Brett and Shelly Faucett are mission co-workers living in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where we had a chance to meet with them during our mission to that country, earlier this year. They are HIV/AIDS regional consultants. Brett is a nurse and amateur photographer. Shelly, a former literacy specialist and ESL teacher. They have their two daughters, Acacia and Annapurna, with them. December's special Service of Remembrance, held at First Presbyterian Church in Midland was part of a worldwide observance of World AIDS Day. Preparations for that observance were well underway in Thailand, as well.
"The estimated population of Thailand is 65,493,000 people of which approximately 614,000 are living with HIV/AIDS ... the estimated adult HIV prevalence rate in Thailand is 1.4%. Total number of AIDS related deaths reported in 2007 is 31,000 (UNAIDS)," Brett and Shelly write in this post at their Welcome to the Jungle blog. "December 1st commemorates World AIDS Day,unfortunately due to Thailand’s unstable political circumstances the World AIDS Day celebration was quite subdued. The original plan was to have a march of WAD participants from each corner of the moat to the center of town ... this was curtailed by the government’s fear of large groups of people gathering due to the recent protestor activity."
Church of Christ in Thailand AIDS Ministry(CAM) along with 6-7 other HIV/AIDS NGO’s and FBO’s organized a WAD celebration in the sub district of Saraphi located in the southern part of Chiang Mai ../. Please pray for the people of Thailand and their continued efforts to care for those suffering from HIV/AIDS.Rev. Ajan Sanan Wutti
Director of CAM
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