Hola from Peru!!
We have remained in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually currently fallen in love with this country and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has currently offered in incredible 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 go to language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to discover Spanish, while Julian will discover Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to relocate to Peru and talking with people about transferring to another country, we discovered that practically everyone wondered to know exactly HOW we were going to load for our move. So prior to we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we thought we 'd show y' all 10 hacks that we discovered in packaging to move overseas ... Enjoy!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packing 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 all of it for the last minute will stress you out more. You might forget things or potentially take excessive. Julian and I started about 3 months in advance by getting rid of clothes and things we didn't require here and there (numerous journeys to Goodwill). And we likewise began buying trunks early since they can get pretty costly so spreading out that out assists. I also started publishing ads early on Facebook to offer our furnishings and from that we had pals buy a great deal of our stuff in advance to choose it up when we were all set to move. Also making a list of whatever that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but can be found in useful when handling custom-mades.
2. Take Pictures of Your House
This is really for the memories. The apartment or condo we left was our first house together and it suggested a lot to us. So the pictures are simply for us to keep in mind and possibly reveal our future household one day, to understand where all of it began.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have actually been a supporter for loading cubes given that my trip to El Salvador a year earlier. On that trip, I could only take a carry on with me and was able to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to state we purchased as a lot 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 trying to make them all fit and not review the 50-lb limitation was EXTREMELY STRESSFUL and caused me lots of breakdowns haha (simply being honest).
4. Discover Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Inquire ANY & ALL Concerns.
This is something a lot of other people where telling us to do and truthfully we didn't believe it was that crucial ... initially. But a couple of months prior to leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not knowing what to pack we connected to another physician called Ari, who is really presently living in the house we will be moving into. She has truly been a God-send. I emailed Ari at least 3 times a week up until we moved here. I asked her anything to everything: from the size of the kitchen racks to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Toss a Packaging Celebration!
Invite somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue informing you "you don't require that", and who can handle you being stressed out. Our pal Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER DAY OFF) and invested the whole day, going through our things, making the calls we couldn't make on what we must bring, contribute, or shop. She assisted us load everything in our trunks and helped 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 have to let go of a lot ... A Great Deal Of your stuff. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this insane aspect of keeping EVERY pen he owned since college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's assistance Julian is now devoid of his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was most likely my favorite part about moving. Like I stated previously, we took numerous trips to Goodwill, however we also allowed our pals to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they desired. It was really cool to understand 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 people that have actually done what we are doing like Julian's parents, everyone stated the same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bedding was very important, likewise 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 made certain to pack!
9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Circumstance!!
As I have actually pointed out, packing is overwhelming. At any caliber it can honestly make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a 2nd to yell, recognize the mayhem around you, and after that just laugh since it is nuts. What you are trying to do is crazy: your home has actually never ever looked worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and taking a shower without a shower curtain while trying not to get too much water on the floor, 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 frustrating, however if you take a look at a distance, its also hilarious, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also get out of your home, go explore the city you are leaving, meet buddies, and enjoy yourself, that really helped us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its truly fun to look back now on just how much Julian and I performed in such little time. Here are some images of our last few months in Houston!
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