Another Taxi Accident

Today we had to run to the store to buy powdered sugar. I need to make 70 cupcakes for Dia del Nino (Children's Day) which we are celebrating at church tomorrow. I didn't have enough powdered sugar to make the frosting. Because it is Honduras' Independence Day we couldn't get to the store we wanted. There were parades going down that street so it was closed to traffic. We ended up having to go to another store and thankfully they had what we needed.

On our way back home we saw yet another taxi in an wreck. Over 80% of all accidents in Honduras are caused by taxis. They are not the most considerate drivers in the world. You have to watch out for them, because they are not watching out for anyone else that is on the road. Today we saw a lot of police on the road and we were wondering what was going on. As we passed the area we saw what the problem was. The taxi driver hit a bus full of police officers. If there is one bus that you don't want to hit it is the police bus. Jason and I were laughing at the irony of it all.

Yesterday I took these pictures of the kids. They were being so good while I wrapped 38 pairs of shoes for the Dia del Nino party. A church in Nevada gave us money to buy shoes for kids. We decided to buy one pair for each faithful child that we have in Sunday School. We copied their feet on a piece of paper and told them it was a craft that we were going to be doing at the Sunday school party. We took these feet and used it to find the right size of shoe for them. They are then going to decorate these traced feet at the party. They know nothing about the shoes. Most of these kids are very poor that they don't even have shoes to wear to church. It was so much fun shopping for these shoes. We were able to get a great deal at a store called Palacio de Ninos (Kids Palace). They gave us an additional 15% off all the shoes that were already on sale. We were able to get all 38 pairs of shoes for the money that was donated.

The picture of Jordan is with the bunk bed he made from his Lincoln Logs. Joey is with out new kitty, Mittens, and Audrey is with Snuggles on the bed that she made for him.