I hope the Pope can swim

Kelly Wood

20190621_155144I just love this pic

Well I hope the Pope can swim cause he’s about to get DUNKED!!!
hahaha jkjk but basically. This week has been full of SO many miracles I cant even write it all down!
But remember Freddy? The one that may or may not have told me he Hope’s I’m in his dreams? Yeah that one. Well we had to change his baptismal date cause he doesn’t feel like his ready, we’ve felt super lost cause we don’t know what to do for him but we had an AMAZING experience yesterday and now he’s getting baptized on July 7th!!!
We were teaching him about tithing and randomly a member named Hno. Romero walked in and we were like, “sure! Come on in! You wanna talk about tithing?!” So he helped us out and it was good but after I felt super strongly I needed to ask how he felt about baptism and he started to say he was scared, he loved the church but he didn’t know enough and wanted some more time. Well then Hno Romero starts to basically tell him that’s not true. That the gospel is a process and he wont be able to understand or learn more until he has the Holy Ghost. That once he does that the lights will turn on and he will be able to see more.
Well my translation got a little confused somewhere in there but all the sudden Freddy saying that he cant be forgiven be cause he cant forgive others. Turns out HE WAS A MINISTER back in Guatemala, he was married with 2 children but then his wife cheated on him….. Then the guy that his wife cheated with took his kids, his wife and his ministry and basically everything. He was left with nothing and when he started talking about all this he just stopped and started sobbing with his face in his hands.
We didn’t quite know what to do at this point-mostly cause I didn””’t understand like anything lol I was super confused- but THEN Hno. Romero starts telling his story, almost the Exact same thing happened to him and they connected so much!! He explained that with out the gospel he wouldn’t have been able to move on and they just hugged and cried and the spirit was so dang strong. They gave him an AMAZING blessing afterwards and he’s reset his date to July 7th!! God is good all the time, and all the time, God is good. COINCIDENCES ARENT REAL.
Also Freddy is 35…we thought he was 25… so that’s weird ha…
Also so there’s this area we go to in the Inglewood area that might be Compton or watts, might not be, I honestly have no idea but its suppppeeerrrr sketch. I love going there though because when we go I like to play a game where I count white people. Let’s just say my tally is quite low… Haha Sister Wilde keeps her hand on her pepper spray inside her purse while I count white people…#Priorities

Holy cow theres been so many miracles this week I cant write them all down but my spiritual thought this week is a poem I read this week.
How far is Heaven?
It’s not very far.
When you live close to God
It’s right where you are.♥️♥️♥️
I love this so much! Especially cause I’ve seen the difference!! I have come to KNOW what it feels like to have family surrounding me even though I’m so far from home. I LOVE THE GOSPEL. I wish I could just jump up and down and shout to everyone to come and see how happy it’s made me and how happy it can make them. Lifes too good.
Anyway I love you all so much and hope you have the best week!! Be safe please!
Love, Ryenne

Service is life

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(The BOM experiment and our mini missionary!)

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Joaquin our recent convert brought fruit and tajín to our lesson (BEST THING EVER)20190622_190130

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Published by Kelly Wood

Small town girl. Lover of stories. Believer in God, family, America, and in finding beauty in both the past and the here and now. I grew up alongside my five siblings as our parents dreamed and worked and picked themselves up time and again while creating their small business . Interestingly, I married my high school sweetheart, who now co-owns his own small family business with his brother- the same business that he grew up in, working alongside his dad. We have five kids of our own (who are pretty cool, if I must say so myself), and both understand the grit and determination it takes to build our own dreams. I feel honored to share our story here and join my parents and brothers in their desire to create a welcoming, positive spot – where we can share stories and resources for those wanting to make memories with the people they love the most.

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