Pirate Day at HHS

One Month and Counting.

-Today marks one month until I turn 16! I am really excitied. So many things happen that I cant wait for. All's I have to say is Driver's License!!! I am so sick of having to hitch a ride from someone. Most of my good friends live on the other side of town and my grandmother doesnt like to make the trips back and forth so soon that won't be an issue. Every kid can't wait to turn 16. I am one of the older ones in my grade so it's gonna be cooling being able to say that im driving now. I have high hopes that I will be able to get tickets to the Frey concert which is on my birthday, the ultimate gift. I can't wait very happy.
-On a school note though, tomorrow I have a test in biology , with a mid-c in the class i can't afford a bad grade in there. I have studied for a while tonight and I can only pray that I do well.
-I accepted an offer to join the theatre group, nothing all that fancy. It is called Noah's Promise Players. It is a troup that goes around and does skits on drugs. I was going to try out last year but I missed the auditions. This adds another thing on to my work load but it won't take up much of my time because all the rehearsals are during school. I have never really been on stage with the acting thing before so I hope I will do alright, everyone else that is in it has before so maybe they will take me under there wings.
-HGI is this weekend. It is the band competition that my marching band does every year. There are 28 bands coming and that means over 4,000 people. It is one of the bigger competions in the state and we have a good reputation for putting a good competion. The part which scares everyone is the preformance we give at the end of the night in front of all the marchers, directors, and parents. It is the most people that we will preform for in our high school life. I am pumped for it though. I guess that is all for now.

5 Years Later... Do You Remember?

-September 11, 2001, two airplanes were crashed in to the World Trade Center, one was crashed into the Pentagon, and one was crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. This day changed most of lives if not mentaly then physical. Now, being the 5th anniversary this date is getting more attention. Today on CNN they ran a timeline on the side of the screen and on there broadband station the ran all the footage as it happened on that day. Should we really be paying such attention to such tragedy? We all know what happened, why must we relive it? I can understand a memoral of some sort today, but the disturction and all the negative really doesn't seem like the right thing. Every TV station and radio channel has talked non stopped about it. As a christian I feel that the ones who died are in a better place and all we can do is pray for the families that lost a loved one. When we focus on the negative we never see the positive.
-On a better note, my friend Lindsay Bates, is in the blogging world. The youth blogging community is growing.

The Season Begins

-Many things started this sunday, NFL, college ball started last week and the Marching Band season. They all relate, it's all done on the same field. On Saturday the Sumner County Exibtition took place. This marks our start of the season. All the high school bands in Sumner County participate. Now I realize that many of you think that marching band is a dorky thing and what not, but it is something that is a big part of my life. From July until October it is my rutine. It is a suportive group in which you are a part of something bigger than yourself. The group comes before you. People don't realize it but I would like to see anyone memorize music, play, know your spots on the field, and march at the same time, it's harder than it looks.
-Before we went on Saturday I took my section and we had a moment of prayer. We went around the circle and each prayed for something, most were for hiting all our moves and something to that effect but one's was different he asked that we all be blessed with his spirit and to preform for him. I realized that is what it is about. HIM!!!

HFUMC Youth Does Boat Church

Today some of the us (youth) went to a thing called boat church. It is in Mt. Juliet on the lake. It was a pretty good service but a little long. After we had a little cookout and then went and enjoyed the lake. We all went tubing and swimming and at the end of the day were worn out. I think that boat church should be a regular thing. Being outside and experiencing God's word is the best combonation. Thats my Sunday!!!

Big Game Even Bigger Loss

Hendersonville High School vs. Beech High School
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Last night was huge! The antisipation of this game was in the air, the hamburgers, bands, and the fans. We were all hoping that a win would fall to Hendersonville but everything turned the other way. Just a quick summary:
Hendersonville was down the whole game until the forth quarter when we scored with 38 seconds left. we went into overtime and ended up losing by interception. The Hendersonville side fell scilent and the Beech side went crazy. Our heads dropped and theres raised. What really showed there "great sportsmanship" was when they turned the sprinklers on our side of the field and soaking everone in its path. What a great end to a bad night.

First Week of School

So returning back to school has its ups and downs. You are glad to go back so you can see your friends check up on everyone but the rest isn't the best. I am pretty happy with my classes and am very happy to be a sophomore this year. It's nice to be able to know where everything is at and all that jazz. I am taking concert chours this semester which has turned out to be fun and really easy because im one of the only people in the class that knows music. English II Honors will turn out to be ok. The teacher is ok and I have a ton of friends in the class. Wind Ensemble is the same. Biology Honors is going to turn out to be a pain, I can already tell. Besides that school is well... school.

