{"id":5071,"date":"2014-10-15T09:04:40","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T16:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5071"},"modified":"2014-10-18T19:37:12","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T02:37:12","slug":"nigeria-pastor-escapes-boko-haram-in-deluge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5071","title":{"rendered":"NIGERIA: Pastor Escapes Boko Haram in Deluge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.godreports.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/blog.godreports.com\">Godreports<\/a>, October 13, 2014<\/p>\n<p>He was held for 10 months by Boko Haram, the same Islamist group that has terrorized northern Nigeria and kidnapped some 300 schoolgirls. But God brought a downpour of heavy rain and a flood to wash away his captors and secure his escape.<\/p>\n<p>Rotimi Obajimi, pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, was kidnapped January 6, 2014 as he traveled from his rural church toward Maiduguri, according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/saharareporters.com\/2014\/10\/09\/redeem-pastor-escapes-boko-haram-after-10-months-captivity\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/saharareporters.com\/2014\/10\/09\/redeem-pastor-escapes-boko-haram-after-10-months-captivity\">story by the Sahara Reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The radical group took him to Sambisa Forest, a former game preserve filled with leopards and lions that has become a haven for Boko Haram. It is suspected the group is holding the Nigerian schoolgirls in the same area.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Obajimi was tied up for months in the forest, while many in his church prayed fervently for his freedom.<\/p>\n<p>During the first week of October heavy rains began. It was a deluge so strong that the camp began to flood. Because of the flooding, his captors deserted the camp and Pastor Obajimi managed to free himself.<\/p>\n<p>For days he walked through the dense forest before he finally wandered into a village October 7, where soldiers picked him up. He was treated at Maimallari Hospital and debriefed by the military before he was allowed to return to Maiduguri.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were so amazed to see him because we have been praying earnestly for a long time trusting Jesus that he would surely come back but lo and behold he was brought to our headquarters in Maiduguri by the military,\u201d a pastor from the Redeemed Christian Church told Sahara Reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.godreports.com\/2014\/10\/christian-pastor-escapes-islamic-radicals-after-god-brings-deluge-and-flood\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/blog.godreports.com\/2014\/10\/christian-pastor-escapes-islamic-radicals-after-god-brings-deluge-and-flood\/\">Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Read about another escapee and learn about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/oct\/07\/slaves-russia-dagestan-brick-factories-escape\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/oct\/07\/slaves-russia-dagestan-brick-factories-escape\">Russia&#8217;s hidden workers: the slaves of Dagestan<\/a> (The Guardian).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Godreports, October 13, 2014 He was held for 10 months by Boko Haram, the same Islamist group that has terrorized northern Nigeria and kidnapped some 300 schoolgirls. But God brought a downpour of heavy rain and a flood to wash away his captors and secure his escape. Rotimi Obajimi, pastor of the Redeemed Christian &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5071\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NIGERIA: Pastor Escapes Boko Haram in Deluge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5071"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5103,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5071\/revisions\/5103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}