This episode is one that I recorded a few months ago and wasn&#39;t going to air until 2020, but this episode has been weighing on my mind. I think that was because this episode needs to be played now. It&#39;s the holiday season, but your not going to hear any mention of the holidays, but what you will hear is a powerful story and a delightful interview. And for whatever reason, that I can&#39;t explain, somebody is supposed to hear this podcast now.  Today’s guest is LeAnne Sheddan Pyzer who describes herself as a pastors wife, mom, grandmother (WHAT??!!), who just turned 40 years old and is learning to live beyond surviving. She was a missionary kid/pastor&#39;s kid who went rogue, then was redeemed, and is living life in a rural town in Northern California. We also discovered that we are related. My grandfather and LeAnne’s grandmother are siblings.  I do remember my family receiving Christmas cards from the Sheddans. Which is LeAnne’s maiden name. They were from exotic locations overseas. LeAnne was from a missionary family and grew up in Portugal, Japan, and the Philippines. That’s not all of her story though. That’s just the beginning. I hope you find LeAnne as delightful as I do and her story just as inspiring.  Show Notes:  [07:49] When LeAnne was four months old her family went to Portugal for four years. Then they would come back to the US for a year, before making another four year journey. She grew up in Portugal, Japan, and the Philippines.  [08:17] The traveling was great until she turned about 12, then she just wanted to be normal.  [09:29] LeAnne was adopted. In 1979, when she was born and adoptions were closed.  [11:15] When she turned 18, she discovered that she was the product of sexual assault.  [14:02] When coming back to the states, she enrolled in High School. She began making compromises to fit in and viewing her faith and her parents faith as a detriment to fit in. She went full prodigal.  [15:56] She believed in God but didn&#39;t want to have anything to do with God and church.  [16:13] She rebelled strongly and did a 180 with morals and values.  [17:25] She ended up pregnant, which jarred her back to a journey towards a faith.  [18:33] She got married super quickly and super young. LeAnne and her husband were two teenagers with a baby and another one on the way.  [19:37] The marriage turned abusive, but LeAnne didn&#39;t want to add divorce to her list of mistakes.   [21:29] LeAnne ended up divorced with three babies age two, three, and four.  [22:17] She moved to Northern California to be close to her parents, and she started going to her dad&#39;s church.  [24:30] LeAnne had resolved herself to being a single mom raising her three children. Then she met the youth pastor who had been single for a long time, but had a lot of women after him. [25:12] He was nine years older than her. On the first date they went to Red Lobster. He said that he was interested in a relationship and asked her how

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