‘Meeting’ With Leah Sharibu.



The instruction was simple and extremely precise, “Get into Maiduguri and to Hotel X. At the reception, ask for Room XYZ. Give them your name, and your key will be given to you.
Please follow every instruction carefully”.

I did, and everything worked exactly as was said.
As I got into the room I saw a note on the bed that read "Please there's a phone under the pillow. Turn it on and dial the only number there, and you'll be told what next to do".
I did and was asked to be ready for a pickup by 10am the following day. At 10am on the dot, the phone rang. I picked and was given a very simple instruction, "There's a van parked outside. Please get into the van. Carry nothing, I repeat, nothing, nothing".
I stepped out of the hotel and there was a van parked just as directed. Its glasses were tinted. As I approached the van, the back door opened and I got in. It was very comfortable but, though it was tinted from the outside, internally it was completely sealed from the outside light or view, except for the inner lighting. The air conditioner was good so I was extremely comfortable.

From the movement, it was clear that our journey was within the city. I had carried NOTHING, not even my watch, so, I could not tell exact timing, but I suppose we must have driven for 30minutes, (definitely within the city).

Before we got to a stop, I noticed that there was a special facemask by my seat. I had been allowed to carry my facemask, and the driver (whom I could not see), spoke to me through what appeared more like an intercom. He told me that I could maintain my own facemask and wear the second mask on top, or I could make do with just the provided mask as it was very safe and very clean. The second mask was larger than normal and it seemed to be in two parts. The lower part that covered up to the nose was normal, while the upper part was dark, I could not see through it.
As we came to our destination, I was asked to step out wearing the mask. I did and was escorted by a helping hand.
I got in to the house, and into a particular room.

It was at that point I was asked to remove the second mask so I could see everything and anything.
I did, and I was there for a few minutes. I heard voices in the house and the conversations were pleasant, regular and normal. It was not by my estimation up to 10 minutes when a young lady stepped in. Before she did I was asked through an intercom to wear my mask and that I would be told when to take it off. I did, and then I heard the door open. From the conversation I could tell the person that came inside was a young lady and she sat down and gave very simple instructions.

“Sir, you have been brought here at my request. You had written something about me and on my birthday I was shown the article that you wrote about me. As a show of kindness to me, I was asked to pick someone that I would like to talk with, so I picked you to talk with you.
Sir, I am Leah, Leah Sharibu.”

At that point, shivers ran down my spine.
I had an idea of what this was all about before leaving Abuja in the first instance. Though I had expected this, it was surreal when I actually heard her voice.
She continued "Sir, I want to assure you that you're extremely safe. Before you take off your mask, this is the last instruction I'll like to give. As we discuss, please always watch my left hand as carefully as you can. If I raise my left hand, it means we should leave that topic. Please obey.
We are being watched.
You are safe as long as you keep to their instructions. I will sincerely appeal that you please follow the instructions. There should be no form of body contact. You can wave, you can gesticulate but please do not move as much as 2 meters. If possible, do not even stand up until our conversation is over and I exit. I will talk freely and audibly, nothing must be whispered. Whatsoever we discuss should be extremely open and for your safety I would advise again, we should do nothing whatsoever that is against their instructions.
Sir, you may please take off your mask now.”
Again, like someone about to pass out, I froze for a moment.
Then the story started.

“Leah, it's like a dream come true, I honestly can't believe that I am talking to you.” She smiled the most beautiful smile I've seen in a very long time and said “Thank you, Sir it's my pleasure to have you here.

I said “May I ask you some questions?” She said “Yes but, please like I said earlier, speak audibly". I then asked “How did you get the strength to make the decision that you did?”
She said
“Sir, it's a long story. God is wonderful because He prepares you before, without you knowing. Just before the kidnapping, I had visited a Christian sister. We prayed together and she shared something about “The 5 Attributes of God”. It was so very impactful and I didn't know I'd be needing it later. So when it happened, those attributes of God came back to me and they helped me not just to make the decision, but to hold on till today.”

