Christmas Care Packages

On The Way To Peru....

The Christmas Service Project for 10 Missionaries in The Peru Trujillo LDS Mission turned in to a project for 41 Missionaries. It has been an incredible experience. Help and support from so many directions made this project a huge success. 41 Missionaries from South and Central America who normally recieve no mail the entire 2 years they serve will receive Christmas Care Packages prepared for and addressed specifically for them.

I was not the person you wanted to be behind in line at the Post Office last week....

My Post Office Experience....

Last Thursday afternoon, I stopped by the local Wellington Post Office to get Customs Forms for the 35 Packages I had ready to mail to Peru. The place was quiet with no one in line. The Postal Workers told me this was generally the slow time of day while people were picking up their children from school. I collected the customs forms and made a note to return the following day around the same time.

The next afternoon, after packing 3 large black trash bags with all the packages, I was ready to visit the Post Office. I had Megan come with me so she could stand in line while I went back and forth to the car to retrieve the bags. The bags were sooooo heavy, I dragged them along, barely able to lift them.

You can imagine the stares I was getting as I continued to return with more items for shipping. I was definitely not the one you wanted to be behind in line.

Unlike the previous day, the line was very long and there was only ONE line. The computers had been down all day and one computer had just come back on line. There was one line with two workers behind the counter doing the best they could under the circumstances. With about 20 people in front of me in line, I waited about 30 minutes, determined not to leave until this job was done.

As I waited in line, scooting the bags full of packages along, I did not dare look behind me or make eye contact with anyone in line. I knew they would all like for me to leave the line.

At one point, a man came to me and said, you know you can ship this all on-line? I said, yes, if the packages were domestic, I would. He yelled back to people in the long line.... her packages are all International....!!!!!!!

I was being murmured about in Chinese and Spanish along with who knows how many other languages and adjectives were used toward me. I am sure I was the topic of conversation at dinner that night.

Finally, I get to the counter, Boxes and customs forms ready. I told the Postal Workers (who are wonderful women with cheerful attitudes) that I did not want to look behind me for fear of the daggers being shot my way at that point.

Thirty Five packages..... Customs Forms...... all mailed in 12 minutes once I reached the counter. Hooray for being organized and ready when it was my turn at the counter.....

Hooray for The Wellington Post Office Branch.

So many people made this project possible, Preparing packages, Mailing Packages, Donating money for shipping ,asking what more they could do. It was simply amazing.

Thank you to so m any helping hands.

This was a Christmas Miracle at every stage!