Hola from Peru!!
We have been in Peru for 4 days now and we've already fallen for this nation and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has already provided in remarkable methods. We will remain 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 find out Spanish, while Julian will find out Quechua, the native language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to relocate to Peru and talking with people about transferring to another country, we discovered that almost everybody wondered to know 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 ... Take pleasure in!
1. Start Packing EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packing is frustrating (I will be stating that a lot in this blog site haha) and if you are like the majority of us, you have a great deal of things, so leaving everything for the eleventh hour will stress you out more. You may forget things or possibly take excessive. Julian and I began about 3 months in advance by getting rid of clothing and things we didn't require occasionally (a lot of trips to Goodwill). And we also started buying trunks early because they can get quite costly so spreading that out assists. I likewise started publishing ads early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had friends purchase a lot of our things in advance to select 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 can be found in helpful when handling customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is really for the memories. The home we left was our very first home together and it indicated a lot to us. So the pictures are just for us to bear in mind and possibly reveal our future household one day, to know where it all began.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have been a supporter for packing cubes since my journey to El Salvador a year earlier. 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 a lot of them as we might and had the ability to get the majority of my clothes into one suitcase. I won't lie, though packing cubes are great, packing all my clothes and attempting to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limitation was EXTREMELY STRESSFUL and triggered me lots of breakdowns haha (just being honest).
4. Discover Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Inquire 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 ... in the beginning. But a couple of months prior to leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not knowing what to load we connected to another physician called Ari, who is in fact presently residing in the home we will be moving into. She has actually truly been a God-send. I emailed Ari a minimum of 3 times a week up until we moved here. I asked her anything to whatever: from the size of the cooking area racks to whether we required 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 need that", and who can handle you being stressed out. Our good friend Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER Day Of Rest) and spent the entire day, going through our stuff, making the calls we could not make on what we ought to bring, contribute, or shop. She helped us load everything in our trunks and helped make it all fit without being over 50 pounds. THANK YOU SANDRA!!!
6. Find Out 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 Great Deal Of your things. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this insane aspect of keeping EVERY pen he owned given that college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's assistance Julian is now free from his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was most likely my preferred part about moving. Like I stated earlier, we took numerous journeys to Goodwill, however we likewise permitted our buddies to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they wanted. It was truly neat to understand that our things were entering into the houses of individuals 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, everyone said the same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bedding was extremely essential, likewise great knives, a few framed pictures of our loved ones, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we ensured to load!
9. Relax and Take A Second ... Many Seconds ... to Laugh at Your Scenario!!
As I have mentioned, 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 then just laugh since it is nuts. What you are trying to do is insane: your house has actually never ever looked worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and showering without a shower curtain while attempting not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating out of the very same bowl for every single meal, and just have one great shirt since all the rest of your clothing are loaded. You're not living your normal life and its frustrating, but if you take a look at a range, its likewise amusing, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also leave your home, go explore the city you are leaving, meet pals, and enjoy yourself, that actually assisted us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its truly enjoyable to recall now on just 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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