Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
‘Conviction overcomes affliction’
We have a tradition in our Laie 4th Ward High Priests group where we invite visitors to share something about themselves beyond the usual “my name is, and I’m from” moment that we do in our adult Sunday School class . . . and on August 8, 2010, we were privileged to learn a little […]
Samoa: Wedding cake and the shaking ‘fale’
Life in mid-60s Samoa could get a little strange for a guy who grew up in urban Salt Lake City. Here are just two examples:
Pass the pliers and nail clipper, please
Back in the mid-60s when I was a Mormon missionary in Samoa, we often had to be flexible when it came to repairing things. For example, in an earlier blog entry, I shared the story of how barbed wire might be used to jump a car battery. Now, I’d like to tell two more tales […]
Owners preserve Kualoa Ranch heritage through diversification
[Story and Morgan photo by Mike Foley, originally published online in the BYU-Hawaii Newsroom, November 13, 2003] The descendants of the first doctor to move to the Sandwich Islands still own the family ranch at Kualoa and have significantly diversified its resources over the past 15 years to preserve the unique heritage and scenic beauty […]