“Whatever it is that was such a revelation, trust me, I want to know. Being a Christian Born again for upwards of 40 years, I really doubt that I could have taken the decision that you took. So please, share these secrets with me, if it's okay by you. Then I quickly added, “Much as I want you to talk to me, just like you advised I really would not want you to be in harm's way in anyway.”

She smiled again and said, “Sir, they know and want me to talk with you freely.

The first thing I learnt is that God is Omniscient, this means that God knows EVERYTHING, He knows who I am, and everything about me, and I don't have to wonder at any point if He knows what's going on because he's Omniscient, he knows EVERYTHING! .

The second is that God is Omnipotent, which means that God has all powers, that He could tell me to disappear from here now and it will happen. He could close the eyes of everybody here and I'll walk out of this place. He can do anything and everything. He can make the sun shine in the middle of the night and to go back in the middle of the day and everywhere becomes dark. God has all the power.

The third thing is that God loves us PERFECTLY. Wow! Whoever knows everything about me, has all the power to do anything and everything for me, and loves me perfectly is somebody that makes sense for me to know.

Besides the three, God is perfectly TRUTHFUL, truthful in the sense that whatever He says can be relied upon 100%.

The last is that God will never change His mind. If He says anything, we can hold unto it and know that He'll never change His mind. God will never change, never change. It's possible that somebody promises you something today and the next time he says “Well, I changed my mind. God will never change His mind”.
For instance, He says He is with me always even till the end of time and because He knows everything about me, He has the power to do anything and everything, He loves me perfectly and will never change His mind, it means that whatever situation that I find myself in, so long as I hold on to these 5 pillars of truth about God, everything works out for my good. That's what God says Himself - that verything works together for my good. So these are the 5 things and because of the freshness of that meeting and the import of these 5 pillars of God, when we were taken captive, I held on to them and I hold unto them till today.”

I responded, “You know this brings not just goosebumps, but tears from my eyes and I pray that I will learn and hold unto these 5 Pillars of the Attributes of God that you, a younger person, have held on to.”

“I don't think you'd be at liberty to discuss your stay in this place,” I proceeded to ask her.
“No Sir, I will not, as indeed it is not necessary. Whatever God wants to do is more than okay with me and what He said is so true that He'll never leave me. He's been with me everyday and I know He'll continue to be with me” she replied.

For a moment, I discovered I didn’t hear her anymore as I was momentarily lost in thought, thinking about my life.
It was a pretty long meeting as I kept asking questions and watching her left hand for no-go areas. When I asked if she was disappointed at our President, she was silent for a while, tried to lift her left hand, but quickly dropped it. “As a human being, I have my moments. From your article, I read all the comments and was so comforted at the overwhelming show of affection, goodwill and prayers of Nigerians. Please tell them that I sincerely appreciate”.

Our conversation was pretty long, but at all times, my eyes never left her left hand. On some of the things that she said, she said she trusts me to keep strictly to myself.
There was a cough which was more of a sign that our time was up.
Rather than pray for her, I found myself asking my little daughter to pray for me!
She smiled and simply said “Lord Jesus, please keep your five attributes ever before us, in Jesus name”
I was about to say AMEN, when the usual happened!

What happened

Since September 1, 2017, I join an online prayer group (Global Prophetic Prayer Alter GPPA) which takes place every weekday 5-6am, led by Apostle Goodheart Ekwueme @ www.rhogic.radio.org Besides my body clock having adjusted to it, I also have an alarm clock that is set to ring by 4:55am. It was this alarm that came immediately after my AMEN to Leah’s prayer.
Throughout the one hour prayer, I could hardly pray, or hear the pastor as I was ever lost in thought trying to understand what I had just gone through.
Was it a dream, vision, visitation, or what?

Whatever it was, it’s definitely a defining moment of my Christian life!
Leah, I LOVE YOU!!!
#PrayForLeahSharibu!

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Lol. . . Lalasticlala pls don't fall for this because no one wanting to prove life or show a proof of life will go for this proof-less tactic.

Leah should be nursing her third child now. Fear north.