I lay still for a moment trying to
make sense of what had just happened. Did I really fly through the air without
anyone touching me? I had been on my knees. The room was deathly silent for a
while. Mrs. Brooks was the first to come check up on me, then the others
gathered about. Meanwhile Sarah was lying on the floor perspiring heavily and
exhausted by all she had been through.
I was fine. Only my psychic was
hurt. I didn’t believe what had just happened and didn’t know if my wife would
believe me when I told her about it later. It seemed that no one in the room
knew what to say. There was bewilderment without question. I asked if people
saw that. They all had. I stood up, looked at Sarah and said we cannot continue
to put her through this. Mrs. Brooks prayed a blessing and we left. I drive
Sarah home.
We did not speak for a very long
time. Finally she asked what happened tonight. “Do you not know?” “I remember
sitting in a chair and people gathering around to pray and when I woke up I was
on the floor. “We prayed for you and some more demons left you.” All she said
was “Good.” We did not speak again until I told her good night.
There were a few more small
incidents between that one a campout we had at the end of the school year. By
my record there had already been slight over 50 demons that came out. It was
hard to believe there would still be more.
We had planned a big Friday night grad
dinner in North Vancouver at a restaurant that advertized for people to come on
Sunday with their church bulletin for either a discount or a free meal for your
pastor. I’m not sure which. That was way to long ago. Dale, Jim and a few other
guys went with me to Allouette
Lake (Maple Ridge) to set up the tents for a Grad
outing the night after the Grad Banquet. People brought their gear and changed
after the banquet for the ride to the camp site.
When we planned this event it was suppose
to be a nice weekend. When we left the restaurant it was misting and the cloud
covering was threatening a downpour. We got to our campsites and everyone got
settled, a fire was built and most were standing around the fire trying to stay
warm. There were plans for that night but they all began to fall apart as the
heavens opened and it rained on our parade. It was gentle as first and most
scrambled into tents to say stay dry. As it continued to rain rather hard
people would come and go from the fire and gathered under a tree to keep some
of the water off.
Sarah made the outing with us and I was
determined to do my best to keep an eye on her. I’m not sure why I agreed to
let her come, but I must have. She was not heading into a tent so neither was
I. All who were still awake stayed near the fire. Writing about this now it feels
like I stayed up all night. I don’t know if that is what happened or not, but I
was tired.
As the rain stopped the sun was coming up.
It was going to be a clear and beautiful day. A few began to get things ready
for breakfast – pancakes and bacon I think. I don’t remember coffee, but I know
I needed some to keep me going.
We sang a bit, shared a lot and I gave a
short devotional. Then everyone was free to explore till lunch. They went hiking,
fishing (wanted some fish for lunch, but
we had a backup just in case). We broke up into three or four groups and
went our separate ways. I was going to do whatever Sarah was going to do. She
went hiking.
We went up a mountain f\ollowing a stream
with boulders and many small falls. It was beautiful. I kept a sharp eye on
Sarah and made sure I stayed behind her, everyone stopped from time to time, to
observe, throw stones, walk a tree trunk to the other side, sip ice-cold
mountain water or rest. We all did. We were in no hurry and just needed to be
back at camp about 1:00.
I was climbing up hill when I realized I had
lost track of Sarah. I turned to see her about six feet behind me on the down
side of the hill. She had let go of a small boulder. It was oblong and about a
foot long with jagged edges. It was coming right at my head. By the time I saw
it I could do nothing. I could not get out of the way. It was too close to my
face to do anything. My eyes got big and I braced myself for impact.
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