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Part of the Family

December 28, 2015

Today’s post is written by a CAMA worker serving in the Middle East. “Whiiiireeeeet!” The whistle broke the silence of the early morning dusty air. “Stand in line! Class by class!” Converted bedrooms stood ready to receive 95 new students. Except for the excited children, it was hard to tell this was even a school. […]

Refugee Crisis: Jesus on the Move

December 7, 2015

Today’s post is written by Anya Holcomb, a CAMA worker in Kosovo. We live three hours away from the main camp where refugees enter Macedonia from Greece on their journey to Western Europe. Currently, there are approximately 7,000 refugees passing through this camp each day. CAMA is partnering with a Christian NGO that meets these […]

The CAMA Man

November 16, 2015

Today’s post is written by Adriaan Overbeeke. While teaching a marriage seminar at Living Waters Church in Poipet, Cambodia, I was introduced to a distinguished older Cambodian man, Mr. Sary, referred to as the “CAMA man.” Back in 1979, Mr. Sary had been part of the Khmer Rouge—a political party that systematically killed thousands of Cambodians […]

Christ-Centered Compassion

November 9, 2015

Today’s post is written by Adriaan Overbeeke. Adriaan serves as the chairman of the CAMA Board. Compassion Is in Our DNA CAMA came into existence in 1972 out of a compassionate response to the plight of refugees fleeing Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia at the close of the Vietnam War. Moved by compassion, the men and woman […]

Reclaiming Hospitality

October 26, 2015

Today’s post is written by Dave Manske, director for Church Multiplication in the North Central District of The Alliance. Hospitality isn’t exclusive to Christians or Americans. My memory of a generous reception in a small Filipino village is still a humbling one—the charity extended by my language teacher, a practicing spiritist, is still a convicting […]