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About That Hong Kong Trip: Another Surprise Encounter
As I mentioned in my last post, even getting to Hong Kong yesterday was a huge blessing. After the small but gratefully received blessing during a moment of prayer that…
On a Wing and Prayer: How We Got to Hong Kong
I’m in Shenzhen, China as I write, about to walk over to the border crossing where we will go to the Hong Kong Temple this morning and then visit some…
Happy Pi Day
It’s pi day here in China, where schools, teachers, and math geeks celebrate the mysteries of the transcendental number pi, the number related to the circumference of a circle, the…
Was It Something I Said?
As this Maori carving at Rotorua, New Zealand (North Island) reminds us, sometimes we can have a big mouth. Spreading gossip, sharing confidential information inappropriately, or saying hurtful things can…
Inflation: It Can Be a Killer
A little lesson from a dried blowfish photographed on from my last trip to Hong Kong. By the way, I’ll be there again Saturday, partly to visit one of Asia’s…
Newly Revised LDS Scriptures Released with a Few Important Updates
“Subtle . . . and Significant! Our New 2013 Edition of the Scriptures Addresses Controversies” is a must-read survey of the new update to the published scriptures just announced and…
From the Nauvoo Times: My Cell Phone Story
Over at the Nauvoo Times (Orson Scott Card’s LDS project with a team of LDS bloggers), I just shared an unusual experience I had with a newly repaired cell phone…
Utah Fans with Editing Skills: A Chance to Strengthen Utah-China Ties
A remarkable non-profit organization in China, the Utah-Qinghai EcoPartnership, could use a little help a few times each year to review their English reports and make sure that the language…
Greetings from New Zealand
After a joyous and delicious lunch with two of our Chinese friends to celebrate the Chinese New Year, we left China and flew south to New Zealand where I spent…
The Refining Influence of Wealth?
I sometimes fall into the trap of assuming that more educated, wealthy folks are more likely to have what I consider to be good manners. Last night I was on…
