The Other Side of the Box

There is a large Filipino business in the US known as Balikbayan. "Balikbayan" literally means a Filipino living outside of the Philippines who returns for a visit. A Balikbayan box is filled with stuff Filipinos send or take back home to their family in the Philippines. In Filipino communities across the US, Filipinos specialize in shipping these boxes. During our time in the Philippines, our family and Dr Holmes often sent us a box of little treats from home, Christmas gifts for the kids, and supplies for our ministry. (remember the pill bottles?) Now we are on the other end of the spectrum. Last week we packed up a box of stuff to ship to the ministry. Here is Allan doing what my parents did quite a few times:In the past we have shipped out of Atlanta, but there was a shipping office in Myrtle Beach. So we took it with us on vacation and right now it is waiting train transportation to the west coast before being loaded on a cargo ship.