Hola from Peru!!
We have been in Peru for 4 days now and we've currently fallen in love with this country and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has already offered in incredible methods. We will be in Lima for the next number of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be coping with a Peruvian family for a month while we attend language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to learn Spanish, while Julian will find out Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to move to Peru and talking with individuals about relocating to another country, we found that almost everyone was curious to know precisely HOW we were going to load for our move. So before we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we believed we 'd share with y' all 10 hacks that we found in packing to move overseas ... Enjoy!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Stages.
Packaging 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 perhaps take excessive. Julian and I started about 3 months ahead of time by getting rid of clothes and things we didn't require here and there (a lot of trips to Goodwill). And we likewise began buying trunks early due to the fact that they can get pretty pricey so spreading out that out assists. I likewise began publishing ads early on Facebook to offer our furniture and from that we had friends buy a lot of our things in advance to choose it up when we were ready to move. Likewise making a list of whatever that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do however can be found in handy when dealing with custom-mades.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is truly for the memories. The home we vacated was our first home together and it indicated a lot to us. So the pictures are just for us to bear in mind and maybe reveal our future family one day, to understand where everything began.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have been an advocate for packing cubes because my journey to El Salvador a year earlier. On that trip, I could just take a carry on with me and was able to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to say we bought as many of them as we might and were able to get most of my clothes into one suitcase. I will not lie, though packing cubes are terrific, loading all my clothes and attempting to make them all fit and not discuss the 50-lb limit was EXTREMELY STRESSFUL and caused me numerous breakdowns haha (just being sincere).
4. Discover Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a great deal of other people where telling us to do and honestly we didn't believe it was that crucial ... at first. But a couple of months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not understanding what to pack we reached out to another medical professional named Ari, who is really currently residing in the house we will be moving into. She has genuinely been a God-send. I emailed Ari a minimum of 3 times a week up until we moved here. I asked her anything to everything: from the size of the cooking area shelves to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packaging Party!
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. Our good friend Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came over (ON HER Day Of Rest) and invested the entire day, going through our stuff, making the calls we could not make on what we must bring, contribute, or shop. She helped us pack everything in our trunks and helped make it all fit without being over 50 pounds. THANK YOU SANDRA!!!
6. Discover to Let Go ...
At the end of the day you are moving overseas and can not take everything with you and will need 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 because college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's assistance Julian is now free from his pen addiction. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was probably my favorite part about moving. Like I stated earlier, we took many trips to Goodwill, but we also permitted our pals to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they desired. It was really neat 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 doing like Julian's moms and dads, everyone stated the same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, good bedding was extremely crucial, likewise excellent knives, a couple of framed images of our loved ones, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we made sure to load!
9. Relax and Take A Second ... Numerous Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Situation!!
As I have pointed out, packaging is frustrating. At any caliber it can honestly make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a 2nd to shriek, recognize the chaos around you, and then just laugh since it is nuts. What you are trying to do is crazy: your house has never ever looked worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and showering without a shower curtain while trying not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating in restaurants of the very same bowl for each meal, and just have one nice t-shirt considering that all the rest of your clothing are packed. You're not living your regular life and its overwhelming, but if you take a look at a range, its also amusing, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also leave your house, go check out the city you are leaving, meet good friends, and enjoy yourself, that actually assisted us when packing was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its truly fun to recall now on how much Julian and I carried out in such little time. Here are some photos of our last few months in Houston!
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