Hola from Peru!!
We have actually remained 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 already provided in fantastic ways. We will be in Lima for the next number of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be dealing with a Peruvian family for a month while we participate in language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to learn Spanish, while Julian will learn Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to transfer to Peru and talking with people about relocating to another country, we found that almost everybody wondered to know precisely HOW we were going to load for our move. 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 ... Take pleasure in!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packaging is frustrating (I will be saying that a lot in this blog haha) and if you resemble the majority of us, you have a lot of things, so leaving it all for the eleventh hour will worry you out more. You may forget things or perhaps take excessive. Julian and I began about 3 months in advance by eliminating clothes and things we didn't need here and there (so many journeys to Goodwill). And we also started buying trunks early since they can get pretty pricey so spreading that out assists. I also began publishing ads early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had buddies buy a lot of our stuff in advance to pick it up when we were all set to move. Likewise making a list of whatever that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do however comes in handy when handling customs.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is really for the memories. The home we left was our very first home together and it suggested a lot to us. So the photos are just for us to remember and perhaps show our future family one day, to know where all of it began.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have been a supporter for packing cubes considering that my journey to El Salvador a year ago. On that journey, I could only take a carry on with me and was able to fit 2 weeks worth of clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to say we bought as a number of them as we could and were able to get most of my clothing into one suitcase. I won't lie, though loading cubes are terrific, packing all my clothes and attempting to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limitation was EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT and triggered me many breakdowns haha (simply 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 people where informing us to do and honestly we didn't believe it was that important ... in the beginning. But a couple of months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not knowing what to pack we reached out to another medical professional named Ari, who is really currently residing in the home we will be moving into. She has actually genuinely 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 shelves to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Toss a Packing Party!
Invite somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue informing 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 spent the whole day, going through our stuff, making the calls we couldn't make on what we ought to bring, contribute, or store. She helped us load 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 whatever with you and will need to release a lot ... A LOT of your things. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this insane aspect of keeping EVERY pen he owned given that college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's assistance Julian is now devoid of his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was most likely my preferred part about moving. Like I said earlier, we took lots of journeys to Goodwill, however we likewise enabled our friends to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they desired. It was truly neat to understand that our things were going into the homes of people we love!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other people that have actually done what we are simulating Julian's moms and dads, everyone said the exact same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bedding was very essential, also good knives, a couple of framed pictures of our loved ones, and PEANUT BUTTER (apparently peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we made certain to pack!
9. Chill Out and Take A Second ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Scenario!!
As I have actually mentioned, packaging is frustrating. At any caliber it can honestly make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a second to yell, acknowledge the mayhem around you, and then just laugh because it is nuts. What you are trying to do is crazy: your home has actually never ever looked even worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and showering without a shower drape while attempting not to get too much water on the flooring, eating in restaurants of the very same bowl for every single meal, and just have one good t-shirt given that all the rest of your clothes are packed. You're not living your normal life and its overwhelming, however if you look at a distance, its also amusing, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also leave your house, go explore the city you are leaving, meet up with good friends, and enjoy yourself, that really assisted us when packing was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its really fun to recall now on how much Julian and I did in such little time. Here are some images of our last few months in Houston!
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