Hola from Peru!!
We have been in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually currently fallen in love with this country and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has actually already provided in remarkable ways. We will be in Lima for the next couple of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be coping with a Peruvian household for a month while we attend language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to learn Spanish, while Julian will discover Quechua, the native language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to move to Peru and talking with people about transferring to another country, we found that practically everybody was curious to know exactly HOW we were going to pack for our relocation. So before we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we thought we 'd show y' all 10 hacks that we found in packaging to move overseas ... Delight in!
1. Start Packing EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packaging is overwhelming (I will be saying that a lot in this blog site haha) and if you are like the majority of us, you have a great deal of stuff, so leaving all of it for the eleventh hour will worry you out more. You may forget things or potentially take excessive. Julian and I started about 3 months beforehand by getting rid of clothes and things we didn't need occasionally (a lot of trips to Goodwill). And we also began purchasing trunks early due to the fact that they can get pretty pricey so spreading that out assists. I also started publishing ads early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had friends buy a lot of our things in advance to choose it up when we were ready to move. Also making a list of everything that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but comes in convenient when handling customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is really for the memories. The home we vacated was our first house together and it indicated a lot to us. So the photos are simply for us to remember and maybe show our future family one day, to understand where everything started.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have actually been a supporter for packing cubes considering that my trip to El Salvador a year ago. On that journey, I might just take a carry on with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to say we bought as a lot of them as we could and were able to get most of my clothes into one travel suitcase. I will not lie, though loading cubes are terrific, loading all my clothing and attempting to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limitation was VERY DIFFICULT and triggered me many breakdowns haha (just being sincere).
4. Discover Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Inquire ANY & ALL Concerns.
This is something a great deal of other individuals where informing us to do and truthfully we didn't believe it was that crucial ... in the beginning. However a few months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not knowing what to load we connected to another doctor called Ari, who is really currently residing in the house we will be moving into. She has truly been a God-send. I emailed Ari a minimum of 3 times a week till we moved here. I asked her anything to everything: from the size of the kitchen racks to whether we needed to bring rain boots.
5. Toss a Packaging Celebration!
Welcome someone over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue telling you "you don't need that", and who can handle you being stressed out. Our buddy Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came over (ON HER DAY OFF) and invested the whole day, going through our things, making the calls we couldn't make on what we must bring, donate, or store. She helped us load everything in our trunks and helped make it all fit without being over 50 pounds. THANK YOU SANDRA!!!
6. Learn to Let Go ...
At the end of the day you are moving overseas and can not take whatever with you and will need to release a lot ... A Great Deal Of your stuff. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this crazy aspect of keeping EVERY pen he owned given that college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's help Julian is now free from his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was probably my favorite part about moving. Like I said earlier, we took many trips to Goodwill, however we also allowed our friends to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they wanted. It was really cool to understand that our things were going into the homes of individuals we enjoy!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other people that have actually done what we are simulating Julian's parents, everyone said the same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bedding was really essential, likewise excellent knives, a couple of framed photos of our friends and family, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we made sure to load!
9. Relax and Take A Second ... Many Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Situation!!
As I have actually discussed, packaging is frustrating. At any caliber it can truthfully make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a second to scream, recognize the mayhem around you, and then just laugh because it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is insane: your house has actually never ever looked even worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and showering without a shower drape while attempting not to get excessive water on the floor, eating out of the same bowl for every meal, and only have one good t-shirt considering that all the rest of your clothes are packed. You're not living your regular life and its frustrating, however if you take a look at a range, its likewise funny, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise leave your house, go explore the city you are leaving, meet good friends, and enjoy yourself, that truly helped us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its really fun to recall now on how much Julian and I performed in such little time. Here are some pictures of our last few months in Houston!
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