A Faithful Life and Legacy - with Special Guest Ernstena Parker Wood | Ep. 496
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Today's podcast is a real gift. It's not every day we get to hear from a guest who is in their tenth decade of life, and has had not one, but two awesome marriages! Today Dr. Kim interviews Ernstena "Ernie" Parker Wood, who shares some stories of following God faithfully through life in ministry, marriage and widowhood, with wisdom and warmth. Don't miss this one!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Awesome Marriage Podcast. You know, it's not every day that we get to hear from someone in their 10th decade of life. |
| 0:11.3 | But today on the podcast, we welcome Erstina Parker Wood. Ernie has had not one, but two awesome marriages. |
| 0:18.3 | Her husband, Dr. Clyde Parker, went to heaven in 1984. After 23 years of |
| 0:22.4 | singleness, God then led her to Dr. Clifton Wood, and they shared 14 happy years of marriage. |
| 0:28.0 | Through all of this, Ernie has faithfully followed Jesus as a wife, a widow, a missionary, |
| 0:31.9 | a mother, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother, and she continues to diligently pass on |
| 0:36.5 | her testimony of God's faithfulness through her weekly letters to her grandchildren and a great-grandmother, and she continues to diligently pass on her testimony of God's faithfulness |
| 0:38.7 | through her weekly letters to her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren. |
| 0:42.7 | So this was such an honor for me to get to spend time with this amazing lady, so let's go right to |
| 0:47.6 | the podcast. |
| 0:52.4 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations about marriage and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage. |
| 1:00.5 | I am your co-host, Christina Dodson. |
| 1:02.6 | On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberling. |
| 1:05.4 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. |
| 1:09.0 | His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship. |
| 1:19.0 | Learning, thank you so much for coming to be a part of the Austin Marriage's |
| 1:22.3 | podcast today. |
| 1:23.2 | I welcome you. |
| 1:24.5 | And just thank you for giving us this time. |
| 1:30.4 | So let's start out. You had not one, |
| 1:35.2 | but you had two awesome marriages. Let's start out with your life with Clyde. |
| 1:47.3 | Oh, well, I guess we were about 12 years old when we first saw each other and he said he told his best friend. We met at church. |
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