers' graves.
*** *** *** *** *** *** ***


july 2018 - 28 of our 39 posterityaugust 18, 2018moved from burley, idaho after 52 years tosaratoga springs, utahWalt & Eileen with Julie our first night in Saratoga Springs...Walt 2019 - WEPR ...GARY AND ISAAC IN CHARGE - "AROUND THE WORLD"


Walt 2020WEPR -TOP GUN - STEVE IN CHARGE


FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2025
Family is Everything…
Thank you, David & Julie*** *** ***WaltBorn 1934 inWendell, IdahoSon of Ray & Jane Prescott PetersenWendell, IdahoWendell High School 1948-1952Freshman class leadersI think Walt is 3rd row upon very left.University of Idaho1952-53Major: Civil EngineeringOn Freshman Basketball teamscholarshipBoise Jr. College1953-54Had to be 20 to serve a mission then...Uruguay-Paraguay MissionAug 1954-Mar 1957Mission Basketball Team"Deseret"BYU - Mar-Jun 1957Major: Civil Engineering
University of Idaho Sep 1957Major: Civil Engineeringfor first two weeks, thenchanged toMajor: Pre-MedGraduated June 1959sister Phyllis

Accepted to Washington School of Medicinein St. Louis, Missouri#3 in the nation behind#1 Harvard#2 Johns HopkinsSep 1959Came home to work with hiscarpenter Dad for the summer of 1960between his first and secondyear of medical school.Eileen Albertson came homefor summer after her first year at BYU afterhaving graduated fromStevens-Henager Business College......and working a year atthe Executive Offices of First Security Bank in SLC.She worked that summer as asecretary for the administratorof the State Tuberculosis Hospitalin Gooding, Idaho.
Walt saw Eileen at a Church softball game and called her the next morningfor a date.
Within 5 weeks they were "pinned."(Engaged to be engaged.)
Officially engaged on December 20after he had gone back to St. Louisfor that second year of medical schooland she had gone back to her second year at BYU.Hill Air Force Basehosted by Uncle Austin & Gooding, Idaho where myparents lived. Our wedding line...Janice, Sonya, Izabel, Lucille, Ramona,us,Ted, Gene, Jimmy♪♫♪Just because I wear a silly grin the moment you comeinto view...Chances are youthink that I'm in love with you ♪♫
Honeymoon
Walt worked the next two weeks for his Dad... ...then we counted driving through Yellowstone Park on our way to St. Louis as our honeymoon. Walt started his third year of medical school and I got a job at the Jewish Hospital to support us while he studied long hours each night after being in class all day.I was secretary to the Hematologist.I didn't even know what that word meant when I interviewed for the job.
Walt received his M.D. Degree from Washington School of Medicine St Louis, Missouri on June 10, 1963...
...in front of our apartment buildingat 4056 Parkview Avenue, which was directly across the street from the Jewish Hospital where I worked.It was also close to the famous Forest Park.
The next day we headed to Minneapolis, Minnesota...
Walt's family came for hisgraduation, then came tohelp us move into ourapartment in Minneapolis.
Ray & Jane, Phyllis, Walt, Dale, Cliff...Walt began his Internship at Minneapolis General Hospital on June 24, 1963.Our first baby was born on June 24, 1963...so I was at one hospital--Abbott Presbyterian Hospital and Walt was at Minneapolis General...but they called and he barely made it back in time for her birth.
Grama A and Aunt Janicecame from Idaho to help.Janice stayed the entire summer.She was so wonderful to take care of Mary Jane when I had to start working when my baby was just two weeks old.The many hours the interns had to put in averaged out to being paid 17 cents an hour.
FamilyFrom June 1963 toAugust 1974 wehad 7 children...Janie, Gary, Steve,David, Julie, Brian,and Jennifer.
xxx




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."
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 206 high-wing, turbo-charged airplane. 4824 Foxtrot was the call number {he owned with two partners).
When we were finishing our time in the militaryin Oklahoma, ourStake President said:"Don't go back to Idaho.They have so many Mormons, you won'teven have a calling...Stay here."We went back home to Idaho, wherethey needed a physicianin Burley--51 miles fromWendell--where we grew up.***Here are the callingsWalt had in Idaho:1966--Sunday Schoolteacher to teenagers.1967-1970--Elders'Quorum President.
May 1970-March 1976Bishop - Burley 7th Ward
1973...Walt with JulieHigh CouncilorMarch 1976-Dec 1981
Burley Stake Presidency2nd CounselorDecember 1981 toMay 1983
Stake divided to createBurley West StakeWalt called as theStake PresidentMay 1983 toNovember 1992... May 1983 - May 1986CounselorsNewel Nelson - 1CRalph Rasmussen, Jr. - 2C......who moved to Provo, Utahto go to Law School
Spencer Lloyd was called as 2C, thenin Oct 1983 he was transferred back to Salt Lake City after having served for 5 months. (I don't have a photo with him in the Stake Presidency.)
In November Joe Sagers was called as the Second Counselor.
Patriarch - Spanish speakingfor all Magic ValleyFebruary 1993 for life*** *** ***Walt was a family physicianfor 39 years...Intern - Minneapolis1963-1964 U.S. Public Health ServiceIndian Hospital -Talihina, Oklahoma andShip's Physician and Surgeon onthe Coast Guard Cutter"The Chatauqua" (Aug-Nov 1964)July 1964-June 1966
***...in Burley, Idaho fromJuly 1966 - June 1995...then after serving3 years as mission presidentJune 1995-July 1998...
He was a family physicianin Burley again 7 more yearsfrom July 1998 toJanuary 2005. Officially retired at age 70 on January 14, 2005.

