Spiritual Warfare pt 2 (Africa Edition)

Hey everyone!
My squad and I have made it to Georgia for our final debrief before we all go home. So this is going to be my second to last blog. However the story of this blog is one that is so exceptionally incredible, I have to share it. This is the story of the prayer burn that me and a couple friends did recently. Including side comments from Harlie Crawford in italics. So as I did with the last prayer burn blog, I’m going to give you an hourly account of the most recent prayer burn that occured in Africa on May 13th. (“Friday the 13th baby!” – Harlie)

WARNING IF YOU GET SCARED BY SPIRITUAL STUFF, READ WITH CAUTION!!!!

11:00 am: Harlie, Dawson, and I headed down to the classroom building thats about 200 yards away from the main house. We talked about what it means to be marked by Christ. As Harlie was talking we heard footsteps behind us. Then as Dawson was talking I looked up and a figure was sitting in the rafters above us, smiling down at Dawson. Its smile was like that of the cat in Alice in Wonderland. I knew he always creeped me out…

12:00 am: We’ve read and discussed Ecclesiastes 7:10 and Ephesians 1:3-14. The figure in the rafters stayed watching us. Footsteps were heard in the closet followed by Harlie having chest pains. I walked outside to throw our trash away and the second I left the building all noise deafened followed by a sound almost like a constant exhale. I quickly threw my trash away and went back inside. After about 15 minutes, Harlie started experiencing intense spiritual warfare. So I read Psalm 91 out loud; by verse 14 Harlie was twitching insanely. As I was reading that verse the figure in the raftors started climbing down to Harlie’s left shoulder, as her shoulder was involuntarily rising up. I immediately told her we needed to go outside. We went outside and I started playing Grave Clothes. As the song was playing something felt terribly wrong. I looked up and Harlie was twitching more than before. Except something was standing behind her. It was huge and its fingers were like claws. I’ve never seen anything like it. I saw it place its hands on her shoulders and start digging its fingers in her. I pulled her further away from the building and started praying furiously for her. As I was praying I made her hold my hands. While I was praying her legs kept giving out, to the point the only thing holding her up was me. After a minute the Lord told me to get Dawson. So I brought her back to the building and I ran into the room to get him. When Kaili left, I was standing in the dark night shaking and singing Grave Clothes. We pulled her inside and started praying. Dawson put his hands on her shoulders as I was trying to calm her down. As we were praying her legs kept giving out while she fought the urge to fall. Then the Lord spoke through me saying “Harlie get on your knees.” And she fell instantly to her knees then her side as she started crying. Before I cried, I was smiling. I knew this wasnt a time to be smiling so I knew soemthing was really, really wrong. The figure dug deeper into her, almost like it was clinging on. Then it said to her “So you thought you won,” in her ear. I felt the demon turn its eyes from me to Dawson. He felt it too. So I prayed loudly and as I was asking the Spirit to move through me into her, I felt the Spirit move as a poster fell off the wall. Dawson stopped my praying and asked Harlie if she felt relief. She did. Dawson said he saw a light flash by the wall then the poster fell. We discussed what happened then moved back to our table. The poster that fell was a picture of a feather. 

1:00 am: Harlie and I had to use the bathroom so we walked back to the main house. When we walked in, I saw a figure standing next to one of the girl’s bed as she slept. It was just watching her, almost like it was studying her. Pervert. We prayed as we walked back out of the room and it watched us leave through the window. As we walked back to the classroom Harlie was praying Dawson wouldn’t get attacked by whatever was attacking her. I assured her it wasn’t going for him, rather it’s nails were digging into my back as tears were springing to my eyes. I started asking God for help and I heard a clink sound and the pain went away. I asked God what that was and he simply responded with “Armor of God.” I got pumped after that situation. After sitting in the classroom for a bit, Harlie continued to be attacked having backpain, chestpain, twitches, and things whispered to her. We continued to read Psalms.

** Side note: Dawson was confirmation on all that I was seeing and hearing **

2:00 am: We noticed everytime we’d see something, the building would creak. There was a figure in the corner next to Dawson. A black mist started creeping under the main door then would get pushed back out. We went to the main house and prayed over everyone there. The fog outside was intense and we could see figures all over. We walked to the girls side of the house and I could see the figures standing next to a few different people on the squad, while they slept. Dawson went into the guys room and prayed, while Harlie and I prayed over the women. We prayed until we saw all the figures leave. We prayed extra protection over the squad, then went back to the classroom.

3:00 am: Harlie continued to be attacked by spiritual warfare. Aside from that everything has calmed down. Except for the occasional footsteps, but nothing more.

4:00 am: As soon as the clock struck four, it felt like something was gripping my wrist. The exhale sound returned, along with the building creaking. Dawson saw a red light between me and Harlie.

5:00 am: Nothing has happened. We cleaned up, prayed out, and went to bed.

Well, that’s all I got from the prayer burn. That night was absolutely insane and will always be a story I remember. Don’t worry, Harlie is okay and we’ve had many discussions about what has happened. Its a testament of God’s power. We all know the devil himself couldn’t have done nothing. Loser. We continued to experience spiritual warfare for the rest of our time on that base, but it only fueled our fire to spend time with the Lord.

Thank you so much for reading this long story. You deserve a cookie for that!

Well until next time!
-Kaili and Harlie! <3