Hola from Peru!!
We have actually remained in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually already fallen for this country and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has actually already offered in fantastic methods. We will remain in Lima for the next couple of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be living with a Peruvian household for a month while we participate in language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to discover Spanish, while Julian will learn Quechua, the native language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to move to Peru and talking with people about relocating to another nation, we found that nearly everybody wondered to understand precisely HOW we were going to pack for our move. 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 saying 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 eleventh hour will worry you out more. You might forget things or perhaps take too much. Julian and I began about 3 months beforehand by getting rid of clothes and things we didn't require occasionally (numerous journeys to Goodwill). And we also started purchasing trunks early due to the fact that they can get quite pricey so spreading that out helps. I likewise started publishing advertisements early on Facebook to sell our furniture and from that we had pals purchase a lot of our stuff in advance to select it up when we were all set to move. Also making a list of whatever that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do however is available in useful when handling customs.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is actually for the memories. The apartment we left was our very first house together and it indicated a lot to us. So the images are just for us to bear in mind and maybe reveal our future family one day, to understand where it all started.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have been a supporter for packing cubes because my trip to El Salvador a year ago. On that trip, I might only take a carry on with me and was able to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to state we purchased as many of them as we might and had the ability to get the majority of my clothes into one luggage. I won't 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 INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT and caused me numerous breakdowns haha (just being sincere).
4. Discover Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask Them ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a lot of other people where telling us to do and truthfully we didn't think it was that important ... at first. But a couple of months prior to leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not knowing what to pack we reached out to another physician called Ari, who is really presently residing in the house we will be moving into. She has actually truly been a God-send. I emailed Ari a minimum of 3 times a week until we moved here. I asked her anything to whatever: from the size of the cooking area shelves to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packing Celebration!
Welcome somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem telling you "you do not need that", and who can handle 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 stuff, making the calls we couldn't make on what we ought to bring, donate, or shop. She helped us pack whatever 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 crazy thing about keeping EVERY pen he owned since college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's help Julian is now free from his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was probably my preferred part about moving. Like I said earlier, we took lots of journeys to Goodwill, however we also allowed our friends to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they wanted. It was really cool to understand that our things were going into the houses of people we love!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other people that have done what we are simulating Julian's parents, everybody stated the same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bedding was very crucial, likewise excellent knives, a couple of framed images of our family and friends, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we made certain to load!
9. Relax and Take A 2nd ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Circumstance!!
As I have actually mentioned, packing is overwhelming. At any caliber it can truthfully make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a second to shriek, recognize the turmoil around you, and then simply laugh due to the fact that it is nuts. What you are trying to do is insane: your house has never ever looked worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and taking a shower without a shower drape while attempting not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating in restaurants of the very same bowl for every single meal, and just have one nice shirt given that all the rest of your clothing are packed. You're not living your typical life and its overwhelming, however if you look at a distance, its likewise hilarious, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also leave your home, go check out the city you are leaving, meet up with friends, and enjoy yourself, that really assisted us when packing was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its actually fun to look back 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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