What a Surpise!

-Today is a very special day, my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. For the past 2 months my mother has been planning a surpise party for them. The location, food, and everything inbetween had been thought of. We made up a story that my mom, sister, and I were going to Nashville Shores and my grandparents were going to go to Springfield with her brother and son. Her brother's wife had to drop of a fake bridal shower gift at my church (where the party was). When they walked in the look on there faces was priceless. They had no idea. The best part was the cutting of the cake. They did the move where you feed each other. They messed up. Today was an overall success!

Missing Out on the Mystery

-A lot of my friends from chruch went on a trip this weekend, known as Mystery Trip. This year it wasn't a mystery though. A certian some one named Kyle M. told the whole group ruining the fun of the whole mystery part. They went white water rafting which i bet was a blast. I decided to bow out of this one because I had already been gone for two weeks and couldn't think of another weekend away. This down time has been enjoyable even though spending a few days up in Lake Junaluska wasn't to hard either.
-My Grandparents 50th Anniversary is today and my family is throwing a suprise party for them. It should be a really good time. My mother has invited over a hundred people and my Grandparents still have no idea. I can't wait to see the look on there faces.
-I also go my class schedule this week. It is looking kind of challenging but still fun. ALL HONORS!!!
-Another fun thing on the agenda for this week is the every popular "Band Camp". I would like to inform you that it is nothing like what you think. Band Camp is held in front of the school and is not an overnight event. The most annoying part is when people drive by and honk or say, "This one time, at Band Camp". I still am amazed at how stupid some people are.

I know Its been forever

I know its been a month and I don't have a great excuse except I've been really busy. Ive been on a mission trip and right now im at Lake Junaluska. It its considered methodist holy ground. I will start with mission trip...
Mission trip started on July 15. We drove from Hendersonville Tn, to Long Beach, MS. It took around 9 hours to get there. We actually started work on Monday I helped put a roof on a house that was hurt buy Hurricane Katrina. It took us a week but we actually got it done. Other groups painted a house, did yard work, and rebuilt a porch. The whole Mississippi and Louisana culture is quite different and excited. we ventured down to New Orleans and checked out the scene. We saw Bourben Street and all the sites of that.
Lake Junaluska has been the typical church retreat. I am here on church buisness with my conference and it has been quite fun.
That is all for now talk later.

Fun Times in Disney!!!

-Well I got back from choir tour the other day, and it was quite the experience. This being my third tour I knew what to expect. I had this amazing solo which you can hear go to this link and go to the media page and click on atmosphere. We did the whole Disneyworld thing and all that jazz. I will say that I have some really good memories that I wont forget. They're some seniors that have lead our choir for a few years that are now gone which is quite wired because now it is up to us to lead this group. When we performed at church on Sunday I saw a few faces that I hadn't seen in a while. One of which was Megan. I hadn't seen her in a while and she really made that performance great. She can bring the best out of me sometimes. That is all for now.
J

I am halfway through this trip and The best part is already behind me. We went to Disneyworld the past two days and we went to all three parks. Honestly, the park wasn't that great. It would've been better if the groups were smaller and people would just chill. For some reason on choir tour every year the adults get on this power trip and are always making do stupid stuff. For instance we will get to a destination and we will sometimes sit on the bus for 30 min. It gets really frustrating. We also were told before we left that we would be able to park hop as much as we wanted and ended up having to change parks at a certain time with a large group. I realize that there are younger kids with us but we are very capable of getting a little more freedom. This is what makes a possible fun trip into a dreadful one.
-On a happy note, Peyton and I got the best possible host home. We got to go to Daytona Beach and eat at Krystal. I don't know what is better. This is wear we are at now. In there luxiourious Florida hideaway. We have our own rooms and toilets. This has been the best by far. So, in a nutshell that is what has happened thus far. So until next time.
J

Youth lounge Improvement.

