I love to receive mail from home! The mail system is privatized here in the Dominican Republic and isn't completely trustworthy. So here's the journey my mail will take from your house to mine:
1. Send mail to the address in Florida below. This is an address for MFI (Missionary Flights International) which is a non-profit organization that works to improve mail communication for missionaries in the Caribbean.
2. MFI will put my mail on a plane to the Dominican Republic every 2 weeks.
3. My mail will arrive on the northern part of the island and will be picked up by Kids Alive missionaries there.
4. Kids Alive missionaries will take my mail, along with mail for any other Monte Plata missionaries, and package it in a box. That box will be sent by bus to Santo Domingo (approx. 2 hours away).
5. One of my supervisors or another Monte Plata missionary will drive to Santo Domingo to get our box of mail. This is about an hour drive one-way, so two hours total.
**Please be aware of this: I am paying for this MFI service out of my monthly missionary account. Delivery of all letters of any size are included in that cost. However, packages of any kind are weighed when they arrive in Florida and my MFI account is charged an additional $1.50 per pound to deliver packages to me. So please take this into consideration before mailing me anything that weighs a significant amount! If you would like to ship me something heavy, please email me first to confirm that I have enough money in my MFI account to have it delivered! I greatly appreciate your help! :)
Does this process make you thankful for USPS, or what?! It will likely take 3-4 weeks for a letter to make it from your house to mine.
My address is listed below. I would love to receive letters here! Anything that reminds me of home is a welcome blessing. :)
Kristin Barber
Unit 3049 KAIDR
3170 Airmans Dr.
Ft. Pierce, FL 34946
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