Thank you for choosing to demonstrate Christ’s compassion in the hard and hurting places through immediate relief and long-term development. Because of your generosity, men, women, and children in communities across Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East were able to experience transformation and restoration this year. Here are some of the ways you proclaimed the gospel in both word and deed in 2024:

Extending Christ’s Compassion through 90+ Projects

Through your support, CAMA international workers (IWs) and global partners were able to extend Christ’s compassion through over 90 projects and key activities globally. Thanks to your partnership, these Christ followers were able to share the gospel through development work involving:

• Agriculture
• Business
• Community Wellness and Advocacy
• Education
• Health and Wellness

Of these 90+ projects and activities that you made possible, 85 served to come alongside impoverished communities; 60 were geared toward reaching unreached people; 48 looked to assist overlooked pockets of people; 38 strived to support emerging partners of faith on the field; and 14 worked to provide much-needed care for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).

Providing Disaster Relief in Over a Dozen Countries

You helped the hurting receive aid this year through over $903,000 given toward relief efforts worldwide. Because of your care, those left in need by armed conflict, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and other types of disasters were able to experience Christ’s compassion throughout 2024 in the following countries:

• Ukraine
• Lebanon
• Syria
• Burkina Faso
• Bangladesh
• Bosnia
• Cuba
• The Philippines
• Israel-Palestine
• Spain
• Thailand
• Myanmar
• Nepal

Making an Impact for the Gospel

All these efforts resulted in over 1,480 conversations of faith, more than 349 believers growing in their faith, more than 116 people growing in their walk toward accepting Christ, and over 60 people making a declaration to follow Him.

You also grew CAMA’s ability to continue extending Christ compassion around the world by helping CAMA identify seven new international workers. Through 35 families and 14 singles who have given their “yes” to sharing the gospel in both word and deed—a total of 71 international workers and 13 global partners—you are continuing to make it possible for the gospel to be shared through community development, people development, partnerships, and relief.

Keep reading to get a further glimpse at what your support accomplished on behalf of the gospel this year.

Advancing the Kingdom Through Agriculture

A CAMA IW in Indonesia was able to come alongside the rural poor through a goat project, which provided opportunities to share about faith. The Guinea Agropastoral Project (GAP) expanded the reach of the gospel with the addition of a new site. In West Africa, four farmers in need were given farming equipment, and three trainings were held that taught over 100 farmers on how to do Farming God’s Way. In May, the first-ever West Africa Regional Training for Farming God’s Way was held with over 60 people in attendance from 27 different countries.

“In Farming God’s Way, we talk about going back to the Garden of Eden. We talk about restoring our relationship with God, man, self, and creation. Jesus is the key to making this happen. Physically, we help people restore the soil; spiritually, we help people find restoration for their soul.”—A CAMA IW serving in West Africa

“After our training in May, we have had a dozen or so people who have been mobilized to pursue more seriously their passion for agriculture and sharing the gospel together. They’ve returned and have begun sharing their knowledge and putting on their own trainings.”—A CAMA global partner serving in West Africa

Bettering Lives Through Business

In Mongolia, a bed and breakfast run by CAMA IWs served over 400 guests and provided a discipleship-rich work environment that helped build the local tourism sector while also connecting with unreached herding families. Through this project, about 10 families came to hear the gospel. In one Asian country, an evangelistic radio program developed the content creation capabilities, the soft skills, and the biblical knowledge of its staff. In Kosovo, two CAMA IWs opened a fitness center to provide a holistic health resource—improving physical well-being within the community while also mobilizing the relationships that naturally develop around health and fitness. In a different part of Mongolia, a community center provided vocational training to local believers to meet market needs, gave coaching experts opportunities to share their expertise, and created jobs for men through coffee machine repairs. A four-day training on raising livestock and managing certain aspects of business was held in one South Asian country for 20 rural pastors and church leaders with limited economic prospects to help them acquire income generation opportunities—enabling them to better support themselves and continue serving within their communities. This initiative was able to give 12 participants monetary grants, and three years to date, 26 leaders have been empowered through income generation grants.

