Hola from Peru!!
We have remained 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 currently supplied in fantastic 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 discover Spanish, while Julian will find out Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to transfer to Peru and talking with people about moving to another nation, we found that nearly everyone was curious to understand 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 found in packing to move overseas ... Enjoy!
1. Start Packing EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packaging is overwhelming (I will be stating that a lot in this blog site haha) and if you resemble most of us, you have a lot of things, so leaving all of it for the last minute will stress you out more. You may forget things or potentially take too much. Julian and I began about 3 months beforehand by eliminating clothes and things we didn't need occasionally (many trips to Goodwill). And we likewise began buying trunks early because they can get pretty costly so spreading that out assists. I likewise started posting advertisements early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had good friends purchase a lot of our things in advance to select it up when we were prepared to move. Also making a list of everything that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but comes in useful when dealing with customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your House
This is actually for the memories. The house we left was our first house together and it indicated a lot to us. So the images are simply for us to remember and possibly show our future family one day, to understand where all of it began.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have actually been a supporter for packing cubes considering that my journey to El Salvador a year back. On that journey, 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 bought as a number of them as we could and had the ability to get most of my clothing into one travel suitcase. I will not lie, though loading cubes are fantastic, loading all my clothes and attempting to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limit was INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT and caused me many breakdowns haha (just being honest).
4. Discover Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Inquire ANY & ALL Concerns.
This is something a great deal of other individuals where informing us to do and truthfully we didn't think it was that important ... initially. However a few months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not knowing what to pack we connected to another medical professional named Ari, who is in fact currently residing in the home we will be moving into. She has really been a God-send. I emailed Ari at least 3 times a week up until 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 Packaging Party!
Welcome someone 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 need to bring, contribute, or store. She assisted us load whatever 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 release 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 considering that college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's aid Julian is now free from his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was probably my preferred part about moving. Like I stated earlier, we took lots of trips to Goodwill, however we likewise allowed our buddies to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they wanted. It was really 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 individuals that have actually done what we are doing like Julian's moms and dads, everyone said the exact same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, great bedding was very important, likewise 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 sure to pack!
9. Chill Out and Take A Second ... Many Seconds ... to Laugh at Your Situation!!
As I have actually discussed, packaging is frustrating. At any quality it can honestly make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a 2nd to shout, acknowledge the chaos around you, and after that just laugh since it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is crazy: your home has actually never ever looked even worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and taking a shower without a shower drape while trying not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating out of the very same bowl for every meal, and just have one great shirt since all the rest of your clothes are loaded. You're not living your regular life and its frustrating, however if you take a look at a distance, its also amusing, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise get out of your home, go explore the city you are leaving, meet buddies, and enjoy yourself, that actually assisted us when packing was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its actually enjoyable to recall now on how much Julian and I carried out in such little time. Here are some images of our last few months in Houston!
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