It turns out that "disquisitor" is a pretty archaic word we do not commonly use these days. It basically means someone who makes a...

Much has been written on how difficult it is to "be real" on social media. It is much easier to slide away from authenticity to either...

"What time is it? Showtime!" Before our mission I enjoyed the musical Hamilton and listened to the soundtrack many times. I wondered if...

The second day of our second Chinese New Year in Singapore is winding down, and it has been a great week. My sister and brother-in-law...

This week in our Zone Conference there was a strong focus on aligning our thoughts and actions to our missionary purpose.  For full-time...

I write to you today as a specially invited guest of the Sean Foley site to share with you all a wonderful tale of traveling thousands of...

This was the most fabulous trip I have ever taken and it may stay that way depending on when I want to travel again. I have never been on...

Being from the often-cool Pacific NW of the U.S., I'm pretty sure I couldn’t live very well in a hot muggy equatorial climate for long. ...

Our family has loved the silliness of the Madagascar movies and the infamous King Julien who loves the ridiculous. He is a ridiculous...

Could these two naïve kids have ever guessed back in 1990 that all these years later they would have five children, five grandchildren,...

Tonight Vivian and I were stunned to get these pictures from our dear Senior Missionary colleague. Elder Michael Ang joined the church...

As we transition from Thanksgiving to Christmas, we want you all to know how much we love you.  This celebration of our Savior’s birth is...

This week marks the American celebration of Thanksgiving which originally started as a celebration of giving thanks to God for a good...

When we arrived last December 5th Singapore was into its rainy season.  Of course, we had no historical context and since over the next...

This past week BYU's Management Society had their Asia Area conference in Singapore. We were able to attend several sessions and enjoyed...

I will start with the funny story behind this week's title: A couple weeks ago we went to another Jamiyah-sponsored interfaith activity....

First, a big shout out to our October birthday friends. Granddaughter Willow turns three on the 29th and our son Brock celebrates his...

Hello! On this week’s guest blog, we are your featured writers, Emily (Sean and Vivian’s oldest daughter) and Whitney (her girlfriend)....

As missionaries we both love having our family visit as well as meeting so many new people. We have been blessed in abundance with both...

My last blog post was about the transportation system in Singapore. Hopefully it's not related, but this past week Singapore had one of...