Thursday, July 7, 2011

My Testimony

I thought I would share my personal testimony on my blog. I love sharing my testimony and now you get to hear and read it.

Well to start off, my name is Hillary Carol Haynes, and I live in Kinston, NC where I have lived all my life. I am a born a raised Eastern NC girl where I love to be. I am the daughter of Carl and Beverly Haynes, a doctor and nurse, and the sister to Will, Josh, and Tori. I am a born again believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, and I am a proud member of Sandy Bottom Baptist Church of Kinston, NC! You can often find me at home, hanging out friends, or at church!

I love Jesus with my whole heart, soul, and mind! I accepted Christ as my savior when I was 7 years old, in a hotel room. I have always remembered my Dad having family devotions with the family as I was growing up, and asked everyone if they wanted to pray. Well, I can still see it in my mind, him asking me if I wanted to pray, I did, and asked Jesus into my heart. The road hasn’t always been perfect, but the Lord walks with me and talks with me everyday! I can’t begin to express to you in words the thanks and comfort I find in him and his word. He has always been there to wrap his arms around me whenever I have needed him. Jesus is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I try to treat others as I would want to be treated, and have a smile on my face whenever I can because life is too short not to smile. When I smile, I always feel like it will brighten up someone else’s day too. Jesus is the real deal, and my hope for this lost world is that my life can be an example to others as Jesus would have me to be.

I have been blessed with one of the best families on this earth! They have always been there for me, and man can I tell you, I have/had some of the most amazing grandparents in the world also. My grandparents are a big part of why I am the way I am today. The blood of Jesus saved them too, and their walk and example I saw made me want to be more, and so Jesus is doing that today. I miss the ones that have already gone on to be with Jesus, but am thankful my Granny is still here. My aunts, uncles, and cousins are all amazing too. Their inspiration through my life shines through and helps me grow in my walk with the Lord. I love my family, and wouldn’t trade them for the world. My friends, wow, where to start? This point in my life I was some amazing friends! I love that I can go to church and know I am loved and have many friends there. God has blessed my life with special friends over the years, and I am thankful for that! A true friend is hard to find, but I have some true friends who stick by me no matter what, and I love that!

When I was a young child I had an ear infection in my right eardrum, resulting in a hole in the eardrum. My doctor here sent us to a doctor in Raleigh, NC. He suggested surgery to repair the eardrum, and after 3 surgeries and about 3-5 years later, the eardrum is fixed. But, my hearing never really improved in that ear. My left ear isn’t where it should be either. My Mom thought it’d be a good idea to get hearing aids, and my doctor agreed with her. Now I am the proud owner of two hearing aids that match my hair color and skin color too! See, hearing aids aren’t for old people! I love having hearing aids because it got to where if I wasn’t facing you, I often couldn’t understand what you were saying. But, even hearing aid’s aren’t perfect and I often ask people to repeat themselves, and explain the hearing aids. I also have headaches non-stop too. I got a headache about 8-10 years ago, and it never left me. So basically it depends on how it is everyday. I also get migraines about every 2 weeks-a month. But, I don’t let my head stop me from living my everyday life the way I and my God wants me to. I just push harder because I know God wants me to. The way I look at is that there are people in this world that has it worse, ways worse, than I do in life, and I’d rather wake up everyday thanking God for a new day, and go from there. Life is too short to sweat the small stuff I have always maintained that if you just go with the flow, life is so much better that way.

Last but certainly not least, my work, my love, my God given talents. I am a photographer and love what I do. I have always loved being in front of the camera, still do for that matter, and totally love being behind it even more. Capturing life through the lens is simply amazing to me. To show what God has created for us to enjoy and to have as a keepsake here on earth, awesome! I have a degree in Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology that I received from Lenoir Community College, LCC. I also love kids, and can’t wait to get married and start a family of my own someday!

Some thing’s you may like to know about me. I am: a strong dedicated Christian, I hate Halloween and what it stands for, I can’t wait to get married someday when God provides, have kids Lord willing. I love to smile, I love: photography, to hang out with friends, heights scares me but most of the time I can warm up to them ok. I am a silly, energetic, and often hyper person when around friends, I love to laugh, and have a great time, I am not like most girls I know, I am strong on being as modest as I feel the Lord wants me to be, I don’t wear make-up, I don’t look my age, and so much more!