Hola from Peru!!
We have remained in Peru for 4 days now and we've currently fallen for this nation and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has already provided in remarkable ways. We will be in Lima for the next number of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be coping with a Peruvian family for a month while we attend language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to find out Spanish, while Julian will discover Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to move to Peru and talking with individuals about relocating to another nation, we found that almost everyone was curious to know exactly HOW we were going to pack for our move. So prior to we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we believed we 'd share with y' all 10 hacks that we found in packing to move overseas ... Delight in!
1. Start Packing EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packaging is frustrating (I will be stating that a lot in this blog haha) and if you are like the majority of us, you have a lot of stuff, so leaving it all for the last minute will worry you out more. You may forget things or possibly take too much. Julian and I started about 3 months in advance by getting rid of clothes and things we didn't require occasionally (many journeys to Goodwill). And we also started purchasing trunks early because they can get pretty costly so spreading out that out helps. I also started posting advertisements early on Facebook to sell our furniture and from that we had pals purchase a great deal of our things in advance to pick it up when we were prepared to move. Also making a list of everything that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but is available in handy when handling custom-mades.
2. Take Pictures of Your House
This is truly for the memories. The apartment or condo we vacated was our very first home together and it meant a lot to us. So the images are simply for us to bear in mind and maybe show our future family one day, to know where it all started.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have actually been an advocate for loading cubes because my trip to El Salvador a year ago. On that journey, I could just take a continue with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to state we bought as many of them as we could and were able to get most of my clothing into one luggage. I won't lie, though loading cubes are fantastic, loading all my clothes and trying to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limitation was VERY DIFFICULT and caused me many breakdowns haha (simply being sincere).
4. Discover Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask Them ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a lot of other individuals where telling us to do and truthfully we didn't think it was that crucial ... at first. But a couple of months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not understanding what to load we reached out to another physician called Ari, who is actually presently living in the apartment we will be moving into. She has genuinely been a God-send. I emailed Ari a minimum of 3 times a week up until we moved here. I asked her anything to whatever: from the size of the kitchen area racks to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packaging Celebration!
Welcome somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue telling you "you do not need that", and who can handle you being stressed. Our buddy Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER Day Of Rest) and spent the whole day, going through our stuff, making the calls we could not make on what we need to bring, donate, or shop. She helped us pack whatever in our trunks and helped make it all fit without being over 50 pounds. THANK YOU SANDRA!!!
6. Discover to Let Go ...
At the end of the day you are moving overseas and can not take everything with you and will have to let go of a lot ... A Great Deal Of your things. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this insane thing about keeping EVERY pen he owned because college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's aid Julian is now devoid of his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!
This was most likely my preferred part about moving. Like I stated earlier, we took numerous journeys to Goodwill, however we also permitted our buddies to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they wanted. It was actually cool to know that our things were entering into the houses 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 doing like Julian's moms and dads, everybody stated the same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, great bed linen was really important, likewise great knives, a couple of framed photos of our loved ones, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we made sure to load!
9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Situation!!
As I have pointed out, packaging is overwhelming. At any quality it can truthfully make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a 2nd to yell, acknowledge the mayhem around you, and then simply laugh because it is nuts. What you are trying to do is insane: your house has actually never ever looked worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and showering without a shower curtain while attempting not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating in restaurants of the exact same bowl for each meal, and just have one great t-shirt considering that all the rest of your clothing are loaded. You're not living your normal life and its frustrating, however if you look at a distance, its likewise humorous, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also get out of your home, go explore the city you are leaving, meet friends, and enjoy yourself, that actually assisted us when packing was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its actually fun to recall now on just how much Julian and I did in such little time. Here are some photos of our last few months in Houston!
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