Penpals and dating under 18
23-Sep-2020 15:43
If you would like to write to someone in the HM Forces (UK), try Diedre’s Forces Penpal Service.So get started today: find a pen-pal and locate their location on the globe.
With a #2 pencil, I bubbled in my name, my interests, and the top countries I was interested in: Yugoslavia (as it was called! In a couple of weeks I was matched with “Liliana from Yugoslavia”- we ended up writing for more than 10 years before we lost touch!There are a couple of different ways to go about finding a pen-pal for your kids from another country.Ask family, friends, and neighbors if they have a loved one abroad who would like a pen-pal.Although there is some patience involved (you might wait months before getting a letter back from some remote locations), the excitement of getting a letter in the mail with their name on it is not lost in our digital age.
Despite the expense, my kids have enjoyed sending little packages and homemade cards (especially at the holidays) to family members abroad, and of course they love receiving little presents even more.A man on a burro came to pick up the mail every month from her high Andean village, and we exchanged letters once every couple of months.