****Walt & Eileen Petersen**: Traces of Time . . . March 4-10, 2024

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Traces of Time . . . March 4-10, 2024

Traces of Time . . . .

{Last week: Scroll to end and click "Older Posts" at bottom right.} "Time moves slowly, but passes quickly... The Color Purple” by Alice Walker, 1982

"The magical, supernatural force
that is with us every second is time.
We can't even comprehend it.
It's such an illusion,
it's such a strange thing."
— Anthony Hopkins
Note from Eileen: You will notice I call my blog: "Traces of Time..."
On this blog I share with family and friends my daily thoughts, doings, what interests me, and--at times--tributes to my eternal sweetheart, Walt, who graduated to heaven on 8-21-2020 at age 86.

Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 9 spouses married to our grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 1 due in April and posterity to come.
So our posterity now numbers 66. Number 67 due in April.
THIS WEEK
MARCH 4-10, 2024

March 24 - Brian - "51"

MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2024

Family is Everything.. Sunrise: 6:54 a.m.

Sunset: 6:23 p.m.
...this Monday
Wind blew in Tumbleweeds...
Last Monday to compare to...

Gary went to Isaac's play

...for the third time.

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This is one of the places

shown for March.

I need to find out what

it is.

It looks like a

stairway to heaven.**

Yummy hot stew on
a cold, snowy night.
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2024

Family is Everything...
Institute - We had 21
there today.

Lori Lyn continues
the new course of Instruction:
"Women in the Scriptures"
Spiritual Witnesses:
Understanding the
difference of the
Light of Christ
and
the Holy Ghost.

Spiritual Witness...
King Lamoni's wife
"Queen Lamoni"
Spiritual Witness...
Elizabeth, mother of
John the Baptist

Spiritual Witness...
Anna who saw the
Baby Jesus in the Temple

Sources from today...
Next week...
LoriLyn Regis is a great teacher.
Some of this information I
had never heard before.

Marlene, Steve, Cheryl
Sherry, Kristy, Jackie...
I love Institute~!

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Red letter day in the Church:
“The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has purchased the Kirtland Temple — the first temple built in this dispensation — from the Community of Christ church, leaders of both faiths announced Tuesday, March 5, 2024. The landmark agreement also includes the purchase of several significant buildings in Nauvoo, Illinois, and important manuscripts and artifacts.

“Together, we share an interest in and reverence for these historic sites and items and are committed to preserving them for future generations,” wrote the leaders in the statement, dated March 5.

“We are deeply honored to assume the stewardship of these sacred places, documents and artifacts,” said President Russell M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “We thank our friends at Community of Christ for their great care and cooperation in preserving these historical treasures thus far. We are committed to doing the same.”

The Kirtland Temple will remain an historic building and will not be converted into an operating Latter-day Saint temple, according to the paper released by the Church of Jesus Christ and the Community of Christ

The Kirtland Temple, as well as the other historic buildings — all in Nauvoo — closed March 5 to facilitate the transfer of ownership and will reopen to the public on March 25, 2024.

The historic sites and artifacts in this transaction ‘relate to significant events and people in the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ,’ according to the statement.”

The most significant properties are:

Kirtland Temple.

Smith Family Homestead.

Mansion House.

Nauvoo House.

Red Brick Store.

Significant documents and artifacts include:

Manuscripts and the Bible used in the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible.

Seven letters from Joseph Smith to his wife Emma.

John Whitmer’s history of the Church.

Original portraits of Joseph and Emma Smith.

The cornerstone of the Nauvoo House.

The original door of Liberty Jail.

A document with the title of “Caractors,” which may contain a sample of inscriptions from the gold plates.

{Wikipedia: “Community of Christ owned the Kirtland Temple for more than a century—(almost two centuries--well, they bought it in 1902).The LDS Church and Community of Christ announced on March 5, 2024 that ownership of the site had transferred to the former as part of a $192.5 million acquisition of historic sites and objects.^” }

“One of the reasons the Kirtland Temple was built was to provide a place where the Lord and his servants—Moses, Elias, Elijah--could restore additional keys of priesthood authority—including Keys of gathering, keys of missionary work, and keys of sealing.”
* * * I am thankful for a
priesthood blessing
given to me tonight by John
and David South.
I feel calmer now for
my Mohs surgery tomorrow
morning to remove
a melanoma.
Brother South did the
annointing...
...and John sealed the annointing.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2024

Family is Everything...
7:45 this morning
...I had some dermatology surgery...
Kaitlin, medical assistant.
Dr. Jordan Harris
Shaun Syphus, PA-C

I didn't know what PA-C meant--
"After successful completion of a PA program, candidates must pass the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE) from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) . Once certified, PAs can practice under the credentials of Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C)."
Now I know.
Julie drove me there and picked me up.
I apperciate all the things she does for me.
* * *
* * *
Lunch Bunch was at
Jim's Family Restaurant.

