Kynzi Battenfield

HELLO, MY NAME IS KINSLEY BATTENFIELD AND THIS IS MY HUSBAND JEREMY. THESE ARE OUR THREE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, DAMION, WHO IS 7, LYRIK WHO IS 18MONTHES, AND WILLIAM WHO IS 9MONTHS. I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING. WOW, HOW MANY MONTHS APART ARE THOSE BABIES? YES, THEY ARE NOT EVEN TEN MONTHS APART. SO YEAH DEFINITELY NOT PLANNED. BUT A GOD THING FOR SURE. BEFORE I HAD LYRIK ON NOV 1, 2019 DELIVERED BY EMS IN MY BEDROOM WITH BOTH OF US TESTING POSITIVE FOR DRUGS I WAS NOT REALLY SURE WHAT A GOD THING WAS. BUT AFTER THAT DAY GOD DID NOT QUIT SHOWING ME HIS GRACE BY PLACING PERSON AFTER PERSON IN MINE AND MY HUSBANDS LIVES THAT HELPED US GET THE HELP AND SUPPORT WE SO DESPERATELY NEEDED TO RESTORE OUR FAMILY. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN’S CENTER. THEY PROVIDED ME WITH A PLACE TO LIVE WHILE PREGNANT WITH WILLIAM AND HELPED ME TO MAINTAIN MY SOBRIETY AND BRING MY BABY HOME WITH ME FROM THE HOSPITAL. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. I ALSO WANT TO THANK SALVATION ARMY FOR TEACHING MY HUSBAND ABOUT GOD. IT WAS THROUGH HIM THAT I TRULY SAW GOD. WHEN I GRADUATED FROM TULSA WOMEN AND CHILDREN CENTER IN SEPTEMBER JEREMY LEFT REHAB ON FOOT. HE HAD TOLD ME THAT HE HAD PRAYED ABOUT IT AND GOD TOLD HIM HE WAS MEANT TO BE AT WINGS OF FREEDOM WITH WILLOW AND ME I. HE HAD A POCKET FULL OF MONEY AND WAS SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR ME TO GET INTO THE WINGS AND I WAS TERRIFIED HE WOULD GO TO THE CASINO OR GET HIGH, BUT HE DID NOT. INSTEAD, HE CAME TO PASTOR DIXIE AND BEGGED HIM TO LET HIM INTO THE PROGRAM. DHS WAS AGAINST IT AND MADE THAT VERY CLEAR TO THE PASTOR AND WELL EVERYONE. BUT PASTOR DIXIE TOLD DHS THAT HE WOULD HELP MY FAMILY REMAIN ACCOUNTABLE TO DHS WHILE TEACHING US ABOUT GOD AND MARRIAGE. PASTOR DIXIE AND THE WINGS OF FREEDOM STAFF BELIEVED IN OUR FAMILY WHEN NO ONE ELSE DID. SO AS WE WORKED OUR PROGRAM AND TRUSTED GOD AND HIS HELPERS WE QUICKLY STARTED TO REGAIN EVERYTHING WE LOST. WITHOUT THIS PROGRAM MY FAMILY WOULD NOT BE WHERE IT IS TODAY. WE BOTH HAVE OVER A YEAR CLEAN AND SOBER AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE ALL OUR BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN HEALTHY HAPPY AND HOME WHERE THEY BELONG. SO IN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR WITH HARD WORK AND THE HELP OF GOD AND HIS HELPERS WE HAVE RESTORED ABOUT EVERYTHING OUR ADDICTION HAD DESTROYED. I’M NOT GOING TO STAND UP HERE AND TELL YOU THAT IT’S EASY OR THAT IT ISN’T AN EVERYDAY STRUGGLE. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT IS WORTH IT. IF GOD HAS DONE THIS FOR ME HE WILL DO IT FOR YOU. I PROMISE YOU THAT. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART PASTOR DIXIE AND W.O.F. FOR SEEING IN US WHAT WE DIDN’T SEE IN OURSELVES.