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UPDATE: Funding received.

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Ladies from the pediatrician's office asked to help Maria with contributions and to meet somewhere outside the office for a get-together. Maria's birthday is in September, so they also brought her birthday gift, a teddy bear.





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A week and a half ago we put out a request for funding help for Maria. The intent was to begin raising the funds needed quickly so we could move forward with whatever treatment(s) would be needed. In just a week and a half here is what has transpired:
  • We have been advised there will be charitable help for the medical expenses. We want to thank the vascular surgeon, Dr. Ulises Baltazar, and Methodist Hospital Sugar Land for all they have done to make this possible.
  • We have received sufficient contributions, both cash and volunteer work, to cover outside expenses as we know them to be today. Outside of the medical expenses the travel and living expenses can add up quickly, and we are grateful to all who have given of their money and time to help Maria.
  • We have begun the medical process. MRIs have been completed and the doctors are currently evaluating the results so they can develop a surgical and treatment plan. According to early reports the MRI results indicate conditions are "very complex", indicating there will not be a quick fix.

The doctors are moving forward and we are expecting more details of how they plan to proceed in a few days. When we know more we will publish another update.

In the meantime, we plan to continue the request for funding help. Our understanding at present is that this will not be a "one trip to America" event. The timeline for the entire process will likely result in Maria and Cecith going home at some point and then returning to Houston for follow-up work at later date(s).

Please continue to pray for and support this little girl. And for all who may not know us,The Cocama Project is a 100% volunteer organization. We do not have an office nor do we have a single employee drawing a salary. We work purely on an expenses basis, meaning we keep receipts and turn in expense reports to our treasurer for all monies spent. Our overhead is virtually zero. That means every dollar donated goes to helping the indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon Jungle.

While we can report that funds for known expenses have been received there are still many unknowns that we will face as this effort progresses. We still need your help. If contributing specifically to help Maria, please indicate that with your contribution. Two ways to contribute are:

1. Make checks out to The Cocama Project and mail to:
The Cocama Project
P.O. Box 1502
Richmond, TX 77406
2. Donate with credit or debit cards via our secure on-line link at:
www.cocamaproject.org/support

"What a happy girl this early in the morning. I could see her smiling all the way down the hall." These were the words of a receptionist at the MRI desk in the hospital. With all of the pain she endures this little girl continues to smile and touch people's hearts. Later that same day we sat in a Peruvian Restaurant as a treat for Maria and Cecith to have a familiar meal. When the waitress set our plates down before us Maria, without any prompting, quietly bowed her head and gave thanks. How awesome is it that God can take a little twelve-year-old jungle girl with a heart such as hers and use her to touch so many hearts and lives on two different continents! Please continue to pray for Maria.

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Maria and the MRI technician. Smiles all around.
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UPDATE:

Maria is in the hospital this morning and going into the first of many surgeries. As much as this girl has already been through in life, including all the firsts coming from the Amazon Jungle to Houston, this is the beginning of yet another long journey for her. Prayers please...
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Update: Two surgeries down and many more to go. So far there has been success. She has a couple more then so goes back to Peru for a while, returning to continue with more surgeries early next year.

Sam just sent me this on WhatsApp. He asked me to share with you guys. Thanks again to all that have prayed. We're covered from a cost standpoint t but never enough prayer. Please continue to do so.


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This is one final update on Maria for this year as she and Cecith are headed home today for a much-awaited reunion with their family and friends.

Maria's diagnosis is very positive at this point. During these past three months she underwent three surgeries at Methodist Hospital in Sugar Land and multiple office visits with Dr Baltazar, her vascular surgeon. During her last office visit yesterday the doctor was pleased with the progress shown so far and we made plans for Maria and Cecith to return for continued treatment in January 2017. Based on the discussions it is now believed her treatment will require multiple surgeries over an extended period of time, perhaps a year. Plans have been made to schedule about two months of surgeries at a time around Cecith's work schedule to ensure she will be able to continue to hold her job in Peru as a school teacher. The plan to help Maria has been a long time in making but is becoming clearer now. Praise God that with time, patience and the hands of a skilled surgeon this little girl from the remote jungles of Peru may not only avoid losing her arm but may regain the use of her hand and live a relatively normal life.

