Posties

I have been keeping my eye out for the perfect Postie moment. I have been trying to get pictures of the “Posties”, the men and women…Postie Mail Officers…dressed in neon yellow gear that zip around on three wheeled motorized vehicles delivering mail.

Often, by the time I see a postie, grab my phone and take a picture, they have zipped away, or the picture turns out really blurry. I’m sure they must have posties that walk their route, but so far, we have only seen them riding their three-wheelers.

When we first arrived in Australia, we didn’t know for sure what the yellow garbed, three wheeled people when we would see them from a distance. Finally, one time when we saw one zipping along, we were close enough, Elder Nelson was the first to figure out they must be postal workers delivering mail.

On September 25th, we needed to go to the Bank of Queensland across the street from the mission office. Little did I know that my postie luck was about to change! As we parked and were getting out of the car, Elder Nelson pointed and said, “Look.” I did a small gasp as I hopped out…sitting right there at the end of our car, was a postie three-wheeler!

At that same moment, the postie delivery officer came out of the bank and before she could get on her three wheeler, I yelled “HI” as I hurried up to her with a big smile and told her how I have been trying to snap pictures of posties on their three wheelers to send to my grandchildren…and then went on to explain…because our mail deliverer’s back in the states don’t wear anything as fancy as neon and are often riding in a small jeep-like vehicle. And I added, my grandkiddos would find posties interesting.

I asked if I could take her picture. The very first thing she said in her delightful Auzzie accent, with a big smile, was, “Oh Love, my hair looks’ awful!…but sure, why not!” I told her she looked so cute! While giving her a hug, and laughing together, Elder Nelson snapped our picture. I thanked her, we wished each other a G’day as she hopped on her three-wheeler and off she went waving to us and giving us a thumbs up sign!

What a really fun quick, perfect Postie moment for both of us! In my excitement, I totally forgot to ask her name, darn! But she was utterly sweet, spunky and lovely…especially with her pony-tailed, wind-blown hair…and it was so much fun to laugh and be with her for just a few minutes!

Love, LOVE the wonderful people we are so blessed to meet and briefly touch lives with here in beautiful Australia!

I am beyond grateful for this missionary experience we are having and all the little fun things that come with it!