Hola from Peru!!
We have actually remained in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually currently fallen for this nation and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has already offered in amazing methods. 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 find out Spanish, while Julian will learn Quechua, the native language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to move to Peru and talking with individuals about transferring to another nation, we discovered that practically everybody wondered to understand precisely HOW we were going to load for our move. 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 packing to move overseas ... Delight in!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packing is frustrating (I will be stating that a lot in this blog haha) and if you resemble the majority of us, you have a lot of things, so leaving all of it for the last minute will worry you out more. You might forget things or possibly take too much. Julian and I began about 3 months in advance by eliminating clothes and things we didn't require here and there (so many journeys to Goodwill). And we also began buying trunks early because they can get pretty expensive so spreading out that out assists. I also began posting advertisements early on Facebook to offer our furniture and from that we had buddies purchase a great deal of our stuff in advance to pick it up when we were prepared to move. Also making a list of whatever that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do however is available in handy when dealing with customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is really for the memories. The apartment we vacated was our very first home together and it meant a lot to us. So the images are simply for us to bear in mind and perhaps reveal our future family one day, to understand where everything began.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have actually been an advocate for loading cubes since my journey to El Salvador a year ago. On that trip, I could just 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 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 great, loading all my clothes and trying to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limit was VERY DIFFICULT and caused me numerous breakdowns haha (simply being sincere).
4. Discover Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask Them ANY & ALL Concerns.
This is something a lot of other individuals where informing us to do and honestly we didn't believe it was that crucial ... at first. However a few months before leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not knowing what to load we connected to another medical professional called Ari, who is in fact currently residing in the apartment we will be moving into. She has actually really been a God-send. I emailed Ari a minimum of 3 times a week till we moved here. I asked her anything to everything: from the size of the kitchen area racks 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 informing you "you don't need that", and who can manage 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 must bring, donate, or shop. She assisted us pack everything in our trunks and helped 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 need to let go of a lot ... A Great Deal 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, but with Sandra's assistance Julian is now devoid of his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was probably my preferred part about moving. Like I said previously, we took many trips to Goodwill, but we likewise permitted our good friends to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they wanted. It was truly cool to understand 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 people that have done what we are simulating Julian's parents, everybody stated the same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, great bed linen was very important, also good knives, a few framed images of our family and friends, 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 ... Many Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Scenario!!
As I have actually discussed, packaging is frustrating. At any caliber it can honestly make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a 2nd to shout, recognize the turmoil around you, and after that simply laugh because it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is crazy: your home has actually never looked even worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and taking a shower without a shower drape while attempting not to get too much water on the floor, eating in restaurants of the exact same bowl for each meal, and just have one good shirt given that all the rest of your clothes are packed. You're not living your normal life and its frustrating, however if you look at a range, its likewise humorous, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise leave your home, go check out the city you are leaving, meet buddies, and enjoy yourself, that actually helped us when packing was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its really fun to look back now on just how much Julian and I performed in such little time. Here are some images of our last few months in Houston!
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