Update

Dear Family, Friends & Supporters,

I pray 2012 has been an amazing year so far for each of you and that God’s blessings have been poured out on you and your families. I want to take a few minutes to give you an update. As my time in Africa was coming to the end, I began seeking what God had for me next. He began stirring in me that He had something new for me to start. As I returned from Africa, things slowly started falling into place. After several meetings with Mrs. Sherrie, we both believed God was leading us to begin a ministry reaching out to the forgotten children around the world. We each spent a week praying separately about the name of the ministry and other details.
As we know, God hears our prayers. When we met again, God had given Mrs. Sherrie the name “Red Thread Ministries,” which comes from the story of Rahab in Joshua 2. God had given me the tag line “Going Beyond Compassion” because we are more than just showing compassion one child at a time. We are going beyond that and training others to show compassion so that more children are reached. God also gave me the scriptures that we are to build this ministry on and that is Psalm 82:3&4, “Give justice to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute. Rescue the poor and helpless; deliver them from the grasp of evil people.”
In December 2011 Red Thread Ministries was formed. We launched with a Christmas Outreach where we provided meals and toys for families in need. This was a huge success! This past month, we were blessed to have been given an exhibit at the Greater Things Compassion Conference where we were able to network with some amazing church and ministry leaders.

Red Thread’s future opportunities:

•We have been invited to Cape Town, South Africa by Kevin and Jennifer Jarreau, who have recently moved to Cape Town to head up the children’s ministry at Lofdal Ministries. They have asked us to come this month and host a Children’s Ministry workshop. Our focus for this trip will be showing the locals the need for Children’s Ministry volunteers, as well as teaching them the basics of Children’s Ministry.

•We have also been asked to bring a medical team to Swaziland Africa at the end of August, where we will host a four day medical clinic.

•We will be taking a Children’s team to Cape Town, South Africa at the end of September to do more intense Children’s Ministry training as well as a 3 day VBS in the local squatter camps.

•We will be doing local outreaches in the Baton Rouge area for Thanksgiving and Christmas

Ways to be a part of Red Thread:

I am so excited about what God is doing and is going to do through Red Thread Ministries, and there are so many ways you can be a part too. Just a few are listed below.

•Our Prayer Team
•Mission Trips
•Monthly Donor
•Local Outreaches

I ask that you will prayerfully consider how God is leading you to be a part of Red Thread Ministries. If you have any questions or would like more information, you can email me at becky@redthreadministries.org. You can also check out our website at www.redthreadministries.org.

All For His Glory,
Becky

Merry Christmas!!!

Dear Family, Friends & Supporters,

I want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!
What an amazing & adventurous year 2011 has been, from Africa to Honduras to now starting Red Thread Ministries. This year God has opened my eyes even more to the needs of His children throughout the world; from those enslaved in human trafficking to those living in poverty. God has shown me He has so much more for me to do, so through the past couple months God has led me to partner with Ronnie & Sherrie May to begin Red Thread Ministries to rescue and help those in need. No one ministry can ever touch the needs of all those hurting in our world. Red Thread Ministries wants to offer a hand up. Our desire is to help those who cannot help themselves for the sake of the children. By helping the parent or caregiver with basic needs, we are helping to care for the needs of the children in that family.
We are launching Red Thread Ministries with a Christmas Outreach called "Christmas Wrap-Up". Join us this Christmas Season as we reach out to some of those in need in the Baton Rouge area. A gift of $50 will provide a family of four with Christmas dinner, a gift for each child and a book about the true meaning of Christmas, or if you prefer to purchase these items yourself we will make sure they are delivered to one of these precious families. This is the perfect gift for your mission minded family and friends, your children's teachers, coaches, your co-workers and anyone else on your Christmas list. With your generous response you will receive a Christmas card for you to present to your honoree reflecting the contribution you have made to a needy home in their name. As you wrap up your Christmas season, thank you for wrapping up a Christmas someone will never forget.
For more information or to follow along with Red Thread Ministries outreaches & events visit www.redthreadministries.blogspot.com or if you are on Facebook "like" our page Red Thread Ministries. If you feel led to partner with us for the Christmas Wrap-Up or as a monthly supporter you can give online or make checks payable to Red Thread Ministries and mail to 17870 Lake Azalea Dr. B.R. LA 70817

I Pray you and your family have a blessed holiday season!
Love,
Becky

Heading to Honduras

I'm off again but this time just a short trip to Honduras to meet up with the Smith's, the Lalonde's & the Martin's. I ask for your prayers as I head out in the morning to see what doors God may have for me to walk through in this next season! I appreciate all of your prayers so much!
Love,
Becky

I'M BACK!!!!

What an amazing 6 months I just finished in Mozambique, Africa. It was a great honor to serve our HPC campus there and such a huge growing experience for me spiritually as well.