When we began this effort a couple of years ago we had no idea how to go about helping Maria. Each step we took was pretty much a blind step, and with each step taken God provided the people and the means to help Maria toward the healing process. At this point we could probably write a book about the incredible miracles God has performed in and through Maria. We would be totally spiritually blind not to see God's hand in this. His plan, while we may never see or understand it clearly, is a testimony to just how great and powerful our God is in His ability to orchestrate events for His purposes.

After three surgeries and multiple office visits all medical bills have been paid through charities (a miracle in itself). So far The Cocama Project has received sufficient contributions to cover all travel and living expenses to date. God provides! Thanks to all who have helped both in prayer and financially.

Please continue to pray for Maria, pray for the Cocamas of the Amazon who God is reaching out to through this little girl, and pray for The Cocama Project as we continue to carry the good news of Jesus Christ into the jungles of the Amazon.

Blessings to you,
Sam and Marcie <><
John 17:3

Jaydoug
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UPDATE: It is about to happen for real. This will determine is she has a life pain free, relatively pain free, or no improvement at all. Please keep Maria in your prayers, TexAgs...

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Just keeping you up-to-date; Maria and Cecith are supposed to be flying in on Wednesday the 4th for another round of surgeries. I need to do a quick check this week but the last time I talked with Dr Baltazar he said he wanted to see her Friday or Saturday of next week and this time he plans to get a plastic surgeon involved. He indicated the first few surgeries last time was about learning what they needed to do, how she would respond to certain things, etc, and that this time they were really going to go at it hard. So please put Maria up on the prayer list again as they spend these next two months here in Houston.
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Great story. I might have missed it but what is her condition called?
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UPDATE!

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Maria Update #12

Maria and her mother Cecith arrived in Houston this past Friday morning, saw Dr Baltazar that same day and underwent her fourth surgery on Tuesday. Her condition had improved significantly while she was at home over the Christmas vacation, so much so that she can now close her fingers to make a fist. Maria had begun to try to write with her left hand some time ago because she could no longer hold a pencil in her right hand.

Dr Baltazar reported that the surgery went well and they were able to do a lot of additional work on both the hand and her arm. More surgeries are planned and we just ask that everyone keep Maria in their prayers as medical treatments continue.

We would like to give our sincerest thanks to all who have helped us get this little girl from the jungles of the Amazon to the United States where she could begin getting the treatment she so desperately needs. And we also are so grateful for Dr Baltazar and his team for taking Maria in as a patient. God has a way of putting the right people in the right places at the right times, and we certainly thank and praise Him for showing His great love through the work He is doing with this little girl.

If you are not familiar with Maria and her ongoing case you can read more about it at The Maria Project.

Blessings to you,
Sam and Marcie <><
John 17:3

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The Plans are Final!

It has been a few years since we held a celebration and its time we did so. Please join us as we celebrate five years of The Cocama Project's work in the Amazon Jungles of Northern Peru. If scheduling permits a special guest speaker, Dr. Ulises Baltazar, will be there to give a first-hand report on Maria. In addition we will have speakers who have been to the Amazon, who have expeienced the culture of tribal life in the jungle and who can tell of their experience and of these people's needs.

WHEN: April 12 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM
WHERE: Mission Room of Sagemont Church in West Wing of main building
11300 S Sam Houston Pkwy E
Houston, Texas 77089
  • Admission is free - no RSVP required
  • Refreshments of coffee, soft drinks and cookies will be available
  • Authentic handmade jewelry and crafts from the Amazon jungle will be available for purchase beginning at 6:00PM and immediately following the program.
So mark your calendars now and join us as we celebrate what our awesome God has done and is doing among the people of the Amazon.



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