We have finally posted our family Christmas letter on the blog. It is up in the tabs section at the top of the page. If your last name is towards the beginning of the alphabet, you may actually have gotten a card from us. Otherwise, I'll send the rest towards the middle of January. I did not have a chance to get them all addressed and we have no way to mail at this point from Haiti. When the next team comes in, I'll try to send them out with that group.
Mail Service
People have asked us about mailing us items or even us receiving just regular mail. At this point, the only way we can get mail is if team members carry the mail in for us. There is not actually public mail service in Haiti. We don't even have an actual address and I've never seen anything that resembles a mail system. There apparently is a place the other side of the airport where you can pay for a PO box, but it is not very consistent and is too far for us to travel on a regular basis.
We are looking into joining a cooperative mission organization where you pay a membership and then also volunteer to sort mail. Apparently mail could then be sent to Florida and then it is brought in on a relatively regular basis. I would still say that it is unlikely that packages could come in this way. We'll look into this more and keep everyone updated.
For now, mail can be sent to our po box in Oregon:
Sheppard
PO Box 102
Hillsboro OR 97123
Joseph then can gather the mail and send to a traveling team member. He will also be traveling to Haiti the middle of January and can bring in mail at that time.
yay for Joseph coming to visit!
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