Maligayang Pagdating sa Pilipinas!: Ashley's first letter home-Sat,1-19-13

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Ashley's first letter home-Sat,1-19-13

written 16 Jan 2013
Dear Pamilya,
I don't have a P-day till next week, so I wanted to write you a quick letter to let you know that I am doing GREAT! I love the MTC so much. Everyone is so nice & welcoming! My friend Sister DeGroot (I told you about her, she's going to Canada) was my host which was such a blessing! She is such an ANGEL! She would not let me carry my bags up to my room which is on the top floor! No elevators for her, even! She is the best missionary. My companion is Sister Ram &she is from Fiji & she is SMALL!! I tower over her. I have to constantly check myself because her short little legs do not move quickly at all & if I don't watch it I'll leave her in the dust. She also has to go to the bathroom ALL THE TIME. I'm too impatient for that. But patience is what I will learn on my mission. I promise. But don't worry about me! The food is not good so far. And the beds have mysterious stains. But I really LOVE IT.Also, the language is great. Dad, Rosetta Stone actually helped a lot. Especially with pronunciation. The elders sound so silly when they try to say anything. But my teacher only speaks Tagalog. And I can actually understand a lot of what he says. I feel so cool! Oh, I also saw Sister Ostler today! She looks so great, so tell her parents all is well!! I seriously love you guys so much & am so grateful for all you've done to get me here! Be safe & write me, please:)
with love, Sister Mecham

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Sister Ashley Nicole Mecham

Philippines Manila Mission

Provo Missionary Training Center

2005 N 900 E

Provo, UT, 84604

United States

Sister Mecham will be in the MTC until February 25th. After that, her address will be:

Sister Ashley Nicole Mecham

Philippines Manila Mission

PO Box 1997

Makati Central PO, Makati City

1200 Metro Manila

Philippines

However, it is cheaper to mail things via the Church Pouch Mail Service. You can mail things to them for the cost of regular postage instead of international. You may only send postcards or letters on a single piece of paper that is folded into three panels and taped at the top (no envelopes).

Sister Mecham's pouch address is:

Sister Ashley Nicole Mecham

Philippines Manila Mission

P.O. Box 30150

Salt Lake City, UT, 84130

Send a Package

Use the same PO Box mailing address as above.

However, every package entering the Philippines through the US Mail system and other carriers is inspected and randomly opened to verify values and contents.

The value of the contents, as stated by the shipper, is added to the postage costs you paid when you sent the package in the mail. These two values added together establish the baseline for the Custom Fees and Taxes that will be paid by the missionary.

These fees are deducted from the missionaries monthly support money.

Recommendation:

Ship small parcels more frequently. Parcels having a total value of less than $48.00 are exempt from duty fees. Remember the total value is the estimated value stated by the shipper plus the cost to mail the parcel. If two parcels are received at the same time even though shipped separately, they will be combined.