All of us at Mercy Centre - especially our House Moms, House Dads, Teachers, Social Workers, and all our Mercy Children - wish our friends from around the world a very Merry Christmas and all good things in 2013! Photos of our Mercy Children by Taryn Wilson. 

We are very pleased to announce that Carabao and Sek Loso will participate in a special “Light of Hope Sek Bao” charity concert in support of our HDF Mercy Centre. The concert will be held on Monday January 14th from 8.00pm onwards at the PAT stadium, Klong Toey.

Our Mercy Children don’t really worry about time and space. So yesterday and today and even tomorrow all become “the right now." If a story rings true to them, they “buy in.” Our kids are unerring, and I’m sure yours are also in spotting the Real from the Fake. They like the Christmas story. So here at Mercy, we celebrate Christmas every day but more especially on December 25th following our Sacred Traditions.

When we started our home-based care program in 1999, our goal was simply to get our hospice patients back home with their families. We were homecare pioneers in Thailand and thus had no local organizations to turn to for advice and counsel. So we learned on the ground.

People often ask us, what is your most basic need? What do your children always need? What do your poorest neighbors need?

I write to you this Monday morning to thank you all for so many kind wishes on my 73^rd birthday this past week on the Eve of All Saints (Halloween.) May we all be Blessed by the ever present silent Protection of all our Saints and Ancestors as we celebrate the Feasts of All Saints and All Souls.