Occasionally Mrs. Smith and I are asked questions such as:

• Why did you move out to Hawaii?
• What keeps you there?
• When are you moving back [to the mainland]?
• What’s BYUH like?
• How does it compare to the other BYU’s, or other Universities?
• Etc…

Many of my classes have a brief biography assignment to help me get to know incoming students; one student’s submission may, I think, help answer some of those questions.  With the author’s permission I invite you to read his brief biography, an African nation student.

Rather than illustrate his uniqueness, it is largely representative of the student body.  For that reason, above others, we’re happy to call Laie, Hawaii our home and have no desire or intent to move [to the mainland].  🙂