Going Postal

One of the things I do here at PIBC is go to the post office and pick up the mail three times a week. Most people on Guam have P.O. boxes. Many houses in Guam are really down dirt roads in the middle of no where and have no real street address. This often leads to very long lines at the post office. Previously they had a seperate line for people who were just picking up packages or mail that does not fit in their boxes. Now everyone has to wait in the same line. Usually when you get there the line is quite long. It is quite normal to have to wait 20minutes before getting to the counter for service. Although the wait can be as long as 45 minutes. It all depends on how many people in front of you have how many things to mail, money orders to get, or stamps to buy. Some days when I get the mail, I think "I hope there are no packages today because I really don't want to stand in line". Today I got to the post office and there was not one person in line. No one was even being waited on. It was a modern day miracle. I hoped and prayed for packages. We are waiting for several, including chocolate from Holland. However, none arrived today. I didn't even need stamps. How sad. What a waste of a miracle.