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Your Call™ has been created to encourage and keep those with a "call" focused on that "call." It shares advice from missionaries with experience on the field, information about working in hard-to-access countries, stories from the field, etc. If you are one of those people with a "call" this blog is for you.

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Wounded Alleluia

By Stephen W. Smith | August 14, 2024

A wounded alleluia is perhaps the universal song every human being sings at some time in their lives. Just this week, dear friends wrote to us that their six-year-old granddaughter was just diagnosed with a life-threatening cancer. My morning alleluias of walking in my garden, watching my flowers grow and listening to the mountain birds sing their praise, got broken.

Recent Announcements:

Remedy West & Remedy Chicago

Mark your calendars for Remedy West at Cal Baptist, Oct. 17-18, 2025, and Remedy Chicago, Jan 10, 2026. Details and registration information will be forthcoming

Pre-Field Orientation for New Healthcare Missionaries

If you’re seriously considering medium to long term healthcare missions as a career path, please plan to join us for CMDA’s annual Pre-Field Orientation for New Healthcare Missionaries, Nov 3-6 in Louisville, KY. Registration will open this summer.

MedRetreat

MedRetreat is an 11-day counseling and care retreat held June 1-12 in Richland, MI. It provides a safe, compassionate community and equip you with tools so that you can maintain resilience wherever you serve. When you attend MedRetreat, you can find the help and resources you need to continue living out your medical calling with passion and hope. Alongside has additional personal marriage retreats as well which can be accessed on their website

Breathe

Breathe is a retreat intentionally created for the renewal and encouragement of those who are in need of a break from full-time global work.  The June 18-28, 2025 retreat in Switzerland is ten nights for individuals, couples and families; children and teens participate in programs designed to meet the unique needs of TCKs. ***There is currently a wait list for the June program.

CAHM Resources

CMDA’s Center for Advancing Healthcare Missions has a Resources tab on our website that is a goldmine for current and future healthcare missionaries. These include links for clinical consultations, a missions bibliography, supply procurement, scholarships, and more. Have a look around this week!

Check out our “Upcoming Mission Conference” document and plan to attend at least one missions conference in the coming year.