The campus has now started another service on Sunday nights causing attendance to soar. First ever nursery for 0-18 months was started and 2 new employees were added that I had the privilege to train. They will assist Pastor Isaac Williams and free him up to do more hands on with the people of the community that is ever growing.


I've had alot of "what's next Becky?" questions since my return. There are several mission opportunities in the future I am praying about, I am now in a time of transition as I seek the Lord for what the next step He has for me to take. I ask that you would please join with me in prayer as I seek the Lords will for this next season of my life. I can't say thank you enough for this opportunity.

All for His Glory!
Becky

Opening Day of the Nursery

Finally after 3 months of planning and prepping the Nursery opened today!!!! We had about 7 kids ranging from 2 months to 1 year old. We had 2 volunteers besides myself and are planning to add another for next week, because when word of the nursery (and how cool it is) gets out it will only get bigger!!!! The pictures say it all...........

First Month

One of the things we worked on this month was repainting the Children's Church Veranda.......It looks all clean & fresh now!!!!!


I have already been here a month! I had visitors here for most of the month which helped majorly in me adjusting to life here. It was a little tough at first! I am excitied about what lays ahead for the next five months. We are starting a nursery at the church for during services this is going to be huge for the church and I'm so excited about being a part of it! The Children's Church is out growing it's space, we had over 450 kids this past Sunday. In the near future we want to be able to have classrooms so we can divide up by ages. Right now we have 1 year olds to 11 year olds all together. Today is a national holiday here it is "Women's Day" so tonight we are having a Chick Night. I'm excited about all the women who are going to show up tonight and their lives are going to be changed!!!

Praying for a Miracle

I ask that you will join with me in prayer for healing for my mom. The past 4 weeks has been crazy for my family. My mom went in for a stress test, within 3 days they were doing a heart cath that showed her heart is only operating at 20%. She has what is called Dilated Cardio Myopothy. She was put on several medications and told that if the medications did not improve her heart function in 6 months they would consider putting in a pacemaker/defibulator. A week after the heart cath she went in for a checkup and they decided the pacemaker/defibulator needed to be put in immediately. 5 days later she went in to have the heart cath put in. During the procedure her heart was punctured and she went into cardiac arrest, during CPR her heart was punctured again. She was then rushed to emergency surgery to repair the 2 holes now in her already extremely weak heart. She is now recovering from open heart surgery and once recovered they want to try putting in the pacemaker/defibulator again. I am praying and believing God will heal her heart and she will not have to have the surgery. I ask that you will join with me in praying and believing God for a miracle!!!!!

The Countdown Begins

In a week I will be on a plane heading to Africa!!! I have waited so long for this moment its almost surreal! Thank you all for your prayers and support so far, I ask that you continue to keep me in your prayers as the next phase of this journey begins!
T-7 days

Africa Painting

If you are interested in purchasing a reprint of this painting there are several sizes to choose from, checkout the artist website at www.restorethearts.com for more information.

Merry Christmas!!!!

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Fundraising Update - Thank You!!!

Thank you so much for your prayers and support during this new season that God is moving me into. I have already begun working with the Mozambique Campus Pastors while they are here for the holidays. We have been planning out 2011 and my responsibilities while I am there. I am very excited about what God has in store for Mozambique in 2011.

Thank you so much for your support! I’m two months into fundraising and it is going well! I still need to raise $6,000.00 before I leave March 1st.

Your generosity is going to make a huge impact on the lives of the children of Mozambique!

Below is a few ways you can donate:
• Make checks payable to Healing Place Church and return to me at 17870 Lake Azalea Dr. BR LA 70817
• Give online at www.goglobalmissions.com
To follow along on this amazing journey checkout my blog periodically to see what's new!

Africa Double Insulated Cup

Making A Difference updated video

Africa Coasters

Look how cute .... set of 4 Africa Coasters $10.00!!! Get yours today!!!

Christmas Ornaments

Check out these cute Africa Christmas Ornaments I'm selling to help raise money to go to Africa!!! They make great christmas gifts!!

Selling Making A Difference Africa T-Shirts

Checkout the Awesome t-shirt I am selling to help raise money to go to Africa!!!!
Selling them for $15! I have Small, Medium, Large, XLarge & 2XL
Call me, text me or e-mail me if your interested in buying one or two or ten!!!!!

Making A Difference

Checkout the following video & join me in making a difference

Can You Imagine?

My heart broke the first time I went to Africa as I watched children as young as 2 years old (could have been even younger) walking down the street alone carrying their bowl to get their only meal of the day. They came and sang songs, played games, heared a Bible story and then got their daily meal. Then I would watch them leave and wonder where are they going, do they even have a home, do they have parents? What broke my heart is that for some of them the answer was NO! Can you imagine? What if that was your child? I came back from that trip with a heart and a passion to make a difference. Join me in making a difference in the lives of these children!!!!

