Prayer, God's will, faith.

 Hi Everyone,
This will hopefully be a short article, as I do not want to rant.

The longer I live, I understand better what Jesus meant when He said "Thy will be done", "Not my will but Your will be done". I have learned that in all things God's will is what is going to be done, regardless of how we feel about the situation. I have to make peace with every decision God makes for my life. I have learned that as humans we have very little control over anything.

This past week, August 29th to be precise - God did something for me that I will praise Him for, for the rest of my life. The devil started messing with me a week before or so, I had sleepless nights, I was worrying, I had to sing hymns or gospel songs to myself in the middle of the night just to encourage myself and so much more. Then I remembered that I had to surrender, I woke up every morning and reminded God that it was all in His hands, and that things are only going to go the way He wants things to go.
In the end, things worked out well, and I am at peace, and I went back and wrote my praise reports at the organizations/churches that prayed for me. God's will has been done, and the case is now closed. May God's name be praised!
At some point I will blog about the marvelous did of God that I mentioned above.

This brings me to my next topic. This can be touchy for many people. So, I have to tread carefully. I have struggled with the desire to get married for many years, and I am still single which is all part of God's will. I know it will happen in God's time and it's all in His hands. Anyway, I have had many friends and family who have introduced me to Intercessors, so that they will pray with me until I get my breakthrough. Now, as much as I believe in prayer, and intercessory prayers, I have learned from my experience (my experience alone), that the intercessors I was introduced to by several different people only used me for one reason - money. They get a few hundred dollars from you, and they disappear and stop picking up my phone calls. Beware!

Again, I have learned that - in everything God's perfect Will will be done. Not mine, not yours, not an Intercessor's, not anyone's will, but His will.  So, Abba Father - my marriage, husband, and children are in Your hands. I know in Your time, You will perfect them and the devil will be defeated. Amen.

As I close, I want to leave you with this scripture - "...Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." - Matthew 6:10

Diving slowly into public speaking

 Hi Everyone,
I know it's been a while since you heard from me. The summer has been a busy one. Busy as in catering to others.
So, I have been thinking for years about working on my public speaking capabilities. Interestingly when I was a child growing up in Sierra Leone, I was on the school play every year. I was such a good public speaker. I had no fear. Somehow, as an adult that changed.

So, after I became a manager, I realized how much I needed to grow in this area. So, I took a few one-hour classes here and there just to get me to start thinking the way I should.

In August, I spoke at Modern Web, Atlanta about the importance of QA at every stage. Many people loved it, and I was asked to share my slides as several other people wanted to use the information I had provided.
Here are a few pictures from that talk.

I also have another talk in October at another IT event. Wish me luck. 

In July, I was on a Podcast. The name of the podcast is 'Why didn't you test that'. It's a UK based podcast by a company called Curiosity Software. I talked about Software Quality, How to build a Software Quality Team, The challenges, Best Practices and many more. 

Please watch the episode by clicking on the link below.
How to Build a Successful QA Team with Natalie Cole

If I can say so myself - I think it was an interesting talk.

As I end this article, I will leave you with this quote “Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.” Ralph Waldo Emerson.