What happens when the pain of a broken home leads you somewhere you never expected to go?

In Episode 116 of Healing and Made Free, Janet Boynes welcomes Krissy Miles — pastor, speaker, and co-founder of Influence Church in Northern Indiana — for one of the most complete healing testimonies this podcast has ever featured.

Krissy grew up in a home defined by trauma. Her father — abused himself as a child,
abandoned at 14, raised in poverty and alcoholism — brought all of that unhealed pain into their family. Krissy responded the way many children do: anger, overperformance, and eventually a desperate search for love that didn't come with strings attached.

That search led her into a lesbian relationship. It lasted less than two years — but long enough to change everything. What brought her out wasn't a program or a counselor. It was a direct, supernatural encounter with God where she was faced with one choice: this path, or me.

She chose God. And then God gave her a husband.

In this conversation you'll hear:
• How generational trauma in her father's family shaped her childhood
• Why she entered a lesbian relationship — and what she was really searching for
• The supernatural moment God showed her exactly what was at stake
• How she told her husband about her past — and what happened when they wept
together
• The role of forgiveness in her healing — including forgiving her abusive father
• What happened when she told her father she had forgiven him
• The fear that nearly destroyed her marriage at year 18 — and how God broke it
• Practical wisdom for parents of Gen Z kids exploring sexuality
• Her husband Lucas Miles and his work with Turning Point USA Faith

This episode is for anyone who has felt like their past has disqualified them from a whole,
healed life. Krissy's story is proof that God restores what trauma broke.

Connect with Krissy Miles: krissymiles.com | Influence Church: influencechurch.com
Janet Boynes Ministries: janetboynes.com