Hola from Peru!!
We have actually remained in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually already fallen in love with this country and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has actually currently supplied in fantastic ways. We will remain in Lima for the next couple 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 find out Spanish, while Julian will discover Quechua, the native language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to move to Peru and talking with individuals about relocating to another nation, we discovered that nearly everyone wondered to know exactly HOW we were going to load for our move. So prior to we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we thought we 'd show y' all 10 hacks that we discovered in packaging to move overseas ... Delight in!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packing is overwhelming (I will be stating that a lot in this blog haha) and if you resemble most of us, you have a lot of stuff, so leaving it all for the eleventh hour will worry you out more. You may forget things or potentially take excessive. Julian and I began about 3 months ahead of time by eliminating clothes and things we didn't need occasionally (a lot of trips to Goodwill). And we also started purchasing trunks early since they can get pretty pricey so spreading that out assists. I likewise started posting ads early on Facebook to sell our furniture and from that we had pals purchase a lot of our things in advance to pick it up when we were prepared 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 customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is really for the memories. The apartment or condo we moved out was our very first home together and it suggested a lot to us. So the images are just for us to bear in mind and possibly show our future family one day, to know where everything started.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have actually been an advocate for loading cubes considering that my trip to El Salvador a year ago. On that trip, I could just take a carry on with me and was able to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to state we purchased as a number of them as we could and were able to get the majority of my clothing into one luggage. I will not lie, though loading cubes are excellent, loading all my clothes and attempting to make them all fit and not discuss the 50-lb limitation was INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT and caused me numerous breakdowns haha (simply being honest).
4. Discover Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask Them ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a lot of other individuals where informing us to do and truthfully we didn't think it was that essential ... initially. But a couple of months prior to leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not knowing what to pack we connected to another medical professional called Ari, who is actually currently residing in the apartment we will be moving into. She has actually really been a God-send. I emailed Ari a minimum of 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 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 handle you being stressed out. Our friend Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER DAY OFF) and spent the entire day, going through our stuff, making the calls we couldn't make on what we need to bring, donate, or store. She assisted us pack everything 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 have to let go of a lot ... A Great Deal Of your things. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this crazy feature of keeping EVERY pen he owned given that college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's assistance Julian is now devoid of his pen addiction. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!
This was most likely my preferred part about moving. Like I said earlier, we took many trips to Goodwill, but we also enabled our friends to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they desired. It was actually cool to understand that our things were going into the houses of individuals 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 very same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bed linen was extremely important, also great knives, a few framed images of our loved ones, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we made certain to pack!
9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Laugh at Your Circumstance!!
As I have actually mentioned, packing is frustrating. At any caliber it can honestly make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a 2nd to shout, acknowledge the mayhem around you, and then just laugh since it is nuts. What you are trying to do is insane: your house has never looked even worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and showering without a shower curtain while attempting not to get excessive water on the floor, eating out of the exact same bowl for each meal, and only have one nice shirt considering that all the rest of your clothes are packed. You're not living your normal life and its frustrating, however if you look at a distance, its likewise funny, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also leave your home, go explore the city you are leaving, meet up with friends, and enjoy yourself, that really helped us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its truly fun to look back now on how much Julian and I performed in such little time. Here are some photos of our last couple of months in Houston!
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