This is an old post card from our mission talking about the need in Mexico. It’s old, but it still applies (at least until CAM changes its name!) – so here it is!
Here are some more opportunities in Mexico.
Be prepared to be a little confused.
There are currently two CAM Internationals. There’s CAM International based in the USA, and there’s CAM International of Canada based in Canada.
They work together, but they’re actually separate organizations.
Both are planning to change their name – to Camino Global.
The time line, however, will be different for both.
At CAM International in the USA, the name change will take place on the 21st of May. However, the name change is, in reality, a process. If you’re writing cheques (checks) to CAM, for example, you will continue to write them to CAM International until further notice. The office is working on getting all the paperwork changed, but these things take a lot of time.
CAM International of Canada will not be changing its name this month. The process is much more involved in Canada, so the name will stay the same for a while longer. Nothing will change as far as donations are concerned.
More information about donating to our ministry can be found here.
We will try to keep you up to date on this process. Thanks for your patience and understanding!
This video by Cameron Fenske shows a glimpse of a typical Sunday morning in Jesús María. The footage is from a few months ago, but things haven’t changed too much. We do have chairs now, thanks to a gift from the MI Team. Harder to carry up the stairs, but much more comfortable to sit in.
As you might imagine, moving all these things constantly does take its toll. It was my turn this past Sunday to move things, and we discovered that the keyboard has kicked the bucket. Someday we may have the time and money to see if we can repair it. Allan was mentioning that the drum set is in pretty bad shape as well.
But right now we have other priorities – as a church, we’re praying for a building – which will mean a lot less moving!
If you’d like to help, you can donate toward this project (Project #63604) in Canadian currency here and in US currency here.
video via Plastic Stool Video
This spring CAM International of Canada will be changing its name, and logo. We mentioned the name change before, but left out one clarification. Not only will CAM International of Canada become Camino Global, the name will be the same for our sister organization, CAM International, in the USA. So don’t get confused. 🙂
The organizations will also share a logo. Do you want to know what it is? Really? All right, go ahead and click the link…
*sigh*
Just remember, CottrillCompass.com is now 12 years old, so it was here long before the name and logo of Camino Global was thought of.
The good news is, the logo doesn’t look anything like the logo for Camino – the makers of the yummy Camino Chocolate bars. (Do you think anyone would get confused if we started fundraising using Camino Chocolate?)
One thing I don’t get about the new logo – it’s supposed to represent a path (camino). Well, if you start along the path in the logo, you end up just about right where you started. If you enter it like a maze, no matter which way you go in you hit a dead end. Should I be worried?
Well, as I’ve said before, the change in name and logo is not about a change in purpose. As CAM completes 122 years of service this November, we’re reminded that the purpose remains the same – to make disciples. God give us grace to be a part of that vision – which is not only 122 years old, but almost 2000 years old.
And Jesus came and said to them,"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
(Matthew 28:18-20)
Today (Lord willing) Nathanael and I will be making the long and arduous journey of about 200km (124mi) to Campamento Koinonia (Camp Koinonia). We’ll be at the camp with a few other missionaries and MKs (well, most of the MKs are missionaries too – but you know what I mean) from CAM (and perhaps the occasional other mission – I think some are coming from Pioneers).
The purpose of the camp – well, apparently it’s somewhat in a state of evolution (and in the State of Querétaro), but it’s mainly for MKs who are homeschooled – and some of their parents – to get together and worship and play and all stuff like that there.
All right, so we’re not 100% clear about what it’s all about. But we know most of the people who are going and organizing it, and they’re cool, so how can we go wrong?
Tina Barham (the mid-missionary who is running the community centre Centro Cultural Tiempo de Vivir in Jesús María) will be going with us. She’s going to add her rather considerable camp experience to the venture, and lead some games and stuff.
They tell us it’s going to be cold at night – I believe these are unheated cabins – so we’ll see if we can find something warm enough to wrap ourselves in when we need it! (Then again, if we were camping somewhere like around Buffalo Narrows, SK, it would be about 18C colder. Except that the buildings would be heated!)
Shari and Hannah are having their own girls’ camp back home. They have some neat things planned, so they should have a fun time too.
So – here we go!
We’re a part of many different teams. One of these is called a "T2" or Transformation Team. It’s made up of missionaries with our same organization in the area (in our case Mexico City and Puebla).
We don’t all work directly together (although some of us do), but we come together to encourage, pray for, and support one another. We’re from 4 different countries, but we all love the Lord and Mexico – and we’re all citizens of Heaven (Philippians 3:20-21).
And today I finally got a picture! All right, I remembered at the last minute when everyone was rushing out the door – but we did get a picture! Here it is…
