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As we kick off this semester, we're excited to begin our new series through the Gospel of John.

Today's message is from Executive Director Timothy Ateak.

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So good to see you, so glad to have you back.

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I've shared this before, but when I was 16, I got my driver's license and I had a Class

A restriction placed on my license, which just simply means that I'm

supposed to wear corrective lenses when I'm driving. But here's my story is that I was born

within a stigmatism in my right eye, but my left eye sees perfectly fine. And so I learned early

on that I could just let my left eye do the heavy lifting and I didn't need to wear glasses. And so I learned early on that I could just let my left eye do the heavy lifting and I didn't

need to wear glasses.

And so right around middle school, I gave up wearing corrective lenses altogether.

So even when I got my driver's license, which says I'm supposed to wear corrective lenses,

I still did not wear glasses while driving or in life in general.

And I became so confident in my ability to see without glasses that when my driver's license

was up for renewal when I was 18, I went to the Department of Public Safety, and I didn't

even bother bringing my glasses because I wanted

to show them that I could read their little eye chart and they needed to take my Class A

restriction off my license. So I went to the DPS. I waited in the line and the lady told me

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