Milet Mendoza's Interview with Radio Veritas

Milet Mendoza and Espie Hupida
Photo by Inquirer.net

I just had dinner with my Aunt Milet Mendoza and had a small chat about her interview in Radio Veritas, a local Christian radio in the Philippines. I’ve got this file uploaded on a third party website and I hope Christians and Muslims learn a lot from her experience while in captivity of her kidnappers the ABU SAYYAF.

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The zip file contains 5 mp3 audio files of the show.

There’s a lot of humanitarian work done in Mindanao but regardless of the culture differences in the regions of the Philippines, the kidnapping should stop. Government should do their share in helping the less fortunate regions in the Philippines. If you take into mind what she has experienced, you’ll surely learn a lot from it like I did. She would like to sincerely thank everyone who prayed for her safety, to people who visited my blog in the past few months. She’s free now and back with her family. Thank God!

My Aunt Milet Mendoza Freed from Abu Sayyaf

My Aunt Milet and Ms. Espie reunites after months of captivity with Abu Sayyaf terrorists. Photo by Inquirer.

This post is just to thank all the people who continued prayed and sent their regards to my Aunt Milet Mendoza who was held captive 2 months by armed Abu Sayyaf.

Just yesterday early morning, we have learned that she has been released and safe now. She is resting and enjoying time with family which I'm sure she missed. She's got lots of stories to tell, but of course I hope local and foreign media would understand she needs to rest after that ordeal.

"I wanted to rest first and I need to gather all my thoughts before facing everyone else," Mendoza said, a bit apologetic after being told that other journalists were waiting for her when she was still in Basilan.

I saw her today, and she is still recuperating afaik. I hope she gets better soon. Again, thank you to everyone who prayed for her.

If you have messages for her, just leave a comment and I'll try getting em for her. ^_^

Espie Hupida Freed from Captivity by ABU SAYYAF

With Ms. Espie Hupida free, only my Aunt Milet remains captive. Please pray for her safety.
Photo by bworldonline.com

I just learned from my dad that today's newspapers contain good news that one of the kidnapped people by forces of Abu Sayyaf was released yesterday. Ms. Esperancita "Espie" Hupida of Nagdilaab Foundation Inc. and member of United Children's Christian Fund after 46 days of captivity was freed in Basilan. She was released in the vicinity of Sitio Limbo Kassa in Barangay Magkawa, Al Barka Basilan. She was turned over to Vice Governor Al Rasheed Sakalahul which leads the Crisis Management Committee. They however did not disclose any information if ransom was paid or not. No news also of my Aunt Milet Mendoza who is still being held captive by these Abu Sayyaf. Please continue to pray for her safety!

Kidnapped : Please Continue To Pray For Their Safety

Abu Sayyaf and extremist rebels are still in Mindanao, some of them are dead and some breakaway groups survived previous military operations and still kidnap people. May God have mercy on their soul.

file photo taken on survivalx.com

My Aunt Milet Mendoza hasn’t been freed yet by her kidnappers. I just am too worried about what these “dangerous people” could do with her and Ms. Espie from Nagdilaab Foundation. These are teens who are just brainwashed by Muslim Extremists in the Southern part of the Philippines. There are other people behind this. My Tita Milet went there because of her calling to help War displaced Filipinos (Muslims and Christians alike) and help them rehabilitate thru programs provided and implemented by NGO’s. I just read off an update in Inquirer that the abductors were able to use Esperancita Hupida (Ms. Espie’s) mobile phone and call Nagdilaab Foundation President Fr. Angel Calvo on Tuesday and reiterated the demand for 5 million pesos in ransom. Ms. Espie was able to talk “They threatened to cut Espie’s fingers if we do not give in to the ransom demand, they also made us hear how they hurt her while the call was ongoing… it is agonizing, unbearable and very barbaric… Espie was so weak and she could be ill, but her captors still did hurt her. She kept on begging for help and asked us to do all means to help her” Fr. Calvo said.This ransom value was lowered today to an undisclosed amount but was still impossible to raise by Ms. Espie's family. They would still not release information on my Aunt Milet until Hupida has been released. Government is strictly implementing a no ransom policy for kidnappers.

For those who were not able to read my previous article on my website, Ms. Espie Hupida and my Aunt Milet Mendoza were kidnapped along with four other people in a remote village of Tipo-Tipo Central Basilan, a war torn province in the southern Mindanao on Sept. 15. Four others managed to escape on separate occasions, Auntie Milet could have also done so but she did not want to leave Ms. Espie Hupida behind because she could barely walk. They could not however still get any information about my Aunt Milet. I ask all my friends, fellow bloggers and family to please continue to pray for my Aunt Milet and Ms. Espie’s safety.