Faith fell in love with dancing early in her teens. Often after her dance practices at church, she would go to help her mother with work. Faith’s mother ran a small hotel that would provide food service to the nearby shop owners, and Faith would do the deliveries.

Faith would often deliver tea and food to a well-known carpenter in the community. One evening when she was 15, the delivery took a turn into darkness. The carpenter asked her to go into a room to retrieve a teacup she had previously delivered. When she did, he assaulted her. Afterwards, she remembers, “I just left. I didn’t pick up the cup.”

Faith did not understand at the time what was happening to her, and was afraid to tell anyone. “I feel that I was sexually assaulted because I was underage, and I did not know what was happening to me.”

Faith’s mother eventually discovered that her daughter was pregnant. She sought help and was referred to International Justice Mission.