http://curdsandkimchi.blogspot.com/2013/12/care-package-2-sending-love-to-little.html (also this is one of my favorite blogs, the night I found it I spent a good two hour reading through back posts)
The Korean program has slowed down a lot in recent years and perhaps that is why I am having trouble finding recent (2013-2014) active forums on Korean adoption, if you know of one or are currently adopting please let me know in the comments. I would love to connect more with other families going through this process.
OK, I digress, back to my care package, what I ended up sending was:
-new USB drive (we were told to send this as the foster parents have a digital camera so they will load it with pictures, hopefully, and send it back to us)
-clothes (lots of clothes for the little guy, like 12 outfits, I went a little overboard)
-2 stuffed animals
-a child proof photo book
-Under the Same Moon recordable book
-Native shoes (I thought they were too cute to pass up)
-gift for foster mom (scarf) foster dad (loose tea drink holder) foster brother (candy) foster daughters (nice sticky notes, papyrus-esque)
-gift for korean social worker (lotion and chocolate)
I ended up having to ship it in a large rectangular box, USPS for $110.00
I am worried that SWS will have to pay an import fee and may decline the shipment. (I included cash to cover it but obviously it is inside the package so they don't know that.) I claimed that the stuff in the boc only cost about $70 (below the around $150 duty free import limit) but didn't realize the shipping would be so much and that the shipping amount is included in the duty free limit amount (shipping + cost declared).
It should arrive in Korea in the next week.
Hi! I responded to you on my blog, but just in case you don't see...it looks like we're on almost the same exact timeline and with the same Korean agency. We got matched on May 9th. I'm also looking for other people to connect with so feel free to email me (aubreysambuca at gmail)
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