A Note on Mail

See a previous entry (July 14) for our address and mailing guidelines. However, a few important tips:

Never write the real contents of a package- write general items such as "food," "clothes" and "magazines"- not the specific items or brand names. Don't give them any reason to want anything that is inside.

Never write the real value of items on the customs form- always put $10 or less because we have to pay taxes on packages- if they think there are valuable items, they will open the package and then charge us more money.

Write "Dieu Te Regarde" on the package in large letters- if they think God is watching them there is less of a chance it will get opened.

Use the US Postal Service- not a FedEx, etc.

Even though we are moving we are going to keep the main Peace Corps address for now because I think there is a higher chance of us getting our mail.

Thanks for all you support! Keep it coming!