Today Gavin, Michael, Scott and I went down to Sam Ash to start buying equiptment for the youth lounge. We bought a soundboard, 3 mics with stands, amp, and some cables. It is really nice to have some things of our own. Not having to borrow things is just a load off. This is just in time to. Since we are reimagining our youth space and everything plus we are getting ready to start up practice for KuvAnant, the churches praise band.
- Tomorrow we start practice for the choir tour. Two days of full practice which usually ends up in loss of voice before the tour start date of Saturday. That happened to me last year and was horrible because I had a trio thing that I had to sing and we all lost our voices. This year I have a rap solo. I'm not all that excited about it but I will pull it off.
-Tour has many experiences in the seven days that it happens. Trapped on a bus with immature, obnoxious, smelly, loud people isn't always fun, but there are still many fun times. We have been some really fun places while I have been in Choir. Canada and New York two very exciting places and Now Disney World. While I'm gone Blogging might be a bit down but I will try to keep up.
-In other parts of my life I am looking at a new computer. The new MacBook. I have fallen in love with this notebook. I have fallen under the Mac spell I guess. I see it as an opportunity to take advantage of this position that I have claimed for the church conference. I am praying that I will get this in the next month or two. That's about it for now.

This is Great!

I went to a conference event with my church this weekend and it was really fun. The event is called FRESH which used to be called T.Y.A.C. Fresh is where we go over business about the youth for the conference and pick new conference leaders such as president and vice president. I ran for communications chairperson and I got it. I am responsible for the video and pictures taken at the conference events. I cant wait to start I get to go the Lake Juniluska in July to official start my position. I cant wait!!

Texting has It's Side Effects

So I just learned that a valueable lesson, texting can turn on you. I was texting to a friend of mine and it was something that was between the two of us, little did i know that someone else found the phone and read the texts. The next day some random person comes up to me and starts talking about it... not good! How hard is it to keep a check on your phone. More importantly how hard is it to just not to text? I know that it is my fault for texting in the first place and I probably won't do it again. Its good to learn things but not the hard way.

-J

School's Comming To an End!!!

Im at my last day of school right now and Its my last full day.Summer is almost here!!! This summer will be so much fun! Amusment Parks,adventures far and near. So much on my list. I Have so much and I can't wait. On a Sad note, the seniors finally are gone and some are spending there last summer here. Seeing them go was such an akward expierence, to know that you arent at the bottom of the pole anymore is never bad.

-My computer has been down at my house so this might be the last blog for a while. Anyway, I went outside last night and took a few photos around the neighborhood. I saw some very cool signs and some cool road grafiti. well anyway im getting ready to play pocket tanks, the coolest game ever. So i will see all you later.
-J

Is It Legal?

-I think that this is something that is a little akward. Imagine that you are minding your own buisness talking to friends and walking to lunch when all of a sudden you turn the corner and there is a guy handing you a bible. The only thing i could say was, "This is the word of God for the people of God." Then a girl said, "Thanks be to God." I didnt think it was legal for people to hand everyone pocket New Testament bibles. I know that it is legal for them to have them sitting on a table for you to come by and pick them up. The Gideons are everywhere, in your hotel, in your church and now, in your school. They are taking over the world one public place at a time. What is horrible about this ordeal is that if someone wanted to come in and give out the Koran then it probably wouldnt happen. What ever happend to seperating church and state or state from chruch?

Saying Goodbye

It has come that time of year again, graduation. A time when we say goodbye to one group and hello to another. This transition point is more difficult for some more than others. We all lose a few friends and gain a few more. This time is also a time where a lot of change happens. With summer starting in full swing many of us find new and interesting things about ourselves. We test ourselves and push ourselves to the limit. This is just one of the many things that we go though in the high school lifestyle. This lifestyle is one that i have adopted and have finally gotten used to. With three years left I can only wonder what will happen next.

Looking Foward Backwards

I was looking through my 8th grade yearbook and I was so amazed at so many different things. It is almost awkward to see how much we have all changed in just one years time. How we have grown physically, mentally, and some of us in a spiritual aspect. When I look back at a year ago, I was in a totally different place. I was ending my middle school career and moving on to a new chapter. I was torn between sticking with band or presuing my new interest in football, not to mention what classes to take in high school. All these things on my mind ended up to be to much on my mind . The decisions that I made molded me into the person that I am today. I realize that if I would have stuck with football I would probably be ridding the bench. Band has been an amazing experience in itself. The classes I have taken have been fine so I didn't drown myself in work.
Things are finally starting to click and fit into place. I don't feel lost anymore, I feel like I have found a home. God has helped me find it and at the time I didn't even know it. Weird things happen sometimes. Who would've thought that Johnathan Jones would find himself but he did. I have found peace.

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