Several of you amazing friends and family have been asking us about sending care packages. Let me tell you, we are so incredibly thankful and feel so blessed that you are asking!! We’ve only been here a month, but we are already realizing that it’s a whole lot of little things that you really start to miss about America. The food, especially convenient cooking! Good coffee. Seasons. Nice smells. Cute crafts. Antiperspirant deodorant!! Things that are by no means a necessity (except maybe the deodorant…), but that are just fun and remind you of home!<\/p>\n
Receiving a care package is like having a little bit of home come to us here in PNG! So thank you for asking, and here are some instructions on how to send one:<\/p>\n
Address:<\/p>\n
Jack and Lael Crabtree
\nPO Box 1079
\nG oroka EHP 441
\nPapua New Guinea<\/p>\n
A flat rate box<\/span> from the post office<\/span> is the best way to go.<\/p>\n They will give you a customs form to fill out, and it’s good to be broad<\/span>. Don’t lie, but if you bought skittles, be generic and put “candy.”<\/p>\n If you wrap items, they are less likely to be stolen\/”confiscated”<\/p>\n It’s a good idea to put food items\/candles\/etc double wrapped in ziplocks<\/span>, as PNG rats love to get into things!<\/p>\n Here’s a list of ideas:<\/p>\n Food Items: Other Items: Most of all we love and miss our friends and family back home. We are so grateful for technology and FaceTime, so the distance doesn’t seem so wide! Thanks for keeping up with us!<\/span><\/p>\n Love from PNG, The Crabtrees<\/p>\n PS–the name of this blog refers to WWII, when military planes flew over PNG dropping supplies for troops. Tribal folks out in the bush just saw packages of food and clothing fall from the sky. A mysticism emerged around this concept, and people today still look for cargo! They call it “cargo cult.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Several of you amazing friends and family have been asking us about sending care packages. Let me tell you, we are so incredibly thankful and feel so blessed that you are asking!! We’ve only been here a month, but we are already realizing that it’s a whole lot of little things that you really start […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":947,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-training","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jack-crabtree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jack-crabtree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jack-crabtree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jack-crabtree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/947"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jack-crabtree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jack-crabtree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jack-crabtree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jack-crabtree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jack-crabtree\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGood, locally roasted coffee!
\nNatural, no stir peanut butter
\nKids Gummy vitamins
\nFruit Snacks
\nFruit pouches (like flavored applesauce)
\nAnnie\u2019s Mac and Cheese
\nReese\u2019s Peanut butter cups
\nSkittles, hard\/sour candy
\nAny chocolate
\nSeasoning packets (Fajita, chili, etc)
\nDrink mixes (like Crystal Light strawberry lemonade)
\nAlmonds, Pecans
\nSprinkles
\nCanned chicken
\nBeef Jerky
\nPepperoni
\nCelery seed
\nAlmond extract
\nAny kind of box mix
\nEarl Grey tea bags
\nLoose leaf tea
\nTrail Mix
\nCraisins<\/p>\n
\nA picture of you and your family
\nScented Candles
\nHoliday stuff
\nA magnet of where you\u2019re from
\nDeodorant (Jack: Degree or Axe antiperspirant; Lael: Dove Revive, or any fun scent!)
\nDVDs for the kids
\nKid crafty things (like: construction paper, glitter, glue sticks, felt, pipe cleaner, etc!)
\nColoring books
\nKid nail polish\/lip gloss
\nKid craft kits (especially for holidays!)
\nStickers
\nKids\u2019 shampoo
\nBath finger paints
\nCute dishtowels
\nYarn
\nCute journals or cards
\nFlea collars for our cat
\nHomeschool materials<\/p>\n