20070622
Family Letter 2007
Kiaora, Talofa, Hello... We have a family announcement to make...We bought a house!!! It's about 30 minutes outside Dunedin in the countryside close to the beach. It's great to live out in the boondocks and escape the hustle and bustle of town. Fiona is still the first councilor in primary and I am now a teacher in primary so we get to work together. The boys are fine and have recently finished a big school show where they dressed up as seals and danced like mambo off happy feet. So much has happened since I last wrote and it becomes increasingly harder to condense it all. The most important of all, for those who may not have heard yet, is the birth of our beautiful daughter Summer Mae Hunter. She is a God send. Her smiling face lights up the darkest of days and the love that shines through her eyes brings the boys at her beck and call for just a glimpse. I've heard it said before that life is like climbing a mountain of roses. You struggle through the thorns hoping to find a clearing to rest and dress your wounds only to continue your journey upward. It is upon picking yourself up for the final stretch that you realise something....You left the kids in the car hehe. When I look back at my life I can't help but notice three things. The unconditional love of my soul mate and wife, the sacrifice and strength of my family and friends, and the many times the Lord has carried me barefoot up the mountain to a resting place of sweet memories and breath-taking views. Arohanui my friends...
20070528
Curriculum Vitae
Manu Hunter
CONTACT DETAILS | |
Address: Unit 3a
Hawksbury Village
Phone: (03) 465-8441
Cell Phone: 0273510752
Email:
Education | ||
1997 –2001 2000 TESOL Certificate | ||
Personal | ||
Nationality : Date of Birth: Marital Status: Married with Children Health: Excellent Drivers License: Private Motor Car / Motorbike The most important priorities in my life are family, religion, and friends. I am a hard worker and enjoy working as part of a team. I am both honest and reliable. | ||
Languages | ||
English is my native language. I speak Chinese, Maori, and have learned a few basics in Polynesian languages. | ||
Experience | ||
2006-2007 Dunedin Casino- Security Officer
2001-2006 Teacher –TESOL
1997 – 2001 Dunedin Police - On call Translator
1998 - 2000 Dunedin District Seminary Teacher
1996 - 1998 Cadbury Confectionary LTD
1993 - 1995 Taiwan Taichong Mission - Missionary
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20060130
Family Letter December 2005
Meli Kaliki maka is not the thing to say, nor is sheng dan jie kuai le, Kiaora cuzzy bro's i'm coming home for a three week holiday of long cloud skies and steak and cheese pies, is the flavour of the month. I'm not kidding I need a fix of kiwi home made heaven and yes I want fries with that! This Christmas is going to be off the hook, we have so many things to organize and eat that I’ve decided to focus the majority of my power in one area, eating of course! Yep the instant Christmas attitude is especially merry this year and already my good brother Phil has informed me of a new satay shop that needs my immediate attention. Yes sir ree nothing warms the cockles like the return of the prodigal pie king.
Teaching my kindergarten students about Christmas has made me reflect on the many happy memories I had as a wee sprog. I can't thank my mum enough for giving me the festive spirit that has made each Christmas something to look forward to. I'm also eternally grateful to my savior for his infinite atonement in my life. It's hard to explain to people who wear lucky charms that all blessings come from God and the fiscal fisard that has replaced Christ with X amount of dollars (i.e. Xmas) is a corporate take-over . So I’ve decided to build on the common belief that has inspired millions to burn golden money and play spiritual lotto with pick up sticks and wooden bananas "MONEY". After all you can buy anything in this day and age for money.
I was trying to think of a new year’s resolution Fiona's is all about bringing balance to the force, and with the increasing stress brought on by the eminent countdown, I think my patience has turned to the dark side. Honestly it’s hard enough bringing balance to the diet let alone the force. I can see it now, eat me Luke I am your big Mac.
Any who a big holler out to all our whanau and friends, hope you enjoy the photos and wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Teaching my kindergarten students about Christmas has made me reflect on the many happy memories I had as a wee sprog. I can't thank my mum enough for giving me the festive spirit that has made each Christmas something to look forward to. I'm also eternally grateful to my savior for his infinite atonement in my life. It's hard to explain to people who wear lucky charms that all blessings come from God and the fiscal fisard that has replaced Christ with X amount of dollars (i.e. Xmas) is a corporate take-over . So I’ve decided to build on the common belief that has inspired millions to burn golden money and play spiritual lotto with pick up sticks and wooden bananas "MONEY". After all you can buy anything in this day and age for money.
I was trying to think of a new year’s resolution Fiona's is all about bringing balance to the force, and with the increasing stress brought on by the eminent countdown, I think my patience has turned to the dark side. Honestly it’s hard enough bringing balance to the diet let alone the force. I can see it now, eat me Luke I am your big Mac.
Any who a big holler out to all our whanau and friends, hope you enjoy the photos and wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
20051023
Family Letter October 2005
Kiaora everybody it’s blogger time. I thought if I include the family letter in the blog that you can get the best of both worlds and it also might help me keep more up to date. This letter has some old and some new, hope you enjoy it.
All you need is love ba ba baba ba, love is all you need. Obviously the Beatles had not been present in the delivery room, it takes more than love, and in my experience there seems to be a moment where despite the absolute pain, faith, hope, and charity combine with pure determination and a child is born. Manaseh has Ammon's face and Michael's build. He is a very curious lad always looking around with his big pukana eyes. I feel he is destined to be a great missionary and an honourable father.
