Presents

 Mail is something every missionary anxiously waits for and looks for.  One of my responsibilities is the mail.  Each day I sort the mail and the packages and put them into their proper zone for either the missionaries who come into the office during the week or the zone leaders to pick up.  Those missionaries who come by often go to the mail first thing.  If there is something for them, they are "stoked".  They love to get mail.  If there is a package for them, it is like Christmas.  They can hardly wait to open it up.  Canada mail is very expensive and so we don't use the mail much and have also told our children not to send anything.  However, when and if we do get mail, we are as excited as the young missionaries.
The other day we got 2 packages on the same day.  The first one was from Lana.  It was actually a "little late" Christmas package.  I was excited to find a beautiful scarf and great sunglasses.  Papa was happy to find a tin of nuts.  Of course, he is sharing them with me.  What a thoughtful gift!   I love the scarf and will use it a lot.  It is perfect.   I really like the glasses too and of course we both love the nuts.  It was so unusual to get one package, but then I had another one to open on the very same day.  It was this lovely bag made by our next door neighbor Nelda.  The bag is made of pure wool and the lining is a great French cotton print.  I really, really like it and think that was sooooo nice of her to make it for me.  I am lucky that I have been so spoiled.