Hola from Peru!!
We have actually remained in Peru for 4 days now and we've currently fallen for this nation and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has already offered in incredible methods. We will remain in Lima for the next number 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 discover Spanish, while Julian will find out Quechua, the native language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to relocate to Peru and talking with individuals about transferring to another country, we discovered that almost everyone wondered to know precisely HOW we were going to pack for our relocation. So before 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 ... Delight in!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packaging is frustrating (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 stuff, so leaving all of it for the last minute will stress you out more. You might forget things or possibly take excessive. Julian and I started about 3 months in advance by eliminating clothing and things we didn't need occasionally (a lot of trips to Goodwill). And we likewise began buying trunks early since they can get pretty pricey so spreading out that out assists. I also began publishing advertisements early on Facebook to sell our furniture and from that we had friends purchase a great deal of our stuff in advance to pick it up when we were all set to move. Likewise making a list of everything that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but is available in handy when handling customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your House
This is truly for the memories. The apartment or condo we left was our first house together and it suggested a lot to us. So the pictures are simply for us to bear in mind and possibly show our future family one day, to understand where all of it started.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have been a supporter for loading cubes because my journey to El Salvador a year back. On that trip, I could only take a carry on with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to say we bought as a lot of them as we might and had the ability to get the majority of my clothing into one luggage. I will not lie, though packing cubes are fantastic, packing all my clothes and trying to make them all fit and not review the 50-lb limitation was INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL and triggered me numerous breakdowns haha (simply being truthful).
4. Discover Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Inquire ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a great deal of other people where informing us to do and honestly we didn't think it was that important ... initially. However a couple of months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not understanding what to pack we reached out to another medical professional called Ari, who is really presently living in the apartment we will be moving into. She has actually really 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 racks to whether we needed to bring rain boots.
5. Toss a Packing Party!
Welcome somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue telling you "you do not require that", and who can handle you being stressed out. Our pal Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came over (ON HER Day Of Rest) and spent the entire day, going through our stuff, making the calls we couldn't make on what we must bring, contribute, or store. She assisted us load 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 everything with you and will have to let go of 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 given that college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's help Julian is now devoid of his pen addiction. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!
This was probably my favorite part about moving. Like I stated previously, we took numerous 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 actually cool to understand that our things were entering into the homes of people we love!!
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 very same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bed linen was extremely important, also excellent knives, a couple of framed images of our friends and family, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we made certain to pack!
9. Relax and Take A 2nd ... Many Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Scenario!!
As I have actually pointed out, packing is overwhelming. At any quality it can truthfully make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a second to shriek, acknowledge the mayhem around you, and after that just laugh since it is nuts. What you are trying to do is insane: your home has actually never looked even worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and showering without a shower drape while trying not to get too much water on the flooring, eating out of the same bowl for every meal, and just have one great shirt considering that 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 hilarious, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also get out of your home, go check out the city you are leaving, meet pals, and enjoy yourself, that truly helped us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its really fun to recall now on just how much Julian and I performed in such little time. Here are some images of our last couple of months in Houston!
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