giveDIGNITY - Located in the La Carpio, Costa Rica, these ministry partners have worked tirelessly for the last 11 years to provide their community with the tools they need to elevate their social status. Their focus has always been on teaching men to fish, versus handing out fish. But Covid-19 has required a near 180 in this philosophy, and ,unsurprisingly, they have embraced the need for flexibility and are placing the needs of their community above their ideals. They have been working hard to provide meals for 60 families in their communities, while also continuing tutoring for the students that comprise so much of their day to day ministry, albeit virtually.

Living Mission Peru - Located in Peru, the country has been on lockdown for 90 days with no end in sight - children have not been even allowed to be outside for all of that time! Can you imagine! LMP has been able to provide food and vital medicines on a regular basis for over 70 desperate families in their community. We are amazed at all they are managing to do during this isolation, all while they have two small children of their own that they have had to find new ways to occupy and comfort in this difficult time.

Bloom International - A ministry focused on bringing the love of Jesus to refugee women in Thailand, they were quick to recognize that in order to hear the gospel, their community first needed to be fed. They began an initiative called Rice for Widows; for just $7 supporters can provide rice for one woman for an entire month. What a fantastic outreach! To date they have provided over 2640 lbs of rice! 

New Life School and GOT Ministries - Located in Guatemala, the focus of GOT is to provide Occupational Therapy for the underprivileged children who would otherwise have no options, New Life School is the school they partner with to provide these invaluable services. Their access to students has been very limited, but one way they have found to continue to support the families they work with is to provide meals to them. Their flexibility and ability to see the positive side of this hard situation is inspiring and we are so proud of thier work.

Faith Missions - serving communities in Rwanda and Uganda, they have ached to watch so many of the communities they serve become destitute due to a very real lack of food. This is primarily a political issue as borders have been closed all around them to prevent any spread of Covid-19. This prevents access to markets and basic resources, as well as preventing many from working. Though usually a ministry that is very intentional in providing financial support for schools and other ministries run by local citizens, the ministry has taken careful measures to listen to their contacts, and has reallocated thousands of dollars in funds to help the schools and ministries to feed the families to whom they usually provide education. Watching them pivot and allow new priorities to take precedence has been very encouraging. 

En Gedi Grove - working and living in an impoverished urban neighborhood in Kansas City, this family has been working faithfully to provide meals, haircuts, counseling, and a safe space for a community that has been severely impacted by Covid-19 - especially for the children who were removed from the relative safety and shelter of their schools. Though always startlingly flexible, as is required for their unique ministry, we know that this has required a lot of intentionality and generosity of their family.

Please pray for our ministry partners on lockdown who continue to love and meet the needs of those they serve.

Please reach out if there is something we can be praying for or if there’s something we can help you with. 

Please pray for our ministry partners on lockdown who continue to love and meet the needs of those they serve.

2019 was an amazing year! All together we raised $2,034,293 for the mission of Perception Funding and our Ministry Partners. This means that all together we have raised over $8.6 million since we began! It has been a blessing to see the Lord work in so many ministries and to see their impact in the lives of people all over the world. We have some exciting new ways in which we will be caring for our Ministry Partners in 2020 and beyond. So we'll be sharing these with you over the next couple of months. 
Our thankfulness and gratitude is truly indescribable! Our staff and ministry partners are incredibly appreciative of your support! Thank you for continuing to partner with us in prayer and through your financial gifts. 

I often think that people don’t realize how much their gifts truly matter. For instance, a lot of people have automatic giving from their bank account, which we love, but it may create a disconnect between them and the mission. 

Some may think that their $50 a month can’t have an eternal impact. But it can! and IT DOES! I want you to know that you are essential, important and a needed part of Perception Funding! All our supporters’ gifts combined are impacting the Kingdom of God! 

Here are a few impactful stories to share from this year:

In Thailand our ministry partners had their women’s conference for the third year in a row for refugees and folks living in closed countries. The previous two years they had 100 women attend and this year 400 women attended. Many of them shared stories of what God is doing in their villages.

In Guatemala our ministry partners have been working with special needs kids and their families in partnership with a Christian school. The school has a long history of success and is trusted in the community. It was a huge encouragement and opportunity when the school asked our ministry partners to take ownership of the entire school and manage it moving forward.  

On the “home base” (operational side of things), we hired two new full-time staff this year. Stephanie Faulkner, our Financial Operations Coordinator, has been a huge gift as she has 10 years of corporate banking experience and more recently went to seminary to get her master’s degree. As we continue to raise more and more funds for amazing ministries, it is such a gift to have Stephanie’s experience and know how to get tasks completed in an above reproach manner. 

Our second new staff member is Bob Vickers, our Director of Education. He has 35 years of fundraising experience. He has his PHD and over 20,000 pages of materials he’s written on hundreds of different nonprofit topics. We’re utilizing his skills by hosting monthly fundraising workshops and we built “The Partnership Network,” an online educational platform where people can take e-courses, receive assistance and work together to learn and encourage one another. Bob is a wealth of information and has brought our knowledge base to a whole new level. 

God is at work and I hope these few stories from this year show how your gifts matter and bless others around the world. Stories like these are important as they remind us that the Lord is at work in the lives of those around us and he uses our resources and gifts so that others may know Him. We’d like to share more stories of our mission with you! Please take a few minutes and visit Our Stories page to hear from several of our ministry partners that we are delighted to serve alongside!

Peace to you,

Jonathan Klee 

Founder & Operations Director