“Deep conversations are a part of this place, before and after class prove an incredible opportunity to talk about life, relationships, and spirituality. The gospel has been shared, and people have been loved.”—A CAMA IW serving in Kosovo

“Mongolia is in the era of partnership-level missions. For the Mongolian church to become self-reliant, its believers need to be self-reliant. We want to help believers become self-reliant.”—A CAMA IW serving in Mongolia

“Last year, in 2023, I visited the areas where some of this year’s participants are serving. I got to share at a small congregation in a remote location and stayed with the pastor overnight, and I got an idea of the economic challenges of making a living and raising a family in the hilly areas of [the country] while also carrying on a local ministry. This pastor participated in the income generation training this year, and later I heard back how encouraged he was that [our local partner] had been able to provide this training to give him a grant for raising goats. This has helped him to have a more secure and steady income and motivates to serve in his community.”—A CAMA global partner serving in South Asia

Coming Alongside Others Through Community Wellness and Advocacy

In Indonesia, a CAMA IW worked on creating written and oral-based content to equip local Christ followers to begin new community development efforts. Two other CAMA IWs in Indonesia came alongside people of a majority faith through a prison ministry and a weekly English conversation club. A preventative health manual was also completed in Indonesia as nearly 40 pastors and lay people were given Sunday school materials to aid in their teaching. In one South Asian country, the local church was assisted in organizing the first national wheelchair basketball tournament of that country with 15 men’s and women’s teams competing. In Southeast Asia, a CAMA IW came alongside believers within a local people group to help develop an orthography, record over 50 stories from books of the Bible, write worship songs, and visit, pray for, and encourage those seeking medical care and those attending a rehab center. In Mexico, two CAMA IWs helped cultivate a growing neighborhood prayer ministry—meeting monthly as a team to pray with their local partners and over each other and the people they have ministered to, as well as to continually meet with new people for prayer. The Bridge Community Center in Kosovo held two monthly events from March to December—including open mic nights, traditional dance nights, game nights, and more—to provide the community with opportunities to relationally engage with one another. Quarterly events were also held at The Bridge that facilitated discussion around beliefs, values, motives, and opportunities to witness believers celebrating their faith. A CAMA IW in Kosovo was able to provide a local community with volunteer opportunities alongside Christ followers as well as English lessons for children through two week-long kids’ camps. In South Asia, a race was held for Rohingya refugees and local runners. With over 30 people competing, the event saw bonds strengthen between Rohingya and local participants.  

“When we meet people and pray with them, we are able to share the gospel. Recently, a young woman brought her aunt to us because the aunt was seeking and had a lot of questions, and the woman was struggling [to answer them]. Alongside our teammates, we spent three hours answering questions, sharing Scripture and providing some simplistic contextualization for her. This sweet lady prayed to accept Christ and showed up a week later at church and announced to the group that they could now call her “sister.’”—A CAMA IW serving in Mexico

“Before local volunteers can participate with Kids Camp, they must complete an interview. Part of the interview includes articulating why they want to volunteer to help with Kids Camp. Probably 85–90 percent of the volunteers have expressed that part of the reason they want to participate is because they struggle with some degree of social anxiety or engagement, and they are hoping this experience will help them grow in their ability to interact with others and be part of the community. As we went through orientation and as we interacted during camp and they began interacting more with others, I watched as many of these young people grew in confidence and built relationships.”—A CAMA IW serving in Kosovo

“After the race, when I began handing out the medals in our ending ceremony, I put one medal around a Rohingya runner’s neck and he said, “This is the first time in my life I’ve ever won anything.” He had a smile stretched ear to ear and was beaming with pride. For his entire life, this Rohingya runner has not only been denied recognition but has also had to struggle for his most fundamental human rights. In this moment, for the first time, he was acknowledged not just for his achievements, but as an equal among others.”—A CAMA IW serving in Asia

Empowering Others Through Education

In Cambodia, a CAMA IW partnered with a local autism awareness agency to create a support group that gave parents of autistic children access to resources and encouragement. This IW also assisted in conducting two training sessions for parents and teachers of children with autism. Over eight adults and 15 children in Cambodia had the opportunity to encounter God through a vocal choir and a handbell choir held at local Alliance churches. In West Africa, Seeds of Hope enabled a tutoring program and a young ladies’ group to have a renovated classroom. Twice-a-week tutoring sessions assisted nearly 30 students in preparation for end-of-year exams. In Southeast Asia, a CAMA IW was able to help four refugee learning centers complete child safety trainings with students, empower teachers through two child safety trainings, and assist four learning centers in providing refugee students dental education workshops. This same IW also helped host a workshop where refugee parents learned about the importance of finding safe places for children to play—leading to 30–60 refugee children acquiring a safe community to play and learn about the fruit of the Spirit and good sportsmanship once a week. Through the Vietnamese Children’s Project, ESL was taught to 150 preschoolers as they prepared for elementary school, 21 students were able to graduate high school, 10 were able to attend college, and 7 came to Christ. English lessons were provided with the help of CAMA IWs in two Asian countries. One workshop had 60 participants. The Hands of Honor (HOH) program started two new groups, grew to over 100 participants, and enabled 20 young women to finish vocational school. In one South Asian country, scholarships were made available to local faith partners with limited resources who desired to pursue further education and training. In the Middle East, over 400 young girls from low-income backgrounds received education in technology, leadership, and soft skills for eight weeks with the help of a CAMA global partner—empowering them and restoring their sense of dignity.

