Reflections of a True Millennial

Happy new year to everyone! The new year is the typical cliché time of year for new beginnings and new changes to your life. Now is the time to lose weight, gain knowledge, and save money! But, the new year can also be the cliché time of year for discouragement. Just the thought of trying to live life differently- and better- can fill us with doubt and fear by highlighting our past inadequacies and failures. In the Bible, Lot and his wife were commanded to leave the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. These cities are almost synonymous to wickedness, and the Lord commanded Lot to not turn back as they left. Lot's wife had been accustomed to her life there and looked back as she left, then turned into the infamous pillar of salt.  We should all heed the Lord's counsel in Genesis 19:17 to "Look not behind thee." Our past mistakes offer no prediction of the future. Starting today, we can choose to be any person that we want to be. Never give into the temptation of de

So, I'm now writing in another blog, too. (Don't worry, I'm still writing here as normal.) Check out my recent post from my robotics team's blog. Follow along with me and my co-president this season as we provide daily updates on the team's progress. The blog can be found at  http://team2383.com/blog/  and is linked at the top of this page. Of course follow along with me here as usual too! ---- "Kickoff!" 1/5/14 Wow, so yesterday was a pretty crazy day. I mean, it started by driving a car of 5 teenage boys up I-95 to the local kickoff. Oh, and there was apparently a spider in the car too which freaked out Ryan as he was reading the car’s manual (don’t ask). Then we had to go to three high schools in the area to find the right one. But, we made it! And then we saw this year’s FIRST Robotics Competition. Wow. So, Aerial Assist will be the game that overtakes our lives for the next 4 months. Here’s the game animation: Honestly, my first r