Hola from Peru!!
We have remained in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually currently fallen for this nation and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has actually currently offered 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 go to language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to discover Spanish, while Julian will learn Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to transfer to Peru and talking with people about relocating to another country, we found that practically everyone was curious 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 believed we 'd show y' all 10 hacks that we found in packaging to move overseas ... Enjoy!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packaging is frustrating (I will be saying that a lot in this blog haha) and if you are like most of us, you have a lot of things, so leaving all of it for the last minute will worry you out more. You may forget things or potentially take excessive. Julian and I began about 3 months beforehand by getting rid of clothes and things we didn't require occasionally (many trips to Goodwill). And we likewise began buying trunks early since they can get quite costly 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 lot of our things in advance to choose it up when we were all set to move. Likewise making a list of whatever that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do however is available in handy when handling customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is truly for the memories. The home we vacated was our very first house together and it implied a lot to us. So the photos are simply for us to keep in mind and possibly reveal our future family one day, to know where it all began.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have been an advocate for loading cubes considering that my journey to El Salvador a year earlier. On that journey, I might just take a carry on with me and was able to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to say we purchased as much of them as we might and had the ability to get the majority of my clothes into one luggage. I won't lie, though loading cubes are great, loading all my clothing and attempting to make them all fit and not discuss the 50-lb limitation was EXTREMELY STRESSFUL and triggered me many breakdowns haha (just being truthful).
4. Discover Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask ANY & ALL Concerns.
This is something a great deal of other people where informing us to do and truthfully we didn't think it was that important ... initially. But a couple of months before leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not understanding what to load we reached out to another physician called Ari, who is actually presently residing in the apartment we will be moving into. She has actually genuinely been a God-send. I emailed Ari at least 3 times a week until we moved here. I asked her anything to everything: from the size of the kitchen area racks to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Toss a Packing Celebration!
Invite somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue informing you "you do not require that", and who can handle you being stressed. Our friend Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER Day Of Rest) and invested the whole day, going through our stuff, making the calls we couldn't make on what we need to bring, donate, or store. She helped us pack whatever in our trunks and helped 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 everything 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 insane feature of keeping EVERY pen he owned given that college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's assistance Julian is now devoid of his pen addiction. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!
This was probably my favorite part about moving. Like I said previously, we took lots of trips to Goodwill, however we also enabled our good friends to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they desired. It was really neat to understand that our things were going into the houses of individuals we enjoy!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other individuals that have done what we are simulating Julian's moms and dads, everybody stated the very same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bed linen was very important, likewise good knives, a few framed pictures of our friends and family, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we made sure to pack!
9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Scenario!!
As I have actually 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 scream, recognize the chaos around you, and after that just laugh since it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is crazy: your home has never looked worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and taking a shower without a shower drape while trying not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating in restaurants of the same bowl for every single meal, and only have one nice shirt since all the rest of your clothing are loaded. You're not living your regular life and its frustrating, but if you look at a distance, its likewise humorous, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise leave your house, go explore the city you are leaving, meet up with pals, and enjoy yourself, that truly helped us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its actually fun to recall now on how much Julian and I did in such little time. Here are some pictures of our last couple of months in Houston!
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