Episode 411: Elin and Randy Dastrup, Active LDS, Randy’s Infidelity

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

My friends Elin and Randy Dastrup join us to talk about Randy’s life-long battle of feeling broken and having no worth. This partly resulted from being a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Randy (who served a mission in Puerto Rico) talks about his battles with pornography and having an affair. Elin and Randy share the moment Randy told Elin about the affair, how they kept their marriage together, and the role of the Atonement of Jesus Christ to heal and give hope. They recognize some marriages end, but share how their marriage survived and is now thriving – party because Randy finally addressed and solved his feelings of brokenness and having no worth. Elin wrote a novel based on the experience (see https://www.amazon.com/Its-Always-Been-Elin-Dastrup-ebook/dp/B08ND6YF7Z/) and there is additional information on the book's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/noblesonofgod. They discuss the novel and how one family uses the Light of Christ to show compassion and humility to conquer the trials of pornography and infidelity. Please listen to this podcast and read their book to better understand how to apply the Atonement of Jesus Christ in our lives, work through difficult situations, and find more hope. Thank you Elin and Randy for being on the podcast. You two are two of my new heroes!

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:11.2	We have a new soundboard, so if the audio sounds better to you, that's why.
0:15.9	If it sounds the same, then we still have a new soundboard.
0:18.9	We're just trying to do the very best job we can
0:21.0	from a technical standpoint so that our guests can deliver their stories and you won't be
0:27.2	distracted by poor audio quality. Because my guests are really the heroes of this podcast as they
0:33.6	bravely step forward and share vulnerable and authentic and real stories.
0:38.2	And I have guests in my home tonight that are sharing their story.
0:43.4	They're my friends Ellen and Randy Dashtrip.
0:46.2	Welcome to the podcast.
0:47.8	Thank you.
0:48.4	Thank you.
0:49.5	Just to introduce this couple, they're married.
0:51.8	They've been married about 27 years.
0:53.8	They live in Provo. They grew up in the Richfield area. They're married. They've been married about 27 years. They live in Provo.
0:55.4	They grew up in the Richfield area. They have two kids and two grandkids. Active LDS couple,
1:02.6	wonderful couple. They've written a book. Will you tell us our listeners the name of your book?
1:07.0	The book is It's Always Been You by Ellen Williams, Dastrop. And tell our listeners where they can find that book.
1:13.4	You can find it on Amazon.com by searching for Ellen Williams-Dastrip.
1:18.2	Ellen is spelled E-L-I-N.
1:20.4	And you can also find it on BYUStore.com.
1:23.6	It's also going to be an audiobook available on Audible and iTunes.
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