Hola from Peru!!
We have been in Peru for 4 days now and we've already fallen for this nation and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has already provided in remarkable methods. We will be in Lima for the next couple of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be dealing with a Peruvian household 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 indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to move to Peru and talking with people about transferring to another nation, we discovered that practically everyone was curious to understand precisely HOW we were going to load for our relocation. So prior to we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we believed we 'd share with y' all 10 hacks that we found in packing to move overseas ... Delight in!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packaging is overwhelming (I will be saying that a lot in this blog site haha) and if you resemble the majority of us, you have a great deal of things, so leaving all of it for the eleventh hour will stress you out more. You might forget things or perhaps take excessive. Julian and I began about 3 months ahead of time by getting rid of clothing and things we didn't require occasionally (many trips to Goodwill). And we likewise began purchasing trunks early since they can get pretty expensive so spreading that out assists. I also began posting ads early on Facebook to offer our furniture and from that we had good friends buy a great deal of our things in advance to select it up when we were all set to move. Likewise making a list of everything that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but can be found in convenient when dealing with customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your House
This is actually for the memories. The home we moved out was our first house together and it indicated a lot to us. So the pictures are just for us to bear in mind and maybe show our future household one day, to understand where everything began.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have been an advocate for loading cubes since my trip to El Salvador a year back. On that journey, I might only take a carry on with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to say we bought as a lot of them as we might and were able to get the majority of my clothing into one suitcase. I won't lie, though packing cubes are terrific, loading all my clothes and trying to make them all fit and not review the 50-lb limitation was VERY DEMANDING and triggered me many breakdowns haha (just being honest).
4. Find Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Inquire ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a lot of other individuals where telling us to do and truthfully we didn't believe it was that important ... at first. But a few months before leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not knowing what to load we connected to another doctor named Ari, who is in fact presently living in the house we will be moving into. She has actually genuinely been a God-send. I emailed Ari at least 3 times a week until we moved here. I asked her anything to everything: from the size of the kitchen area shelves to whether we needed 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 do not require that", and who can manage you being stressed. Our good friend Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came over (ON HER DAY OFF) and invested the entire day, going through our stuff, making the calls we couldn't make on what we should bring, contribute, or shop. She assisted us pack everything in our trunks and assisted 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 Great Deal Of your stuff. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this crazy thing about keeping EVERY pen he owned since college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's aid Julian is now devoid of his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was probably my favorite part about moving. Like I said earlier, we took numerous trips to Goodwill, but we likewise allowed our buddies 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 homes 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 parents, everyone said the same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bed linen was very crucial, likewise great knives, a couple of framed photos 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. Relax and Take A Second ... Many Seconds ... to Laugh at Your Scenario!!
As I have actually discussed, packing is frustrating. At any quality it can truthfully make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a 2nd to shriek, acknowledge the chaos around you, and after that just laugh since it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is crazy: your house has never ever looked worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and taking a shower without a shower curtain while attempting not to get too much water on the floor, eating in restaurants of the same bowl for each meal, and just have one great shirt considering that all the rest of your clothing are loaded. You're not living your typical life and its frustrating, but if you look at a distance, its likewise humorous, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also leave your home, go check out the city you are leaving, meet friends, and enjoy yourself, that really helped us when packing was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its actually fun to recall now on just 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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