Tuesday, September 18, 2012

My address during training

Training will be from the first week of October through mid December. While I'm in training I'll be able to get mail but the address you'll send mail to might look a little funny:

Zach Wegner
Peace Corps Samoa
Private Bag
Apia, (Western/Independent) Samoa
South Pacific

Also, the Peace Corps informed me of the following:
"Please note that putting "Western" or the alternative "Independent" in parenthesis can be helpful in ensuring that mail is not sent to American Samoa or elsewhere in the world. If your friends and family find that they are being charged regular U.S. domestic postal rates, it means the postal clerks are thinking they are sending the material to American Samoa. Mail to (Independent) Samoa requires international postage rates."

Also, writing the following expressions on the package can help to make sure it comes through safe and sound:

E fa'amamuia e Atua api lea.
God bless this package.

OR

E matamata Atua i api lea.
God watches this package.

My address will likely be changing after training and I will update my address then.

17 more days!

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