#AmorReal2024

Amor Real Mothers Day

We had a great weekend celebrating Mothers Day in Peru. Thank you for making there day feel so special. Please read a special note from our Director Laura Ali.

Our families had a fabulous time celebrating a special day that is “Mother's Day”.

Reflecting on this day leads me to know more about each Mother of Pat’s Place; about their feelings and emotions on this Mother's Day where they ask themselves: am I a good mother? If they have done the right thing to keep their children away from their parents? Do they deserve to be forgiven? They may have many negative thoughts that invade their minds and lead them to frustration; their emotions are like the waves of the sea that rise and fall.

Our goal is to help them know that they are loved, they are accepted, they are valuable, and adored with the love of Jesus. This is very important because each mother carries wounds from a very young age that need a healing that only Jesus can provide. While they need this daily, Mothers Day is one day they need to know more than any other.

Thank you and thank you to all the people who help keep Pat’s Place standing.

We enjoyed a very special day out.

"Happy Mother's Day"

We would love your support for our day to day needs as well. If you are interested in supporting what we do, below are some great ways to help.

Through your partnership, families find “P” (“paz”=peace), “A” (“amor”=love) and “T” (“transformacion”=transformation) at P.A.T.’s Place.

We invite you to partner with us in the following ways…

1. $10 - Feeds 5 kids for a day.

2. $50 - Feeds all 30 women and kids for a day.

3. $100 - Supports a person for a month or all 30 women and kids for food for 2 days. (Sponsorship covers housing, food, medical needs, counseling/therapy, and everyday supplies that families need).

4. $500 - Supports 5 people which could be 2 families or 1 family of 5 for a month.

5. $3200 - Supports the entire house for a month which covers food, medical supplies, housing, schooling, counseling, and therapy.

Amor Real / Pat's Place Updates

Hello from Amor Real. The past month and a half have been a blur between celebrations, school, small vacations on the weekends to get in the pool, playing volley ball or soccer everyday. Of course, summer time is upon us here in the united states while winter is coming to Peru. Although they have not had much of a winter in almost 2 years, I know that they are looking forward to a break in the heat. With summer coming, that means it is missions season for us. While we take teams all year long, the summer is our busiest season. We currently have 3 times from 3 different states headed to Peru in June and July. Some of the big items happening over the summer months are going to be building out the 5th floor of Pat’s Place (future apartments for our families while they are in transition), multiple homes / soup kitchens in Paraiso, Women’s Conferences, and much more. Laura is preparing for next weekend which is Mothers Day. With a home of 30+ people, most of which are women, you can imagine that Mothers day is a big day for us. We are going to make sure the day is unforgettable for them as well. We are planning another small update with a letter from Laura during that time.

Below are just a few images of our time in March celebrating Cielo’s quienceanera. Something that we love to do at Amor Real, is make sure that our families do not miss out on life. We are blessed to be able to provide celebrations like this for our mothers and their children. Thank You to all of our supporters for making this happen. The amount of love that our families see from your generosity is why our program is so successful. We would not be here without you. A big thank you to the Canouse family for being able to be part of this day. Cielo was blessed to have her 3 Dads, Jack Canouse, Tim Koenning, and Alex Compton and her second mother Carolyn Canouse in town for her big day. Uncle Charlie was in town as well which made all of the kids smile when he walked in the door. The Make A Miracle team even brought a few guests to the party. Our families love visitors, so the more the merrier.

 

Update on 5th floor construction. We have been blessed to have $2500 dollars committed towards the 5th floor to cover mattresses, toilets, and misc. other supplies. I also had another $1000 come in this week as well for the 5th floor. That gets us to $5,000 dollars of $8,000 dollar budget.

Any amount helps get us to the finish line. Please remember that all donations are tax deductible. Please click the Donate Link Below.

  1. $75 Dollars in Electrical Wiring for the 3 different rooms

  2. $500 Dollars in Sheetrock

  3. $500 Tile for the Bathroom

  4. Labor for the project

We would love your support for our day to day needs as well. If you are interested in supporting what we do, below are some great ways to help.

Through your partnership, families find “P” (“paz”=peace), “A” (“amor”=love) and “T” (“transformacion”=transformation) at P.A.T.’s Place.

We invite you to partner with us in the following ways…

1. $10 - Feeds 5 kids for a day.

2. $50 - Feeds all 30 women and kids for a day.

3. $100 - Supports a person for a month or all 30 women and kids for food for 2 days. (Sponsorship covers housing, food, medical needs, counseling/therapy, and everyday supplies that families need).

4. $500 - Supports 5 people which could be 2 families or 1 family of 5 for a month.

5. $3200 - Supports the entire house for a month which covers food, medical supplies, housing, schooling, counseling, and therapy.

Pat's Place 2024 Back to School

Hi Everyone,

Our kids officially started school this month. We want to say a great big thank you to The Prayer Room Church for raising the $1900 dollars this year for 17 of our kids to have brand new uniforms. This has been a tremendous blessing to our kids as everyone understands, children go through clothes very quickly. We are also grateful to Estefania, Pamela, and our friends in the U.S. for donating school supplies. Lastly, thank you to Carrie Meersman and her neighborhood for providing a ton of vitamins and school supplies that I will be bringing to Peru this Sunday. We are truly blessed to have such amazing supporters that help take care of our children. Please take a quick look at the pictures below from the first day of school.

