College

Well, I've been to college and I've finished my first semester. It has been so much fun! I have had such a great time getting to know new people and learning many new things! The Lord has blessed me so much since I've been there. He gave me a really good job, great friends, and many other things. I know that without God I wouldn't be able to do any of this!

My Grandpa

One year from yesterday (May 12) my Grandpa Foster passed away. It was on that day I realized how good of friends I really have. Cece came over in the morning to just be with me. My other friends Josh, Caleb, Amanda, and Matt they took me to Sonic and they just let me talk and cry and they just listened and were there for me. The day brought back many memories. Mostly good and some sad. I thought about how grandpa and I spent much time together in his garage whether we were just talking, roasting hot dogs, or working on a regionals project. My grandpa was loved by many. He has affected many lives and he is missed by many! We love you Grandpa Foster!

Ahhhh! Graduation has come and gone sad to say. It was a day filled with laughter and tears (most of the tears were my mom's :)). I so enjoyed my graduation party. My parents did a fantastic job of putting on the party for me! They also bought me a new car! Well, new to me lol. They bought me a Ford Mustang! It's a car that I have wanted for a very long time! I just couldn't believe it when I pulled the keys out of the coffee mug. At first I thought that they were just messing with me because the keys look just like my moms keys. When my dad told me to go outside I was just so shocked! At first all i saw was RED! Then, I got closer and saw that it was a Mustang. Well, I started crying. I had no idea that my parents ought me a car. I just knew that they would never buy me a car I mean my dad told me everyday that he wouldn't buy me a car. I guess all the constant asking finally got to him (hehe)! I am so thankful to have wonderful parents like my dad ans mom! They mean everything to me and I just want to make them proud!

Graduation!

Well, graduation is just around the corner! I can't explain the excitement inside of me! To me graduating from school is the biggest accomplishment that one can attain. Think about it, you work for 13 years for one thing, a diploma. How often in your life will you work 13 years for one thing? It's going to be amazing! I cant wait to share my graduation day (May 8th) with all my friends and family. Graduating is the ending of high school but yet its the beginning of a totally new chapter. Whether you are going to college or your going to take the year off. You will experience completely new things (so I've heard lol). I'm very excited to be able to spend the day hanging out with my friends and just having a good time. I'm going to miss hanging out with all my friends when I go away to college. It will be weird to have new friends and meet new people. I've had the same friends for over 10 years! So, meeting new people and making new friends will be something that I will definitely have to get use to. I know that with the Lord on my side He can help me do all things! So, in conclusion graduation is coming, I'm excited, it's going to be amazing, my friends and family are awesome, I can't wait to spend the whole day hanging out, and I'm excited for college!

Changes

As your life changes don't forget to change with it. Its hard sometimes to remember that change isn't bad. Sometimes it is for the best. Some change that I have experienced in my life recently is that my brother left for boot camp. It was hard to see him leave, but I know its for the best.Being in the Army has been his dream for a long time. I can't express how proud I am of him. Some people say being called to be a preacher is the highest calling in life but I believe the highest calling is to simply follow God and do as He has planned. Speaking of plans I'm making plans to go to Heartland Baptist Bible College in August. No, the Lord has not called me into the ministry, He has called me to follow Him though. It is my strong belief that He wants me to follow Him to Heartland. I'm pretty sure that I will major in Secondary Education. My plan so far is to go to Heartland for 2 years and then transfer to West Coast Baptist in California. I have always felt lead there in a way I'm not sure how to explain it. Keep my family in your prayers.

with love,
~Hillary~

Ok, Im here!I know I haven't been on since like June 3rd but I have had to do other things like...camp and well I didn't have a lot to do, I WAS JUST BEING LAZY! So I'll just bring you up to speed with whats going on with me!So, it all starts at jr.camp, two of my cousins got saved! I was so excited to see them get saved! Ever since they got saved they have been faithful to church and the teen activities.I also got to know my friend, Joellen better!She is a little crazy sometimes but we have a blast together!Now we are moving on to July. On July 4th there was a church picnic at well the church duh!So while we were at the picnic we played softball, volleyball and a bunch of other games.Oh yeah and I stepped on a bee and my foot swelled up to like twice the size of a human foot and it hurt bad! Sr.camp, of course it was very hot, and we had fun and all the stuff that everybody will tell you when you mention Sagmount!Oh yeah, another one of my cousins got saved and three other friends of mine got saved (Joellen, Sarah, and Hayley).The Lord really spoke to me about praying for my brother more, I find it very hard to do so sometimes when he starts to bother me or something. I still love him no matter wat he may do to me!After camp Joellen got to come home with me and she stayed untill the following tuesday. We attempted to fork someones yard and tp some people but, I didn't work out so well lol! We had a BLAST!!!!On the tuesday that we took Joellen home I had to get some moles removed in the morninig.It hurt and I got 5 stitches in each spot! :( Right now I am hanging out with Joellen and we are just kicking back and having fun!

Well, we have been back for a while now but I haven't had the chance to update my blog!Sorry!!We had a great week at ISC and made lots of friends! I met three girls from Fiji, Some people from Texas, Tennessee, West Virginia and whole lot of other places! It was a great week and we had a blast! Only the guys placed in there running but the rest of us didn't do to bad. I got 12th in my painting and in archery. I was a little disappointed when I didn't do that well in my watercolor but I was happy with my archery. John got 7th in his archery and the male trio (Jake, Matthew, and Josh) placed 13th and Cece got 11th in her pastels! Each night that we were there, there was a different speaker the first night of the evening rallies was Bro. Kenny Baldwin and he did a great job! The other speakers were Bro.Pope he did a good job too but was kinda hard to follow sometimes. The last speaker was Bro. David Ring. He had a great life story! I don't even think he opened the Bible but more teens responded to his message than I think every other night. Lots of kids got saved and it was a real blessing to hear him speak! If you ever get the chance go to aceministries.com and see if you can pull up his message, it is definitely worth the time to listen to him! It will bless your heart!