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.
$75 Dollars in Electrical Wiring for the 3 different rooms
$500 Dollars in Sheetrock
$500 Tile for the Bathroom
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.