Raped at age 7 and again at 13, singer Zanbeni Odyuo had repressed her childhood trauma … until she married a man to whom she could finally entrust her secret. Photo courtesy of Zanbeni Prasad Odyuo. He was the invited speaker, she was the singer. They met at the 10th anniversary celebration of a missionary training organisation in India. Musician Benny Prasad, who had just broken the world record for travelling to 245 countries in the shortest time, was sharing his extraordinary journey of going from a suicidal school dropout to performing for Presidents around the world. Benny made multiple flight changes across five continents – spending 36 hours and 25 minutes in the air – before taking an eight-seater charter flight to reach Antarctica. There, he did a mini lunch concert and shared his story with geologists, scientists and others stationed there. Zanbeni (centre) in 2009, attending the School of Worship after she had emerged from her self-imposed isolation at home. Benny and Zanbeni did not speak with each other at that 2014 event. But shortly afterwards, when their paths crossed, he casually mentioned that he was looking for a life partner. “He told me, ‘Please let me know
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