Merry Christmas from the Foleys!  For many years we sent out Christmas cards and letters by mail. We loved that opportunity to connect by sharing our year and expressing our love and appreciation for each of you.  It became more difficult over the years and then as missionaries for two Christmases we got out of that habit. However on the other hand we were able to develop mad blogging skills.  So for 2025 here is both our Christmas card for the year and our eight-month-home

Today marks three months since we were released as a full-time missionaries! The time flies so quickly - it truly is unbelievable that...

What do senior missionaries who serve so far from home often do before returning home?  Our last post ended with a picture of us at a bus...

You are warmly invited to catch up with the Foleys back in Kansas City. Memorial Day Weekend (23-25 May) we will be ready to host! We...

In an Olympic relay race, the passing of the baton is a highly orchestrated maneuver. ( Click here to see it Singapore style) Regardless...

It seems fitting this Holy week, as we prepare to commemorate the death and celebrate the resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ, that...

We are now in that sometimes uncomfortable season of "lasts". We just had our last Mission Health Council with the Bangkok West mission,...

Hello to Sean and Vivian’s blog readers! I am Kathy, Sean’s sister, and my husband, Scott and I had the wonderful opportunity to visit...

While we were in our missionary training we were invited to make a list of things we would like to do for date nights while on our...

Senior Missionaries have a lot fewer rules than our junior missionary counterparts. However one of the strictest ones is staying within...

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,...