Thread by @GbengaWemimo

She boarded the bus at 6AM
She wanted to make it to her uncle's house very early
Things have been tough for her family for a while
Her uncle's kind gesture of giving her some money to start a business was an answered prayer
She didn't want to risk missing the opportunity

She had barely slept all night
Tossing and turning on her bed as she counted down from 10pm till 4am
She was living in Sagamu and her uncle's house was located in the heart of Lagos
She had a journey of at least two hours before her
Her husband prayed with her and saw her off

Immediately she dropped from the interstate bus, she boarded another bus that was supposed to take her to her uncle's house!
That was where the drama started!
The passenger seated next to her opened a black polythene bag
A smoky dark substance with a puteid smell oozed out

Her uncle waited for her all morning
When it was around noon, her uncle called her husband
The journey was supposed to take her at most three hours
It's been almost seven hours
Her phones were switched off
She had vanished into thin air
Her husband panicked
Her uncle panicked

They went to the police station
Officers told them they needed to wait 24 hours before lodging a missing person's report
Her husband knew something had gone terribly wrong
Her uncle was scared
He was a rich man and he didnt want his riches stigmatized as fetish in the community

After 24 hours of nail biting suspense
Her uncle suggested that they visit a local witch doctor for consultation
Her husband grudgingly agreed
He was a Christian but he was treading on dangerous ground
He could be equally accused of having a hand in the disappearance of his wife

The witch doctor made his consultations
He asked for her toothbrush and comb
It seemed the deities wanted to-do DNA mapping
The witch doctor told them his wife had been used for a diabolic ritual
But she would be found even though she wouldn't be herself when they find her

He went home
A week later, somebody found his wife
She was seated at a bus stop about 30 kilometers from home
Somebody from their community recognized her
She was brought home
She was as silent as the grave
She was just staring into space
The witch doctor said it was too late

Her husband was told to take her home and manage her
He was given soap and concoctions to cook for her
He was told to man up
It is a wicked world!
Her husband took her home
She didnt recognize any of her three children
She couldn't sleep
All she did was sit or lie down and stare

Her husband managed her for twenty months
They were poor before the incident but her situation made them poorer
He couldn't work like before
The little he made was shared between her and the family
One Wednesday morning he reached out to the brother in Jeans and T-shirt
"Help me"

The brother in Jeans and T-shirt invited him to their vigil for the month
It was June 2019
They were having a special worship service
He attended
Sometime during the service, while he was praying, he saw his wife in the service, seated a few rows ahead of him also worshipping

After the service he told the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt
"Sir, don't think I am crazy but I saw my wife in this service briefly, she was dressed in the same clothes she wore that day and she was in this service! Maybe all I saw was a vision or perhaps I imagined it"
He stated

The brother in Jeans and T-shirt told him he was not shocked
"I have seen and heard too many things about the Holy Spirit to doubt what you claimed you saw! One thing I can guarantee you is that your wife will recover very quickly! The Holy spirit has rescued her from the pit"

When he got home his wife was asleep
For the first time in twenty months!
He wanted to sit and watch her but due to the fatigue of the vigil and the journey to and fro he slept off right beside her in the sitting room
Four hours later, one of his children roused him from sleep

"Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Mummy is cooking and talking again"
Wow!
He rushed to their kitchen at the back of the house
Sure enough, his wife had been fully restored to her senses
It was the most beautiful sight he ever saw
He hugged her and cried
"Baby, my baby, thank you Jesus'

The following Monday, they were the first set of people at the office of the Brother in Jeans and T-shirt
"Sir, My wife has been completely restored"
The brother in Jeans and t-shirt told them to do away with all the fetish things at their house
He prayed with them, blessed them

They were both filled with the Holy Spirit
Three days later
Her uncle visited them
When he saw the full restoration of his niece he was glad
He helped them to set up a small scale cement business
The business thrived
Today, by the power of the Holy Spirit they are out of poverty

Ps: Do not underestimate the Holy Spirit
Let him take the lead in your affairs
Don't take the posture of "we don't need the Holy Spirit for everything"
He should be the air you breathe
A Christian who treats the Holy Spirit with disdain is like Esau
Who despised his birthright!