Hola from Peru!!
We have actually been in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually already fallen for this country and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has currently supplied in incredible ways. We will be in Lima for the next couple of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be dealing with a Peruvian family 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 relocate to Peru and talking with individuals about relocating to another nation, we found that practically everybody was curious to know exactly HOW we were going to load 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 found in packaging to move overseas ... Delight in!
1. Start Packing 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 great deal of things, so leaving it all for the eleventh hour will worry you out more. You might forget things or possibly take excessive. Julian and I began about 3 months ahead of time by getting rid of clothing and things we didn't need here and there (so many trips to Goodwill). And we likewise started buying trunks early due to the fact that they can get pretty costly so spreading that out assists. I likewise began posting ads early on Facebook to offer our furniture and from that we had friends purchase a lot of our stuff in advance to pick it up when we were ready to move. Also making a list of everything that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but can be found in convenient when handling customs.
2. Take Pictures of Your House
This is really for the memories. The house we vacated was our very first house together and it indicated a lot to us. So the pictures are just for us to bear in mind and possibly show our future family one day, to understand where everything began.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have actually been a supporter for packing cubes given that my journey to El Salvador a year back. On that journey, 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 many of them as we could and were able to get the majority of my clothing into one suitcase. I won't lie, though loading cubes are fantastic, packing all my clothing and attempting to make them all fit and not review the 50-lb limitation was INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT and triggered me many breakdowns haha (just being honest).
4. Discover Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Inquire ANY & ALL Concerns.
This is something a lot of other people where informing us to do and truthfully we didn't think it was that crucial ... at first. However a few months prior to leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not understanding what to load we connected to another medical professional named Ari, who is in fact currently residing in the apartment we will be moving into. She has actually truly 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 cooking area racks to whether we needed to bring rain boots.
5. Toss a Packaging Celebration!
Welcome someone over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue informing you "you don't require that", and who can handle you being stressed. Our pal Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER DAY OFF) and invested the whole day, going through our stuff, making the calls we couldn't make on what we should 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. Discover to Let Go ...
At the end of the day you are moving overseas and can not take whatever 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 feature of keeping EVERY pen he owned considering that college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's assistance Julian is now devoid of his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!
This was most likely my preferred part about moving. Like I said earlier, we took many journeys to Goodwill, however we also permitted our good friends to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they desired. It was actually cool to know that our things were going 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 stated the very same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bed linen was extremely essential, also good knives, a couple of framed pictures of our friends and family, and PEANUT BUTTER (apparently peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we ensured to pack!
9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Numerous Seconds ... to Laugh at Your Situation!!
As I have actually mentioned, packaging is frustrating. At any caliber it can honestly make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a 2nd to shout, recognize the mayhem around you, and then simply laugh since it is nuts. What you are trying to do is crazy: your house has never looked even worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and taking a shower without a shower drape while trying not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating out of the exact same bowl for each meal, and only have one great t-shirt considering that all the rest of your clothes are packed. You're not living your regular life and its frustrating, however if you take a look at a distance, its likewise hilarious, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also leave your home, go explore the city you are leaving, meet good friends, and enjoy yourself, that truly helped us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its truly enjoyable to look back now on how much Julian and I performed in such little time. Here are some photos of our last few months in Houston!
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