At the moment it seems like we are only hearing sad news. A lot of things are going on here, some things to do with drug gang tension, others are purely accidental.
Yesterday evening, the little yellow bus was doing it's normal (very full) run through the slum, on it's descent the brakes failed. As far as we've heard the driver tried to avoid crashing down the hill full of passengers and swerved into a wall. Unfortunately a young boy who was crossing the road was badly injured. The driver was seen a bit later running down the hill, distraught, trying to get help, covered in blood and having just been threatened by some people in the community. The boy died a bit later.
Today, I discovered it was a boy from my group last year. This is very sad for me, he was a sweet boy, with a difficult background, who lived with his grandmother. However, I am consoled by the fact that he was here, he did hear about Jesus and his Father God's love for him. We would like to visit the family, to see if we can help in any way, maybe offer some of the photos we have of him.