Future(s)

I went to the Invisible Children screening tonight at my school. It was an especially exciting night because I got to see one of my very dear dear friends Bryn. He was my driver on the Christian houseboat camp I worked at this summer for three weeks. It was absolutely so refreshing and inspiring to see him talking up doing his thang with what he is so undoubtably passionate about and that he is a part of a movement so SO HUGE! It brought back so many beautiful memories talking with him about houseboats and the feelings I had there. I want to bring back those feelings and mindsets here at Sonoma because God is calling me to wake up. It is coming bit by bit, and every day I have to constantly ask God for help, and be humbled, or else I won't ever be able to do it just on my own. All of the glory goes to God and I am just exploding with passion after hearing everything about Bryn's journey and also the journey of so many passionate others who are living their lives not for themsleves but for others! It is so beautiful  and I am on board 100%! I am trying to take all of this and say, now what for specifically you, Hill? What are you gonna do? Part of me wants to jump on board with Invisible Children and then part of me feels compelled to stay here at Sonoma and stir passion up here. I feel this part because the Greek Bible Study is so so good and is definitely stirring up hearts and I feel like God is calling me into that. This is all so exciting and it is SOOOOOO AMAZING what a group of people can do for the better when a group of people are all passionate about the same cause! Our generation is such a sponge with so much potential just waiting to feel that passion to soak up a cause or soak up into a purpose or a project that will make a definite difference! I have so much faith in our generation because it is already very apparant that we have alreas made a tremendous difference. I can't wait, I know God is calling me to an adventure in his name, further research will come of this. This night was spectacular :) I am so thrilled :)

Greek Bible Study

it was the first one tonight! Crazy and exciting stuff how when passionate people come together and make something happen. I think that is the deal with our generation, we have so much potential and can do so much! Especially for the KINGDOM! GOD WANTS TO USE EVERYONE IN SO MANY AMAZING MIRACULOUS WAYS AND WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE THAT BABY STEP OUT TO TAKE RISKS! Let Him catch us :) But there were about 10 girls there, from different sororities. We met in the Tuscany town-house dorm rooms (like an apartment), had cookies, and discussed the passage 1 Timothy about fighting the good fight of faith. The conversation flowed really well, all of the girls shard their life experience little tid bits of info that was so welcoming and comfortable. We talked about God's unconditional love, self image of women (I want to focus more on that for our study, it is such a good topic for girls to know how beautiful they are) and made plans for some fun trips! I am so happy that me, Shelby, and Sara made this happen and that it turned out so well! Praise God! Amennnnn! I will keep an update on this. To be continued

Updation

Current location: happily at my great friend Jay's apartment- Sleepover!
So what's the latest?
I am in the national sorority Alpha Gamma Delta, it is going super well. All of the girls love me and I love them, I still have man to meet because there are 140ish girls total in our chapter, and 50 new members. Lots of names are hard to remember, but I am getting there :). Since there is so much going on with sorority (meeting every sunday, sisterhoods, retreats, etc..) and with school, trying to hang out with people and finding time for myself, I find myself realizing I am not the normal freshman college student. I am not just chillin like a villian all day, I want to decorate for Halloween but it is so hard trying to find time for that kind of stuff. I have to plan out now time to call my friends! I plan out my week, time management is breaking me in for sure, and I have responsibilities. I also started a greek Bible Study and a club called the FAA (Formal Attire Association). This club basically started out as a conversation between me and my friend Patrick about how we both love being classy people and how we should totally have tea parties and go to art galleries in San Fran...and then we actually started a chartered club called the FAA, and we put our pinkies in the air and get FUNDING from the school for going places! I am the treasurer, Patrick is the President, and we have a secretary and a public relations person too! I am trying to keep up with my studies and keep in touch with my friends from home. I miss them every day and I think it is so hard to tell the people you care about really and truly how much you love them, God, please help me with that. Home has been on my mind; my roots, my family traditions. I think you refer back to how you were raised and your family so much when you are away from it. Naturally, that is a normal feeling and those thoughts are normal. It is fascinating. I have switched over to Almond Milk, if an of you were wondering my milk status, it is so much better tasting and so much better for you! I recommend it for sure! I have been keeping up with the Kardashians :) and Desperate Housewives. I have been trying every day to have my quiet time with the Lord in the morning and surrender to what He wants me to do every day throughout the day. He is always there, and I have been still growing in my faith :).

I love smashing words together, hence updation. My friend, Liz just showed me her friend's newly opened cafe in Hawaii (so adorable) called ChadLou...her father and mother's names smashed together. My theme that has been ongoing lately is WHO CARES?! I am an alien to this world, this culture, this society of quote unquote "fitting in". I am a square peg on top of a round hole, irregularly shaped from this world, however in the midst of living in it. Too many people need to stop caring about what everyone else thinks and start thinking about who they are, taking a real look inside themselves because everyone is absolutely magnificent. Just look at history, how far we as a human race have come, all of the inventions, theories, formulas, etc that people have come up with; how amazing! People are beautiful. I am utterly fascinated with people, and lately I have been wanting to study sociology, thinking about minoring in it with a major of Kinesiology. After all, love what you do, right? Absolutely. That is another thing I have been thinking about lately, just being in the place in my life of away from home at college, thinking about my future, I want to make an impact on the world in a positive way, and in many ways. For my generation, going against the norm, for God above all things, and He fits into everything; I am just a part of His plan. It all goes hand in hand. So, thinking about my future, I just want to make the most of my life, and so I have to love what I do. I want to study abroad in France, and I am going to do it no matter what, because when am I going to have such an amazing opportunity? Not again like this when I am so young and have the time without a job tying me down. I love my family and friends, but they will still love me and support me and be there when I come back, that is what home means!

 Another though is that I love how in life, God jut arranges situations so incredibly perfectly down to the ti...how one situation affects another, like how I just influenced my friend Jay to start a blog, or how inviting someone to Bible study or to the gym when they haven't been in so long but have been "meaning to go" just sparks back their interest and because of just one person, they get back into it again! What a positive aspect of life :) Life is SO GRAND, and I want everyone to feel what I feel for life. I want people to feel joy, love, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, and self control. All the fruits of the spirit.

New revelations and realizizations

It is in the quiet times sometimes when we hear the most.