Hola from Peru!!
We have actually remained in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually already fallen for this nation and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has currently offered in fantastic methods. We will remain in Lima for the next couple 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 learn Spanish, while Julian will learn Quechua, the native language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to transfer to Peru and talking with people about moving to another country, we found that practically everyone was curious to know exactly HOW we were going to pack for our relocation. So before we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we thought we 'd show y' all 10 hacks that we found in packaging to move overseas ... Take pleasure in!
1. Start Packing EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packing is overwhelming (I will be saying that a lot in this blog site haha) and if you are like the majority of us, you have a lot of stuff, so leaving it all for the eleventh hour will stress you out more. You might forget things or perhaps take too much. Julian and I began about 3 months beforehand by eliminating clothes and things we didn't need here and there (many trips to Goodwill). And we also began purchasing trunks early because they can get quite expensive so spreading that out assists. I also started posting ads early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had friends purchase a great deal 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 can be found in handy when dealing with customs.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is truly for the memories. The house we left was our very first home together and it suggested a lot to us. So the pictures are simply for us to bear in mind and maybe reveal our future family one day, to know where it all began.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have been an advocate for packing cubes given that my trip to El Salvador a year ago. On that journey, I could only take a continue with me and was able to fit 2 weeks worth of clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to state we bought as much of them as we could and had the ability to get most of my clothing into one travel suitcase. I won't lie, though packing cubes are terrific, loading all my clothes and trying to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limitation was EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT and caused me many breakdowns haha (simply being truthful).
4. Find Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Inquire ANY & ALL Concerns.
This is something a lot of other people where telling us to do and truthfully we didn't believe it was that important ... in the beginning. However a few months prior to leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not knowing what to pack we reached out to another physician called Ari, who is actually presently living in the house we will be moving into. She has truly 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 kitchen area shelves to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packing Party!
Welcome someone over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue informing you "you don't need that", and who can handle you being stressed. Our pal Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came over (ON HER Day Of Rest) and invested the whole day, going through our stuff, making the calls we couldn't make on what we ought to bring, donate, or store. She assisted us load everything in our trunks and helped make it all fit without being over 50 pounds. THANK YOU SANDRA!!!
6. Find Out to Let Go ...
At the end of the day you are moving overseas and can not take whatever with you and will have 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 assistance Julian is now devoid of his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!
This was probably my favorite part about moving. Like I said earlier, we took many journeys to Goodwill, however we also allowed our buddies to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they wanted. It was really neat to understand 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 doing like Julian's moms and dads, everybody stated the same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bedding was really essential, likewise excellent knives, a couple of framed photos of our friends and family, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we ensured to load!
9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Lots Of 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. Do not let it break you. Take a second to shout, recognize the turmoil around you, and after that just laugh due to the fact that it is nuts. What you are trying to do is crazy: your house has never looked even worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and taking a shower without a shower drape while attempting not to get excessive water on the floor, eating in restaurants of the exact same bowl for every meal, and only have one great t-shirt since all the rest of your clothes are loaded. You're not living your normal life and its frustrating, however if you look at a distance, its likewise amusing, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise get out of your home, go check out the city you are leaving, meet up with good friends, and enjoy yourself, that really helped us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its truly fun to look back now on 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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