“Yester evening, Erica and her friend Shanice were found in an empty bedsitter in Gatokoyo where they have been held all of last week.
They had been kidnapped in the early hours of Sunday morning after hailing a Bolt Taxi.
They were locked in the car (doors had child lock activated) and there was a second man hiding in the boot.
Attempts to fight them led to Erica being hit on her head and lower leg with a hammer but she did not sustain serious injury.
Her friend had cuts on her hand from trying to pull a knife that had been held to her throat by the man in the back.
Thereafter they agreed to cooperate until their ransom was paid.
The place was dingy, and hidden.
The conditions were very cold.
But they were fed daily.
The kidnappers wanted 500k for both of them.
They sent messages to both myself and her friend’s mom.
On Day 7 (Monday) of the Corpus Christi Novena, I asked for your prayers.
And now I must thank you because you came through in the BIGGEST way and STORMED heaven with those prayers.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Some prayed for confusion, the girls say those guys looked like they were unsure what was happening on many an occasion.
Some prayed for them to be unwell, and the girls say that the kidnappers were complaining they were coming down with something.
Some prayed for unravelling, Erica says even the building felt like it was falling apart just like the plans of the kidnappers.
Some prayed for Grace, Erica says she was enveloped with a peace she has never experienced.
I had that too. So much so that I refused to pay a single shilling to these men.
I did not want them to do this to any other family. I did not want to reward bad behaviour.
So we prayed for protection. They did not lay a finger on the girls.
Please note for your own protection that they told the girls that the Bolt App has many crooks from different gangs doing the exact same thing! He told them: “Stay away from Bolt, especially after midnight.”
All this drama happened during the Corpus Christi Novena and I did not think that it was a coincidence.
Letting people know about the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist is not something the evil one can be happy about.
But God is Good! Some were panicked, but I was calm.
Some were playing detective with all sorts of theories; I asked them to allow DCI to do their jobs.
Some were questioning if I was doing enough because I wasn’t doing appeals through the media; I asked them to trust the process and not put my daughter’s life in jeopardy.
And all through this, we kept praying.
Made it to The Eucharistic Centre in Burnt Forest on Wednesday to usher in Solemnity Thursday of Corpus Christi (The day that celebrates the Body and Blood of Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament).
I asked Sister Anna Ali to whisper Erica’s name to our Friend Yeshua.
I knew that I would return with a testimony.
That is a very special place where Sister Anna received and passed on to us, Divine Appeals for 25 years (Read the appeals in the book ‘On the Eucharist: A Divine Appeal’).
The overall message iS clear: Respect and revere the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
I came back home and we said the full Holy Rosary with the St Marks jumuiya group.
Friday and Saturday saw visits to the Adoration Chapel and all my chats with Jesus had the same response: It is well with Erica, fear not.
I was at peace.
A friend sent me an amazing testimony of being delivered from kidnappers by a miracle of God.”
