Praise

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:47 am

Hey all-

The reason I'm posting in this section (first time I've noticed it... and thank you for it Raven) is because I believe you (the team) should hear how you've played a key role in my life and changing it.

I'm not the most religious holy roller nor do I pretend to be... but I do believe there is a god.

Starting in about 2002 I began my venture into the online world. Since that time I had dabbled in html, vb6 & various different coding methods and/or cracking methods.

I had always had an interest in web development yet never had a cause to drive me to put it in the forefront. In that time... I had played around with RN personally for fun and because it was so extremely easy to use and figure out. I played with different modules & addons, tested different things to see how they work and function, however, I never imagined at the time what was happening in my life and what RN would become to me or how it would change my life.

In 2004 my sister was killed in a car accident at age 22 (2 days after her birthday) and that alone shook me to my core. Starting then I decided that I needed to change my life for my family and to get myself straightened out. (I was headed for long term prison or death) So I came home closer to the folks and began my transformation. I went to school for Network Administration (waste of time) and through it all... turned to the only source of inspiration I had left... god.

I've been praying for god to send me the wisdom and guidance that I need to be a father to my children, husband to my wife & all around good guy that I should have been but wasn't.

What I didn't know at the time of playing around with RN was how much it, or rather... YOU, were going to change me.

Fast forward to August-ish of this year. I had been struggling with myself every night as I looked myself in the mirror and ask that oh so simple question... what are you amounting to? I had no direction, no real accomplishments... nothing to really hang my hat on or something for my kids to look up to. Then I get a phone call at work one fateful day.

I had a client call and ask us for a way to track what requests they had here at our company. (not my company but a small company I work for) All eyes turned to me for some reason and I was the point man to figure something out as the rest of the workers just collect a paycheck.

Enter RN.

Up until this point (3 years) I had never even thought about using RN as a way to distribute the completed work AS WELL AS a way to take orders online. As that phone call played out.... one thing kept rolling over and over again in my head from the times I had played with RN just toying around..... Project Tracking.

This to me was the solution... but it wasn't setup to do what I needed it to do. And so the transformation continues. Because of YOU (the whole team)... I was able to recode the module to do exactly what I need it to do plus more. Because of the excellent help YOU (the team) has provided me over the course of this learning curve I'm in right now.... I've been able to meet the needs of our clients as well as learn so much more than I had ever intended to. Because of YOU... I have something to show to my kids and something that WILL keep me from slipping back into the hell I was living in. (even though it seems like hell sometimes debugging)

Because of YOU... the transformation continues and more and more I'm seeing YOU as the wisdom god is providing me and inspiration to look up to.

From your perspective... it may seem a little silly of me to say all this because this is your hobby... but from my perspective... you can't imagine how your hobby has helped me continue to become the person I should be.

I can't thank y'all enough for what y'all do and how you conduct yourselves. I'm so thoroughly impressed with RN and the team that I couldn't ever dream of going to a different solution.

At some point in the future, when the conditions are right, I would love to become part of the RN team and help contribute back to YOU since you've given me so much and have never demanded anything in return.

For everyone who has ever had a hand in RN...THANK YOU!

Personally, I want to specifically thank Raven, Palbin, Spasticdonkey, kguske, Guardian2003, montego & nuken. You guys will never truly understand just how you've touched my life and shown me what I needed to see. Thanks a million!!!

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Killing-Hours,

What a wonderful testimony! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. God will use what ever means necessary to reach out to His creation, even a CMS Wink

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I am very sorry to learn of your sister's death Crying or Very sad

. Death can/will drive a person farther away or closer to God. There are so many autobiographical testimonies of people who never gave God a thought until personal tragedy entered into their life. We will never know if your personal tragedy was allowed by God to draw you closer to Him until we reach heaven. And heaven is not only reachable but is promised to ALL who have trusted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour! If you have not yet read my own testimony, then please read it Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! (it's the fifth post down), as I was very much as you are/were - wandering and not knowing the great Love of Jesus Christ and how much God loved me and wanted me to trust in Him!

Thank you so much for your very kind words of praise for the RN Team! They have kept RN on track while supporting me in so many ways. As I struggle daily with medical adversaries they continue, in addition to their own priorities and issues, to not only further the testimony of this site but also to the work at hand concerning RN! I thank God for their help and support daily.

Best Regards,
Raven

Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:51 pm

Raven-

My sisters death served as the catalyst to draw me back to my family. It's a huge loss... but so much was gained from it. Everything happens for a reason and we might not always understand the reasoning at the time... but it will eventually become clear. (as I'm sure you're very well aware of) My mother now has a daughter-in-law (that she loves) & 2 grand kids living 5 mins from her.

The team you have is outstanding... you've all done great!!