Join us this as my guest, Ashley Price, shares her very personal story of being sexually assaulted as a Freshman in college. Growing up in NJ, Ashley always knew she would live in the South. She was raised in a non-Christian home, yet just knew that God had a plan for her to marry a Southern, Christian man.
Ashley grew up close to the beach in NJ & wanted to attend a college in the south, but wanted to be close to the beach. So she searched & applied to one college in South Carolina that was close to the beach & she got in!
She was so excited to move and start her college days.
While she was there for orientation, she met a boy and quickly started falling for him. She would see him often & they would spend evenings and nights talking on the phone.
Then things took a quick turn. Ashley had not been feeling good that day, so she stayed in her dorm room with her roommate. The boy she had been talking to wanted to come to visit her, so she said yes.
While he was there, Ashley was sexually assaulted by him and then he left. Ashley was left wondering what in the world just happened??
After speaking with a close friend that is a Police Officer, Ashley called campus police to report what happened.
This was the start of something huge at her school. Because he was a Football player for a D1 school, this became BIG news fast. After this was made known on campus, other girls started coming forward, over and over again reporting sexual assault by members of the football team.
Ashely's action led to the uncovering of a huge coverup of sexual assault incidents on the football team.
Things started to get rough for Ashley, being publicly harassed by students, fans of the football team, etc. Because Ashley did not yet know Jesus, she started looking to alcohol for comfort.
Ashley shares how she was heading down a really bad path, but God met her at the age of 24 and she gave her life to Jesus!
Looking back, she can see God's protection in her life even when she wasn't following Jesus.
Even though this was a horrible thing that happened in Ashley's life, the purpose was for good! She continues to share & see the many ways that God is making an impact. Thank you Ashley for sharing your story!
Scripture: Ephesians 2:10
