Cebu 2 You July 2011

July 2011 Cebu 2 You

Greetings from Cebu.

FINALLY, I am back. It is

great to be writing to you

from my home, with my

family, the flock God has

entrusted to me and my

babies (3 dogs).

My homecoming was great as

my family, the Youth and the

Young adults from the church

met me at the airport after

midnight and escorted me

home.

The next day I was summoned

to the church where many of the

members and children greeted

me with songs, dance and

personal comments on how

much they missed me and how

much they love me.

My wife sang to me and almost

all were brought to tears at this

sweet time of fellowship. I am

blessed.

SPECIAL EDITION

I want this to be a special edition where I will mention a few church updates but I want to give

God the glory for the healing that took place in my body over the last 4 and ½ months.

On February 6 I arrived in the states ready to hit the ground running with speaking

engagements, ready to build support for our church and for our sponsorship program, but as

always, “God’s plans are not our plans and our plans are not His plans”.

Upon arrival I visited my longtime doctor, Doctor Kyan and was told I needed immediate

medical attention for my diabetic ulcers and as it turned out, for infections in the bones of my

left foot.

Dr. Kyan sent me to UCLA Medical Center emergency for analysis of my condition. Many

doctors examined me and most concluded that I would lose at least 2 toes and probably my leg.

I prayed and asked the Lord to save my leg but whatever had to be, I was ready. My prayer

was to do whatever and return me to my wife and ministry ASAP.

The Lord brought me a vascular surgeon who was different. She looked at my leg, my reports,

my MRI and said she would like a chance to clean up the “ugliness” that was my leg and to try

to improve circulation enough to save my leg and “maybe” take only 1 toe.

She began by scraping a lot of dead skin off the leg and running tests on my circulation. After a

couple of days she scheduled me for an angiogram at St. Johns Hospital in Santa Monica. While

doing this surgery she felt I had a vein that could be widened to improve blood flow and did and

Angioplasty which was successful. The next day she decided to amputate my “great” toe and

when I inquired why not both toes that had bone infections, she said she felt she could save one.

In a follow-up visit to her office she introduced me to Walter, the program director for

Hyperbaric treatments at UCLA and he said I was a good candidate for the program.

In the next 7 weeks I went to UCLA five days a week to be in a Hyperbaric Chamber for 2 hours

a day. After 21 treatments I had a new MRI and the OstrioMilitias (spelling) was gone. No more

infection. During all of this time my 9 diabetic ulcers that I had became 3 and are at this time

over90% closed.

The doctor was great, Walter did a great job along with others at UCLA in wound care but the

ultimate fact is God healed me. The bone infection was supposed to be almost incurable

according to medical reports. The ulcers were too far gone to heal and almost every doctor I saw

in the Philippines and the States said I would lose at least 2 toes and probably my leg. They

said once the infection I had was set in, “there was NO HOPE”.

My hope was in Jesus and my Savior healed me. Share with me in giving the Praise, Glory and

Honor to our King. Medicine is great but Jesus is better.

I still have my leg and 4 of my toes. The next time someone says miracles are not for today tell

them my story. I still have my leg, It’s a Miracle. Thank you Jesus!

Check us out We are on @ Shepherds Heart Calvary Chapel, my personal account is facebook.com/tom.maxwell3 and we are on

@ http://[email protected], and I am on Twitter, or check out our Web Site @ cebu2you.com.

We’d love to hear from you or have you visit us individually or with a team. We can arrange discounted accommodations and assist in many other ways.

To support this ministry in the Philippines, send your donations to:

Calvary Chapel of Downey, 12808 Woodruff Avenue, Downey, CA 90242 ATTN: Missions Support for Tom Maxwell

If your donation is for a specific purpose in Cebu, please designate the purpose, ie: sponsorship for HS/Elementary, etc.

All donations are tax deductible

Contact us at [email protected] look at our web page, @ cebu2you.com

Call us from the USA @ 011-63-32-268-6280 or text us @ +639179445222

Please return this coupon with your donation and thanks for being our partner in fulfilling God’s purpose in Cebu. (Please send support to reach CC Downey by the 10th of the month.) Thanks.

Prayer Requests

Pray for the CC Downey team. Pray for the upcoming Missionary Conference in Dumaguete at the end of August and for finances to attend.

Pray for wisdom and discernment in all things, for Finances ( low), for controlled growth as the Lord leads, for health, my personal time with the Lord, our spiritual growth, the church’s spiritual growth, children’s ministries as they continue to grow, salvation for over 30 unbelievers that attend our services, salvation for Krysta (daughter) and Austin (grandson), future plans for us (Sheilani and I), for our new location, and for additional supporters..

Phone Number 001-63-32-268-6280 from the States and

32-268-6280 from the Philippines. Write to us @ #45

San Antonio Village II, Camp Lapu-Lapu Road, Apas,

Cebu City 6000 Philippines

Ptr. Tom and Sheilani

Church Update

We are doing well, the past four weeks we have had more people than chairs. We bought 20 more adult chairs and more children’s chairs and at communion this past Sunday we were full. God is good. More ministry reports next month.

Hyperbaric treatments at UCLA