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 currently supplied in remarkable ways. We will remain in Lima for the next couple of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be coping with a Peruvian family 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 transferring to another country, we found that nearly everybody was curious to understand 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 share with y' all 10 hacks that we discovered in packaging to move overseas ... Take pleasure in!
1. Start Packing EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packaging is frustrating (I will be saying that a lot in this blog haha) and if you resemble most of us, you have a lot of things, so leaving all of it for the last minute will worry you out more. You may forget things or potentially take too much. Julian and I started about 3 months ahead of time by getting rid of clothes and things we didn't require occasionally (many trips to Goodwill). And we likewise started buying trunks early due to the fact that they can get quite costly so spreading out that out assists. I likewise started publishing ads early on Facebook to sell our furniture and from that we had good friends purchase a lot of our things in advance to pick it up when we were all set to move. Likewise making a list of whatever that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but comes in handy when handling customs.
2. Take Pictures of Your House
This is really for the memories. The house we left was our very first house together and it meant a lot to us. So the photos are simply for us to bear in mind and maybe reveal our future family one day, to understand where it all began.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have actually been an advocate for loading cubes considering that my journey to El Salvador a year back. On that journey, I could just take a continue with me and had the ability 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 clothes into one suitcase. I won't lie, though loading cubes are terrific, packing all my clothes and trying to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limitation was INCREDIBLY DEMANDING and caused me many breakdowns haha (just being sincere).
4. Discover 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 essential ... initially. However a few months before leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not understanding what to pack we connected to another physician called Ari, who is actually presently living 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 up until we moved here. I asked her anything to whatever: from the size of the kitchen shelves to whether we needed to bring rain boots.
5. Toss a Packing Celebration!
Welcome someone over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue telling you "you don't need that", and who can handle you being stressed. Our good 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 couldn't make on what we should bring, contribute, or shop. She helped us pack whatever in our trunks and assisted make it all fit without being over 50 lbs. THANK YOU SANDRA!!!
6. Learn 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 Great Deal Of your things. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this insane thing about keeping EVERY pen he owned considering that college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's aid Julian is now devoid of his pen addiction. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!
This was most likely my favorite part about moving. Like I said earlier, we took lots of journeys to Goodwill, but we likewise permitted our buddies to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they wanted. It was truly neat to know that our things were going into the houses of people we like!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other individuals that have actually done what we are simulating Julian's moms and dads, everyone said the same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bedding was really essential, also good knives, a couple of framed photos 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 pack!
9. Relax and Take A Second ... Numerous Seconds ... to Laugh at Your Circumstance!!
As I have discussed, packing is frustrating. At any quality it can truthfully make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a 2nd to shout, acknowledge the turmoil around you, and after that just laugh due to the fact that it is nuts. What you are trying to do is insane: your house has actually never ever looked worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and taking a shower without a shower curtain while trying not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating out of the very same bowl for every single meal, and just have one nice shirt since all the rest of your clothes are packed. You're not living your normal life and its overwhelming, however if you take a look at a range, its also humorous, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also leave your home, go explore the city you are leaving, meet good friends, and enjoy yourself, that really helped us when packing was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its truly enjoyable to recall now on how much Julian and I did in such little time. Here are some images of our last couple of months in Houston!
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