Hola from Peru!!
We have been in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually currently fallen in love with this country and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has already supplied in amazing methods. We will be in Lima for the next couple of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be living 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 discover Quechua, the native language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to transfer to Peru and talking with individuals about moving to another nation, we discovered that nearly everyone wondered 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 believed we 'd show y' all 10 hacks that we found in packaging to move overseas ... Enjoy!
1. Start Packing EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packing is overwhelming (I will be stating that a lot in this blog haha) and if you are like the majority of us, you have a lot of stuff, so leaving it all for the eleventh hour will worry you out more. You might forget things or perhaps take too much. Julian and I started about 3 months beforehand by eliminating clothing and things we didn't need occasionally (numerous trips to Goodwill). And we likewise began purchasing trunks early since they can get quite expensive so spreading out that out assists. I also began posting advertisements early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had good friends purchase a great deal of our stuff in advance to select it up when we were prepared to move. Likewise making a list of whatever that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but is available in helpful when handling custom-mades.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is actually for the memories. The home we moved out was our first house together and it indicated a lot to us. So the images are simply for us to keep in mind and perhaps show our future family one day, to understand where it all started.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have actually been a supporter for loading cubes given that my trip to El Salvador a year back. On that journey, I could only take a continue with me and was able to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to state we bought as many of them as we could and had the ability to get most of my clothing into one luggage. I won't lie, though loading cubes are fantastic, packing all my clothes and attempting to make them all fit and not discuss the 50-lb limitation was VERY DIFFICULT and caused me numerous breakdowns haha (just being honest).
4. Find Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Inquire ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a great deal of other individuals where informing us to do and honestly we didn't believe it was that crucial ... initially. But a few months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not understanding what to load we reached out to another physician named Ari, who is in fact presently residing in the apartment or condo 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 shelves to whether we needed to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packaging Party!
Invite somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem telling you "you do not require 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 couldn't 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 lbs. THANK YOU SANDRA!!!
6. Discover to Let Go ...
At the end of the day you are moving overseas and can not take whatever with you and will need to let go of a lot ... A Great Deal Of your stuff. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this crazy thing about keeping EVERY pen he owned because college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's help Julian is now devoid of his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!
This was probably my preferred part about moving. Like I stated earlier, we took numerous journeys to Goodwill, but we also permitted our good friends to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they desired. It was truly cool to know that our things were going into the homes of individuals we love!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other people that have done what we are simulating Julian's parents, everyone stated the exact same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bedding was extremely important, also excellent knives, a few framed images of our family and friends, and PEANUT BUTTER (apparently peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we made certain to load!
9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Situation!!
As I have pointed out, packing is frustrating. At any quality it can honestly make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a 2nd to yell, recognize the turmoil around you, and then simply laugh because it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is crazy: your house has never looked even worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and showering without a shower drape while trying not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating in restaurants of the same bowl for each meal, and only have one good shirt since all the rest of your clothing are loaded. You're not living your normal life and its overwhelming, however if you take a look at a range, its likewise humorous, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise get out of your home, go explore the city you are leaving, meet up with good friends, and enjoy yourself, that truly assisted us when packing was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its really fun to look back now on just how much Julian and I carried out in such little time. Here are some images of our last couple of months in Houston!
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