Wings As Eagles - About Us
Ray Dousset
Ray was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1950 and developed an interest in flying whilst in his early teens. Failing an eye examination preventing him from a career in flying he joined the Australian Army in 1970 to learn a trade as a radar mechanic. He then went on to graduate from the Officer Cadet School, Portsea in 1973. Later, due to a series of rather unique circumstances, Ray was chosen to be an Army helicopter pilot and received his “wings” in 1977.
Ray served for a number of years as an Army pilot before leaving and flying for the National Safety Council of Australia (NSCA), a national search & rescue organisation, in 1981. He went on to become the longest serving pilot with the NSCA before it collapsed eight years later when he returned to the military for a number of years. Following a battle with depression Ray was ultimately medically discharged from the Army and set about writing his autobiography Rotor In The Green.
It was during the research phase of Rotor that Ray came to know Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour at age 44. Despite a brief return to flying, Ray’s life took a completely different direction including a desire to serve in the mission field one day.
Suzanne Dousset
Suzanne was born Suzanne Watts in Mullumbimby, Australia in 1954. She left school to begin a family and later went back and completed both years 11 and 12 in one year. At the age of 28, and as a mature aged student, Suzanne continued her education gaining a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma of Education, all while raising four children under the age of 11.
Suzanne then undertook a number of high school teaching positions in the Queensland education system. Here she developed a love for China whilst teaching Chinese History. Suzanne gave her life to Christ at age 42 and as a born again Christian her ambition became to serve God in China one day.
Ray & Suzanne
Ray and Suzanne were both divorced when God brought them together in August 1999 at a Christian retreat weekend and ten months later they were married. Not long after their marriage a teaching opportunity presented itself in Hong Kong, and this became home for the next four years while waiting for the right door to open in Mainland China where they moved to in 2005.
Suzanne now teaches medical English to students at the Shantou University Medical College in Guangdong Province, while Ray improves the conversational English of medical students, post graduate students, and doctors chosen to go overseas for exchange, research, or for further study.
Wang Xiang (Deborah)
Along the way Ray and Suzanne became involved in orphanage work in China. It was through this that they began a relationship with then 10 year-old Wang Xiang who had been abandoned to the Chinese welfare system at three weeks of age in 1991.
When Ray and Suzanne were leaving Hong Kong to move into China they applied to foster Wang Xiang. She came to live with them the day after her 14th birthday in November 2005 and they gave her the English name Deborah
Ray and Suzanne believe it is God’s Will for Deborah to be a part of their lives, and are currently in the process of formally adopting her.
