This page is about informing people about a form of music that usually gets little attention, or the attention is gets is just it being made fun of. I hope this site and its links are useful to those that are trying to find out what these bands sound like or they are just trying to understand their views. Below is my testimony and what God has tought me through scripture.

I have been a Christian for most of my life, having been raised in a Christian home. I accepted Christ into my life officially when I was eight years old, on St. Patrick's Day. My mom had told me that all I had to do was believe that Jesus died for my sins and that he was the Lord of my life. That was her simple way of explaining it to an eight-year old. She led me in a prayer and after that I was officially a Christian. I was baptized when I was born and also later in conformation. I had always considered myself a Christian but for some reason I thought there was more to it, and there was. Basically I just went through the motions of what a Christian should do, doing whatever most people we doing. I went to all sorts of plays and concerts and various other Christian things and you could always tell the people that weren't ashamed of what they believed in. I wanted to be one of those people. For a while it began to be pretty lame. I was mostly into sports and physical activities. I played baseball and I made alot of friends in doing so. I never realized what baseball was going to mean to me. In the spring of 1996 I caught Mono. I didn't know it at the time but a later blood test revealed that I had it. I played all through the baseball season and I didn't know what was wrong with me. I hurt all over and was very tired. I know god had to have been helping me because I really don't see how I did some of the things I did in baseball. I made the all-star team and we won the state tournement. When I wasn't playing baseball I seemed to be sleeping. I took numerous pills and medications for it but nothing worked. I didn't played baseball at all that winter. I felt that a change was needed in my life. I don't know what it was but I began not to care for baseball anymore. I decided that if I didn't care for something anymore I should just quit, and I did. It didn't see the significance of my quitting baseball at the time either. As I got older I began to realize that the more active people in the church seemed to be having more fun. I went to youth group for a while but that for some reason seemed a little weird at the time. I stopped going for about a year or so. Then when my parents decided that it was in my best interest to move into the city to the Rose district (for those of you that don't know, Rose is a large highschool in Greenville,NC) for better education. At first I didn't want to at all, they only told me that I was going to Rose six days before school started. My old friends were all Christians but they were alot like me at the time. I really didn't feel like changing schools but I thought I guess I should for my education's sake at least. I knew that the adjustment would be hard and I would have to make new friends, then I seemed to realize what baseball had done for me. I played in the city league and I already had friends there so I really had nothing to worry about. This is why I thought god had me to play baseball and now he wanted me to move and change schools. Even though I haven't changed locations yet, I did go to Rose my freshman year, I met alot of friends and finally Jesse convinced me to goto youth group again. Ever since I've been going I've noticed a few changes. I used to always feel rushed and in a hurry, but god helped me realize what was important in my life and now that feeling of impatience is leaving. I am able to sympathize with people more now than I could in the past. I try to see other peoples point of view more now. My need for finding out what more there is to being a Christian is being met, and I'm still working. Now I realize that if I hadn't quit baseball I wouldn't have been able to go on the Jarvis Memorial United Methodists Mission Trip, because the week of the baseball camp that I have attended for the last 3 years was the same week and I know I wouldn't have missed it for the world. I also probably wouldn't have been going to youth group on Sunday's because Sunday was my only day of rest from baseball. I used to be so tired that I wouldn't feel like doing much on Sunday's. So really if I hadn't caught Mono I would still be that normal Sunday-School going Christian that didn't really do much. Now that I have more time I think god wants me to be more active in the church, and I'm working on it. I also seemed to be feeling a little better. I'm not quite as tired anymore and the Mono is gone. The Mono did leave me with Chronic Fatigue but I think that too is going away. I'm starting to see now what I had been missing earier in life and I think with his help I'm getting better. I know god had to have some part in that because I don't see how it could have been luck.

God has now taught me a few things about life, for starters, no one should judge other people, for they too will be judged. I don't care what people think of me. God has given me a sense of righteous anger. If you put me down I will take it. If you punch me in the face I will take it. If you kill my family I will take it. You just better hope that God doesn't send me to humble you. The one thing that I HATE most of all is a "poser" Christian. Some people think they are saved and really aren't. Christian must ask God for the right time to "turn the other cheek" and the right time to FIGHT BACK! When I say "fight" I don't always mean to go out and punch someone, but really to fight in other ways. You can fight Satan by putting up a webpage, helping older people, leading for friends/family to the lord, and many other ways. Satan can do whatever he wants to your body, but he can't have your SOUL! You MUST be ready to die for your faith. Anyone that doesn't enter the kingdom of heaven it was OUR (christians) FAULT! We should give god the glory in whatever we do, be it sports, acting, military service, music, and ministering to people. Satan is not allowed to mess with us christians, not that we our human selves are stronger, but God has given us the right through him. He will however allow Satan to test us, but if our faith is strong enough we will not fall. We must KNOW the ENEMY and LOVE the MASTER!

All things will work together for good for those who believe! Don't expect to always be rewarded on earth, wait for HEAVEN!!! I can't wait to get to Heaven to meet my friends and people that read this page! IT WILL BE SOOOO AWESOME!!

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