Address

**Update! I know how much surprises can be fun sometimes, but, it is probably best if you let us know that you have sent something so that we can be on the lookout for it. MFI will always pursue us to make sure we know that something has arrived, but just to be sure, if you let us know, we can be watching for it.**

Many of you have asked if there is an adress that you can use to mail things to us. Well, the answer is kind of. So far we don´t really know what our home adress is because we don´t yet have a permanent home. However, we do have a way of getting mail through service called Missionary Flights International. Essentially, they deliver mail to missionaries in the Carribean. Whenever they have 700+ lbs for a location, they make a trip. It sounds like for our area there are usually flights every 4-6 weeks. We will (for now) recieve mail through the adress of one of our collegues here at the mission. So, here are the details...

In the ¨To¨ area writë:

Malou Faublas/MFI
Unit 4014/CTNBH
3170 Airmans DR
Ft. Pierce, FL 34946

In the ¨From¨ area write:
SCOTT AND KELLY HAMPTON
YOUR address
(Your own address goes here. However, make sure that our names are above your adress because that is how they know who to deliver to.)

*A couple of things. Basically you are mailing it to Florida and Florida knows to get it to us based upon our names above your address, and Malou´s Unit number/id number. It´s an interesting system but it apparently works great. Remember that you will pay to ship it to Florida but we will pay on delivery $1.50/lbs. They do request a packing slip identifing the contents of the box to be on the outside. If it isn´t there, they will open the box to check the contents. It apparently has something to do with customs. I would just tape a sealed envelope on the outside of the box stating ¨packing slip¨ that they can then open when it arrives in Florida. It also does sound like there is a good chance that they will make another delivery in December (possibly) because of Christmas but there are no garuntees.

We love you all. A brief update is that we are currently in Barahona, living with a wonderful host family in a beautiful house about 10 minutes walk from the office. So far we have seen 2 out of the 5 villages, attended a Christmas party at 1 school, taken photos for sponsorship, organized donations and met many many people. It is a wonderful place for us to be. God is blessing us richly and in our next updates, we´ll let you know more about all of that. Things that you can pray specifically for is our language because life happens so fast and we feel a loss of identity in that we can´t relate to people or be ourselves completely without language. Also pray for our learning curve at the mission and in this city.

Nos Vemos,
M&K