Update from Madeline

Feeding with dedicated preparation, Healing Service

From Madeline

Last Tuesday evening I went over to Charley’s house to visit with him and his family. He looked so good. He seemed bigger and so much stronger. He was very active and basically was acting like his old self! It was so wonderful to see him looking so good and fooling around. His cousin, Maria, was there and the three of us make a couple of puzzles and played some games.

When I got there the family was eating. His parents and Grandma were all coaxing Charley to eat. He was doing a pretty good job at that, until his stomach got a little queasy. It is a tremendous thing to watch how Deborah cares for Charley and his medical and nutritional needs. She researches nutritional recipes, prepares, cooks, blends, strains, and then inserts the food into a bag. A pump pushes the food through the N-G tube. Deborah has to make sure that the food is of a good consistency so that the pump and tube are free flowing and pushing the food at a rate that does not make him nauseous. Whenever Charley has to take any medicines, she has to take the capsules and pills that Charley can’t swallow and break them up. Then she mixes them individually with water. She puts the pill into a tube which will be hooked up to the N-G tube. She and I sat together at the kitchen table, she was fixing the meds. I was stirring the nutritional concoctions, making sure that the oil was blended in.

Nehemiah told me about their visit to a healing service last Sunday at Mission Church in Roxbury (Father Lennon once visited and prayed for Charley in the hospital). There were many people there. A deacon was presiding and speaking at this service. As he came down to the congregation, two men were there to “catch” anyone who might fall or be “slain in the Spirit.” When the men came to Charley, they began patting his hands, doing a few “high fives” so that Charley was very calm and happy. When the deacon came to Charley, Charley immediately fell to his knees. (He had not been told to do this, he just did it!) The Deacon did not ask anything but simply laid his hands on Charley’s head. All of a sudden, Charley began to shake. His feet were vibrating and moving back and forth, and his whole body was quaking. Nehemiah thought that Charley was fooling around, and bent down to say something to him to stop fooling, but when Nehemiah saw Charley’s face, he knew that the Holy Spirit was with Charley. When the Deacon took his hand off of Charley, he stopped shaking.

Prayer Requests:

• Let us pray that the Holy Spirit has brought His glorious healing to Charley’s body.
• Let us pray that God will give strength, perseverance, and mental and emotional fortitude to Deborah and Nehemiah
• Let us pray that the medical team will continue to look for and find ways to help Charley become better
• Let us thank God for the many people who have helped this family, with either money or services, that God will bless them for their unselfish love!

I want to include part of an email from Deb, a member of Deborah and Nehemiah’s church in Westborough. Thanks so much for putting me on your distribution list for Charley's updates. I have to tell you- two Sunday's ago, June 10th, we were sitting in church (Methodist Church in Westboro) and I moved to an empty seat so that I could video tape my kids better. It was Childrens' Sunday so they were all involved. After I moved, the only empty area was next to my husband. Next thing we knew, in walked Charley and his parents!!!! They squished in next to my husband. Everyone in the congregation had tears in their eyes since we all recognized them immediately. It was great to see him. He moved up to sit with the rest of the kids in the front row. He looked so happy!! My son had done the children's story during the early part of the service so Charley missed it. After the service, Jason brought the animals back out to show Charley. One was a kinkajou. Charley was so cute with the animal and his parents just radiated happiness as they saw their son being just like all the other kids!! He told my son that he has two cats and was so proud that he even sleeps with them!

We keep Charley and his parents in our prayers all the time.