Hola from Peru!!
We have actually been in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually currently fallen for this nation and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has already supplied in incredible methods. We will be in Lima for the next number 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 transfer to Peru and talking with individuals about relocating to another country, we found that nearly everybody was curious to know exactly HOW we were going to load 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 found in packing to move overseas ... Delight in!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packing is overwhelming (I will be stating that a lot in this blog site haha) and if you are like the majority of us, you have a lot of stuff, so leaving it all for the eleventh hour will stress you out more. You might forget things or possibly take too much. Julian and I began about 3 months in advance by eliminating clothes and things we didn't require here and there (a lot of trips to Goodwill). And we likewise began buying trunks early since they can get quite expensive so spreading out that out assists. I likewise started posting ads early on Facebook to offer our furniture and from that we had friends purchase a lot of our stuff in advance to choose it up when we were prepared to move. Also making a list of whatever that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do however comes in useful when handling customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is really for the memories. The apartment or condo we left was our very first home together and it suggested a lot to us. So the photos are simply for us to bear in mind and perhaps show our future household one day, to understand where everything started.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have actually been an advocate for loading cubes since my journey to El Salvador a year back. On that trip, I might just take a continue with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to state we bought as much of them as we might and had the ability to get most of my clothing into one suitcase. I won't lie, though loading cubes are terrific, loading all my clothing and attempting to make them all fit and not discuss the 50-lb limit was EXTREMELY DIFFICULT and caused me lots of breakdowns haha (simply being honest).
4. Discover Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a lot of other people where informing us to do and honestly we didn't believe it was that essential ... at first. However a couple of months before leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not knowing what to pack we connected to another doctor called Ari, who is in fact currently living in the house we will be moving into. She has really been a God-send. I emailed Ari a minimum of 3 times a week up until we moved here. I asked her anything to everything: from the size of the cooking area racks to whether we needed to bring rain boots.
5. Toss a Packaging Party!
Invite someone over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem telling you "you don't require that", and who can handle you being stressed. Our buddy Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came over (ON HER DAY OFF) and invested the entire day, going through our stuff, making the calls we could not 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. Find Out to Let Go ...
At the end of the day you are moving overseas and can not take whatever with you and will have to release a lot ... A LOT of your things. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this insane aspect of keeping EVERY pen he owned considering that college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's assistance Julian is now devoid of his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!
This was probably my preferred part about moving. Like I stated previously, we took lots of trips to Goodwill, but we also enabled our pals to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they wanted. It was truly neat to understand that our things were entering into the houses of individuals we love!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other individuals that have done what we are doing like Julian's parents, everybody stated the same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, great bedding was very crucial, also excellent knives, a few framed photos of our loved ones, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we made sure to pack!
9. Relax and Take A Second ... Numerous Seconds ... to Laugh at Your Circumstance!!
As I have actually pointed out, packing is frustrating. At any caliber it can honestly make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a 2nd to yell, recognize the chaos around you, and after that just laugh due to the fact that it is nuts. What you are trying to do is insane: your house has never ever looked even worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and taking a shower without a shower drape while trying not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating out of the exact same bowl for every meal, and just have one nice shirt considering that 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 also humorous, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise leave your house, go check out the city you are leaving, meet up with good friends, and enjoy yourself, that actually helped us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its truly fun to look back now on how much Julian and I carried out in such little time. Here are some photos of our last couple of months in Houston!
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