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July at a glance
Assisting in Chapel services at Memorial
Hermann Hospital in The Texas Medical
Center (bottom left)
Ministering to families through personal
visits (bottom right) & the employees at The
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Prayer service at the Ronald McDonald
House in Houston
The Cobb family also connects and
encourages families through Facebook and
Twitter. A new JUCANBLOG will be up and
ready in August. The intent is to encourage
other families battling cancer and to share
Julia’s inspirational story with the world.
Pastor Jonathan Cobb Texas Missionary Report
Planet Cancer!
More than 108,000 patients will journey this year to The
MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. It is the
largest cancer center in the world. It is so big that even the
17,000+ employees get lost. Unfortunately, since I have
been a patient here for the past 6 years, I no longer get lost
and often stop to give directions to those who look
bewildered. MD Anderson is its own universe, where
nothing matters but cancer. The Cobb family finds
ourselves on a new planet, and although it is a planet to
which we have traveled before, it is no less easy to be
surrounded by this horrible monster called cancer. It is no
surprise to me that God has called us to minister to the
wonderful people of Texas, and especially to Houston and
The Texas Medical Center.
July 2012
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
I Corinthians 13:13
Julia visits and prays with 16 year old Summer Dale at MD
Anderson. Summer has Osteosarcoma.
Cancer is no respecter of age. Jenna & Julia encourage Mr. Shaw
The Cobb family met Billy Gonzales and his family
on July 4th
. It was purely a “God thing” when we
asked Billy to take a picture of our family on July 4th
while watching the fireworks in Pearland. We
discovered that Billy is in active treatment at MD
Anderson also. He has been fighting Lymphoma for
several years. This past week revealed that his cancer
has spread to his eyes and the prognosis is very poor.
In this picture, Julia was given a Moxie doll at her
Pediatric Clinic, but decided to give it to Billy’s
daughter instead. Our friendship has grown and we
continue to minster regularly to this family.
Jonathan had the marvelous opportunity to assist in a
chapel service at Memorial Hermann Hospital. This
service is conducted once a month for patients and
employees at the hospital. God gave Jonathan the
opportunity to share his cancer story and make other
connections for future ministry.
God opened an unusual door for us at The Ronald
McDonald House. We partnered with a local church to
conduct a prayer service for interested families. More
than 25 people were prayed for as we sat for more
than 3 hours listening and chatting with families. It
was a great time of encouragement. As far as we
know, this is the first service of its kind at The Ronald
McDonald House!
Next month the Cobb family will travel to a church in
Ft. Worth to share our testimony. Doors are beginning
to open at other churches also. If you know of a
church, school, or other organization that would like
to have the Cobb family to come and share their
testimony, please contact us.
What’s been happening in July
The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love
he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” Zephaniah 3:17
Billy Gonzales and family
Chapel services at Memorial Hermann Hospital.
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HEADLINE SUBHEAD. SUBHEAD.
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July 2012
Julia receives heaven-sent news on her July MRI
If you follow Jennifer’s Facebook posts, you may remember a
story about Ismaeel. This sweet little boy lost his battle recently.
We received incredibly good news in July regarding
Julia’s MRI. To quote her oncologist, “there’s no
evidence of disease!” PRAISE GOD!! Julia has
completed 12 of 14 chemotherapy treatments. She
will begin her last two treatments in August!
It has been a very difficult month for Julia as chemo
has taken its toll, not to mention the emotional
impact. Sad to say, that Julia is often the victim of
other children poking fun at her bald head, of which
she is very proud. Although she’s brave, she is also 7
years old and it hurts us all. We are at MD Anderson
nearly 5 days a week either getting platelets, blood,
therapy, diagnostic testing, or seeing a doctor. We
take our time in between to visit other patients and
try to encourage them to the best of our ability.
My mom (“Ma D”) completed her 30th radiation
treatment this month. Unfortunately, the side effects
of chemo and radiation have been extreme. We have
made several ER trips as a result of severe brain
swelling. It’s a miracle that she has pulled through
each time. She gets a brief break from chemo before
having another MRI in August. This will be the first
MRI post chemo to measure the success of her
treatment. Regardless of the results, she will continue
chemo. Please pray for her as she battles the most
aggressive form of brain cancer, Glioblastoma.
Cobb Family Update
A surprise visit from Gene Webb.
Julia was fast asleep from a tough day.
July 2012
The Cobb family has been attending Sagemont Baptist
Church in Houston. They have embraced our family with
much love. While we love the church, we deeply miss our
friends at RBC. We appreciate your correspondence and
prayers. They mean the world to our family.
In addition to Julia and Ma D, we also covet your prayers
in the following areas: a great school for the kids (we are
searching daily), a larger home to rent (that will give us
more room with our party of eight, and a Golden Retriever,
and that God will work out the details), that God will give
us strength to minister to the many families, nurses, and
doctors in the Texas Medical Center and refresh our hearts
as we have lost 6 friends just in July (Julia’s age) to cancer
and it’s difficult for our family to witness the struggles of
other families fighting this disease.
Thank you, Ridgecrest Baptist Church, for walking
through the fire with our family. We are grateful for your
love and support. We love you all more than you know!
The Cobb Family
9900 Broadway St. Apt. 2211
Pearland, Texas 77584
www.jucan.cc
www.facebook.com/jucan413
@juliatcobb (Twitter)
205-405-8845 (cell/text) Jonathan
205-405-8841 (cell/text) Jennifer
Coming in August…..
*Jenna and Julia’s baptism
*Little Jonathan designs a new USA t-shirt. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the MD
Anderson Children’s Hospital and the Julia Cobb Cancer Fund
*Kids (like Julia & her siblings) praying for other kids with cancer. We are establishing a toll free
number where children with serious medical conditions can call for prayer.