Mike Foley's blog
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Working on Kalaupapa family history records
During our June 2010 road trip on the U.S. mainland, my wife and I visited with our friend and fellow Laie 4th Ward member, Sister Napua Baker, who is currently serving as a senior missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the main Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. […]
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 […]
President Uchtdorf dedicates addition to Polynesian Cultural Center
Hukilau Marketplace part of effort to upgrade facility By Mike Foley For the Church News of September 6, 2015 LAIE, HAWAII President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, dedicated a major new addition to the Church-affiliated Polynesian Cultural Center here on Aug. 29, after which he dedicated the new Courtyard by […]
At the karez oasis
The word ‘oasis’ usually conjures images of date palm trees surrounding a rare source of water in a desert, perhaps with some camels…which is partially correct when it comes to the karez oasis near Turpan (sometimes written Turfan), located in the Gobi Desert of far northwest China. The adobe ruins of Jiaohe — an important […]