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Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Episode 522: Sisters Andrea Neahusan and Amber Ayres, Survivors of Abuse

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8839 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

My friends, Andrea Neahusan (married mother of 6) and Amber Ayres (married mother of 5) bravely share their story of sexual, verbal, and emotional abuse by their father throughout their childhood. Their father’s severe manipulation kept the sisters from talking about the abuse the whole time. It wasn’t until Andrea was 19 that she finally revealed their secret to her Bishop and police got involved. They talk about the residual effects of their depression, anger, and PTSD from the abuse. After 25 years of living in a safe environment, Andrea and Amber now feel compelled to share the patterns of healing which included therapy, boundaries, and prayerful experiences that allowed the Atonement of Jesus Christ to heal their immense pain. Their hope is that their experiences will help others with traumatic pasts to know that healing and peace are possible. If you are a survivor of any abuse or trauma and seek hope for your future, please listen to Andrea and Amber. If you feel the pain from the realities of a broken and mortal world, please listen. If you are supporting a friend or family member working through the effects of abuse or trauma, please listen. Their insights into the healing power of Christ’s Atonement are eye opening! **Trigger Warning** If any listeners need to avoid the triggers of semi-explicit details of abuse, please skip the first half, and instead join us for the last half to hear about their miraculous, but difficult road to healing and forgiveness. This isn’t just theoretical for Andrea and Amber—but a very real, lived experience. Thank you, Andrea and Amber, for your courage to share your story. Respect from all of us. This is one of our finest podcasts. To connect with Andrea and Amber on social media: Website: http://www.tendermerciesmightymiracles.com Instagram: @tendermerciesmightymiracles Facebook: Tender Mercies Mighty Miracles Email: [email protected]

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0:00.0

Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love hosted by Richard Osler.

0:09.0

I've got two women here with me in my home that are going to talk about the sexual abuse,

0:16.0

the verbal and emotional abuse they experience growing up in their home. They are now in their 40s,

0:22.6

married and raising families, and have bravely stepped forward to share their story.

0:28.3

And before I introduce them, the reason we're doing this podcast is for those of you that are in

0:32.7

abuse, you can hear two people that are walking your road and perhaps the insights that they will give you

0:39.5

will help you and give you hope and perspective and tools to do what you need to do.

0:46.5

It's also hopefully a podcast that's helpful for those of us that are helping people that are

0:52.3

survivors of sexual abuse so that we have better tools to support them.

0:57.7

It's also for family members.

0:59.5

If you have a family member that's a survivor of sexual abuse, that you'll have better tools and know how to help them.

1:07.5

Is that okay for an introduction?

1:09.3

I haven't introduced you, but is that okay?

1:11.8

Yes.

1:12.4

So my guests on the podcast now to introduce them are Andrea Niehausen.

1:19.2

And, Andrew, will you spell your last name and just say it for us? name is N, as in Nancy, E-A-H-U-S-A-N-N-N-H-U-S-A-N-N-H-H-A-N-H-A-N-H-A-N-H-A-N-H-N-H-N-H-N-H-N-H-N-E-Huz-N-E-H-H-E-H-E-H-E-H-E-H-E-R-E-E-S-E-E- driven from or flown from Reno, Nevada to be here to share her story. She's joined by her

1:47.0

sister, all sooner 40s, younger sister, Amber Ayers. Will you spill your last name for us, Amber?

1:53.3

A-Y-R-E-S. And you live in the Dallas area, and you're a mother of five boys. Yeah.

2:01.4

So between the two of you, there are 11 children and one grandchild.

2:05.8

Yes.

2:07.1

And so that's kind of a trigger warning.

2:09.1

We're going to talk pretty, I think these women are going to talk pretty openly about their experience growing up in their home.

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