Hola from Peru!!
We have actually remained in Peru for 4 days now and we've already fallen for this country and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has already provided in incredible ways. We will remain 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 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 move to Peru and talking with individuals about relocating to another nation, we found that almost everyone wondered to understand precisely HOW we were going to pack for our move. So before we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we believed we 'd show y' all 10 hacks that we discovered in packaging to move overseas ... Delight in!
1. Start Packing EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packaging is frustrating (I will be saying that a lot in this blog site haha) and if you are like most of us, you have a great deal of things, so leaving it all for the eleventh hour will worry you out more. You may forget things or potentially take excessive. Julian and I started about 3 months beforehand by eliminating clothing and things we didn't require occasionally (a lot of journeys to Goodwill). And we likewise began buying trunks early since they can get quite costly so spreading that out helps. I likewise began posting advertisements early on Facebook to offer our furniture and from that we had friends buy 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 is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but is available in handy when handling custom-mades.
2. Take Pictures of Your House
This is really for the memories. The apartment or condo we vacated was our very first house together and it meant a lot to us. So the images are simply for us to remember and maybe show our future family one day, to know where all of it started.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have been a supporter for packing cubes because my journey to El Salvador a year earlier. On that trip, I could only take a carry on with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to say we purchased as many of them as we could and were able to get the majority of my clothes into one suitcase. I will not lie, though packing cubes are terrific, packing all my clothes and attempting to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limit was VERY DEMANDING and triggered me lots of breakdowns haha (simply being sincere).
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 telling us to do and truthfully we didn't think it was that essential ... initially. But a couple of months prior to leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not knowing what to load we connected to another doctor named Ari, who is actually currently living in the house we will be moving into. She has actually truly been a God-send. I emailed Ari at least 3 times a week until we moved here. I asked her anything to whatever: from the size of the cooking area shelves to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packaging Celebration!
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 out. Our pal 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 ought to bring, donate, or store. She assisted us pack whatever in our trunks and assisted 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 let go of a lot ... A LOT of your things. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this crazy aspect of keeping EVERY pen he owned because college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's aid Julian is now devoid of his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was probably my favorite part about moving. Like I said previously, we took many trips to Goodwill, however we also allowed our good friends to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they wanted. It was actually cool to know that our things were entering into the homes of people 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 parents, everybody stated the very same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, great bedding was really important, likewise excellent knives, a few framed photos of our friends and family, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we made sure to load!
9. Relax and Take A Second ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Laugh at Your Situation!!
As I have mentioned, packing is overwhelming. At any caliber it can truthfully make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a 2nd to scream, recognize the mayhem around you, and after that simply laugh due to the fact that it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is insane: your house has actually never ever 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 flooring, eating in restaurants of the exact same bowl for each meal, and only have one good t-shirt since all the rest of your clothing are packed. You're not living your normal life and its overwhelming, but if you take a look at a distance, its also hilarious, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also get out of your house, go check out the city you are leaving, meet friends, and enjoy yourself, that truly assisted us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its truly enjoyable to look back now on just how much Julian and I performed in such little time. Here are some pictures of our last few months in Houston!
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