 

Alex and Tim are heading to Peru this week to celebrate a big event at Pat’s Place. One of our amazing girls (Cielo) has turned 15 years old which means it is time for a huge fiesta. We will definitely have pictures and videos on social media after the Party next week, so please stay tuned for those.

Update on 5th floor construction. We have been blessed to have $2500 dollars committed towards the 5th floor to cover mattresses, toilets, and misc. other supplies. I also had another $1000 come in this week as well for the 5th floor. That gets us to $5,000 dollars of $8,000 dollar budget.

Any amount helps get us to the finish line. Please remember that all donations are tax deductible. Please click the Donate Link Below.

  1. $75 Dollars in Electrical Wiring for the 3 different rooms

  2. $500 Dollars in Sheetrock

  3. $500 Tile for the Bathroom

  4. Labor for the project

We would love your support for our day to day needs as well. If you are interested in supporting what we do, below are some great ways to help.

Through your partnership, families find “P” (“paz”=peace), “A” (“amor”=love) and “T” (“transformacion”=transformation) at P.A.T.’s Place.

We invite you to partner with us in the following ways…

1. $10 - Feeds 5 kids for a day.

2. $50 - Feeds all 30 women and kids for a day.

3. $100 - Supports a person for a month or all 30 women and kids for food for 2 days. (Sponsorship covers housing, food, medical needs, counseling/therapy, and everyday supplies that families need).

4. $500 - Supports 5 people which could be 2 families or 1 family of 5 for a month.

5. $3200 - Supports the entire house for a month which covers food, medical supplies, housing, schooling, counseling, and therapy.

Amor Real / Pat's Place Update

Hi Amor Real Supporters, Donors, and Readers of our monthly update. In trying to break things up a little, I have posted little paragraphs between each picture so that you can see the happy faces while reading. Tim and Alex will be in Peru for one of our favorite parties of all time. Cielo has turned 15 and of course that means its time for a big birthday party. We look forward to providing an update with tons of pictures while we are in Peru in 3 weeks.

We are also preparing for some updates to Pat’s Place. It is time to update our 5th floor as it has not changed in many years. We are going to provide another phase to our program prior to the families moving out, we are building out 3 small apartments on the 5th floor along with 2 more bathrooms and showers. Since this is fully covered and we do not want to add a bunch of weight to the floor, we are able to use Sheetrock up here for the apartments. Each apartment will have Power, water, bathrooms, closets, and beds for our families to have a place to move into as the final stage before leaving Pat’s Place. We need your help for this phase of the program as it is a big project. I am going to post some of the cost below in. If you would like to help, please click on the Donate Button at the bottom of the page.

There are a lot more items than the list below. The current project will cost about $8,000 dollars. Any amount helps get us to the finish line. Please remember that all donations are tax deductible.

  1. $50 Dollars for bedding for each bed

  2. $75 Dollars in Electrical Wiring for the 3 different rooms

  3. $150 Dollars per Mattress - Need 10 Mattresses in Total.

  4. $250 Dollars per Toilet - need 2 Toilets

  5. $500 Dollars in Sheetrock

What an amazing summer our families have had at Pat’s Place. We have been able to relax, have fun, sleep in and even go to the beach. There were also a couple parties along the way for our kiddos as they were promoted from one grade to the next. We are very proud of them all. Most of our kids and mothers come into Pat’s Place barely being able to read, write, and even understand the basic concepts of their own language. Holly and I are very proud of the work that Laura and Pamela do all year long to make Pat’s Place an amazing home that families want to enter. Not only are we able to provide the basic needs of a home, but they learn the importance of what LOVE is, what a FAMILY is, what PEACE is, what an EDUCATION means for their future.

Look at the wonderful smiles on the children’s faces. Thank you to all of our sponsors, donors, and families that give to Amor Real. Without your support we would not be able to support the 33 current residence at Pat’s Place. Thank you for the love that you pour out on our families with your selfless act. As you can see, our kids love to play outside. Volleyball is the official sport of Pat’s Place. They play it everyday, all day long. Even when the school year starts, they paly before school, after school, and in between. When you are visiting the house, you can hear the sound of Laughter outside as they play.

As our kids prepare to go back to school in March, they had to get their mandatory vaccinations. I saved everyone the heartache of the tears of all the other photos. As we all know kids do not like to get shots. However, after they got them, Laura made sure there was plenty of lollipops and cookies to make it worth the 1 minute of pain.

 

Through your partnership, families find “P” (“paz”=peace), “A” (“amor”=love) and “T” (“transformacion”=transformation) at P.A.T.’s Place.

We invite you to partner with us in the following ways…

1. $10 - Feeds 5 kids for a day.

2. $50 - Feeds all 30 women and kids for a day.

3. $100 - Supports a person for a month or all 30 women and kids for food for 2 days. (Sponsorship covers housing, food, medical needs, counseling/therapy, and everyday supplies that families need).

4. $500 - Supports 5 people which could be 2 families or 1 family of 5 for a month.

5. $3200 - Supports the entire house for a month which covers food, medical supplies, housing, schooling, counseling, and therapy.