We were blessed to serve 4 missions together-- First MissionJuly 1995-July 1998 
Mission President and wife of the Mexico Merida Mission - Yucatan-Cancun was in our mission*** *** ***Second Mission Mar 2005-Feb 2007Area Medical Advisor - Central America Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama12 missions - 2,000 missionaries.*** *** ***Third MissionSep 2008-Mar 2010Area Medical Advisor - South America SoUTHArgentina, Uruguay, Paraguay14 missions - 2300 missionaries*** *** ***Fourth MissionJuly 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?"*** *** ***Last reunion in Burley
july 2018 - 28 of our 39 posterity
august 18, 2018moved from burley, idaho after 52 years tosaratoga springs, utahWalt & Eileen with Julie our first night in Saratoga Springs...Walt 2019 - WEPR ...GARY AND ISAAC IN CHARGE - "AROUND THE WORLD"


Walt 2020WEPR -TOP GUN - STEVE IN CHARGE


Walt graduated to heaven
one month after this
family reunion --
August 21, 2020
at age 86.
His funeral was Sat, August 29 inBurley, Idaho
Burial inWendell, Idahowhere we grew up andhave 30 familymembers' graves.
Together forever as💙Eternal Sweethwarts💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙*** *** *** *** *** *** ***


july 2018 - 28 of our 39 posterityaugust 18, 2018moved from burley, idaho after 52 years tosaratoga springs, utahWalt & Eileen with Julie our first night in Saratoga Springs...Walt 2019 - WEPR ...GARY AND ISAAC IN CHARGE - "AROUND THE WORLD"


Walt 2020WEPR -TOP GUN - STEVE IN CHARGE


AUGUST 22, 2026
SATURDAY,
Family is
Everything…
Rendezvousing with
SATURDAY,
Interesting Fact for the day:
Idaho! – August 20, 2026
While we’re based in Wyoming,
#Idaho
is a short jaunt away and we here at See Jackson Hole also love covering our
close and wonderful neighbors to the west. So, while you pack your bags, here's
a few things to mull over about the state...
Boise means
"wooded" in French, since the earliest fur trappers, being
French-Canadians, exclaimed the phrase with joy upon finding the spot with a
great river.
The state motto is "Esto
Perpetua", which means "It is forever".
The Salmon River is the
longest free-flowing river that heads and flows within a single state
Idaho has a state horse, the
Appaloosa, and state fish, the prized cutthroat trout. It also has a state
fruit...the huckleberry!
The Center of the Universe is
found there, in Wallace, population 800. Even has a manhole cover marking the
exact spot.
It's called the Gem State
because of the 72 types of precious and semi-precious stones found here,
including possibly the largest diamond ever found in the US!
One of the world's rare blue
football fields can be found at BSU, nicknamed the Smurf Turf.
The first alpine chairlift
was used in Sun Valley, and in 1936 the fee was 25 cents per ride.
Idaho's Hell's Canyon is the
deepest gorge in the US, deeper even than the Grand Canyon. And Shoshone Falls
near Twin Falls drops 52 feet farther than Niagara Falls.
And Idaho has the largest
hops farm in the world, Elk Mountain Farms, which grows its crop for
Anheuser-Busch.
See less
While we’re based in Wyoming,
#Idaho
is a short jaunt away and we here at See Jackson Hole also love covering our
close and wonderful neighbors to the west. So, while you pack your bags, here's
a few things to mull over about the state...
Boise means
"wooded" in French, since the earliest fur trappers, being
French-Canadians, exclaimed the phrase with joy upon finding the spot with a
great river.
The state motto is "Esto
Perpetua", which means "It is forever".
The Salmon River is the
longest free-flowing river that heads and flows within a single state
Idaho has a state horse, the
Appaloosa, and state fish, the prized cutthroat trout. It also has a state
fruit...the huckleberry!
The Center of the Universe is
found there, in Wallace, population 800. Even has a manhole cover marking the
exact spot.
It's called the Gem State
because of the 72 types of precious and semi-precious stones found here,
including possibly the largest diamond ever found in the US!
One of the world's rare blue
football fields can be found at BSU, nicknamed the Smurf Turf.
The first alpine chairlift
was used in Sun Valley, and in 1936 the fee was 25 cents per ride.
Idaho's Hell's Canyon is the
deepest gorge in the US, deeper even than the Grand Canyon. And Shoshone Falls
near Twin Falls drops 52 feet farther than Niagara Falls.
And Idaho has the largest
hops farm in the world, Elk Mountain Farms, which grows its crop for
Anheuser-Busch.
See less
SUNDAY,
AUGUST 23, 2026
Family is
Everything
Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward
** *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 August 23rd, 2026I 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.
*** *** ****** *** ***Heavenly Mother...♪♫♪♪♫ "...Truth is reason;
truth eternal tells me I've a
Mother there..." ♪♫♪♪♫
--Eliza R. Snow
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
*** *** ***
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!
*** *** ***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."
*** *** *** *** ***Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration. He is the Restorer of all things.
The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.*** *** ***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.*** *** ***Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
I pray you have had a restful, peaceful, and spiritual Sabbath Day...
I share these truths as my testimony to you...
♪♫♪♪♫ "...Truth is reason;
truth eternal tells me I've a
Mother there..." ♪♫♪♪♫
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
*** *** ***
Neal A Maxwell
How Choice a Seer!



































































