I couldn't go because of the
10 stitches underneath,
and the 10 staples on top,
Dr. Harris said I shouldn't
move much for 48 hours so
that I wouldn't cause
the site to bleed.
No one took photos...
Nadine brought me some
pancakes from Jim's.
Linda B brought me a
piece of chocolate
cream pie.

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Movie Night with Gary...
We're going to Dune 2
with Steve...
I couldn't go to this either...
They got someone else to
use my ticket.
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Next week:
Wed, March 13
from 1949...

In the Good Old Summertime** is a 1949 American Technicolor musical romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. It stars Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. Sakall, Spring Byington, Clinton Sundberg, and Buster Keaton in his first featured film role at MGM since 1933.
The film is a musical adaptation of the 1940 film The Shop Around the Corner, which was directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, and Frank Morgan, and written by Miklós László, based on his 1937 play Parfumerie. For In the Good Old Summertime, the locale has been changed from 1930s Budapest to turn-of-the-century Chicago, but the plot remains the same. The plot was also revived in the 1998 film You've Got Mail, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
Week after next:
Movie Night with Gary...March 20

from 1998

You've Got Mail is a 1998 romantic comedy featuring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in their third and final screen pairing (after Joe Versus the Volcano and Sleepless in Seattle). It was directed by Nora Ephron, who co-wrote the screenplay with her sister Delia. It's loosely based on Miklós Lászlo's theatrical play Parfumerie (which had previously been adapted into the 1940 film The Shop Around the Corner, the 1949 musical film In the Good Old Summertime, and the 1963 stage musical She Loves Me).

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THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2024**

Family is Everything…
and so are friends!
Today my best friend from
high school came
to see me...
Ramona Jensen Farr
She came on the Tracks
train from Ogden with
her friend, whose daughter
picked them up and drove
Ramona here.
When Ramona got here at
11:30, we
started talking from where
we'd left off three years ago,
when she had last been able
to come...

...and we were still talking when
Sandra came to get her
at 3:15.
We had a delicious lunch from
Zupas, delivered by door dash.
We each had a Nut-berry salad,
and split a ham-cheese sandwich--
Ramona without the bread
because she has celiac and
needs gluten free.
It's wonderful to be with
a forever friend.
I saw on one of Al's familysearch
Memories that
Elder O. Brent Black set him apart
as First Counselor in the
Mound Fort Stake Presidency
on March 17, 2002.
Brent Black is Julie Black Petersen's
father. Julie is our daughter-in-law,
married to David.

Ramona and I were best friends
in 7th, 8th, and 9th grades
at Wendell Jr. High and High School.
Then they moved to Ogden, Utah,
and she went from a high-school
class of 46 to her Ben Lomond
High School class of 400.
She remembers it was really hard.
* * *
A year before she moved,
in June 1953, her folks drove
to Victorville, California to see
their daughter, Colleen, and her
husband, Don Nicholas, and kids.
Colleen was 9 years older than
Ramona.
I was so excited that they invited
me to go with them.
They drove all through the night.
I remember them singing,
beautiful harmony, and one of
the songs was:
♪♫♪"I Love You Truly."♪♫
I was surprised that in the middle
of the night--like 3:00 a.m. or so,
there was a service station and
café opened all night, and we got
something to eat, along
with refueling the car.
Seems like it was Truckee,
Nevada. Is there such a place?

We were sure happy when we
arrived in Victorville.
How exciting when Don
said he'd drive us across
the border to Tijuana for
an afternoon. So fun to be
in our first "foreign country"
Mexico!

♪♫♪♪♫Memories**♪♫♪♪♫
We thought we were really
spiffy in the jackets we
got in Mexico.

When Ramona married Alden "Al" Farr
on September 23, 1957, her sister Colleen
was her matron of honor, and I was one
of her bridesmaids.
(I'll see if she has a photo.)
When I married Walt Petersen
on June 14, 1961, Ramona was
my matron of honor.
My bridesmaids were: L-R
Janice, my sister
Sonya Gibbs, BYU roommate '59-'60
Izabel Peitoto, BYU roommate '60-'61 from Brazil
Lucile Hunsaker Campbell, WHS close friend

Walt's best man was Ted Gillette, a
University friend from Declo, Idaho
His attendants were cousins--
Gene Prescott from Jerome, Idaho
Jimmy Prescott from Boise, Idaho
Walt's brother, Dale, was in Argentina
on his mission - Sept 1959-Mar 1962.
♪♫♪♪♫Memories...♪♫♪♪♫

FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2024

Family is Everything…
It was cold today...
35º

Day 3 of caring for my incision
from the melanoma being cut
out Wed, March 6...10 stitches
underneath, 10 staples on top.
I'm not supposed to walk very
much. I did do 2 batches of
washing clothes--lights and darks.

SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2024
Family is Everything...
John ham 'n cheese omlets this morning.
Mine was very yummy!
Thanks, John.

I thought I was seeing double
when I saw two identical bikes
sitting out front.
Then Maggie and her friend
came out and rode across to
MaryLu's home on their
matching bikes.

This is 6:53 tonight...
I hope to take a photo the
same time tomorrow to contrast daylight savings time...
Sunrise today--6:46 a.m. Tomorrow 7:45 a.m.
Sunset today---6:28 p.m. Tomorrow 7:29 p.m.
Tomorrow...

SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2024

Family is Everything…
Sunrise--7:45 a.m.
Sunset--7:29 p.m.
* * * Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward**
I couldn't go to Church because my
ten stitches and ten staples
are still precarious, and I dare not
move mt leg very much.
And no one sent me the link.

Relief Society--I think was
taught by Francine Johnson.
* * *
Sunday Dinner - 5:20 p.m.
Thanks, John, for another
delicious Sunday
roast beef dinner.
Thank you to Maddie
for taking my
Sunday photo.
Did some Huffaker familysearch.org
Headatone in Caldwell, Idaho
for my Uncle Ray &
Aunt Lorraine Christensen--
my Mom's sister and husband.
6:53 P.M. TONIGHT
I saw this on facebook.
IT Rings true...
Art: As One by Danny Hahlbohm

HEAVEN'S GIFT:

"I love this painting of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost [by Danny Hahlhohm}. Not only because it is aesthetically pleasing but because of its’ title, “As One”. It tells me everything about the Plan of Salvation at a glance. Our rise to godhood could never happen without the combined efforts of these three holy personages: the Father’s Plan, the Son’s implementation of the Plan and the Holy Ghost’s refining process which enables our rise to the pinnacle of that Plan. Each are dependent on the other and without all three nothing would be possible. I am in awe of this process.

We know that without faith, repentance and baptism, exaltation is not possible (2 Nephi 31:17,18). A crucial component of this process is the fourth element being the Holy Ghost through whom comes remission of our sins, by fire (v 17). This is how important the Holy Ghost is: “You might as well baptize a bag of sand as a man, if not done in view of the remission of sins and getting of the Holy Ghost. Baptism by water is but half a baptism, and is good for nothing without the other half – that is, the baptism of the Holy Ghost” (Joseph Smith, History of the Church, 5:499)

Elder David A. Bednar pointed out something significant to this end: “Following our baptism, each of us had hands placed upon our head by those with priesthood authority and was confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and the Holy Ghost was conferred upon us (see D&C 49:14). The statement ‘receive the Holy Ghost’ in our confirmation was a directive to strive for the baptism of the Spirit…..We were baptized by immersion in water for the remission of sins. We must also be baptized by and immersed in the Spirit of the Lord, ‘and then cometh a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost’ (2 Nephi 31:17)’ (in CR April 2006, 29; or Ensign May 2006, 29). Receiving the Holy Ghost is not a passive gift, it is a striving for its cleansing power.

Elder Lynn A. Mickelsen of the Seventy confirmed this theory and explained how it is dependent on the Atonement of Jesus Christ: “Through the Atonement, the Saviour, giving Himself as the ransom for our sins, authorizes the Holy Ghost to cleanse us in a baptism of fire. As the Holy Ghost dwells in us, His purifying presence burns out the filthiness of sin. As soon as the commitment is made, the cleansing process begins” (in CR Oct 2003, 11; or Ensign Nov 2003, p 12). This is suggestive of the gradual process of sanctification just as repentance is sometimes not instantaneous but gradual. The important part of sanctification is the commitment of repentance when we partake of the sacrament. After that, our striving for the companionship of the Holy Ghost should be our daily pursuit.

Father’s Plan cannot come to fruition without the Atonement and neither can sanctification that comes through the mercies of the Atonement by the Holy Ghost. Sanctification cannot happen without the Atonement and the Atonement is not complete without the sanctification. Both the Atonement and sanctification, however, are the necessary components of the Father’s Plan. This is the Godhead, As One.

