Hola from Peru!!
We have remained in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually currently fallen for this nation and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has actually already offered in incredible 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 household for a month while we attend language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to learn Spanish, while Julian will find out Quechua, the native language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to relocate to Peru and talking with people about transferring to another country, we discovered that nearly everyone wondered 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 ... Take pleasure in!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packing is frustrating (I will be stating that a lot in this blog haha) and if you are like the majority of us, you have a great deal of stuff, so leaving all of it for the eleventh hour will worry you out more. You might forget things or perhaps take too much. Julian and I began about 3 months ahead of time by getting rid of clothes and things we didn't need here and there (many trips to Goodwill). And we also started buying trunks early since they can get pretty pricey so spreading that out assists. I likewise began posting advertisements early on Facebook to offer our furnishings and from that we had buddies purchase a lot of our stuff in advance to choose 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 can be found in useful when handling customs.
2. Take Pictures of Your House
This is truly for the memories. The home we vacated was our first home together and it implied a lot to us. So the photos are just for us to bear in mind and possibly reveal our future household one day, to know where everything began.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have actually been an advocate for loading cubes given that my journey to El Salvador a year ago. On that journey, 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 fantastic, packing all my clothing and trying to make them all fit and not review the 50-lb limit was EXCEPTIONALLY DEMANDING and triggered me lots of breakdowns haha (just being sincere).
4. Discover Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Inquire ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a great deal of other people where telling us to do and truthfully we didn't think it was that crucial ... at first. But a couple of months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not knowing what to load we connected to another doctor named Ari, who is really currently living in the apartment we will be moving into. She has truly been a God-send. I emailed Ari at least 3 times a week till 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 Packaging Celebration!
Invite someone over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue telling you "you do not require that", and who can handle you being stressed out. Our buddy 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 couldn't make on what we ought to bring, contribute, or store. She assisted us load everything in our trunks and assisted 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 have to release a lot ... A LOT of your stuff. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this insane aspect of keeping EVERY pen he owned since college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's help Julian is now free from 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 numerous trips to Goodwill, however we likewise allowed our good friends to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they wanted. It was truly cool to know that our things were going into the houses of people we love!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other individuals that have done what we are doing like Julian's moms and dads, everyone stated the same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bedding was very crucial, also great 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 ensured to pack!
9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Numerous Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Scenario!!
As I have actually mentioned, packaging is overwhelming. At any caliber it can honestly make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a second to shout, acknowledge the turmoil around you, and after that just laugh due to the fact that it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is insane: your home has never ever looked worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and showering without a shower drape while attempting not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating in restaurants of the same bowl for each meal, and just have one nice shirt given that all the rest of your clothing are loaded. You're not living your normal life and its frustrating, but if you look at a distance, its also funny, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise leave your house, go check out the city you are leaving, meet up with pals, and enjoy yourself, that really helped us when packing was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its actually enjoyable to recall now on how much Julian and I carried out in such little time. Here are some photos of our last couple of months in Houston!
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