Leah Noni Early September 2014, our church choir was having their annual off-site retreat. I had decided to attend this retreat and I was willing to share a room with whomever I would be assigned simply because I did not know anyone in choir well enough to have a preference. I walked into my shared room hoping I would be alone for a while before my room-mate arrived. I was surprised to find this tall, beautiful woman sitting on one of the beds reading. "Hi." "I am your room-mate this weekend," she announced before I even had time to put down my bags. "My name is Leah. I am an alto," she continued as I put my bags down as I quickly did an analysis of my situation. "Hi, my name is Noni." I introduced myself as I weighed my options.You see, I was beginning my second year of teaching a Bible Study class as well training women in leadership and this was still an intimidating endeavor. I had a lot of reading and planning to do in preparation f...