With twenty years and nine kids under their belt, Gabe and Cheryl Villarreal recount their initial resistance to a romantic relationship with each other, their roller-coaster road through marriage’s first years, and the profound beauty and strength that comes from saying, “I do,” to your best friend.

When Gabe and Cheryl first met, she had two children from a previous marriage, and he was playing Jesus for a homeless ministry. Listen in as they journey from strangers with no sparks to best friends to tumultuous newlyweds. Now, as a couple rooted in supernatural love, they share the importance of honoring one another, staying committed, and trusting that God knows your heart better than you.

The Redefining Happily Ever After Podcast seeks to rewrite the narrative given by rom-coms, love songs, and a billion-dollar wedding industry that often buries the beautiful but messy realities of marriage. Through interviews with real couples, you’ll learn about the perseverance, selflessness, bravery, and vulnerability required for building a healthy, lasting marriage. In the process, you’ll discover why real-life’s “happily ever after’s” are much more rewarding than those in the movies. 

In part two of this two-part interview, Derek and Becky Evers dive deeper into the challenges they faced in the beginning of their marriage and the discovery that happily ever after is a process. 

Divorce feels like death. Derek and Becky know that all too well after each having gone through their own before God brought them together. With wisdom that comes from sticking it out through hard times, they share on working through annoyances, disappointment, and unmet expectations.

To find out more about Derek, Becky, and the HUB, visit www.facebook.com/thehubsaratoga.

The Redefining Happily Ever After Podcast seeks to rewrite the narrative given by rom-coms, love songs, and a billion-dollar wedding industry that often buries the beautiful but messy realities of marriage. Through interviews with real couples, you’ll learn about the perseverance, selflessness, bravery, and vulnerability required for building a healthy, lasting marriage. In the process, you’ll discover why real-life’s “happily ever after’s” are much more rewarding than those in the movies. 

In part one of this two-part interview, Michael and Sarah connect with a couple whose redemptive love story and intimate walk with God have given them transformational revelations about marriage’s divine purpose.

Divorce feels like death. Derek and Becky Evers know that all too well after each having gone through their own before God brought them together. With wisdom that comes from overcoming trials, they share on God’s goodness through divorce, His mandate for marriage, and the importance of finding your purpose as individuals and as a couple.

To find out more about Derek, Becky, and the HUB, visit www.facebook.com/thehubsaratoga.

The Redefining Happily Ever After Podcast seeks to rewrite the narrative given by rom-coms, love songs, and a billion-dollar wedding industry that often buries the beautiful but messy realities of marriage. Through interviews with real couples, you’ll learn about the perseverance, selflessness, bravery, and vulnerability required for building a healthy, lasting marriage. In the process, you’ll discover why real-life’s “happily ever afters” are much more rewarding than those in the movies.