Hola from Peru!!
We have remained in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually already fallen for this country and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has actually currently provided in remarkable methods. We will remain in Lima for the next number of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be living with a Peruvian household for a month while we go to language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to find out Spanish, while Julian will find out Quechua, the native language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to relocate to Peru and talking with people about moving to another country, we discovered that nearly everyone was curious to know precisely HOW we were going to pack for our relocation. So before we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we believed we 'd show y' all 10 hacks that we found in packaging to move overseas ... Enjoy!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packing is overwhelming (I will be saying that a lot in this blog site haha) and if you resemble most of us, you have a great deal of stuff, so leaving it all for the last minute will worry you out more. You may forget things or perhaps take excessive. Julian and I started about 3 months ahead of time by eliminating clothes and things we didn't require occasionally (so many journeys to Goodwill). And we likewise started buying trunks early since they can get pretty pricey so spreading that out helps. I likewise began posting advertisements early on Facebook to offer our furniture and from that we had friends buy a great deal of our stuff in advance to select it up when we were all set to move. Also making a list of everything that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do however can be found in useful when dealing with customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is really for the memories. The apartment we vacated was our first home together and it meant a lot to us. So the images are just for us to keep in mind and possibly reveal our future family one day, to know where all of it began.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have actually been a supporter for loading cubes because 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 clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to state we bought as a lot of them as we might and were able to get most of my clothing into one luggage. I won't lie, though loading cubes are excellent, loading all my clothes and attempting to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limitation was INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT and caused me many breakdowns haha (just being sincere).
4. Discover Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask Them ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a lot of other individuals where informing us to do and truthfully we didn't think it was that essential ... in the beginning. But a few months prior to leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not understanding what to pack we connected to another physician named Ari, who is really currently residing in the home we will be moving into. She has actually truly been a God-send. I emailed Ari at least 3 times a week until 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 Packing Party!
Welcome someone over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem telling you "you don't require that", and who can handle you being stressed. Our good friend 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, contribute, or store. She helped us pack everything in our trunks and assisted 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 let go of a lot ... A LOT of your things. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this crazy aspect of 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 Things!
This was most likely my favorite part about moving. Like I stated earlier, we took numerous trips to Goodwill, but we also permitted our friends to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they wanted. It was truly neat to understand 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 individuals that have actually done what we are simulating Julian's parents, everyone said the exact same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bedding was very crucial, also 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 ensured to load!
9. Relax and Take A Second ... Many Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Circumstance!!
As I have actually pointed out, packing is overwhelming. At any quality it can truthfully make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a second to scream, recognize the turmoil around you, and after that simply laugh due to the fact that it is nuts. What you are trying to do is crazy: your home has actually never looked worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and taking a shower without a shower curtain while trying not to get excessive water on the floor, eating in restaurants of the very same bowl for each meal, and just have one good 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 range, its also hilarious, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also get out of your house, go explore the city you are leaving, meet up with friends, and enjoy yourself, that actually assisted us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its actually enjoyable to look back now on just how much Julian and I did in such little time. Here are some pictures of our last few months in Houston!
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