Hola from Peru!!
We have remained in Peru for 4 days now and we've currently fallen in love with this country and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has actually currently supplied in remarkable ways. We will remain 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 participate in language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to discover Spanish, while Julian will learn Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to transfer to Peru and talking with individuals about moving to another nation, we discovered that practically everybody 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 share with y' all 10 hacks that we found in packaging to move overseas ... Delight in!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packing is overwhelming (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 everything for the eleventh hour will stress you out more. You may forget things or possibly take too much. Julian and I began about 3 months in advance by eliminating clothing and things we didn't require occasionally (so many journeys to Goodwill). And we also started buying trunks early due to the fact that they can get pretty expensive so spreading that out assists. I likewise started posting advertisements early on Facebook to offer our furnishings and from that we had buddies buy a great deal of our things in advance to select it up when we were ready to move. Likewise making a list of everything that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do however is available in useful when dealing with customs.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is really for the memories. The apartment we vacated was our very first house together and it indicated a lot to us. So the images are just for us to bear in mind and possibly reveal our future family one day, to know where everything started.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have been an advocate for loading cubes given that my trip to El Salvador a year earlier. On that journey, I could only take a carry on with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to say we bought as a number of them as we might and were able to get most of my clothes into one travel suitcase. I will not lie, though packing cubes are great, loading all my clothes and attempting to make them all fit and not discuss the 50-lb limit was INCREDIBLY DEMANDING and caused me numerous breakdowns haha (simply being sincere).
4. Find Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a lot of other individuals where telling us to do and honestly we didn't think it was that crucial ... at first. However a few months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not understanding what to pack we reached out to another doctor named Ari, who is actually currently living in the home 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 everything: from the size of the cooking area shelves to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Toss a Packaging Celebration!
Welcome somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem telling you "you do not require that", and who can handle you being stressed. Our buddy Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER DAY OFF) and spent the whole day, going through our stuff, making the calls we could not make on what we must bring, donate, or shop. She assisted us pack everything in our trunks and assisted make it all fit without being over 50 lbs. 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 release a lot ... A Great Deal Of your things. 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 aid Julian is now devoid of his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was probably my favorite part about moving. Like I said previously, we took numerous journeys to Goodwill, however we also allowed our buddies to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they desired. It was really cool to understand that our things were entering into the homes of people we love!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other people that have done what we are simulating Julian's parents, everyone stated the same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bed linen was very important, likewise great knives, a few framed images of our friends and family, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we made sure to load!
9. Relax and Take A 2nd ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Circumstance!!
As I have actually pointed out, packaging is frustrating. At any quality it can truthfully make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a 2nd to scream, recognize the chaos around you, and then simply laugh since it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is crazy: your home has never ever looked even worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and showering without a shower drape while trying not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating in restaurants of the exact same bowl for each meal, and just have one nice shirt considering that all the rest of your clothing are loaded. You're not living your typical life and its frustrating, however if you look at a range, its also funny, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also get out of your house, go explore the city you are leaving, meet up with pals, and enjoy yourself, that really helped us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its actually fun 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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