In my professional and church leadership lives, I often spoke with teams and colleagues about the constancy of change and of setting the...

Monday night we arrived back in Singapore following our journey to Utah. It has been nice returning to our routine and realizing that we...

Flashback with me to two months ago when we talked about that Star Trek explanation for inexplicable things, and you will know what this...

Our blog is mostly focused on the present, and the wonderful mission we are serving. But it's fair to say that the the two of us would...

Yes, some of the big news around here has definitely been Taylor Swift and the six concerts she is doing from March 2 to 9. There was a...

I have been really pleased with myself recently in what I have accomplished making a full meal. A week ago I was able to make a bacon...

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...