Trusting Your Husband When You Don’t Agree With Him | Ft. My Sister & Brother-in-Law
August 18, 2026
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5 min readTrusting Your Husband When You Don't Agree With Him
When Jeanine Amapola Ward's sister Vanya and brother-in-law Anthony moved to Alaska, they didn't just relocate—they uprooted from everything familiar. Vanya had lived in the same Texas house her entire life. Anthony had moved 22 times across three countries. Six months into their marriage, after Vanya had already left Texas for Ohio, Anthony told her he felt called to Alaska. She did not want to go.
The conversation that follows is less about Alaska and more about what happens when one spouse feels a clear calling and the other feels only resistance. How do you honor your partner without losing yourself? How do you know when to push and when to wait?
The Hardest Decision They've Made
Anthony's desire to move came from a specific conviction: Alaska leads the nation in depression, drug addiction, and homelessness per capita, and it is one of the most spiritually unreached states in America. He felt God prompting him to go. Vanya's objections were practical and emotional—the cold, the darkness, the distance from family, the fact that she had just moved once already.
"I don't want to be the wife who goes there crumbling," Vanya said. "I don't want to be the wife who goes there and is like, 'You made me move here' the whole time."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Opening & Intro** - Host Jeanine Amapola Ward introduces her sister Vanya and brother-in-law Anthony, who live in Alaska.
- 2 (03:09) **How They Met: A Facebook DM Origin Story** - Anthony tells the embarrassing story of how he and Jeanine first connected online, which eventually led him to Vanya.
- 3 (06:04) **Anthony’s Transformation & Vanya’s Hesitation** - Anthony got sober and gave his life to Christ, but Vanya was still wary of his past.
- 4 (10:21) **A Perfect Match & Becoming Family** - Vanya describes how Anthony matched the exact description of the man she had always wanted.
- 5 (12:31) **The Big Move: Why Alaska?** - The couple discusses the hardest decision of their marriage: moving to Alaska with no friends or family.
- 6 (15:53) **Learning to Trust Your Husband** - Vanya shares the internal battle of learning to submit to her husband's leadership when she disagreed with him.
- 7 (19:58) **The Turning Point: A Trip to a Basketball Camp** - A visit to a remote Alaskan youth camp changed Vanya's heart completely.
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Show Notes
You guys, this episode is SO special because Kaleb and I are coming to you from Alaska with my sister Vania and brother-in-law Anthony! We finally get the full story of how these two met (including some hilarious old-school Facebook DMs 😂), but more importantly, we dive into the huge leap of faith that brought them all the way to Alaska. We talk about what happens when God asks you to do something that feels uncomfortable, inconvenient, or honestly just CRAZY. Vania shares so vulnerably about not wanting to move, learning to trust Anthony as her husband, praying for God to change her own heart, and eventually finding peace in a decision that initially terrified her. Anthony also shares such a powerful reminder: God doesn't always promise us clarity—but He does ask us to be faithful with what He's put in front of us. This conversation is such an encouragement if you're facing a big decision, navigating marriage when you and your spouse aren't immediately on the same page, wondering where God is leading you, or learning how to trust Him without having the entire plan laid out. Sometimes faithfulness really does look like taking the next step before you can see step ten. 🤍
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