Lost and Found in Panama

Monday, September 22, 2008

WELCOME!!

I leave for Panama as a Sustainable Agriculture Systems volunteer on October 8th. I'm in the US right now eating chewy cookies, real ice cream, good coffee, raw veggies and fruits, drinking right from the tap, washing clothes in a machine, and throwing toilet paper down the toilet. Stay tuned...

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Flaming Curmudgeon said...: Oh, you sneaky Pete! Roughing it in the U S of A! A man, a plan, a canal, Panama! Looking forward to hearing it all. And remember the jumping pictures. Please do not get Malaria, does that still exist? When do you leave and blah blah blah details details. Love ya, kiddo, UK; September 26, 2008 at 7:01 PM

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Stuff I love that fits into padded envelopes

letters and photos: these are just as good as the physically larger items (and cheaper to send!)
Books in Spanish for kids (ages 5-12ish): I'm trying to start a little collection
Coloring books, stickers, cheap art supplies
herbs and spices--we have the basics, why not send a home-made mix?
candy (chocolate doesn't send well, and hershey's is pretty much ubiquitous here so more on the gummy sour end of the spectrum)
magazines: pop culture, cooking, crafts, articles
digital love: CD's, DVD's, most computers in this day and age let you put whatever you want on a disc, get creative!
Books in English or Spanish for yours truly

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Rachel Schell-Lambert

Entrega General -- Santiago

Provincia de Veraguas

República de Panama

Central America

Some mail tricks:

small packages (padded envelopes), no valuables (monetarily...since anything sent with love is definitely of value to me), value of zero, write Materiales Religiosos on it, address it to Hermana Rachel Schell-Lambert (so people think I'm a nun/religious figure), tape religious pictures or affix stickers of like Mary and Jesus over the seam--if you feel comfortable doing so (people are adverse to cutting those), keep the packages neat and inconspicuous (no triple-reused envelopes that need to be taped up everywhere).

They frown upon external tape, so use self-sealed envelopes or boxes wrapped in brown paper that has been GLUED (not taped) together.

Lost and Found in Panama

Monday, September 22, 2008

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Stuff I love that fits into padded envelopes

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