Today, Cave Spring didn't have their own Younglife Club, because the person whose house we are having it at was getting construction done. My first reaction to this was, "Oh no! I now have nothing to do Monday Night." Well, my bright mind didn't seem to remember, we can go to the other school's clubs if we want to. I ended up going to Hidden Valley's Younglife Club. I wasn't really nervous at all, since I knew everyone right? Wrong! Haha
I get there, and the only two people who are there at that point I didn't know. I made friends with them, telling them the only reason I was there is because Cave wasn't having their own. I just chill out like I normally do before Club starts. You know, this that the whole sh-bang. After a while, my friend Kendall shows up. At this point, we're mostly in uncharted territory, since the only time we'd been there was for WyldLife Clubs. We show up to HV's Younglife, which is just the same thing, older people.
Well, her and I are probably seen as the best friends from Cave at this point, because everything each of us did, the other was right there next to the one. We played a game where we lock arms, and naturally, we locked arms as our first motion hahaha. Yea, aside from that, This game, the upper and lower classes were against each other. The upper class' job was to try and rip the lower class from each other's arms. A feat of grip, and strength. The lower class got to go first with the locking of arms. Kendall and I were separated from the big group, but we never really let go of each other haha. So, eventually, they tried to rip us apart. The grips were too tight, until they tickled Kendall, which made it easier for them......Cheaters! Haha
Well, after that fun game (Which the underclassmen won btw), we went to the usual singsong Younglife Club that we all know and love. We also got to watch some very *funny* game where 2 kids are blindfolded and they have to try and eat an apple. This brings people *closer* If I say so myself. It was too good to pass up taking some pics, but they are very hard to tell who's who, but I know who I know in the pics ahaha.
The talk was given by none other than our favorite man, Andy Fetzer. He talked about how if the word in the Bible wasn't true, we were all "Screwed" He told us about how Jesus was killed, resurrected, and conquered the grave, and sin. I thought his talk was very good to hear, since he also talked about how much we are loved by Jesus, and God. This talk moved me ever so slightly to want to just love others with all my heart. As much as my soul will let me, just to love other people.
This is all I have for you tonight. Only thing left to say is I'M GOING TO FALL WEEKEND!!!!! I'm excited for that. Well, I'll be back some other day when I have something to write about. Love y'all. Hope you guys have a great week, and remember, It is wrong to call people "bastards" for whatever reason(:
"...I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." - John 10:10
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Heartbreak
Football season is over...... We have lost our final game this year. We fought hard, we gave them a reason to believe they earned it. We did everything we could, but we didn't come out on top. This is one of the most painful things to think about. I can't believe that it's over this year, and for some people, they will never play football again, in their lives. I am so thankful for the team that I have been blessed to play for. I am thankful that I still have two years of football left. I love my team mates, no matter how little I got along with a lot of them. It hurts to lose, but I know that there will be success in the future. Now I have to focus on wrestling, since that is the next thing I have to do. I wish luck to the teams still playing, and hope Brookville kicks Richlands' ass. They don't deserve states. bye now
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Another thing I'm going to steal from my friend Kendall :)
So, the football game on Friday night was probably the best blessing I could have ever been apart of. I thank God that He let me be apart of this great football team, and just go through a little bit of my everyday with them.
We went into the game thinking "It's our last chance to go out of Bogle Field with a victory, and show the whole county that Cave Spring is a force to be reckoned with" We also wanted to erase all the doubt that we can beat Grundy. So what if they had a better record? We have beaten teams way better than them.
Anyway, we started off the game with us kicking off to them. My first start of Varsity, and I'm in the first play of the game. I was pretty excited, so I was just going to go out there and give it my best. We kicked it off to them, and they fumble the ball, then we recover it. Knights ball baby. It was at that point that they knew who had just hit them.