Manaseh, a.k.a Mana, is already on all fours and it won’t be before long that he will forsake the head slide and role for the crawl and fall off the bed. All our Taiwanese friends call him mini manu, mostly because he is big boned hehe. He is very curious and strong and has mastered the grab and rip technique, with a special vengeance toward Dr Sues.
Ammon and Michael are loving school and they seem to be very popular. Yesterday they both won medals in their school races and Michael proudly told me all about it in Mandarin. I am so blessed to have them as my sons.
As some of you have already heard we have decided to go home next year and shack up with mum. I will miss Taiwan with all my heart, it has been good to us. When I first pondered coming to Taiwan I felt a bit like Adam after offering his sacrifice and it was not until recently that my true purpose for being here has come to my understanding. Living here in Taiwan has strengthened the cords of love that eternally bind me to Fiona. It's as if Taiwan has been the fellowship of our wedding ring and we will return king and Queen, with experiences that uniquely bind us together for eternity.
Fiona has started work in the mornings with me, so every morning we get to ride together on the scooter like newly-weds. Time seems to be flying all around me and often the many leaning experiences I wish to share with you all get swept away in the rush of every day living. As I look around at the calamities that seem almost common place, I can’t help but hear the ever pressing words of our prophet, to repent and come unto Christ for the kingdom of God is at hand. But there is so much that blinds our eyes and demands our time.
Our lives are constantly bombarded with tantalizing advertising, delicious and good to the taste. It’s as if in our quest to gain knowledge we fall into a recurring theme of keeping up with the next best, when in true historian fashion the outdated becomes the past and unlike eternal truth personifying it’s maker, is only a means to praise mankind and lift you up in the pride of your peers acceptance.
So if there is to be anything good from the past it is to be found in the traditions and accomplishments that led men to look to the stars for guidance and trust in the Lord for all else. Taiwan is a concrete metropolis clothed in an oasis of neon lights. The stars in the bright sky struggle to be seen amongst the big stars Sony and Benq. I miss lying on soft grass and looking up on a starry night at the splendor of the heavens. I miss my family in New Zealand and if it wasn’t for the love of our closest friends here in Taiwan I’m sure I would have come home a lot earlier.
We are trying to finish the Book of Mormon before the end of the year. I think we’re up to almost 6 pages a day now. We have noticed the difference in our lives and the promises of our prophet fulfilled. So until next time Fiona and the boys send their love and we all hope that you are healthy and happy, Aroha Nui Manu…
All you need is love ba ba baba ba, love is all you need. Obviously the Beatles had not been present in the delivery room, it takes more than love, and in my experience there seems to be a moment where despite the absolute pain, faith, hope, and charity combine with pure determination and a child is born. Manaseh has Ammon's face and Michael's build. He is a very curious lad always looking around with his big pukana eyes. I feel he is destined to be a great missionary and an honourable father.
Manaseh, a.k.a Mana, is already on all fours and it won’t be before long that he will forsake the head slide and role for the crawl and fall off the bed. All our Taiwanese friends call him mini manu, mostly because he is big boned hehe. He is very curious and strong and has mastered the grab and rip technique, with a special vengeance toward Dr Sues.
Ammon and Michael are loving school and they seem to be very popular. Yesterday they both won medals in their school races and Michael proudly told me all about it in Mandarin. I am so blessed to have them as my sons.
As some of you have already heard we have decided to go home next year and shack up with mum. I will miss Taiwan with all my heart, it has been good to us. When I first pondered coming to Taiwan I felt a bit like Adam after offering his sacrifice and it was not until recently that my true purpose for being here has come to my understanding. Living here in Taiwan has strengthened the cords of love that eternally bind me to Fiona. It's as if Taiwan has been the fellowship of our wedding ring and we will return king and Queen, with experiences that uniquely bind us together for eternity.
Fiona has started work in the mornings with me, so every morning we get to ride together on the scooter like newly-weds. Time seems to be flying all around me and often the many leaning experiences I wish to share with you all get swept away in the rush of every day living. As I look around at the calamities that seem almost common place, I can’t help but hear the ever pressing words of our prophet, to repent and come unto Christ for the kingdom of God is at hand. But there is so much that blinds our eyes and demands our time.
Our lives are constantly bombarded with tantalizing advertising, delicious and good to the taste. It’s as if in our quest to gain knowledge we fall into a recurring theme of keeping up with the next best, when in true historian fashion the outdated becomes the past and unlike eternal truth personifying it’s maker, is only a means to praise mankind and lift you up in the pride of your peers acceptance.
So if there is to be anything good from the past it is to be found in the traditions and accomplishments that led men to look to the stars for guidance and trust in the Lord for all else. Taiwan is a concrete metropolis clothed in an oasis of neon lights. The stars in the bright sky struggle to be seen amongst the big stars Sony and Benq. I miss lying on soft grass and looking up on a starry night at the splendor of the heavens. I miss my family in New Zealand and if it wasn’t for the love of our closest friends here in Taiwan I’m sure I would have come home a lot earlier.
We are trying to finish the Book of Mormon before the end of the year. I think we’re up to almost 6 pages a day now. We have noticed the difference in our lives and the promises of our prophet fulfilled. So until next time Fiona and the boys send their love and we all hope that you are healthy and happy, Aroha Nui Manu…
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