Tracrs of Time . . . Week of August 17-23, 2026

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Week of 

AUGUST 17-23, 2025

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, 

AUGUST 17, 2026

Family is 

Everything...                             

Sunrise: 6:41 a.m. 

Sunset:  8:22 p.m.

Further Update to August 17 

for the movie

The Odyessey that

opened 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]

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TUESDAY, 

AUGUST 18, 2026

Family is Everythi...

 Seven 

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   Our Tuesday night movie was

the last part of

"  " 

from 1961

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WEDNESDAY,

AUGUST 19, 2026

Family is 

Everything...

  

Lunch Bunch was 

at ...

   came...

      ...

THURSDAY, 

AUGUST 20, 2026

                       Family is 

Everything…

                 

          Happy 

 FRIDAY, 

AUGUST 21, 2026

       Family is 

Everything…

 

 AUGUST 22, 2026       

SATURDAY,   

  

                    Family is 

Everything…

  Rendezvousing with 

SUNDAY,

AUGUST 23, 2026 

                     

Family is 

Everything

 Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward

Gospel Doctrine

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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 

August 23rd, 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

August 23, 2026   

Class of 1957...

  "Time moves slowly, but passes quickly...              

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AUGUST 24-30, 2026