Hola from Peru!!
We have remained in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually already fallen in love with this country and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has actually already supplied in incredible ways. We will remain in Lima for the next number of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be dealing with a Peruvian household 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 transferring to another nation, we discovered that nearly everybody wondered to know exactly HOW we were going to pack for our relocation. So before we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we thought we 'd share with y' all 10 hacks that we discovered in packaging to move overseas ... Delight in!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packing is overwhelming (I will be saying that a lot in this blog haha) and if you are like the majority of us, you have a great deal of things, so leaving everything for the last minute will stress you out more. You may forget things or potentially take excessive. Julian and I began about 3 months in advance by getting rid of clothing and things we didn't require occasionally (numerous trips to Goodwill). And we likewise began buying trunks early due to the fact that they can get pretty pricey so spreading that out helps. I likewise started publishing advertisements early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had buddies 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 remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but comes in handy when dealing with custom-mades.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is actually for the memories. The apartment we vacated was our very first house together and it indicated a lot to us. So the pictures are simply for us to keep in mind and perhaps show our future household one day, to know where it all began.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have actually been an advocate for loading cubes given that my journey to El Salvador a year ago. On that trip, I might only take a continue with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to state we purchased as a lot of them as we might and had the ability to get most of my clothing into one luggage. I will not lie, though loading cubes are great, packing all my clothes and attempting to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limit was VERY DIFFICULT and triggered me numerous breakdowns haha (simply being sincere).
4. Find Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask Them ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a lot of other people where telling us to do and truthfully we didn't believe it was that crucial ... initially. However a few months prior to leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not knowing what to pack we connected to another medical professional named Ari, who is actually currently residing in the house we will be moving into. She has really been a God-send. I emailed Ari a minimum of 3 times a week until we moved here. I asked her anything to whatever: from the size of the kitchen area shelves to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packing Party!
Invite someone over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem telling you "you do not need 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 whole day, going through our things, making the calls we could not make on what we must bring, donate, or shop. She helped us pack everything in our trunks and assisted 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 insane feature of keeping EVERY pen he owned given that college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's help 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 said earlier, we took lots of trips to Goodwill, however we likewise permitted our friends to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they wanted. It was truly neat to understand that our things were entering into the homes of individuals we love!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other individuals that have done what we are simulating Julian's parents, everyone said the same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, great bedding was really crucial, also great knives, a few framed images of our friends and family, and PEANUT BUTTER (apparently peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we made certain to load!
9. Relax and Take A Second ... Many Seconds ... to Laugh at Your Circumstance!!
As I have actually mentioned, packaging is frustrating. At any caliber it can truthfully make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a 2nd to shriek, recognize the chaos around you, and then just laugh since it is nuts. What you are trying to do is crazy: your house has never ever looked worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and taking a shower without a shower curtain while trying not to get excessive water on the floor, eating in restaurants of the same bowl for each meal, and only have one great t-shirt since all the rest of your clothing are packed. You're not living your typical life and its overwhelming, however if you look at a distance, its also funny, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also get out of your home, go check out the city you are leaving, meet friends, and enjoy yourself, that actually assisted us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its truly fun to recall now on how much Julian and I performed in such little time. Here are some images of our last couple of months in Houston!
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