{"id":88,"date":"2011-02-05T16:54:12","date_gmt":"2011-02-05T21:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulandrach.com\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2011-05-16T07:56:34","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T12:56:34","slug":"sending-items","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/paulandrach.com\/?page_id=88","title":{"rendered":"SENDING ITEMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since some of our supporters have asked about what kind of items we would appreciate being sent while we are in Peru, we thought we&#8217;d put together a list of things that either we miss while we&#8217;re not in the UK or things that we&#8217;d appreciate to help sustain us in our work overseas.<\/p>\n<p>We are using this address:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Paul y Rachel Elliston<br \/>\nAsociaci\u00f3n &#8220;El Shaddai&#8221;<br \/>\nApartado 654<br \/>\nHuancayo<br \/>\nPer\u00fa<\/p>\n<p>The postal system is expensive (you might want to check this out before deciding to send something!), but seems to work, even if it isn&#8217;t very quick (we will thank you for whatever we receive, but don&#8217;t be surprised if you don&#8217;t hear from us within a fortnight at least!).<\/p>\n<p>Seeing as we&#8217;re hoping to be leaving in the next 2 to 3 months, at the moment (this may change!), the things we&#8217;d really appreciate having are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Letters (despite email, there is still nothing quite like getting something in the post!!)<\/li>\n<li>Chocolate<\/li>\n<li>Liquorice<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Easi-Yo&#8221; Yoghurt Sachets (to make sure we get our good bacteria)<\/li>\n<li>Surprises!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also set up a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/registry\/registry.html?ie=UTF8&amp;type=wishlist&amp;id=3HOM82LZSA3IK\">Wish List on Amazon.co.uk<\/a> which details items that we&#8217;d enjoy. Alternatively,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/registry\/registry.html?ie=UTF8&amp;type=wishlist&amp;id=3HOM82LZSA3IK\"><\/a>we&#8217;d love to receive old copies of any books you&#8217;ve particularly enjoyed or found helpful.<\/p>\n<p>If you do want to send an item, we recommend the following measures:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>use padded envelopes or cardboard for protection<\/li>\n<li>use plenty of tape to discourage others from opening it instead of us<\/li>\n<li>for the customs form that you need to put on the package, we would also recommend using unusual English words (eg; &#8216;confectionary&#8217; or &#8216;foodstuffs&#8217; rather than &#8216;chocolate&#8217;) since this will also discourage unwelcome investigations<\/li>\n<li>for the same customs form we recommend putting the value as &#8216;NIL&#8217;\u00a0(since it is a gift)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to all of you who have sent us things already &#8211; it really is greatly valued!<\/p>\n<p>Paul and Rachel<br \/>\n-x-x-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since some of our supporters have asked about what kind of items we would appreciate being sent while we are in Peru, we thought we&#8217;d put together a list of things that either we miss while we&#8217;re not in the UK or things that we&#8217;d appreciate to help sustain us in our work overseas. We <a href='http:\/\/paulandrach.com\/?page_id=88'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":145,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/paulandrach.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/paulandrach.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/paulandrach.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paulandrach.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paulandrach.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/paulandrach.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91,"href":"http:\/\/paulandrach.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions\/91"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paulandrach.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/paulandrach.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}