Hola from Peru!!
We have actually remained in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually currently fallen in love with this nation and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has actually currently provided in remarkable methods. We will be in Lima for the next couple of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be living with a Peruvian family for a month while we participate in language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to find out Spanish, while Julian will discover Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to relocate to Peru and talking with people about transferring to another nation, we found that almost everybody was curious to understand exactly HOW we were going to load for our move. So prior to 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 Packaging EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packaging is overwhelming (I will be saying that a lot in this blog site haha) and if you are like most of us, you have a lot of stuff, 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 clothes and things we didn't need occasionally (a lot of trips to Goodwill). And we also started purchasing trunks early because they can get quite expensive so spreading out that out assists. I also started publishing ads early on Facebook to offer our furniture and from that we had good friends purchase a lot of our stuff in advance to select it up when we were prepared to move. Also making a list of whatever that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do however can be found in helpful when dealing with customizeds.
2. Take Pictures of Your House
This is truly for the memories. The house we vacated was our first home together and it meant a lot to us. So the photos are just for us to bear in mind and possibly show our future household one day, to understand where all of it started.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have actually been a supporter for packing cubes since my trip to El Salvador a year back. On that trip, I could only take a carry on with me and was able to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to say we bought as a lot of them as we might and had the ability to get most of my clothes into one travel suitcase. I won't lie, though loading cubes are fantastic, loading all my clothing and attempting to make them all fit and not discuss the 50-lb limit was VERY DIFFICULT and caused me numerous breakdowns haha (just being honest).
4. Find Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Inquire ANY & ALL Concerns.
This is something a great deal of other people where telling us to do and truthfully we didn't believe it was that essential ... initially. But a few months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not knowing what to pack we connected to another doctor called Ari, who is really presently living 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 until we moved here. I asked her anything to everything: from the size of the kitchen shelves to whether we required to bring rain boots.
5. Toss a Packing Party!
Welcome someone over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem informing you "you don't require that", and who can manage you being stressed out. Our 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 should bring, contribute, or store. She helped us pack everything 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 have to release a lot ... A LOT of your stuff. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this crazy feature of keeping EVERY pen he owned given that college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's help 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 previously, we took numerous journeys to Goodwill, but we likewise enabled our buddies to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they desired. It was actually 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 simulating Julian's parents, everyone said the exact same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bed linen was extremely crucial, likewise good knives, a few framed pictures of our loved ones, and PEANUT BUTTER (apparently peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we made certain to pack!
9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Many Seconds ... to Laugh at Your Situation!!
As I have pointed out, packaging is frustrating. At any quality it can truthfully make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a second to shout, recognize the turmoil around you, and after that just laugh since it is nuts. What you are trying to do is crazy: your home has never ever looked even worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and showering without a shower drape while attempting not to get excessive water on the floor, eating in restaurants of the exact same bowl for each meal, and only have one good t-shirt given that all the rest of your clothes are packed. You're not living your regular life and its overwhelming, but if you 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 buddies, and enjoy yourself, that really assisted us when packing was dragging us down!
10. File the experience!
Its truly fun to look back now on just how much Julian and I performed in such little time. Here are some pictures of our last few months in Houston!
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