Hola from Peru!!
We have actually been 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 already offered in incredible methods. We will remain in Lima for the next number of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be coping with a Peruvian household for a month while we participate in 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 individuals about moving to another nation, we discovered that almost everyone was curious to understand exactly HOW we were going to pack 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 ... Delight in!
1. Start Packing EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packaging is overwhelming (I will be stating 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 everything for the last minute will worry you out more. You may forget things or perhaps take excessive. Julian and I started about 3 months beforehand by getting rid of clothing and things we didn't need occasionally (numerous trips to Goodwill). And we likewise started purchasing trunks early because they can get pretty pricey so spreading out that out helps. I also started posting advertisements early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had pals buy a great deal of our stuff in advance to select it up when we were prepared to move. Likewise making a list of whatever that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do however is available in helpful when handling custom-mades.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is truly for the memories. The apartment we moved out was our very first house together and it meant a lot to us. So the images are simply for us to bear in mind and possibly show our future family one day, to know where all of it began.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have been a supporter for loading cubes considering that my journey to El Salvador a year back. On that trip, I could only take a carry on with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to state we bought as much of them as we could and were able to get the majority of my clothes into one suitcase. I won't lie, though loading cubes are great, loading all my clothing and trying to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limit was EXTREMELY DIFFICULT and caused me numerous breakdowns haha (just being honest).
4. Find Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask ANY & ALL Concerns.
This is something a lot of other individuals where informing us to do and truthfully we didn't think it was that essential ... at first. But a couple of months prior to leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not understanding what to load we reached out to another medical professional named Ari, who is in fact presently living in the apartment we will be moving into. She has really 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 racks to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packing Party!
Welcome somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem telling you "you don't require that", and who can manage you being stressed out. Our pal Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER DAY OFF) and invested the whole day, going through our stuff, making the calls we could not make on what we must bring, donate, or store. She helped us pack everything in our trunks and assisted make it all fit without being over 50 lbs. 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 release a lot ... A Great Deal Of your things. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this insane feature of keeping EVERY pen he owned because 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 most likely my favorite part about moving. Like I said earlier, we took many journeys to Goodwill, however we also allowed our friends to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they desired. It was really cool to know that our things were entering into the houses of people 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 said the same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bedding was very essential, likewise great knives, a couple of framed images of our family and friends, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we made certain to load!
9. Relax and Take A Second ... Numerous Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Situation!!
As I have actually pointed out, packaging is frustrating. At any quality it can truthfully make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a second to yell, recognize the chaos around you, and after that just laugh because it is nuts. What you are trying to do is insane: your home has actually never looked even worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and showering without a shower curtain while attempting not to get excessive water on the floor, eating out of the same bowl for every single meal, and only have one nice shirt given that all the rest of your clothing are packed. You're not living your typical life and its frustrating, however if you take a look at a range, its likewise amusing, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise get out of your house, go check out the city you are leaving, meet friends, and enjoy yourself, that really assisted us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its actually enjoyable to look back now on how much Julian and I did in such little time. Here are some photos of our last couple of months in Houston!
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