Hola from Peru!!
We have actually been in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually currently fallen in love with this nation and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has actually already supplied in incredible ways. We will be in Lima for the next couple of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be living with a Peruvian family for a month while we attend 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 transfer to Peru and talking with individuals about relocating to another nation, we found that nearly everybody was curious to understand exactly HOW we were going to pack 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 found in packaging to move overseas ... Take pleasure in!
1. Start Packing EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packaging is frustrating (I will be stating that a lot in this blog site haha) and if you are like the majority of us, you have a great deal of stuff, so leaving everything for the last minute will stress you out more. You might forget things or potentially take too much. Julian and I began about 3 months in advance by getting rid of clothes and things we didn't need occasionally (numerous journeys to Goodwill). And we likewise began purchasing trunks early due to the fact that they can get pretty expensive so spreading out that out assists. I also began posting ads early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had good friends buy a great deal of our stuff in advance to choose it up when we were ready to move. Also making a list of everything that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do however comes in useful when dealing with customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is really for the memories. The apartment we vacated was our very first house together and it suggested a lot to us. So the pictures are just for us to keep in mind and possibly reveal our future family one day, to know where all of it started.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have actually been an advocate for packing cubes given that my journey to El Salvador a year back. On that journey, I might just take a continue with me and was able to fit 2 weeks worth of clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to state we purchased as a lot 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 excellent, loading all my clothing and trying to make them all fit and not discuss the 50-lb limitation was EXTREMELY DIFFICULT and triggered me lots of breakdowns haha (simply being honest).
4. Discover Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a great deal of other people where telling us to do and truthfully we didn't believe it was that important ... initially. However a few months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not understanding what to load we reached out to another medical professional called Ari, who is in fact currently living in the home we will be moving into. She has really been a God-send. I emailed Ari at least 3 times a week till we moved here. I asked her anything to everything: from the size of the cooking area racks to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packing Party!
Welcome somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem informing you "you don't need that", and who can manage you being stressed out. Our pal Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER Day Of Rest) and spent the entire day, going through our things, making the calls we couldn't make on what we must bring, contribute, or shop. She assisted us load whatever 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 whatever with you and will need 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 given that college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's aid Julian is now devoid of his pen addiction. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!
This was probably my preferred part about moving. Like I stated earlier, we took numerous trips to Goodwill, but we also enabled our good friends to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they wanted. It was actually cool to understand that our things were going into the houses of people we enjoy!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other individuals that have done what we are doing like Julian's moms and dads, everyone stated the exact same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, great bedding was really crucial, likewise great knives, a couple of framed images of our loved ones, and PEANUT BUTTER (apparently peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we made sure to load!
9. Chill Out and Take A Second ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Situation!!
As I have pointed out, packing is overwhelming. At any quality it can honestly make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a 2nd to shriek, acknowledge the mayhem around you, and after that just laugh because it is nuts. What you are trying to do is insane: your house has actually never looked worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and showering without a shower curtain while attempting not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating in restaurants of the same bowl for each meal, and only have one nice t-shirt because all the rest of your clothes are packed. You're not living your normal life and its frustrating, however if you take a look at a distance, its also humorous, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise get out of your home, go check out the city you are leaving, meet up with good friends, and enjoy yourself, that truly helped us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its really enjoyable to recall now on just how much Julian and I carried out in such little time. Here are some pictures of our last couple of months in Houston!
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