Hola from Peru!!
We have actually remained in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually currently fallen in love with this nation and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has already provided in amazing ways. We will remain in Lima for the next number of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be living with a Peruvian family for a month while we go to 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 transfer to Peru and talking with people about relocating to another nation, we found that nearly everyone was curious to understand exactly HOW we were going to load for our move. So before we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we thought we 'd share with y' all 10 hacks that we found in packing to move overseas ... Enjoy!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packaging is frustrating (I will be stating that a lot in this blog haha) and if you resemble the majority of us, you have a great deal of stuff, so leaving all of it for the last minute will stress you out more. You may forget things or possibly take excessive. Julian and I started about 3 months ahead of time by eliminating clothes and things we didn't require occasionally (numerous trips to Goodwill). And we also began purchasing trunks early since they can get pretty pricey so spreading out that out helps. I also started posting ads early on Facebook to offer our furniture and from that we had friends buy a great deal of our things in advance to choose it up when we were all set to move. Also making a list of whatever that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but comes in useful when handling customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is truly for the memories. The apartment we left was our first house together and it suggested a lot to us. So the images are simply for us to keep in mind and maybe show our future household one day, to know where everything began.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have actually been a supporter for packing cubes considering that my trip to El Salvador a year earlier. 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 say we bought as many of them as we might and were able to get the majority of my clothing into one suitcase. I won't lie, though loading cubes are great, loading all my clothes and attempting to make them all fit and not review the 50-lb limit was EXTREMELY DEMANDING and caused me lots of breakdowns haha (simply being honest).
4. Find Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask Them ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a great deal of other individuals where informing us to do and honestly we didn't believe it was that crucial ... in the beginning. However a few months before leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not knowing what to pack we reached out to another doctor named Ari, who is in fact currently residing in the house we will be moving into. She has actually truly been a God-send. I emailed Ari at least 3 times a week up until we moved here. I asked her anything to whatever: from the size of the kitchen racks to whether we needed to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packing Celebration!
Welcome somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue telling you "you don't need that", and who can manage you being stressed out. Our pal Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER Day Of Rest) and invested the entire day, going through our things, making the calls we couldn't make on what we ought to bring, contribute, or store. She helped us pack whatever 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 everything with you and will need to let go of a lot ... A Great Deal Of your stuff. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this crazy feature of keeping EVERY pen he owned considering that college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's assistance Julian is now devoid of his pen addiction. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was probably my preferred part about moving. Like I stated earlier, we took numerous journeys to Goodwill, but we also enabled our pals to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they desired. It was actually cool to know 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 stated the same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bed linen was very crucial, also excellent knives, a couple of framed pictures of our friends and family, and PEANUT BUTTER (apparently peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we ensured to load!
9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Numerous Seconds ... to Laugh at 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 turmoil around you, and then just laugh due to the fact that it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is insane: your home has never looked worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and showering without a shower drape while attempting not to get too much water on the floor, eating out of the very same bowl for each meal, and only have one great shirt since all the rest of your clothes are loaded. You're not living your typical life and its overwhelming, but if you take a look at a distance, its likewise humorous, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise get out of your house, go check out the city you are leaving, meet buddies, and enjoy yourself, that really helped us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its actually fun to recall now on just how much Julian and I performed in such little time. Here are some images of our last couple of months in Houston!
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