SERPOST

My alarm went off at 5 AM today and I energetically bounded out of bed! Okay... that's not completely true. My alarm DID go off at 5 AM, but my bound out of bed was quite lacking energy. I quickly showered and ate breakfast before leaving the house to go to... SERPOST! Serpost is the post office here in Arequipa, and last week I received a notification that there was a PACKAGE waiting for me there! Now, picking up a package is not a simple thing to do. Serpost opens at 8:00 AM, but they only accept like 8 people or something to pick up packages. Therefore, in order to get a place in line, you have to get there EARLY!! But... apparently not as early as I did. I got to Serpost at 6 AM and was the first one there. I sat myself down on the sidewalk and read my Bible for a good two hours before they opened the doors and let us in. It was actually a lovely morning. In the business of the past few days of climbing a volcano and coming back and going to classes, it was really nice to have a good chunk of quite time with God, in the heart of Arequipa.

Since I was the first person there, I was also the first person to get to talk with the customs agent. I had to fill out some form and show them my passport. I also had to open my package and show everything to the agent, and she  needed some copies of my passport, which I didn't have. So I went and made copies down the street. And then I got to take my package home! Thank you to my wonderful parents for the wonderful package and to the wonderful people at Serpost who were really nice and helpful!

And now I'm off to continue my wonderful Wednesday! Woo-hoo!