Mail Call!!!

With the help of AMAZING family and friends, my birthday has been transformed into a month long party of cards and packages! Over the past 3 weeks, I have gotten all sorts of great cards, letters, and packages- making for lots of smiles and laughs! Thank you is definitely not enough, but it will have to do for the moment - along with a good *air hug*!

As a result of all the extra visits to the post office , I have had some great conversations with the mail room ladies, and I got the international Honduran mail breakdown.

How U.S. mail gets to Orocuina, Honduras:

1. Mail comes into Tegucigalpa daily where it is sorted and potentially searched (ie: opened and taken home- Sorry Robert and Christa- apparently your packages were way too good to ¨make it past customs¨) Mail usually takes 2 weeks to arrive (Grandma, the US post office did not lie... exactly...).
2. Next, mail accumulates and gets sent to regional centers- in the case of Choluteca, mail is sent southward twice a week
3. In Choluteca, mail accumulates until Orocuina`s postman, Victorino, comes to make a visit (Victorino visits approximately once a week)
4. Mail accumulates in Victorino`s house until he is able to get intouch with the person who has mail.... this can be anywhere from a day to two weeks depending on how much the person is home and how active Victorino is feeling...

Given the above, it is easy to see how a package from the sta

tes can take upwards of 6 weeks to arrive... making it that much more special and exciting!!!

My gigantic ¨chocoholic¨care package from Grandma: I am stocked for months!!!

My wall of home is rapidly expanding, and I have many, many thank you letters and postcards to send! I also have lots of new addresses to write to and am looking forward to doing some serious hammock writing!

Thank you SO MUCH All!! It is great to get pieces of home ... but the best part is to get pieces of you! I love the funny notes, the letters, the updates, pictures, and social commentary!

Thanks Cassie, for the reconnection to pop culture!!! Iam super excited about the lip gloss!

YOGA!! I am soooo excited to read this month`s Yoga Journal! (And do some spicy cooking!) Thanks Miguel!