A New Season

Dear Family, Friends & Supporters,
First I want to thank you for all the prayers and support you have poured into my life throughout the years. I would not be where I am today without you.
I am so excited about this new season God is moving me into. As many of you know when I returned from Africa 5 years ago I returned with a heart that ached for the children I met there. I have spent the past 5 years allowing God to use you and others to prepare me for the open door that is now before me to go to Mozambique, Africa for 3 months to serve Pastors Isaac & Carol Williams.
During the 3 months in Mozambique I will be working with these great leaders at the HPC campus. I will be training their leaders in everything from basic computer skills and budgeting finance to helping with their children’s ministry and anything else they need.
Just to tell you a little bit about what goes on in Mozambique; there are 500 children fed daily, 250 of those are in Nkobe, which is where I will be living. Some of these children are single orphan, some are double orphan, but most are living in vulnerable situations. As a church we have about 100 young people who attend youth service each week, 40 women involved in our women’s ministry and 140 adults and 270 children who attend Sunday morning services. As you can see in Mozambique the children out number the adults at a 2:1 ratio. Where as churches here in the states the adults out number the children at a 6:1 ratio.
Please join me in making a difference in Mozambique, Africa. I am asking that you prayerfully consider partnering with me so I can serve our campus and its pastors in Mozambique. My airfare, living expenses and travel insurance will be $7,500.00 for those 3 months and I must raise $3,000.00 of that amount by December 1st so I can purchase my plane ticket. The remaining $4,500.00 will be due by January 15th and this amount will cover my living expenses while I am there. If God is leading you to unite with me in this new season you can give online at www.goglobalmissions.com or make checks payable to Go Global Missions or Healing Place Church and return to me at my home address. Any donation you make will be tax deductible and very much appreciated. Please expect updates from me as I move toward the goal He has set before me. Thank you again for taking the time to consider me in this next part of my journey. Your prayers and support are going to mean so much.
All for His Glory!!!!
Becky Perkins
17870 Lake Azalea Dr., Baton Rouge, LA 70817
Here are a few ways you can keep up with me; blog address: www.wheresbecky.blogspot.com, twitter: beck1976, or on Facebook: beck1976

Thank You!!!!!!

Thank you so much for your prayers and support!!! We had an amazing trip to Mozambique and Swaziland and it was only possible because of you.
We started off in Mozambique. The first day we visited an orphanage and was able to love on the kids, before heading on to the church where we helped feed the kids. I always love when we get to feed the kids but it is also extremely hard when we run out of food before the line ends and we have to turn kids away hungry (which happens on a daily basis). After feeding the kids we had time to just play with them, I was passing out stickers while the rest of the team was doing face paint. You will see in the video I was being mobbed by the kids for the stickers. We spent the second day setting up for the VBS and hanging out with the kids. I met a little boy named Dan (you will see him in a lot of the pictures) he stole my heart from the moment he jumped in my arms and wrapped himself around me. I inquired into whether or not he has a sponsor and found out he was the only kid in the preschool without a sponsor. Their was a mix up in his paperwork and he was never listed, I am now pushing for his paperwork to go through so that I can sponsor him. The third day we did a huge one day VBS where we had over 600 kids show up. We did worship, craft, snack, inflatables, and almost every kid left with a brand new pair of flip flops. The highlight of the day was every kid got to eat that day and to top it off it was chicken (something they do not get very often). On Sunday we attended church at HPC Mozambique, while some shared in adult church the rest of us helped teach children’s church. We had 300 in children’s church and every kid left that Sunday with a brand new HPKids t-shirt. After church I had to tell Dan bye and we headed to Swaziland. When we arrived in Swaziland we had dinner with all of the care point teachers at one of the missionaries house. To see how they have grown was amazing!!!! When I went in 2005 their was about 10 teachers now it’s somewhere close to 75 teachers. Of the original 10 their is about 5 still there, what amazed me is they remembered my name and everything about me and everything we ever taught. At that moment God showed me that we are making a difference. We spent two days in Swaziland putting on a Children’s Conference at the HPC Swaziland Campus. We taught on Worship, puppets, story telling, proper discipline, and games. We had a question and answer time, where they were able to ask us anything and that was very successful. For Wednesday night service we were at HPC Swaziland where a few of us shared during service. After service we had to say our good bye’s because Thursday morning we began our 40 hour trip home!
Through your support you hugged all of these kids, you held Dan in your arms and helped him to find a sponsor, and you trained these teachers to make a difference in the lives of the African kids. You may not realize it but YOU made a difference in Africa. Thank you for your sacrifice!!!!