28 | April 2017
F A I T H
A new non-profit, Friendship House Fayetteville
(FHF), is coming to town.
C
ape Fear Valley Health's Dr. Scott Cameron, a Neonatologist (NICU physician) is the one with
the vision. In 2010, during a medical mission trip to Africa, Dr. Cameron became gravely ill and
needed emergency abdominal surgery. Avery Cameron, Dr. Cameron's wife who was with him
in Africa, marveled that at the very place he went to serve, he was in the hands of an American
physician who was an expert in the surgery that Dr. Cameron needed. e moment when doctor became
patient was pivotal in Dr. Cameron's medical experience, but also in his own faith. It was the catalyst that led
to Dr. Cameron attending Duke's Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina, to become a pastor.
"One thing that sustained me during my time at seminary was Friendship House," Dr. Cameron said. "It
was a serendipitous thing. It turned out to be very transformative."
Friendship House originally got its start nine years ago on a theological seminary campus in Holland,
Michigan. e sustainable housing model offers secure, affordable and community-oriented housing enabling
young adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities to live in community with seminary students.
Dr. Cameron's time over the last three years, he said, opened his eyes to what unconditional love looks like.
His roommate at Friendship House Durham, Alex, was one of the folks who worked shelving books in the
Friendship House
Comes to Fayetteville
BY KELLY TWEDELL
