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Eagles BlessingHome

In 1998, Eagles Communications, partnered the Churches of Christ Thailand and the Thai Lahu Christian Church to help some students in Chiang Rai, Thailand, move from their hostel of crammed thatch huts to a proper home with dormitories, a dining hall, a chapel and other facilities.

Blessing Home has since become a viable ministry jointly funded by Eagles and the local Lahu community. A home away from home, it caters annually to about 60 students who come from villages often too far away from their schools. They can now gain better access to education opportunities with promises of a better future for them and their families.

Currently, the hostel houses 30 girls and 26 boys (including 24 orphans) aged six to 20. Two Lahu families take care of the children. Pastor Silat and his family are guardians to the children, and manage the premises and meals. Pastor Volavud and his wife conduct Sunday worship and Bible studies, and oversee the children's social and educational development.

Since 2008, Eagles has commissioned Joseph Woo as a full-time missionary based at the hostel to teach the children English. In the day, Joseph teaches in a local school; in the evening, he runs night classes at Blessing Home. The Eagles also organizes mission trips to the hostel every December.

Our Missionary - Joseph Woo

Joseph WooHow I Got Involved
In 2000, I visited a plot of land outside Chiang Rai City with the leaders of Eagles Communications, the Churches of Christ Thailand and the Thai Lahu Christian Church to dedicate the building of a hostel for the Lahu children. This hostel was named Blessing Home. During subsequent mission trips to the hostel, a desire to help the children improve their English was planted in my heart.

In 2002, at the ripe age of 50, I returned to school to pursue a degree in English and Literature from the Open University of the United Kingdom. After graduating in 2006, I obtained a certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages at the Regional English Language Centre to further equip myself. In October 2007, I resigned from my job with a multinational company, and left for Blessing Home in Chiang Rai as a missionary from the Eagles. You could say that it took me seven years to fulfill my calling.


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