Thank God for the United States Postal Service :) Service we should not take for granted... I guess this motto does not exist across the globe, especially if the parcel is being sent anywhere internationally.
This morning started out pretty normal for a Friday. By lunch time I was hungry and already a little tired from teaching and ready for a nap. However, when I walked into our dining room I was overcome with joy. The package from home that I had been waiting for for over a month now finally arrived (sent from Winona, MN on September 25)! Of course the contents were important (gum, crystal lite, and the essential news magazines to keep up with all the happenings in the US: Newsweek, the Abbey Banner, and People) but I was more relieved that all of these things were not lost somewhere never to be found again. I think only a few packets of drink mix slipped out through the worn lower right corner...
Thank you Mom for the package. Thank you Ceili for the beautiful pot holder that will now be a part of every meal here in the Hanga guest dining room. If there is one lesson that I have learned from this, it is: never lose faith in your absent mail...it is on its way, and will arrive...sometime :)
Here we see one possible explanation for the delay. The package was "missent to TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WEST INDIES" what?! I am not sure how this routing took place...perhaps "East Africa" looks like "West Indies" to some computer scanners...
All for now. Look back again Monday afternoon for an in depth pictoral analysis of the unpacking and distribution of the container from Wisconsin!
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