Trying to pack. Bought lots of wooden gifts. Trying to find clothes to pack around the wooden gifts so that they won’t break.
Stared at the closets. Here’s what I found:
Sandals, sundresses, shorts, short-sleeve shirts. Hmmm. Even for California in winter, not going to work.
Grace: two pairs of pants, one sweater. No closed-toed shoes.
Josiah: a few pairs of long pants, one jacket.
Amy: 3 pairs of pants, 1 long-sleeved shirt, 1 jacket, 1 pair of Keds.
Gil: lots of pants (of course), one sweatshirt, one jacket.
Can you tell we live in the land of eternal summer?
Now, before you start worrying about your winter-deprived missionaries freezing to death, my best friend Anne has already been on it, and has quite a collection of clothes for us to borrow. We’ll be fine. Grace will have to sport the socks-with-sandals look for our overnight layover in London, but she’ll be so thrilled that she finally gets to wear socks, that no one will mind a bit.
My main concern is how exactly I am going to pack all those wooden gifts without any padding. Or newspaper. Or bubblewrap. Any ideas?
Carley
got any old towels? 🙂
Anonymous
yeah i was thinking the same thing use towels
Sammye & Tumaini
Wrap them in kangas, and leave the kangas as gifts 🙂
Anonymous
Use the clothes.
Amy Medina
um, yeah, I am using the clothes. I just don't have enough!
Bryan
Pack them and the clothing in either plastic containers or cardboard boxes, then place inside your suitcase. Should not be a weight problem.
Galadri
Maybe try popcorn? Cheap, light and potentially edible!
Kevin and Robin McGee
enjoying your posts!!
can you buy scarves and kikoys there? scarves are very "in" in the states right now and they make great gifts, too… Kikoys are just about as useful as a kanga (light blanket in the car or plane, picnic blanket, beach wrap, a lot of my friends want them for nursing cover-ups – they make great gifts!) so I agree with the kanga suggestion as well. And you can always use tp… =)
On your way back if you need 'no weight fillers' in your luggage for the extra space when your weight is about filled up, use rolls of paper towels, charmin and new fluffy pillows! =) Charmin is a treat when you're making 20 runs to the choo in a day.
Amy Medina
ha ha, thanks Robin! I did buy some scarves.