“You may recall us sharing about Dana coming to faith through our HOH program several years ago. Despite ongoing persecution by her family, Dana remains faithful, and her heart’s desire is to take the good news she received and share it with her unreached people. Through our Hands of Honor work, we received permission this past term to work in a United Nations camp that is one of the largest internally displaced persons camps. We registered 17 adolescent girls into our program. These girls, and many others in the camp, are from Dana’s people group, and they have access to the gospel for the first time because of Dana! [She] has been able to join our local Alliance church in facilitating food distributions in the IDP camp [and] has taken the opportunity to publicly share with her own people group how Jesus radically changed her life. Dana is a happy ‘receiver’ who has become a generous seed sower. This is how the Kingdom grows through our Alliance Missions ministries.”—A CAMA IW serving in West Africa

“We have received written testimonies of thanks from recipients of our scholarship assistance, and our relationships continue with them. It is exciting to hear and see how they are progressing in their studies and ministries. Some of them face significant challenges in the realities of their ministry settings. We believe and pray that they will find God’s help and leading where they live and serve.”—A CAMA global partner serving in South Asia

“At the start, most of the girls who enrolled in the program were quiet, shy, lacked self-confidence, were afraid to express their opinions, viewed themselves as inferior, and had never imagined enrolling a training program in technology. At the end of the program, most of them radiated with joy and a healthy portion of self-confidence. They presented the projects they invented (e.g., self-watering garden). . . . The [program] has significantly changed the way they think of themselves and view themselves and has also positively changed the mindset of their parents/relatives.”—A CAMA global partner serving in the Middle East

Healing the Hurting Through Health and Wellness

A CAMA IW in Kosovo opened an occupational therapy office for consultation services—making it possible for four families to receive help for their loved ones and three local occupational therapists to get assistance on client cases. Two CAMA IWs assisted with two soul care conferences in West Africa by praying with people that were struggling with issues in their lives. A CAMA global partner serving in a West African country was able to provide quality medical care for marginalized and neglected patients of the majority faith—making repeat visits to 13 patients’ homes, offsetting the cost for the surgeries of eight patients, treating four patients with mental health illnesses, and volunteering five times at a Christian children’s home for those with disabilities. In Southeast Asia, a secondary trauma workshop geared toward addressing the complex needs of refugee teachers was held to bring about awareness and healing. A CAMA global partner was able to provide psychoeducational information to low-income women in the Middle East, and through The Oasis Project, a CAMA IW in the Middle East was also able to help nearly 40 women improve their mental health and relationships.

“There are many stories of people that break their unhealthy patterns of life and find freedom [through soul care]. A lot of people comment that we came just for them and to set them free of their struggles. Probably the most common element is the relief people feel after confessing and renouncing the issues that keep them in bondage.”—A CAMA IW serving in Guinea

“Six hours from diagnosis to the operating room is expected or maybe even considered delayed in the U.S., but here, it is a miracle. The patient, Coly, was diagnosed in the small, rural Beersheba clinic—miles away from any hospital capable of giving him the lifesaving surgery he needed. Coly’s mom brought him in. The 14-month-old had been fussy and irritable for the last two days, and his once easily reducible umbilical hernia was non-reducible, inflamed, very tender, and now incarcerated. This was a true surgical emergency, and we had less than 12 hours to act. Abdoulaye (one of the nurses at the Beersheba clinic) and I looked at each other and knew that if we did not act quickly, the boy’s life would be at stake. With patients still needing to be seen, we jumped in the car and drove to Coly’s home. We found his grandpa. So many people here are very skeptical and distrustful of surgeries and prefer finding care with their marabou, a local traditional healer, rather than having surgery. However, after we had explained the urgency of Coly’s condition and the need for immediate surgery, to our utter shock, his grandfather said yes and consented to having surgery and even explained that they would sell several animals to pay for the surgery. The next barrier was finding a surgeon and hospital to accept Coly’s case on short notice. I began making some phone calls, and before I knew it, we had a hospital that was willing to schedule his surgery. But we needed to find a surgeon. I was given the phone number of a pediatric surgeon who was working in a city hours away.  I called him, and he actually answered the phone. He accepted Coly’s case and said he would drive down at 4 p.m. And as is often the case here, there were many other details to arrange and barriers to overcome, but Abdoulaye and I just stood in awe as we watched God orchestrate the details needed to speak hope and healing into what seemed like an almost-certain death sentence for Coly. Coly had his surgery within six hours of being diagnosed! Today, he has healed well without any complications. Coly’s family is of the majority faith, and our intentional acts of love and compassion have been a tangible expression of our Lord’s love and care for them. It is humbling to watch God move on behalf of His children to make His glory and love known!”—A CAMA global partner serving in West Africa

