Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
Rare Hawaiian Book of Mormon displayed
[Story and photo by Mike Foley: Originally published in BYU-Hawaii’s online Newsroom, November 7, 2008] BYU-Hawaii puts rare Hawaiian Book of Mormon on display at Laie Temple Visitors Center During a special November 7 program featuring a Hawaiian community choir, missionaries and a family of donors, the Brigham Young University Hawaii Archives placed a rare […]
Tribute to the late “Uncle Bill”
After “Uncle Bill” — William Kauaiwiulaokalani Wallace III — passed away on March 2, 2009, I started digging through some of my old photos to put together a pictorial tribute, along with a few comments. Most of these photos center around the BYU-Hawaii sailing canoe, Iosepa, and either have never previously been published or haven’t […]
Laie Gardening Club gleans from the Nihipalis
[Story and photo by Mike Foley, originally published in Kaleo, April 23, 1998] The Laie Gardening Club gained insights into growing food at home for healthy eating when they toured Ben and Gerry Nihipali‘s home garden on April 18 [pictured at right]. The couple got totally committed to home gardening after Ben experienced angina in […]
Indonesia days: Bapak, our go-to guy
Bapak (sometimes also spelled bapa’ in those days, and sometimes shortened to Pak; the final consonant sound is “unreleased” or cut in half) is an Indonesian term of respect usually applied to all older men, or to show courtesy to any man, similar to using “sir” in English or “uncle” in Hawaiian English. Soon after […]