Mail Info

It feels a bit selfish to publish a page on the Internet telling people what they should send us in the mail. However many of you have asked and wanted to send us stuff but weren't sure the best way to go about it. It's still best to mail everything to our P.O box and not directly to the house. Our address is:

Mike & Elisabeth Jochum
P.O. Box 6414/BDCD
Bandung, West Java 40162A
Indonesia

Letters or Postcards - if you send us a letter it usually gets here in around 10 day. The kids really enjoy getting postcards and each have a collection of thier own.

Packages - Packages are a different story. If you send an average size package by ground in most cases it takes aroung 2-4 months. Every package we get is opened by the post office but nothing has ever been stollen from our packages. If you use wrapping paper rarely are they opened. But be sure not to send cash or something really expensive.

Air Mail or Express Delivery - hey if you want to send something really fast (2 weeks) you can send it airmail using DHL or Federal Express. However be careful what you send. Some of you have sent videos or even film and we had to pay a Airport tax on those items that may have been more than their actual value.

What to send?  This may vary depending on who you are sending it too. To see what the kids are into take a look at their pages, I'm sure they will give you some ideas. Here some other ideas, most of which are quite cheap but really received with great enthusiasum

• Send us some resent photo's of you and your family via email or in a letter.
• the kids like those small American cereal packs (Apple Jacks, Honey Nut Cheerios & Jungle Swirl Fruit Loops are hard to get here or are really expensive).
• Marshmellows (we can now get Graham crackers here).
• Medicine - we need all kinds but you better email Elisabeth first for I'm clueless.
• Some good books (in English). Check out Mikes wishlist on Amazon.com or anything from the Mustard seed bookstore in Wayne.
• Any new Christian music or contempory CD's. Mike likes Jazz as well.
• Windows CDROM games for the kids.
• Videos of TV programs like Nickalodian, or the Disney channel. We can also watch VCD/DVD's on the computer. Other good family programs from the TV would be good as well since TV here is rather lacking.
• Football, ice skating, ballet or Truck video's (for Dad, Mom, Kerrie & Seth)
• Old PC Magazines if there is room in the bottom of the box.
• Any kind of Candy like

  Peppermint Lifesavers (for Mike) Peppermint Breathsavors (for Elisabeth) Extra strenth Tums (for Mike) Simphony Chocolate  ...

Thats a good enough list for now. Of course if your really in the giving spirit you could always get Mike a cell phone, palm pilot or any other expensive electronic gadgit. We hope this give you some ideas.

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