From the time we received our mission call until now, this has been a very common question. Before arriving our simple answer was...

We had a wonderful opportunity over this past week to experience the Lunar New Year, also know as the Chinese New Year.  Our Mission...

I have been thinking about all the navigation Vivian and I do, and thought for this week's post I would break it down into three types....

Mission time is measured differently than other time. One of the basic units of measure is "the transfer". These are usually six weeks...

Many years ago Sean and I enjoyed watching various Star Trek series.  Occasionally the shows would wrap up some bizarre occurrence by...

Monday afternoon the internet in our apartment suddenly stopped working.  Because it is so critical for our mission, including Vivian’s...

We are one week into the new year, one month into Singapore, and (not quite) one quarter into our mission. We certainly don't claim...

Every year it happens and we often say the same thing: "How did a year go by so fast?!" 2023 is a year that brought so many changes to...

Over 30 years ago we wrote our first Christmas letter to mail to family and friends. Here's a cute example from 2002. This year for the...

This past week was one of ups and downs and more adjusting to missionary life. We have continued to struggle with setting up and...

After seven long months since getting our mission call, we have arrived! With the vast experience and perspective of five days, here are...

The day to leave for Singapore finally arrived! Early this morning, we left for the Kansas City Airport around 5:30 am. Everything...

Other than some variation of "Haven't you left yet?!", some of the most common questions we get are about senior missionary work: what it...

When my children were younger I almost had completely memorized the Dr. Suess book "Oh, The Places You'll Go." There are some lines in...

Our two marvelous weeks of formal training ended Thursday afternoon. It was a great experience, and it was especially wonderful to see...

This is Vivian writing...Sean and I have decided to take turns keeping up our mission blog! We finished our first week of training which...

After an amazing weekend with all five of our children, all five of our grandchildren, our three parents, and two sisters and their...

This evening we officially began our missionary service. Our local family all joined us to meet for a few minutes with our great Stake...

Some of you may have thought that since my last post on June 12th I had gone into the Witness Protection Program. I may have disappeared...

Hello everyone, and welcome back to my blog! It's been a whirlwind of a month since our mission call, filled with preparations, memorable...