Hola from Peru!!
We have actually been in Peru for 4 days now and we've already fallen for this country and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has currently provided in fantastic ways. We will remain in Lima for the next number 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 discover Spanish, while Julian will find out Quechua, the native language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to move to Peru and talking with people about relocating to another country, we discovered that nearly everybody wondered to understand precisely HOW we were going to load for our relocation. So before 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 ... Take pleasure in!
1. Start Packing EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packing is frustrating (I will be saying that a lot in this blog site haha) and if you resemble most of us, you have a great deal of stuff, so leaving everything for the last minute will worry you out more. You might forget things or potentially take excessive. Julian and I began about 3 months in advance by eliminating clothes and things we didn't need here and there (so many trips to Goodwill). And we likewise started buying trunks early since they can get quite expensive so spreading that out assists. I likewise started publishing ads early on Facebook to offer our furnishings and from that we had pals purchase a great deal of our stuff 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 can be found in convenient when dealing with custom-mades.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is really for the memories. The home we vacated was our first home together and it meant a lot to us. So the pictures are simply for us to remember and possibly reveal our future family one day, to understand where it all began.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have actually been a supporter for loading cubes given that my journey to El Salvador a year ago. On that journey, I could only take a continue with me and was able to fit 2 weeks worth of clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to say we bought as many of them as we could and were able to get the majority of my clothing into one luggage. I won't lie, though loading cubes are fantastic, packing all my clothing and trying to make them all fit and not discuss the 50-lb limit was INCREDIBLY DEMANDING and caused me many breakdowns haha (simply being sincere).
4. Find Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask Them ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a great deal of other individuals where informing us to do and truthfully we didn't believe it was that crucial ... at first. However a few months before leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not understanding what to pack we reached out to another medical professional called Ari, who is really currently residing in the apartment we will be moving into. She has actually really been a God-send. I emailed Ari at least 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. Throw a Packing Celebration!
Welcome somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue informing you "you don't require that", and who can manage you being stressed out. 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 helped us load whatever in our trunks and assisted make it all fit without being over 50 pounds. 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 have to let go of 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, but with Sandra's aid Julian is now free from his pen addiction. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!
This was probably my preferred part about moving. Like I said earlier, we took numerous journeys to Goodwill, however we likewise allowed our friends to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they wanted. It was truly neat to understand that our things were entering into the houses of people we love!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other people 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, good bed linen was extremely essential, also good knives, a couple of framed images of our loved ones, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we ensured to load!
9. Relax and Take A 2nd ... Many Seconds ... to Laugh at Your Scenario!!
As I have actually mentioned, packaging is overwhelming. At any caliber it can honestly make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a second to scream, recognize the mayhem around you, and then just laugh since it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is crazy: your house has actually never looked even worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and showering without a shower curtain while attempting not to get too much water on the floor, eating in restaurants of the very same bowl for every 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 frustrating, but if you take a look at a range, its also funny, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also leave your house, go explore the city you are leaving, meet friends, and enjoy yourself, that actually helped us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its really fun to recall now on how much Julian and I did in such little time. Here are some images of our last few months in Houston!
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