Hola from Peru!!
We have actually been 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 actually already provided in amazing methods. We will be 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 attend language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to discover Spanish, while Julian will find out Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to move to Peru and talking with people about transferring to another nation, we discovered that almost everyone wondered 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 show y' all 10 hacks that we found in packing to move overseas ... Enjoy!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packing is frustrating (I will be saying that a lot in this blog haha) and if you are like most of us, you have a great deal of things, so leaving all of it for the eleventh hour will worry you out more. You may forget things or perhaps take too much. Julian and I began about 3 months in advance by getting rid of clothes and things we didn't need occasionally (so many journeys to Goodwill). And we also began buying trunks early due to the fact that they can get pretty expensive so spreading that out assists. I also started posting ads early on Facebook to offer our furnishings and from that we had pals buy a lot of our stuff in advance to pick it up when we were ready to move. Also making a list of whatever that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but can be found in helpful when dealing with customs.
2. Take Pictures of Your House
This is truly for the memories. The apartment we vacated was our first home together and it indicated a lot to us. So the photos are just for us to keep in mind and perhaps show our future family one day, to understand where everything started.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have been an advocate for loading cubes considering that my trip to El Salvador a year earlier. On that trip, I might only take a carry on with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to state we purchased as many of them as we could and had the ability to get the majority of my clothing into one suitcase. I will not lie, though packing cubes are fantastic, packing all my clothing and trying to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limit was EXCEPTIONALLY DEMANDING and triggered me lots of breakdowns haha (just being truthful).
4. Find Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a lot of other individuals where informing us to do and honestly we didn't think it was that crucial ... in the beginning. However a few months prior to leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not understanding what to pack we reached out to another doctor named Ari, who is actually presently residing in the house we will be moving into. She has genuinely 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 area racks to whether we needed to bring rain boots.
5. Toss a Packing Celebration!
Invite somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue telling you "you don't need that", and who can handle you being stressed out. 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 things, making the calls we could not make on what we must bring, contribute, or shop. She assisted us pack whatever in our trunks and helped make it all fit without being over 50 lbs. THANK YOU SANDRA!!!
6. Discover 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 LOT of your things. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this crazy thing about keeping EVERY pen he owned given that college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's aid Julian is now free from his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!
This was probably my preferred part about moving. Like I stated previously, we took numerous trips to Goodwill, however we also permitted our buddies to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they desired. It was really neat to know that our things were going into the houses of individuals we enjoy!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other people that have done what we are doing like Julian's parents, everybody said the very same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bed linen was really important, also excellent knives, a couple of framed images of our family and friends, and PEANUT BUTTER (apparently peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we made certain to load!
9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Numerous Seconds ... to Laugh at Your Scenario!!
As I have actually discussed, packaging is frustrating. At any caliber it can truthfully make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a second to shriek, recognize the mayhem around you, and after that just laugh since it is nuts. What you are trying to do is crazy: your home has never looked worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and showering 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 just have one good t-shirt because all the rest of your clothing are packed. You're not living your regular life and its frustrating, but if you look at a range, its likewise humorous, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise get out of your house, go explore the city you are leaving, meet good friends, and enjoy yourself, that truly helped us when packing was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its actually enjoyable to look back now on just how much Julian and I did in such little time. Here are some pictures of our last couple of months in Houston!
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