Last weekend Mike visited Torreón. While there, he received a package containing letters from VBS students at St. John's in Minneapolis, MN. It had arrived in mid-April to a home we previously rented in Torreón. Our former landlady dropped it off at church for Mike. Here's the envelope:
Now take a closer look at the postmark -
It was in our name, and had been sent to us on -
JULY 20, 2009
Mike received it on May 1st.
TOTAL SHIPPING TIME: 285 days
So it took the package 9 months and 11 days to get from Minneapolis, MN, to Torreon, Mexico. This is a long time.
Even though it took awhile, we're very thankful it arrived.
Mike estimates that, on average, we receive over 90 percent of the mail sent to us via the regular postal system in Mexico. Of course, we have stories of packages that we know people sent and have never arrived here. Like one we received a couple of years ago that was just an empty box - the contents had been stolen. Or a package sent back in 2000 that had pictures of Mike's trip to Australia in it - we're still waiting for that one to be delivered.
My point is that if you have sent us something and never heard back, there's a good chance your package fell into the small percentage of mail that doesn't make it. It's just part of the way the postal system operates here. It's not 100 percent reliable.
If you have mailed us a package or plan to in the future, by all means leave a comment here or email us if you want. We'd be happy to let you know when it comes.
Or you could always try a plan we've been wanting to test out - strap those letters to a burro and send it south. It should get here eventually!
3 comments:
BPS (Burro Postal System) is more than likely going to be better than MPS (Mexican Postal System). I remember fondly our joys with MPS in the DF!
BPS! I love it! Next time someone asks how to send something, I'll say, "Just BPS it" :)
And I thought the mail to Russia took a long time!
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