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 currently offered in remarkable ways. 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 discover Spanish, while Julian will discover Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to relocate to Peru and talking with individuals about transferring to another nation, we discovered that nearly everybody wondered to understand precisely HOW we were going to load for our relocation. So prior to 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 ... Enjoy!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packaging is overwhelming (I will be stating that a lot in this blog site haha) and if you resemble most of us, you have a great deal of things, so leaving everything for the last minute will stress you out more. You may forget things or perhaps take excessive. Julian and I began about 3 months beforehand by getting rid of clothing and things we didn't need here and there (so many trips to Goodwill). And we also started buying trunks early because they can get pretty costly so spreading that out assists. I also began posting ads early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had friends buy a great deal 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 can be found in convenient when handling customs.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is actually for the memories. The house we left was our very first house together and it indicated a lot to us. So the pictures are just for us to keep in mind and possibly reveal our future family one day, to understand where all of it started.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have been a supporter for packing cubes given that my trip 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 clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to state we purchased as a number of them as we could and were able to get most of my clothes into one travel suitcase. I will not lie, though packing cubes are fantastic, packing all my clothes and trying to make them all fit and not discuss the 50-lb limit was EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT and triggered me lots of breakdowns haha (just being honest).
4. Discover Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask Them ANY & ALL Concerns.
This is something a lot of other people where informing us to do and truthfully we didn't believe it was that important ... in the beginning. However a couple of months before leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not knowing what to load we connected to another physician named Ari, who is actually presently living in the home we will be moving into. She has truly 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 shelves to whether we needed to bring rain boots.
5. Toss a Packing Celebration!
Welcome somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem informing you "you do not require that", and who can manage you being stressed out. Our buddy Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER DAY OFF) and invested the entire day, going through our things, making the calls we couldn't make on what we should bring, contribute, or store. She assisted us load everything in our trunks and assisted 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 thing about keeping EVERY pen he owned given that college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's assistance Julian is now devoid of his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!
This was most likely my favorite part about moving. Like I stated earlier, we took many trips to Goodwill, but we likewise allowed our pals to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they wanted. It was really neat to understand that our things were going into the homes 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 moms and dads, everybody said the exact same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bedding was really important, likewise excellent knives, a couple of framed photos of our loved ones, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we made certain to pack!
9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Numerous Seconds ... to Laugh at Your Scenario!!
As I have discussed, packing is frustrating. At any quality it can truthfully make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a second to yell, acknowledge the turmoil around you, and then simply laugh due to the fact that 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 showering without a shower curtain while attempting not to get too much water on the floor, eating out of the very same bowl for every single meal, and just have one great t-shirt since all the rest of your clothing are loaded. You're not living your regular life and its frustrating, however if you look at a distance, its likewise hilarious, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also get out of your home, go check out the city you are leaving, meet up with buddies, and enjoy yourself, that actually assisted us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its truly enjoyable 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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