“During the training, we were able to share our own journey of trauma and healing—pointing to Jesus as the One who completely heals. [In] conversations after our training when we were debriefing—as well as more recently when teachers have been having conflict—we had a couple deep conversations about our need for forgiveness.”—A CAMA IW serving in Southeast Asia

“One woman joined the program at a time when she was depressed, very fatigued, and experiencing physical pain. She really enjoyed the low impact exercise as she had damaged her body from intense over-exercise. She also loved the group time after exercise class when we would teach and discuss physical and mental health topics and have tea together and get to know one another. The nurse practitioner on our team helped her become aware that she was prediabetic and deficient in some vitamins, and the woman credits her to saving her from developing diabetes. She now has energy, joy, and community, and she is the most faithful participant. She is in training to teach Pilates exercise, and she is growing in confidence—as well as skill—as a teacher.”—A CAMA IW serving in the Middle East

Comforting Refugees and IDPs Through Relief

Amid the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, CAMA was able to assist the local church in Ukraine in implementing over 20 income generation projects to build sustainability and capacity in the church’s structure as well as a foundation for future CAMA work after the fighting concludes. Thanks to your support, every church in the local church network that CAMA has partnered with now has back-up power and a satellite internet system—enabling them to stay in communication and keep the heat on for the community during the regular power outages. In West Africa, the local church was able to provide two food distributions in IDP camps. You also provided clean water sources for five communities in Africa. In one South Asian country, you enabled the local church to come alongside hundreds of people left in need from an earthquake, flooding, and landslides—making it possible for food, warm clothes, and blankets to be distributed, medical camps to be held, temporary shelters for families of people with disabilities to be constructed, and other relief supplies to be handed out. 14 specific individuals and households in this country were also able to receive aid in relief and emergency situations. In one Asian country, CAMA was able to support a Rohingya church as they came alongside fellow Rohingya refugees with relief—enabling dozens of families and hundreds of individuals be blessed by material aid and to hear that they are loved by Christians.

“This fall, you provided safe drinking water to 1,200 people through providing large-diameter wells to four communities in Burkina Faso. Over 340 people heard the gospel message proclaimed through local Alliance church partners who partnered with these clean water initiatives.”—A CAMA IW serving in West Africa

“[The earthquake, flooding, and landslide] response[s] of our local church partner enhanced their ability and confidence to undertake such disaster response operations.”—A CAMA global partner serving in South Asia

“Hundreds of traumatized survivors of civil war traveled days by foot over the mountains to [escape their country]. After the perilous journey across, those who made it to the Rohingya camps found that they weren’t accepted or given even basic food aid. They crammed themselves into the already overcrowded homes of their relatives and ate their already reduced rations. CAMA worked with the small and persecuted Rohingya church to deliver emergency aid to the hundreds of new arrivals in their neighborhood, proclaiming the love of Jesus to each family.”—A CAMA IW serving in Asia

Helping Workers Prepare for the Harvest Field

In preparing to serve, over 20 CAMA IWs were able to invest in language and culture learning throughout 2024. In spending time studying, these Kingdom workers further developed the social skills they needed for serving where God has led them, were given the chance to learn more about the needs of their new communities, and had the opportunity to build relationships with those who wanted to learn more about Jesus.

“Language study is a perfect opportunity to ask questions about faith. God has opened doors for me to be able to share my walk with Jesus and ask those in my life about their beliefs. I look forward to continuing the relationships and conversations in the year to come!”—A CAMA IW serving in West Africa

“In spending time in the community practicing the local language, I have met farmers that live around me. Having just moved to this location five months ago, it has been very helpful as I have been able to ask questions and learn about the community, farming practices, and specific needs. These are helping to inform me on future trainings and needs that the CAMA team and the community can work on together.”—A CAMA IW serving in Guinea

Thank You!

We at CAMA Services can’t thank you enough for what you’ve done to extend Christ’s hope, love, and compassion to the hurting, the suffering, and the impoverished. You’ve made over 50 years of service to the Lord possible. The facts and stories shared above are just a snapshot of how God is moving around our world. We thank Him for what He has done and what He will do and for allowing us the privilege of partnering with you. Your heart to see lives transformed and communities restored through Christ is making a difference.