Hola from Peru!!
We have actually been in Peru for 4 days now and we've already fallen in love with this nation and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has actually already supplied in remarkable ways. We will remain in Lima for the next couple of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be dealing with a Peruvian family for a month while we participate in language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to discover Spanish, while Julian will find out Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to relocate to Peru and talking with individuals about relocating to another nation, we found that nearly everyone was curious to know precisely 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 share with y' all 10 hacks that we found in packaging to move overseas ... Enjoy!
1. Start Packing EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packaging is overwhelming (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 stuff, so leaving everything for the eleventh hour will worry you out more. You may forget things or perhaps take too much. Julian and I started about 3 months in advance by getting rid of clothes and things we didn't need occasionally (a lot of trips to Goodwill). And we also began buying trunks early due to the fact that they can get pretty pricey so spreading out that out assists. I also began publishing advertisements early on Facebook to offer our furniture and from that we had good friends purchase a lot of our stuff in advance to choose it up when we were all set to move. Likewise making a list of everything that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do however comes in helpful when dealing with customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is truly for the memories. The home we vacated was our first home together and it implied a lot to us. So the photos are just for us to remember and maybe reveal our future family one day, to understand where everything started.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have been an advocate for packing cubes considering that my journey to El Salvador a year ago. On that trip, I might only take a carry on with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to state we bought as a lot of them as we could and were able to get the majority of my clothes into one luggage. I won't lie, though loading cubes are excellent, loading all my clothing and attempting to make them all fit and not discuss the 50-lb limitation was EXTREMELY DIFFICULT and triggered me many breakdowns haha (simply being honest).
4. Find 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 think it was that essential ... in the beginning. But a couple of months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not knowing what to pack we connected to another medical professional named Ari, who is really presently residing in the apartment we will be moving into. She has actually genuinely 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. 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 buddy Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came over (ON HER DAY OFF) and spent the entire day, going through our stuff, making the calls we couldn't make on what we should bring, donate, or store. She helped 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 everything with you and will have to let go of a lot ... A Great Deal 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, but with Sandra's aid Julian is now free from his pen addiction. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was probably my favorite part about moving. Like I said previously, we took numerous journeys to Goodwill, however we likewise permitted our good friends to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they desired. It was actually cool to understand that our things were entering into the homes of people we love!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other individuals that have actually done what we are simulating Julian's parents, everyone said the very same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bedding was really important, likewise good knives, a few framed photos of our family and friends, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we made sure to load!
9. Relax and Take A Second ... Numerous Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Situation!!
As I have discussed, packaging is frustrating. At any quality it can honestly make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a 2nd to shout, acknowledge the turmoil around you, and then simply laugh because it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is crazy: your house has actually never ever looked worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and taking a shower without a shower curtain while trying not to get too much water on the flooring, eating in restaurants of the exact same bowl for each meal, and only have one great t-shirt given that all the rest of your clothes are packed. You're not living your regular life and its frustrating, however if you look at a range, its also funny, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also get out of your house, go check out the city you are leaving, meet pals, and enjoy yourself, that actually helped us when packing was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its really fun to look back now on how much Julian and I carried out in such little time. Here are some pictures of our last few months in Houston!
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