Ep #7, Debbie & Rachel, "Healing & Hope Across Generations" PART ONE

About this episode

Debbie and Rachel discuss family estrangement and multigenerational living while sharing their journey of healing and hope.

What happens when family life doesn’t look the way you hoped—but God still shows up with purpose? In this heartfelt and hope-filled episode of the Fun Grandma Podcast , we sit down with mother-daughter duo Debbie Kyes and Rachel Ayers to talk honestly about family estrangement, multigenerational living, and building life-giving ministries out of real-life challenges . Debbie and Rachel share their journey of navigating broken relationships , opening their home to multiple generations , and becoming catalysts for ministry in their church and community. Together, they’ve helped launch and support ministries centered on prayer, home visitation, and social gatherings for young adults with special needs —creating spaces where people feel seen, loved, and included. We had so much to talk about we created two episodes out of this conversation. If you’ve ever wondered, “Can God still use my story?” —this episode is for you. Christian grandmother podcast, faith and family relationships, family estrangement and healing, multigenerational living, special needs ministry, prayer ministry, home visitation ministry, women in ministry, grandma faith podcast, Christian encouragement for…

People in this episode

Host: Fun Grandma

Guests: Debbie Kyes, Rachel Ayers

Topics covered

• family estrangement
• multigenerational living
• ministry
• healing
• hope

Keywords

• family relationships
• Christian encouragement
• special needs ministry
• prayer ministry
• home visitation

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