I think it was safe to say that Josh Woodrum was the leader of the team on this night. Josh was so focused on showing the world that the Cave Spring Knights, really are, THE BEST! I know that he and the other seniors want to win states this year so bad, that they will literally stop at NOTHING to get there. I know that they all have the heart for it, and I know that we can get to where we want to be.
Well the first play of the game after the kickoff would have went very well for us if we had not gotten that holding penalty. However, that penalty said very little about the outcome of the first drive. If I remember correctly, we scored like less than 4 plays later. This game was off to a very good start for us
After that we went on a rampage, no, a killing spree. They went for like 6 three and outs in the first half alone! The Grundy guys were physically unable to control us when we got rolling. We just moved up and down the field on them pretty much the whole time that our first team was in. We go into the half with a score of 43-0. Pretty embarrasing for the guys in Grundy right?
We come out, we pretty much know we control this game to the very end. We were already putting second team people in when we score our 7th touchdown of the game. We put our second team offense in, and there is probably one spot where we need more work. Anyway, we had our second teams in the whole 2nd half basically.
The end of the game is drawing near, and I think to myself "This was the best game I have ever been apart of, and Thank God that He let me be there". Final score to this game 50-14. By the way, they scored on our JV team with their first string Varsity. So don't think that they are actually good enough to score on us.
So we have earned ourselves another 2,880 seconds. That's how long a football game lasts for our 12 minute quarters. We go into this next game going to play Richlands. Yes, they are undefeated, but they don't understand that their record doesn't mean anything to us. We beat Salem when they were 5-0. record of the other team doesn't mean anything right now. They also faced a team that was 3-7 in the playoffs. That tells a lot about them doesn't it? They killed them, but we killed a team that had a better record than us. Let's go Richlands, let's see how well you can hold up against the Knights.
"Actions Erase Doubt" "Finish What We've Started" - The two themes from our season last year, and this year
We went into the game thinking "It's our last chance to go out of Bogle Field with a victory, and show the whole county that Cave Spring is a force to be reckoned with" We also wanted to erase all the doubt that we can beat Grundy. So what if they had a better record? We have beaten teams way better than them.
Anyway, we started off the game with us kicking off to them. My first start of Varsity, and I'm in the first play of the game. I was pretty excited, so I was just going to go out there and give it my best. We kicked it off to them, and they fumble the ball, then we recover it. Knights ball baby. It was at that point that they knew who had just hit them.
I think it was safe to say that Josh Woodrum was the leader of the team on this night. Josh was so focused on showing the world that the Cave Spring Knights, really are, THE BEST! I know that he and the other seniors want to win states this year so bad, that they will literally stop at NOTHING to get there. I know that they all have the heart for it, and I know that we can get to where we want to be.
Well the first play of the game after the kickoff would have went very well for us if we had not gotten that holding penalty. However, that penalty said very little about the outcome of the first drive. If I remember correctly, we scored like less than 4 plays later. This game was off to a very good start for us
After that we went on a rampage, no, a killing spree. They went for like 6 three and outs in the first half alone! The Grundy guys were physically unable to control us when we got rolling. We just moved up and down the field on them pretty much the whole time that our first team was in. We go into the half with a score of 43-0. Pretty embarrasing for the guys in Grundy right?
We come out, we pretty much know we control this game to the very end. We were already putting second team people in when we score our 7th touchdown of the game. We put our second team offense in, and there is probably one spot where we need more work. Anyway, we had our second teams in the whole 2nd half basically.
The end of the game is drawing near, and I think to myself "This was the best game I have ever been apart of, and Thank God that He let me be there". Final score to this game 50-14. By the way, they scored on our JV team with their first string Varsity. So don't think that they are actually good enough to score on us.
So we have earned ourselves another 2,880 seconds. That's how long a football game lasts for our 12 minute quarters. We go into this next game going to play Richlands. Yes, they are undefeated, but they don't understand that their record doesn't mean anything to us. We beat Salem when they were 5-0. record of the other team doesn't mean anything right now. They also faced a team that was 3-7 in the playoffs. That tells a lot about them doesn't it? They killed them, but we killed a team that had a better record than us. Let's go Richlands, let's see how well you can hold up against the Knights.