My understanding of and gratitude for the Holy Ghost has increased over the years. I yearn to know this personage once again as I knew Him before. I have wept on many occasions when I have felt Him close; when He has enlightened my mind to understand the truths of eternity; when He has encircled me in the arms of my Father’s love. I am deeply grateful for His administration to me and His sanctifying power as I strive to walk in paths of righteousness.

You are the flaming fire

That burns with sacred might;

I surrender my sins

And grant you entrance

To the caverns of my heart."

--CATHRYNE ALLEN
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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 March 10th,
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.
He knows what our potential is.
* *
Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all.
"There is peace in Christ when we learn of Him.
Feel the love He felt for us when He bore our sins.
Listen to His words. Let them come alive.
If we know Him as He is, there is peace in Christ.

There is peace in Christ when we walk with Him
Through the streets of Galilee to Jerusalem.
Mend the broken hearts. Dry the tear-filled eyes.
When we live the way He lives, there is peace in Christ.

He gives us hope when hope is gone.
He gives us strength when we can't go on.
He gives us shelter in the storms of life.
When there's no peace on Earth, there is peace in Christ."
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Nik Day
* * *
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.
* * *
President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world.
* * *
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.
* * *
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today. Because of the restored Temple Ordinances families can be sealed for eternity.

* * *
Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
March 10, 2024
Next week MARCH 11-17, 2024

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Traces of Time . . . .**

{Last week: Scroll to end and click "Older Posts" at bottom right.} "Time moves slowly, but passes quickly. The Color Purple” by Alice Walker, 1982

"The magical, supernatural force
that is with us every second is time.
We can't even comprehend it.
It's such an illusion,
it's such a strange thing."
— Anthony Hopkins
Note from Eileen: You will notice I call my blog: "Traces of Time..."
On this blog I share with family and friends my daily thoughts, doings, what interests me, and--at times--tributes to my eternal sweetheart, Walt, who graduated to heaven on 8-21-2020 at age 86.

Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 9 spouses married to our grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 1 due in April and posterity to come.
So our posterity now numbers 66. Number 67 due in April.
THIS WEEK
MARCH 11-17, 2024

March 24 - Brian - "51"
MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2024
Family is Everything.. Sunrise: 7:43 a.m.

Sunset: 7:30 p.m.
...this Monday

Last Monday to compare to...
Wind

TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2024

Family is Everything...
Happy

Institute
Lori Lyn continues
the new course of Instruction:
"Women in the Scriptures"

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2024

Family is Everything...
this
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Lunch Bunch

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* * *
Lunch Bunch is going to be**
at

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Movie Night with Gary...

Wed, March 13
from 1949...

In the Good Old Summertime** is a 1949 American Technicolor musical romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. It stars Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. Sakall, Spring Byington, Clinton Sundberg, and Buster Keaton in his first featured film role at MGM since 1933.
The film is a musical adaptation of the 1940 film The Shop Around the Corner, which was directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, and Frank Morgan, and written by Miklós László, based on his 1937 play Parfumerie. For In the Good Old Summertime, the locale has been changed from 1930s Budapest to turn-of-the-century Chicago, but the plot remains the same. The plot was also revived in the 1998 film You've Got Mail, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
Next week:
Movie Night with Gary...

from 1998

You've Got Mail is a 1998 romantic comedy featuring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in their third and final screen pairing (after Joe Versus the Volcano and Sleepless in Seattle). It was directed by Nora Ephron, who co-wrote the screenplay with her sister Delia. It's loosely based on Miklós Lászlo's theatrical play Parfumerie (which had previously been adapted into the 1940 film The Shop Around the Corner, the 1949 musical film In the Good Old Summertime, and the 1963 stage musical She Loves Me).

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THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2024

Family is Everything…
Today

FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2024
Family is Everything…
day

SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2024
Family is Everything...

SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 2024
Family is Everything…

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Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward
10:30 a.m. for 2024...**

Sunday School...

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 March 17th,
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.
He knows what our potential is.
* *
Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all.
"There is peace in Christ when we learn of Him.
Feel the love He felt for us when He bore our sins.
Listen to His words. Let them come alive.
If we know Him as He is, there is peace in Christ.

There is peace in Christ when we walk with Him
Through the streets of Galilee to Jerusalem.
Mend the broken hearts. Dry the tear-filled eyes.
When we live the way He lives, there is peace in Christ.

He gives us hope when hope is gone.
He gives us strength when we can't go on.
He gives us shelter in the storms of life.
When there's no peace on Earth, there is peace in Christ."
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Nik Day
* * *
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.
* * *
President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world.
* * *
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.
* * *
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today. Because of the restored Temple Ordinances families can be sealed for eternity.

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Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
March 17, 2024

Next week MARCH 18-24, 2024
BRIAN'S BIRTHDAY - MARCH 24

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