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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 […]
Continue ReadingReclaiming 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe CAMA Chair
October 19, 2015
Today’s post is written by Adriaan Overbeeke. The chair is no longer white—it’s more of a dull gray, dingy white. On the back of the chair, in Khmer and English, are the blue letters “CAMA.” I found myself wondering how many people had sat in that chair as part of the ministry established in Poipet, […]
Continue ReadingPeace with Love through Soccer
September 14, 2015
The following was sent by Buzz Maxey, a CAMA worker in Papua, Indonesia. “We played 39 soccer games, hosted 15 coaching sessions and tournaments for kids, gave 14 AIDS awareness presentations, and experienced 3 days of peace training together. The best part about it was that people from diverse cultures, races, and religions all came […]
Continue ReadingCAMA Laos Partner Receives Ramon Magsaysay Award
September 7, 2015
Throughout our history, CAMA has had the privilege to work with some very dedicated and self-sacrificing local partners. Today, we would like to honor one of those partners: Mrs. Kommaly Chanthavong from Laos. Kommaly was recently awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for “her fearless, indomitable spirit to revive and develop the ancient Laotian art of […]
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