Hola from Peru!!
We have actually been in Peru for 4 days now and we've currently fallen in love with this country and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has already offered in fantastic methods. We will remain 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 attend language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to learn Spanish, while Julian will discover Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to move to Peru and talking with individuals about relocating to another country, we discovered that almost everyone wondered to understand precisely HOW we were going to pack for our relocation. So before 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 ... Take pleasure in!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packing is frustrating (I will be stating that a lot in this blog haha) and if you are like the majority of us, you have a great deal of stuff, so leaving it all for the last minute will worry you out more. You may forget things or possibly take excessive. Julian and I began about 3 months beforehand by eliminating clothing and things we didn't need occasionally (a lot of journeys to Goodwill). And we also began buying trunks early due to the fact that they can get pretty costly so spreading out that out assists. I likewise started publishing advertisements early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had buddies buy a lot of our stuff in advance to choose it up when we were ready to move. Likewise making a list of whatever that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but can be found in useful when handling customs.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is really for the memories. The home we left was our very first home together and it meant a lot to us. So the pictures are just for us to remember and possibly reveal our future family one day, to understand where everything began.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have been a supporter for loading cubes considering that my trip to El Salvador a year ago. On that trip, I could just 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 a lot of them as we could and had the ability to get the majority of my clothes into one suitcase. I won't lie, though packing cubes are great, packing all my clothes and trying to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limit was VERY DIFFICULT and triggered me lots of breakdowns haha (just being truthful).
4. Find Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask ANY & ALL Concerns.
This is something a great deal of other individuals where informing us to do and truthfully we didn't think it was that important ... initially. But a few months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not understanding what to pack we reached out to another doctor named Ari, who is actually currently residing 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 kitchen area racks to whether we needed to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packing Celebration!
Welcome somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue telling you "you do not require that", and who can handle you being stressed out. Our friend Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came over (ON HER Day Of Rest) and invested the entire day, going through our things, making the calls we couldn't make on what we ought to bring, contribute, or shop. She assisted us pack everything in our trunks and helped 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 need to release a lot ... A LOT of your stuff. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this insane thing about keeping EVERY pen he owned given that college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's help Julian is now free from his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was probably my preferred part about moving. Like I said previously, we took numerous journeys to Goodwill, however we also allowed our friends to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they desired. It was actually neat to understand that our things were entering into the houses of individuals we enjoy!!
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 moms and dads, everyone stated the very same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, great bedding was really essential, likewise great knives, a couple of framed pictures of our friends and family, and PEANUT BUTTER (apparently peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we made sure to load!
9. Relax and Take A Second ... Many Seconds ... to Laugh at Your Scenario!!
As I have actually discussed, packaging is frustrating. At any caliber it can truthfully make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a 2nd to yell, acknowledge the mayhem around you, and then simply laugh due to the fact that it is nuts. What you are trying to do is insane: your house has never looked even worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and taking a shower without a shower curtain while attempting not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating out of the very same bowl for every meal, and only have one good shirt given that all the rest of your clothes are loaded. You're not living your normal life and its frustrating, but if you look at a range, its likewise funny, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise leave your house, go check out the city you are leaving, meet up with good friends, and enjoy yourself, that really assisted us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its really fun to recall now on just 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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