A.C.O.R.N.

So A.C.O.R.N Finally preformed last month. We started on Wednesday night for youth group and then we were able to do so on that Sunday! It was AMAZING!!!!! Julie Showalter actually wants us to lead worship every 5th sunday after the adult worship team! I am so excited! We are learning new songs alot and its all coming together well. And of course like all bands we have our days were we just want to rip each others heads off! Take for instance Saturday night. We all decided to have practice Saturday at 4:00 p.m. We then changed it because Caleb had to work so we moved it to 5:00p.m. Well then Brandon our bass guitarist decided that he may not be able to go because he wanted to go golfing! He finally decided that this was just a little more important since we were learning 3 new songs and really need him there since he has the guitars! Well that day Brandon, Miles, Travis, Caleb, and Josh ( basically the band except Victoria and I) Had marching band in Clarinda. It was a All day event, they got up at 5:00 a.m. and went to the school then went to Clarinda,then they got back, relaxed a little except for Caleb who had to go to work, then at 5:00 they came to the church. So they are all a little grumpy. And not to mention Victoria couldn't come because she lives about 45 minutes away! Oh and just to put the icing on the cake Caleb couldn't play the jimbae because it was locked in the office and no one had keys! So we decided to get started. Have I mentioned how much I love Travis and Josh?? I do! But on Saturday I was ready to smack both of them, I understand they were both tired but trying to get them to play was like pulling teeth! Then I started to get really irritated because They had time to relax, Unlike Caleb who had to be at work at 2:00 p.m. so he went straight from Clarinda, to work, to Band practice. No breaks. And believe it or not Caleb was fine with it. he didn't complain he just did his thing.by 6:00 everyone was getting on each others nerves. so my mom decided to feed us. especially the boys. At this time I really missed Victoria because being around a bunch of tired, hungry boys isn't fun! So my mom ordered pizza. so we went and got that came back and fed everyone. then it was time for practice. Then you could feel everything going wrong. I was getting irritated because Miles wasn't using his manners very well in fact if thought he was being bossy. I was also irritated because Travis and Josh were being irritating. Miles was irritated because Josh was playing his guitar when Miles was trying to give out instructions. And because Caleb and Josh wouldn't stop talking and Caleb wouldn't stop playing piano. Brandon was irritated because he wanted to Just get everything done so he could go home. Caleb was irritated because Miles was getting mad at him. Josh was getting mad because everyone else was yelling at him to stop the guitar playing. Miles and I were both irritated because we were trying how to figure out how to sing one of the songs and it wasn't going well. And Travis was just sitting at the drums watching us all lol. At the end of practice and I was driving home I started to think , I had to reason to be irritated at Miles. He is the leader of our band, and he was tired, and he was getting sick of trying to talk and having people play there instruments or talk over him so he couldn't give out proper instructions. Now could he use his please and thank yous? yes! And I will tell him that next time in a calm tone. Because snapping at each other isn't helping us out at all. Now Josh and Travis..I had a reason to be irritated with. Because it was getting annoying with all the complaining. And Josh needs to learn that when one of us is talking NO INSTRUMENTS NEED TO BE PLAYING! Yea we tell him this every time we practice. I hope next practice will go way better. One way I can contribute is by no getting snappy, and try to work things out in a calm matter.... other then that our band rocks! :)

Here is a song called "Hosanna" Its by Hillsong United. We want to play this song soon! If you get a chance to listen to it I recommend it!


~Hosanna~


I see the king of glory
Coming on the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes
The whole earth shakes

Yeeeah

I see his love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
The people sing
The people sing

[Chorus]
Hosanna
Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest [x2]

I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
With selfless faith

I see a near revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We're on our knees
We're on our knees

[Chorus]

Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like you have loved me

Break my heart from what breaks yours
Everything I am for your kingdoms cause
As I go from nothing to
Eternity

[Chorus x2]

Hosanna in the highest