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 provided in remarkable methods. We will remain in Lima for the next number of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be dealing with a Peruvian family for a month while we go to 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 people about relocating to another country, we discovered that nearly everybody was curious to understand precisely HOW we were going to load 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 discovered in packaging to move overseas ... Enjoy!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packing is frustrating (I will be saying that a lot in this blog haha) and if you are like the majority of us, you have a lot of things, so leaving everything for the eleventh hour will worry you out more. You may forget things or possibly take excessive. Julian and I started about 3 months beforehand by getting rid of clothes and things we didn't require occasionally (numerous journeys to Goodwill). And we likewise started purchasing trunks early since they can get quite pricey so spreading out that out helps. I likewise started publishing advertisements early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had buddies purchase a great deal of our things in advance to choose it up when we were prepared to move. Likewise making a list of whatever that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but is available in handy when dealing with customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is truly for the memories. The house we vacated was our very first home together and it implied a lot to us. So the pictures are just for us to remember and perhaps reveal our future family one day, to understand where all of it began.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have actually been an advocate for packing cubes given that my journey to El Salvador a year back. 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 say we bought as a number of them as we might and had the ability to get the majority of my clothes into one travel suitcase. I will not lie, though loading cubes are great, packing all my clothes and trying to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limitation was EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT and caused me lots of breakdowns haha (simply being honest).
4. Discover Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Inquire ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a great deal of other people where telling us to do and truthfully we didn't believe it was that essential ... at first. But a few months prior to leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not knowing what to load we connected to another medical professional named Ari, who is really currently living in the home we will be moving into. She has actually truly been a God-send. I emailed Ari at least 3 times a week until we moved here. I asked her anything to whatever: from the size of the kitchen shelves to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packing Celebration!
Welcome someone over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem informing you "you do not need that", and who can manage you being stressed. Our pal Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER Day Of Rest) and invested the entire day, going through our stuff, making the calls we could not make on what we must bring, contribute, or shop. She assisted us load whatever 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 whatever with you and will have to release a lot ... A LOT of your stuff. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this insane aspect of keeping EVERY pen he owned because college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's assistance Julian is now devoid of his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was most likely my preferred part about moving. Like I said earlier, we took many trips to Goodwill, however we also allowed our buddies to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they wanted. It was really cool to know that our things were entering into the houses of people we enjoy!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other individuals that have actually done what we are doing like Julian's parents, everyone stated the exact same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bedding was very crucial, likewise great 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 load!
9. Chill Out and Take A Second ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Laugh at Your Situation!!
As I have discussed, packaging is overwhelming. At any caliber it can truthfully make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a second to shriek, recognize the turmoil around you, and then just laugh due to the fact that it is nuts. What you are trying to do is crazy: your home has actually never ever looked even worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and showering without a shower drape while trying not to get excessive water on the floor, eating out of the same bowl for each meal, and just have one nice shirt because all the rest of your clothes are packed. You're not living your typical life and its frustrating, but if you take a look at a range, its also humorous, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also get out of your house, go check out the city you are leaving, meet good friends, and enjoy yourself, that actually assisted us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its truly fun to recall now on how much Julian and I carried out in such little time. Here are some pictures of our last couple of months in Houston!
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