Alex left for Albania on Wednesday January 4, 2011.  He called us from the airport and it was great to talk with him.  We haven't heard for sure where he is at this time.  We should hear for sure on Monday with a letter from Alex.

There are a couple of ways to get letters to Alex now.  You can go onto Dear Elder which is probably the best way.  The other way is to send it through the LDS church pouch mail but they have pretty strict regulations.  The regulations for pouch mail is below.

• You can mail a single 8 1/2-inch x 11-inch sheet of 20-pound paper, or equivalent to paper used in copiers. Envelopes may not be used.
• The sheet is to be folded into three parts, as is commonly done to insert into a business envelope. The top edge of the sheet should be fastened with tape on the top edge only, no closer than one inch to either side.
• The name of the missionary is addressed on the outside of the sheet, with the name of the mission and the pouch address of the Church: P.O. Box 30150, Salt Lake City, Ut., 84130-0150.
• Apply a stamp to the sheet and mail to Church headquarters.

I just got verification that it is best to send everything to the mission home.  The missionaries move so much and once they move the letters don't always get forwarded.  If they go to the mission home then he will get everything.  So the mission home address is all I'm going to post on his mission.

The address to send a letter is:

Albania Tirana Mission

Rr. Qemal Stafa Vilal

Perballe Postes NR. 22

Tirana, Albania




I will let everybody know just as soon as I get more information.