Home assignment

Home Again

Sunshine and surfing!  We wanted to let everyone know that we are on home assignment and back in California.  Acacia and Anna have already spent a week at surf camp and are loving the beach.

We look forward to reconnecting with friends, family and churches.
We have already been able to spend some fantastic time with family and have enjoyed seeing everyone.  It is amazing how quickly the nieces and nephews have grown up and it is really making me feel old.

We know there are a lot of friends, supporters and churches that we would love to see and we will be scheduling our time to see all of you.

If you'd like to reconnect with us we'd love to meet you for a coffee and catch up.  If you'd like to schedule a presentation to hear more about our ministry we are happy to meet with your church, small group or "dinner for 8."  Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

Brett: 714-884-6970
Shelly: 714-227-0884



Our mailing address is:
Brett and Shelly Faucett
9472 Mokihana Drive
Huntington Beach, Ca.  92646


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Just like you!

Just like you Kids video from Brett Faucett on Vimeo.
See what it is like to be a missionary kid living in Thailand. Acacia and Anna show what their life is like.

Coming Home

It has been a while since I had last written and I always struggle with what to write when I come back from a lengthy absence.   We are still here, we haven't fallen off the face of the Earth.   I try not to make it a habit of long silences between posts, but life seems to get in the way.  And to be quite honest I don't think our life is that exciting.  Don't get me wrong there are times of great excitement and worthy things to write about, it is just difficult to get it down on the blog.   I know I need to keep you all informed of the ministry that we committed our lives to and I plan to get better at that.  See, now I have you to keep me accountable to that. 

We come back to the States in a couple of weeks and look forward to seeing friends and family.  Right now we are in that chaotic, messy period of trying to pack up our lives to come back home.  It is very stressful at times and we always wonder if we have done enough to prepare to go back home and share what God has done with our lives.  Sometimes it is difficult to really see how God has transformed you until you step out of the situation and can objectively look at what has been going on in your life.  Our family really needs this time away to recharge our batteries. 

Working in the ministries of HIV/AIDS, Human Trafficking and Disabled Children is emotionally and spiritually draining.  We see some of the worst and best of humanity, sometimes it feels like a roller coaster ride of emotions with lots of screaming with our hands in the air and nervous anticipation of going over the edge.

This last year has been an intense year of personal growth for me with lots of pain thrown in.  Sometimes the pain seemed unbearable and I would retreat inside myself and let the negative self talk overwhelm me.  It can be quite humbling to realize just how broken you are.    I have been digging my way out through counseling and have been blessed with an amazing wife. I don't even want to think about where my life would be if God hadn't put Shelly in my life.    I have been equally blessed with close friends that have allowed me to pour my life out to them and have shown me incredible grace.

Like I said we look forward to see many of you and we can't wait to hear about your lives too.  Please keep us in your prayers and we will be praying for you.  Could you all say a special prayer for my friend's Daughter Gaby who is in the hospital on a ventilator.  She is only in her 20's.  The family is really struggling to deal with all this.  Thank you.

God bless you all.

Close call

Driving around in Chiang Mai you often take your life into your own hands. People pull out in front of you all the time without the slightest glance in the oncoming direction. You really learn to be a cautious defensive driver. Road rules here are more like suggestions and are often ignored and scoffed at. Driving a motorcycle around here is liberating and very dangerous at the same time. Liberating in the fact that you can weave in and out of traffic and get to where you are going without all the traffic jams. Dangerous because everybody does whatever they want without regard for safety or rules. Maybe not everybody, but it sure does feel like it sometimes.

Every other Wednesday I go to my photography group meeting which is near the airport and it is a 20-30 min trip on the motorcycle. I could drive the route in my sleep if I had to. Last week I was on the road headed to the group's meeting and was stuck behind a slow moving truck in the middle lane. I checked my side view mirror and saw the motorcycle behind me pulling out into the right hand fast lane to bypass the truck. I thought I would follow right after him and started leaning in that direction after I had checked my mirror again and was met with blasts from a horn coming from a speeding truck in the fast lane I was trying to enter. He was going too fast to stop and looked like he had no intention of stopping. I barely turned my body and missed the guy by about a foot and a half. I felt the huge gust of wind as he flew past me and realized that I almost died in that split second. My heart was racing and I was just trying to control my emotions over the next few seconds. I immediately started praying and thanking God for sparing my life, because if the truck driver hit me I would surely be dead. A near death experience can really put things into perspective. All I could think of was my family and how I could be the best Dad and husband I could be. All of it could be taken away in a split second. The most important thing in life was my family. Have you ever had a close call with death and how did it change you?

Baker Extraordinaire

Shelly's Baking program has become quite the sensation with the boys from Urban Light. Please pray for the boys of Urban Light and that Shelly can continue with her vital work.

Melody of strings

weaver's loom from Brett Faucett on Vimeo.

I recently made a weaver's loom for my daughter Acacia and we have a house guest that is experienced in using a weaver's loom staying with us. Combining those two together and Acacia has a great creative outlet. As does her Dad trying to be creative by filming her. This was about 10 min of weaving condensed down to about 3 1/2 min. I didn't do much in post processing and I wanted the dark and shallow focus look to the video. Enjoy.

Coming Home

Shelly has been training these young boys from Urban Light how to bake for almost a year now. I don't know if they are really gaining a new job skill or just love to meet every week to take their mind off of what their life is really like. Can you blame them for wanting consistency in their lives especially from somebody that doesn't want use them for their bodies. I've recently begun a soccer/sports program at Urban Light and I show up every Friday at the drop in center just to play games or do activities with the boys. They really seem to enjoy it and are always happy to see me.

 The boys are so sweet and innocent and it makes me cry every time I watch the video above. They are just teenagers!    I see how genuine and nice they are and then I think about some adult male using and abusing them for their own twisted sexual satisfaction. I can't imagine the shame and rejection the boys must endure.  They are like the throwaways that nobody seems to notice or care about.

 I don't think I have to do much of anything to make an impact with these boys other than be myself. I am a foreigner that they can trust and will not use and abuse them. I feel like just being there and role modeling what it is like to have a relationship with an adult male is hugely significant.  I just have to be with them and love them for who they are. No judgement, no condemnation just love.