Sunday, October 4, 2009

Information about sending packages - especially Christmas packages

I received a note from the mission office which says:

...all of your mail should be sent to the Canada Winnipeg Mission Office at the address below:

Canada Winnipeg Mission
(Missionary Name) (that would be Elder Andrew Robarts)
845 Shaftsbury Boulevard
Winnipeg, MB R3P 0M5
CANADA

If packages are mailed with this format we will be able to sign for them if they become lost, whereas if the Missionary name is first, we cannot retrieve them.

Please indicate on your letters and packages if they are specifically for Christmas. 

Additionally we recieved this from President Paulson: 

You may think it is a little early to talk of tinsel and festive fare, but we are thinking and planning ahaed to Christmas, and would like to make it a wonderful occasion for all of the missionaries.  We occaionally have difficulties with delays in the postal service, and are concerned if we don't write to you now, some missionaries may be without letters and parcels from their families at Christmas.  Parcels sometimes take weeks to arrive, and because fo the stirct rules surrounding Canadian Customs, packages can take a lot of time just to clear customs.

With that in mind, I am writing to ask if you  would send Christmas letters and packages early to arrive by the end of November, so we can distribute them at our Christmas Devotionals in mid-December.  Please label your package as a "Gift" and check with your local postal servies as to the regulations surrounding sending parcels abroad.  Please address your package to Canada Winnipeg Mission Office, Elder Andrew Robarts, 845 Shaftesbury Boulevard, Winnipeg MB R3P 0M5, Canada.  As well as the normal seasonal greetings and goodies, perhaps you could ask families and friends to bear testimony of the Savior at this special time of year. 

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