Finally, all 6 boxes full of  presents were picked up by a cargo forwarding company managed by a friend.  One box will be by air cargo which will take about a week and the rest will by sea cargo- expected approximately 45 days to be in transit.  I am pretty sure it will be worth the wait for my relatives , because all their Christmas presents are there.  Actually, I wasn’t able to send it on time because we were caught up in the Christmas rush and were busy attending gatherings and so I thought of sending them after the holidays.

Aside from shopping,  labeling and preparing the boxes was also tedious .  It gave my husband some sort of back pain just wrapping the whole box with package tape.    We used to do it that way to protect everything inside against water damage and to make it sturdy and durable.   Masking the box will help survive the impact of being hurled into container vans and also protection from mishandling which oftentimes cause boxes to rip apart.

So, I hope they will come to like our presents… t-shirts, shoes, soaps, lotions, and all sorts of knick-knacks.  Now, that it had been picked up,  my storage room is now devoid of clutter but  soon , I will be saving things again for the next Christmas season.

That’s our life as overseas worker, we work, we earn and we share our blessings to loved ones back one!  Good deed, isn’t it?