ALL OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE AND I TESTIFY TO IT IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. I SHARE THIS STORY FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY GOD’S FAITHFULNESS, BUT ALSO HIS POWER OVER DARKNESS.
This is a journal entry of mine from Kenya dated December 23, 2008. It may run a little long, but it is worth reading to see what happened. And how God worked.
Tangi and I were coming back from being in town where we were trying to upload our Christmas video, but it wasn’t working. Where the bus dropped us off our group had just set up for an open-air crusade that evening. We just set up some speakers and some microphones, sing some music and have a church service right then and there. As we were worshiping I noticed a lady getting closer and closer to me. Eventually, she was literally shoulder to shoulder with me. I started praying in the spirit immediately. This woman was not “right”. Quickly I noticed that while a couple of girls were giving their testimonies, this woman was laughing at inappropriate places. (I mean the women were sharing from their souls things that they hadn’t told anyone.) I asked the woman what was so funny, but she just smiled and looked straight ahead.
Katie, my teammate said that the boy sitting next to her said she wasn’t right in the head. I placed my hand on her shoulder and continued to pray in the Spirit. Once again she laughed and I knew the Lord wanted me to take her away from the women talking. We went and sat on a patch of grass and I asked her what her name was. She mumbled. I couldn’t understand her. As she spoke literal chills went down my spine. What she was speaking was neither Swahili nor English, but a demonic tongue. She was rubbing my arm and my leg and speaking things over me. I told the Lord, “If you want me to cast out the demon you have got to let me know.” Nothing, no word. I continue to speak and the Spirit and she continues to speak in her tongue. Then, she looked right at me and said (in perfect English), “You are not going to Europe.” I looked at her and asked, “What?”
“You are not going to Europe,” she answered and then continued to mumble. About ten minutes later she pointed directly at the cross tattoo on my arm and asked, “What is that?”
“You tell me,” I replied. When she didn’t respond I told her it was a cross. At this point Katie walks over and sits on the grass with us. I begin to ask this woman if she knows Jesus. She replies that she does. When I asked her if Jesus was her Lord and Savior she responded with, “I believe in Jesus.” Quickly, I respond with, “Even the demons believe in Jesus.” With that she laughed and began speaking in counterfeit tongues again. Then she looked at my tattoo and then at me and told me she was going to hit me. Katie and I were just looking at each other with huge eyes and praying continually. We were covered, we were protected, and my Spirit knew not to leave that place. Then a few minutes later she said, “I don’t want you to leave.”
“Why do I need to stay?”
“If you stay then you can’t complete your mission,” was her answer.
Um, excuse me, but who had talked to this lady? No one had told her about our trip. No one told her we were on a mission. No one told her that we were going to Eastern Europe for month 7 and 8 of our trip. Now Katie and I are on high alert. We have been talking to this demon, but there has been no red eyes or anything crazy and we know we aren’t suppose to cast it out, but we also aren’t suppose to leave. She sought us out; we did not seek her out. This is the first time that either of us had “talked” to a demon. This time when the woman begins mumbling and touches me a sharp pain runs straight down my back. Immediately I tell Katie that when we leave we have got to pray these curses off of me. Next, I notice that she is standing, so we stand. She said, “I am going to go straight home, go to bed, and not wake until morning.” Then Pastor William asked everyone to stand and pray and she took off.
Upon arriving back my team and I prayed everything off of us. We broke the things Satan tried to put in and on us. This story has incredible relevance considering that 6 days ago I was told that I didn’t have enough support money in my account to go to Europe. My mind couldn’t help but go back to this conversation with a demon when she told me that I would not go to Europe. However, I know our God, and when a demon tells me I won’t go, my faith skyrockets because that was just a confirmation to me that I am going.
You have aided in that. In six days, less than a week people, you have given just over $3,000 and have help ensure that darkness is defeated, and that I can continue like Paul to go into the world and preach the gospel. Thank you for your faith. Thank you for your obedience. Thank you for your support those of us who are out here among the nations because the Lord has called us. Decisions to do this aren’t easy. We go because we have been asked. You make a difference. Your support encourages us. It spurs us on. Your iron sharpens our iron. Continue to be a warrior for Christ. Continue to do what you can. Continue to pray. You are needed!
As of today I am at $11,754 raised! Praise the Lord! Only $2,046 more to go so that I can complete the entire race. Eastern Europe here I come! If we can raise $3,000 in six days I know, without a doubt that within the month, we can raise $2,000! Thank you so much! Click here to donate.
