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Updated: June 15, 2025
Hear me for the sake of Jesus, my Saviour." A man knocked on the door of Mary's hut. "Ma, Ma," he cried, "Kolu has been set free. Chief Njiri let him go, and he is back at the village. There will be no war!" "Thank You, Father in Heaven," prayed Mary. "Thank You that You heard my prayers and that peace and quiet will again be in the villages."
You promised to go home and not harm these people. You lied to me. You have made trouble. You went to their village and made them swear. You stole this young man. It is wrong to lie. God will surely punish those who speak with a lying tongue. Please set this young man free so that he may return to his village and his people." "Ma," answered Chief Njiri, "you do not understand these things.
One day Chief Njiri and his warriors came to visit Chief Edem. They stayed several days. They had wild parties every day. They drank native beer until they became drunk. Then they would quarrel and fight. They asked Mary to settle their quarrels and decide who was right. Mary was praying every day that there would not be bad fights and that no one would be killed.
"But Ma," said Njiri, "they have made bad medicine against us. They made witchcraft. They must be punished before we are hurt." Njiri and his men argued with Mary, but finally they listened to her. They turned around and once more started for home. Mary went with them to make sure they would get there. At last they came again to the banana plant and the witch medicine. They were afraid to pass it.
"I am going to take one of your finest young men with me. If I find that you have told me a lie, I will kill him." Njiri's warriors captured a young man and took him along. If the villagers had tried to rescue him, he would have been killed, and many of them would have been killed also. They sent a man to Mary. "Ma," said the man, "please help us. Please get Njiri to free Kolu."
"If we pass it, we will get sick and die," said Njiri. "That is sinful foolishness," said Mary. "That banana plant and those other things will not hurt you. I am not afraid of them." Mary picked up the banana plant, the palm leaves, nuts and coconut shell and threw them into the jungle. "Now, brave men, come on. I have cleared the path. Let us go to your village."
Finally it was the last night of the visit. The men were so drunk that Mary knew there would be trouble. When the chief and his men were ready to leave, everyone was excited. The people were shouting and pushing. Some shots were fired and the men began stabbing with their swords. They were too drunk to know what they were doing. Mary ran into the crowd. She went up to Chief Njiri.
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