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Eagles Blessing Home

A home away from home for the children of the Lahu Tribe in Northern Thailand

Lahu Mission 2008

Lahu Mission Team 2007

Eagles Team 2007
Eagles Team 2007 Lahu students performing opening dance number Two of the cooks at Blessing Home preparing our dinner The Eagles Youth in the drama presentation Blessing Home students singing a traditional Lahu folk song Ajarn Marting and Peter Chao close the concert in prayer A Lahu girl puts the finishing touches on the mural Marvin Tan plays with Lahu girls The left half of the mural Some of the team working on the mural The right half of the mural
The finished masterpiece! Looking out over the crowd of students The second concert at another school Close up of Thai students The dining room gets a little color One of the Lahu orphans at Blessing Home The Eagles Team in front of the Hmong Church Worship time with the Hmong Tribe Passing out cookies to the Hmong children A Lahu young man beats out the time for the campfire dance A Lahu dance to usher in the new year
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Teamwork with a Mission

A team of adults and youth traveled to the Eagles Blessing Home in Chiang Rai, Thailand from December 9 - 17 for mission outreaches to local schools and Christmas celebrations. This year's mission project also included painting a mural in the dining room in addition to other building improvements. In the weeks preceding the mission trip youth rehearsed worship songs and a drama presentation for two performances at local schools in Chiang Rai.

The idea to paint a large mural on the north dining room wall originated from a wish to brighten up the dining room and study area which previously had consisted of plain gray cement blocks. Before the team's arrival work had already been completed on constructing a more permanent ceiling and plastering the walls. The mural was designed by Eagles staff Prudence Chan, and by projecting the image on the wall with an LCD projector it was quickly traced out and the rest of the week was spent filling in the color. Many Lahu students as well as the Singapore team were able to take turns completing the mural resulting in a masterpiece touched by many hands. The smiles on the young faces as they viewed the completed painting was reward enough for the week long undertaking.

Another area of collaboration was the concerts themselves. Lahu students performed a dance at the beginning of the concert followed by a number of worship songs performed by the Eagles Youth band. Next up was the drama presentation by Eagles and Lahu Youth and the grand finale on the first day consisted of Blessing Home students singing two Lahu traditional folk songs accompanied by the Singapore musicians. This teamwork between the two groups despite language difficulties and minimal practice time was truly inspiring and it is a first time effort for the Eagles and Lahu people to minister together to the people of Thailand. Both concerts were well received by the students and requests have been made for more visits next year! We thank God for this privilege and hope for more such opportunities in the future.

Meixi Ng, a regular mission trip participant, had this to say, "This trip was different because we not only opened up to the Blessing Home kids but to people from the local school who don't know anything about God."