Hola from Peru!!
We have 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 fantastic ways. We will be in Lima for the next couple of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be coping 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 find out Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to move to Peru and talking with people about moving to another nation, we discovered that almost everyone wondered to know precisely HOW we were going to load for our relocation. So prior to we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we believed we 'd show y' all 10 hacks that we discovered in packaging to move overseas ... Delight in!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packing is frustrating (I will be saying that a lot in this blog haha) and if you resemble most of us, you have a great deal of stuff, so leaving everything for the eleventh hour will stress you out more. You might forget things or possibly take excessive. Julian and I started about 3 months beforehand by eliminating clothes and things we didn't need here and there (numerous trips to Goodwill). And we likewise began purchasing trunks early since they can get pretty costly so spreading out that out assists. I likewise started posting advertisements early on Facebook to sell our furniture and from that we had friends buy a lot of our things in advance to pick it up when we were all set to move. Also making a list of everything that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but comes in useful when handling custom-mades.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is truly for the memories. The home we moved out was our first house together and it suggested a lot to us. So the photos are simply for us to bear in mind and maybe show our future household one day, to know where it all began.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have been a supporter for packing cubes considering that my journey to El Salvador a year earlier. On that journey, I could only take a continue with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to state we bought as many of them as we could and were able to get most of my clothing into one suitcase. I won't lie, though packing cubes are terrific, loading all my clothes and attempting to make them all fit and not review the 50-lb limitation was EXCEPTIONALLY DEMANDING and triggered me lots of breakdowns haha (just being sincere).
4. Find 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 honestly we didn't believe it was that crucial ... in the beginning. However a few months prior to leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not understanding what to pack we reached out to another medical professional called Ari, who is actually currently residing in the home 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 kitchen shelves to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Toss a Packaging 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 out. Our good friend Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came over (ON HER Day Of Rest) and invested the whole day, going through our stuff, making the calls we couldn't make on what we should bring, donate, or shop. She assisted us pack 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 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 considering that college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's help Julian is now free from his pen addiction. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was most likely my preferred part about moving. Like I stated earlier, we took many trips to Goodwill, however we also permitted our pals to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they wanted. It was truly neat to know 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 people that have done what we are doing like Julian's parents, everybody stated the same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bedding was really essential, also good knives, a few framed photos of our family and friends, and PEANUT BUTTER (apparently peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we made sure to pack!
9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Numerous Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Situation!!
As I have actually discussed, packaging is overwhelming. At any quality it can honestly make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a second to yell, recognize the turmoil around you, and after that simply laugh since it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is insane: your home has never ever looked 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 exact same bowl for every single meal, and just have one great t-shirt because all the rest of your clothing are loaded. You're not living your normal life and its frustrating, but if you look at a distance, its likewise hilarious, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also leave your house, go explore the city you are leaving, meet up with buddies, and enjoy yourself, that truly helped us when packing was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its truly enjoyable to look back now on how much Julian and I performed in such little time. Here are some pictures of our last couple of months in Houston!
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