Hola from Peru!!
We have been in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually already fallen in love with this nation and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has already offered in remarkable methods. We will be in Lima for the next number of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be coping with a Peruvian family for a month while we go to language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to find out Spanish, while Julian will learn Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to relocate to Peru and talking with people about relocating to another country, we discovered that almost everybody wondered to know exactly HOW we were going to pack for our relocation. 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 Packing EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packaging is overwhelming (I will be stating that a lot in this blog haha) and if you resemble the majority of us, you have a lot of stuff, so leaving everything for the eleventh hour will worry you out more. You may forget things or perhaps take excessive. Julian and I began about 3 months ahead of time by eliminating clothes and things we didn't need here and there (many journeys to Goodwill). And we likewise started purchasing trunks early due to the fact that they can get pretty pricey so spreading that out assists. I also started posting ads early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had pals purchase a lot of our stuff in advance to pick it up when we were all set to move. Also making a list of everything that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do however is available in convenient when dealing with customs.
2. Take Pictures of Your House
This is actually for the memories. The apartment or condo we left was our first home together and it implied a lot to us. So the photos are just for us to keep in mind and maybe reveal our future household one day, to know where it all started.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have actually been a supporter for packing cubes given that my journey to El Salvador a year earlier. On that trip, I might only take a carry on with me and was able to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to say we purchased as a number of them as we might and were able to get most of my clothing into one luggage. I will not lie, though packing cubes are excellent, packing all my clothes and attempting to make them all fit and not review the 50-lb limitation was EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT and triggered me numerous breakdowns haha (just being honest).
4. Find Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask Them ANY & ALL Concerns.
This is something a great deal of other people where informing us to do and honestly we didn't think it was that crucial ... initially. However a few months prior to leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not knowing what to pack we reached out to another physician called Ari, who is really presently 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 up until we moved here. I asked her anything to everything: from the size of the kitchen area racks to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packaging Party!
Welcome somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue informing you "you do not require that", and who can manage you being stressed. Our friend Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came over (ON HER Day Of Rest) and spent the whole day, going through our things, making the calls we could not make on what we ought to bring, donate, or shop. She helped 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 LOT of your things. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this crazy aspect of keeping EVERY pen he owned because college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's help Julian is now free from his pen addiction. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was most likely my preferred part about moving. Like I stated earlier, we took numerous trips to Goodwill, however we also permitted our friends to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they desired. It was really cool to understand that our things were entering into the houses of individuals we like!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other people that have done what we are simulating Julian's moms and dads, everyone said the same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bed linen was really important, also excellent knives, a couple of framed images of our friends and family, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we ensured to load!
9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Numerous Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Scenario!!
As I have mentioned, packaging is frustrating. At any quality it can truthfully make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a second to scream, acknowledge the chaos around you, and then just laugh since it is nuts. What you are trying to do is crazy: your home has never ever looked worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and showering without a shower curtain while trying not to get too much water on the floor, eating in restaurants of the exact same bowl for each meal, and only have one nice t-shirt given that all the rest of your clothing are loaded. You're not living your typical life and its overwhelming, however if you take a look at a distance, its also hilarious, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise leave your home, go check out the city you are leaving, meet friends, and enjoy yourself, that really assisted us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its truly enjoyable to recall now on just how much Julian and I did in such little time. Here are some photos of our last few months in Houston!
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