Shopping!

Yesterday I got to go shopping! Although I didn't buy anything it was a lot of fun. I went with 4 ladies whose husbands are embassy emlpoyees. Everyone was really nice and it was so fun to meet new people.

We went to a place about 30-45 minutes outside Tecuigalpa called Vaye de Angeles. They had so many shops with really awesome Honduran items. Paintings, hammocks, jewlery, carved boxes, bags, little girl dresses, scarves, nativity scenes, pottery, etc. I am going to have Joseph take me back so I can buy lots of cool things! Does anyone want anything in particular? Just remember I'll have to bring it back on the plane! We are planning on bringing a little gift for everyone but if there is something bigger you'd like, let me know and I can let you know prices.

Honduran Food

Here are some of the foods that we bought from our grocery store called La Colonia. It's just up the street so we are able to walk. We need to buy water to put in the house for drinking and brushing our teeth.


Corn Flakes

Cheese flavored popcorn

Milk

Apple Juice

Looks good huh?! The apple juice is a lot thicker than what we get in the states. They have American food products too but it's more expensive. I've never really liked bottled water but here it's all we can drink so we buy tome drink mixes and they're pretty good. They have really different flavors here such as guanabana, jamaica, mora and tamarindo.

Hola Familia!

Almost one week we have been in Honduras! Today we went to church, it was fun to sing in Spanish. Everyone was saying hello and it was nice to be received with smiles. I tried so hard to understand what they are talking about in sacrament meeting but most of it was over my head. Joseph recognized one man that he had met on his mission.

Here the money they use is called lemperas. A capital L is equivillant to our dollar sign. 18 lemperas is about one dollar. We just bought a cell phone for me that cost L249. Can you figure out how much that cost in dollars?

This is my cool bracelet that we bought from a guy on the street who made them as well as necklaces and anklets. This bracelet cost L20.

The very bottom of our apartment complex is the garage which we have to pass through to get out. There is a gard at the door, his name is Antonio. He is very nice and he also does most of the carpentry here for the owner. We always see him working on a piece of furniture. I love how they work with wood here.

Here is the beautiful potted orchid garden that's just outside our door.

This is the Catholic Cathedral Suyapa (soo-ya-pa). They didn't want the LDS temple to be built right in front of it.

Joseph hard at work on his papers. He is loving his job!

Banana soda!

We Made It

So here we are in Honduras! It was so exciting to see the green covered land as we flew over it.
Joseph went straight to the embassy and I was picked up and taken to our apartment.

Yesterday while Joseph was gone at the embassy I took some pictures of our studio apartment. The whole floor is only tile. We have really big cupboards with not much to put in them. In the kitchen are plates, bowls, cups and utensils, a fridge, a microwave and a toaster oven. We have a gas stove and a little sink.





Our bathroom. Yes that is a bidet right next to our toilet.







This is the view from our bed. That brown door is to Joseph's closet

I am standing in the kitchen area. The red on the right is our open door. The big cupboards are on the left. At the end of the bed is my closet. They are both big enough to walk into.

This is our door and window on the outside standing on our patio.

These are the stairs we have to climb to get up to our apartment. They are very narrow. Up the stairs to the right is a garden of potted orchids that the owner keeps.