"Actions Erase Doubt" "Finish What We've Started" - The two themes from our season last year, and this year
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Holy Crap.
So, I have a starting position this Friday. I am playing kickoff with the Varsity boys. Easy job, but it's a real big deal. I think this may be God giving me an opportunity to show Fulton, the school, and the team what I can do. Though I'm mostly a safety guy, I still have an important job. As do many of us. Well, I mostly posted this because I was really shocked about this and wanted to tell the world. Thanks for reading.
"It's not where you're from it's where you're at"
Monday, November 15, 2010
Weekend, and Monday
This weekend was actually pretty fun. On Friday I forgot I didn't have football practice, so I got to hang out with a few friends after school 'til dad came and got me. Then I went home, and just chilled all day, since I didn't have anything else to do since I thought I had practice. Oops hah.
Well, on Saturday, I went over to Courtney's house to help her move some things around. Then Mindy came to to her house to help us too. We got done with a lot that day and afterwards we just hung out for a while, played us some CoD(Call of Duty) and GoW(Gears of War). That was pretty fun. Then Mindy had to leave, and Courtney and I went to Country Cookin for dinner, which was good. So Saturday was the highlight of my weekend hahaha.
Well, today I went to church like I normally do, but I think that the sermon was much needed, though I don't remember it. I took a very non needed nap today, so I don't remember a lot. I hate taking naps sometimes because they always take up so much time that I could be using to spread the Word of God to people, or just loving others. I also think that I have a hard enough time going to bed on time, so I don't need a nap to wake me up in the middle of the day so I won't sleep that night
Anyway, after church, I went hiking with Zack, Garrett, Michael, Kasey, and Matt. Paris was going to go, but she got sick, so that's okay. Hope she gets better soon. We were going to go to Dragon's Tooth, but we parked in the wrong place, so we decided Saw Tooth Ridge was a better one to do than walking 9.1 miles up and back hahah. We got to the top of Saw Tooth Ridge and decided to just sit there and take in the beauty of God's work with the view that we had to look at. It was then that I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I felt God's presence, though it would not have seemed like it. I believe that God was truly with us as we went about the day. After we left we went to Taco Bell, which was definitely a good place to go, because I haven't been there in a really long time haha.
I feel like we tend to always go to the same places, so going to Taco Bell was definitely a good change in the mix. I believe that if we truly understood that we do have other choices, then we would never get bored of doing the same things over and over again, because we tend to think that when a new restaurant opens, that it's the only place we can go to to eat, and then we lose sight of the choices that have been there for us since before that new place opened up.
Now I'm just sitting here thinking of things off the top of my head to write to you since I don't really post a lot. I think that there is definitely more that I could post about if I only thought to write it down because my goal for this thing is to get a good majority of my high school career on it, which I am definitely doing a pretty good job so far of it.
The David Crowder Band in the background to the typing noises that come from my fingers gives me the sense of sanity that I need to get me to tomorrow before I go to school. I'm sitting here listening to this song and the thoughts that go through my head are the same as the chorus to the song: "He loves us. Oh how He loves us..." This song gives me the hope that I need to get through the days that are really tough, which is why I love the fact the the praise band played it at church, because it's a pretty upbeat song which also gets the message of His love out. I just love listening to songs like that. That's all for Sunday haha.
Monday is tomorrow, and we have to go back to school for another 5 day week, which should be fun, because we have to get our football team ready for Grundy, and our Volleyball team ready to win whoever they face in the Regional Quarterfinals. Good luck Vball team!!
That's all I have for you right now. I kind of fell asleep making this hahah. Well, hope you enjoyed it. Good bye
"It's not who we are, but whose we are."
