Maui

Everything happens for a reason, something Chirsty knows all too well. In the book Chirsty Miller Collection: Volume 2 by Robin Jones Gunn, it follows Chirsty in California, going through High School and trying to follow her parents rules. The main character of this book is Chisty, she struggles with fitting in and peer pressure. Christy deal with a lot of ups and downs with dealing with boys and a friend coming to town from Wisconsin. The biggest lesson Christy learns is to not be taken…

paired alongside determination to “[get himself] out of the hole” (2) and, assures Gardner that he will one day reach his attainable goals. As a result of this combination, Gardner does achieve success: he drives a “jet-black Bentley” (10) and takes “Maui vacations” (11). Although Jenny's optimism definitely has its merits, in that it is an effective method of coping with her situation, it is unclear whether her optimism actually benefits her future or not. In Gardner's case, there is direct…

schooling. Finally, the day came when the house sold and it was time to start the quarantine process for my animals. Unfortunately, I did not have enough funding to pay for my dog. I realized that we would have to rehome him as he could no longer come to Maui with…

In the movie Moana by Ron Clements & John Musker takes place on a little island called motuni, where moana is told by her grandmother that she has a destiny greater than she could possibly think. She embarks on an adventure of her life that helps her to find who she is and the meaning of life. The animated movie was released on november 23, 2016 and was 1h 47m long and it touched audience everywhere. The movie Moana was set at the end of that era, about two thousand years ago, on a fictional…

My mom always asked me, “If your friends jump off a cliff, would you jump too?” Evidently, I would. As I was falling off the End of the World, I realized what a stupid idea it was. No, not the actual end of the world, but a cliff that lives up to its name. I plunged into the ocean, salt water rushed into my nose, and I struggled to catch my breath. While clinging onto a rock for dear life, I had another realization; my mother would never let me do this. In the early years of my childhood I lived…

spiritual growth of the church and school since my last visit there in 2010. There was an increased spiritual hunger, as I saw many more students and church members coming to the classes and services. From Pohnpei on Friday, April 27, I flew ten hours to Maui again and ministered to the Pohnpeians who live there. They are also like my spiritual children. We had powerful meetings each evening, Monday through Friday, April 30 to May 4, because they are greatly hungry for the Word of God! I was…

Can fifteen dollars an hour really help you for the long term? Raising minimum wage is the governments way of not having people apply for welfare. There are so my factors to raising minimum wage and seemingly the government is trying to cover those factors but as the years go on not all “acts” will stick and follow through. Minimum wage is not a career income and if the acts do last, fifteen dollars gives off the idea of not having an education all right to go by to the teenagers and young…

“It was the little room, the one at the end of the house. I was going turn it into a sewing room, but it was so far away from my kitchen. For papa it was the garage. You know he was one mechanic, need plenty space. The area was big enough for us raise our six kids” (Mary Ann Feiteira, interview), says Mary Ann Feiteira. She is my great grandmother, “Gramz”, wife to my later great grandfather or “Papa”, and owner of our family home on 370 Makawao Ave. “All I wanted to raise my kids and that 's…

Throughout the years, The Walt Disney Company has been an inspiration for children, even adults with family movies, shows, heart-warming episodes and movies of heroism and perseverance. Disney is one of the largest media corporations in the world getting 38 billion in revenue for 2010. (reference?) The Walt Disney Company started in 1923 in the rear of a small office occupied by Holly-Vermont Realty in Los Angeles. It was there that Walt Disney, and his brother Roy, produced a series of short…

An article taken from moviepilot.com, “Mental Illness In ‘Moana’ & ‘Finding Dory’: Are Disney Done Celebrating Difference?” criticize recent Disney movies regarding to differences. The author Trevor Norkey states his disappointment when several characters in Moana and Finding Dory were mocked by other characters from the movie due to their disabilities. The characters do not developed into better ones that snapped off animated movie stigmas. Differ from the former movies when the stories tell…