After the unexpected death of her younger brother, Kyla Ford wanted more than anything to move back home to be with her family, but she felt prompted to stay in Utah, USA.
She soon learned why! She met and married her husband, Kevin, became pregnant six months later, and happily settled into her new roles as a wife and mother.
In June 2019, Kyla and her family were settling into their new home and her husband had been accepted to an MBA program. She loved being a full-time mom of three kids. Life seemed nearly perfect — which is why Kyla was surprised when she felt prompted to enroll in BYU-Pathway Worldwide.
“It was one of the strongest promptings I have ever felt,” she said. “I heard a voice in my head say, ‘Kyla, do it now,’ and I looked over my shoulder because I truly thought there was someone standing there!”
Like her prompting to stay in Utah, she followed it and began courses the next week.
“It’s incredible,” Kyla said as she started BYU-Pathway. “With three young kids and a spouse in school, it feels like it was made for me.”
Being a BYU-Pathway student reminded Kyla to always trust in God’s timing. “If I had gone to school all those years ago when ‘I should have,’ it wouldn’t mean as much to me as it does now,” she said. “I wouldn’t have been as excited about learning, and I absolutely wouldn’t have seen how God could be such a crucial part of my education.”
Kyla’s testimony was also strengthened through BYU-Pathway. She said, “BYU-Pathway has created this new foundation for me, this new understanding of my worth and my value and my role and responsibility as a daughter of God….”
Today, Kyla is continuing her degree in marriage and family studies and gaining new communication, time-management, and professional skills every day: “BYU-Pathway gives you so much more than what you think you're gonna obtain by going to college. … It's the perfect combination, the perfect balance of everything that you need to be successful….”
“For me, BYU-Pathway is life-changing. BYU-Pathway is empowering. BYU-Pathway is everything.”
Visit byupathway.org/join-us to start your journey today!