Well, on Saturday, I went over to Courtney's house to help her move some things around. Then Mindy came to to her house to help us too. We got done with a lot that day and afterwards we just hung out for a while, played us some CoD(Call of Duty) and GoW(Gears of War). That was pretty fun. Then Mindy had to leave, and Courtney and I went to Country Cookin for dinner, which was good. So Saturday was the highlight of my weekend hahaha.
Well, today I went to church like I normally do, but I think that the sermon was much needed, though I don't remember it. I took a very non needed nap today, so I don't remember a lot. I hate taking naps sometimes because they always take up so much time that I could be using to spread the Word of God to people, or just loving others. I also think that I have a hard enough time going to bed on time, so I don't need a nap to wake me up in the middle of the day so I won't sleep that night
Anyway, after church, I went hiking with Zack, Garrett, Michael, Kasey, and Matt. Paris was going to go, but she got sick, so that's okay. Hope she gets better soon. We were going to go to Dragon's Tooth, but we parked in the wrong place, so we decided Saw Tooth Ridge was a better one to do than walking 9.1 miles up and back hahah. We got to the top of Saw Tooth Ridge and decided to just sit there and take in the beauty of God's work with the view that we had to look at. It was then that I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that I felt God's presence, though it would not have seemed like it. I believe that God was truly with us as we went about the day. After we left we went to Taco Bell, which was definitely a good place to go, because I haven't been there in a really long time haha.
I feel like we tend to always go to the same places, so going to Taco Bell was definitely a good change in the mix. I believe that if we truly understood that we do have other choices, then we would never get bored of doing the same things over and over again, because we tend to think that when a new restaurant opens, that it's the only place we can go to to eat, and then we lose sight of the choices that have been there for us since before that new place opened up.
Now I'm just sitting here thinking of things off the top of my head to write to you since I don't really post a lot. I think that there is definitely more that I could post about if I only thought to write it down because my goal for this thing is to get a good majority of my high school career on it, which I am definitely doing a pretty good job so far of it.
The David Crowder Band in the background to the typing noises that come from my fingers gives me the sense of sanity that I need to get me to tomorrow before I go to school. I'm sitting here listening to this song and the thoughts that go through my head are the same as the chorus to the song: "He loves us. Oh how He loves us..." This song gives me the hope that I need to get through the days that are really tough, which is why I love the fact the the praise band played it at church, because it's a pretty upbeat song which also gets the message of His love out. I just love listening to songs like that. That's all for Sunday haha.
Monday is tomorrow, and we have to go back to school for another 5 day week, which should be fun, because we have to get our football team ready for Grundy, and our Volleyball team ready to win whoever they face in the Regional Quarterfinals. Good luck Vball team!!
That's all I have for you right now. I kind of fell asleep making this hahah. Well, hope you enjoyed it. Good bye
"It's not who we are, but whose we are."
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Man, I don't know where I'm going
I have been learning a lot from God recently. He's been teaching me about how we can't do it alone, again that is, also I have been taught that there is nothing else that I need to truly be happy. He's also teaching me that I need to be more outgoing in my life. I tend to be a closed off person, and I think that I need to outgrow my old ways of not talking to other people and just give people my heart. I think that the song "Don't waste your life" by Lecrae describes how I would love to live my life every day. He's also taught me not to fear the things of this world, for no matter how much they may hurt physically, and emotionally, there is nothing that can touch me spiritually. I know that no matter what things come at me in life, that since I have Christ in my life, that He will save me from the evil one, because He has conquered all sin. I believe that there is nothing better than knowing whose you are. I also think that since this great feeling started, that my life is slowly been fixing itself and coming together, just as I thought it would. I also think that I should love my friends more than I have been, because I think that I have been sort of forgetting about the people who I go through life with, and break bread with. I love those guys so much, but I don't show it very well. Well, I think that now it's a time for me to stop being so shy and get out there and be a friend. Well, I can't think of anything else right now, but it's been good to get this stuff off my chest. Love y'all, byee now.