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Thailand
 A worker at McKean Hospital works on a carving of the Last Supper.
Brett and Shelly Faucett were appointed in July 2007 to serve as regional consultants for health and HIV/AIDS in Asia. They make their home in Chiang Mai and serve at the invitation of the Church of Christ in Thailand.
The Faucetts respond to requests for technical assistance from PC(USA) partner churches and institutions throughout Asia. They are charged with developing strategies and activities that promote healthy communities and provide a comprehensive response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Shelly and Brett were privileged to visit a colleague who works at McKean Hospital in southern Chiang Mai. McKean Hospital was founded in 1908 as the first leprosy hospital in the country. In the early years, leprosy sufferers walked to McKean from all over Thailand and even from neighboring countries. There they found acceptance, shelter, and compassionate care, as well as the latest treatment for leprosy. The hospital grew to become a leprosy rehabilitation center that provided physical and occupational therapy. Its goal has always been to empower patients to attain their maximum physical potential and to live psychologically healthy lives with a sense of self-worth and self-acceptance.
Now called Hansen’s disease, leprosy has been nearly eradicated due to education and treatment, but McKean continues to administer to a few rare cases. The hospital has become more focused on care for the elderly and disabled persons, and it now offers vocational training. Quite a few former patients work for McKean, making handicrafts, constructing prosthetic limbs, and assembling and fixing bicycles.
PC(USA) People in Mission
Church of Christ in Thailand: Rev. Robert Collins, mission volunteer, program administrator, Brett Faucett, regional consultant for health and HIV/AIDS, Shelly Faucett, regional consultant for health and HIV/AIDS, Carol Fujii, team ministry, Rev. Leith Fujii, instructor in theology and evangelism, Khanita Intharasut Satterfield, team ministry, Scott Satterfield, coordinator for English language programs, Rev. Dr. Esther Wakeman, university administrator
Amy Davisson, mission volunteer, ministry to Burmese refugees in Thailand, Kawthoolei Karen Baptist Churches
Annette George, music teacher, Payap University
Rev. William Yoder, mission volunteer, regional liaison, Southeast Asia, World Mission
PC(USA) General Assembly Staff
Grace Goodyear, BOP
Catherine Gordon, GAMC
Eternal God, thank you for giving all of us talents and an abundant world. Remind us to share our inheritance so the needs of all persons in all places are met. Amen.
Ps. 92, 149 Ps. 23, 114
Isa. 25:1–9
Acts 4:13–21 (22–31); John 16:16–33
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