Hola from Peru!!
We have actually been in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually already fallen in love with this country and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has actually already provided in fantastic ways. We will remain 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 discover Spanish, while Julian will learn Quechua, the indigenous language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to transfer to Peru and talking with individuals about moving to another nation, we found that nearly everybody wondered to know exactly HOW we were going to pack for our relocation. So prior to we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we believed we 'd show y' all 10 hacks that we discovered in packing to move overseas ... Enjoy!
1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packing is frustrating (I will be saying that a lot in this blog haha) and if you are like most of us, you have a great deal of things, so leaving all of it for the eleventh hour will worry you out more. You may forget things or possibly take too much. Julian and I began about 3 months ahead of time by getting rid of clothing and things we didn't need here and there (numerous trips to Goodwill). And we also began buying trunks early since they can get quite pricey so spreading out that out assists. I likewise began publishing advertisements early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had friends purchase a great deal of our things in advance to pick it up when we were prepared to move. Also making a list of everything that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do however can be found in convenient when handling customs.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is truly for the memories. The apartment we left was our first home together and it suggested a lot to us. So the pictures are simply for us to keep in mind and maybe show our future family one day, to understand where everything began.
3. Packing Cubes!!
I have actually been a supporter for packing cubes because 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 clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to state we bought as many of them as we could and were able to get the majority of my clothing 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 go over the 50-lb limitation was INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT and caused me lots of breakdowns haha (just being honest).
4. Find Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Inquire ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a great deal of other individuals where informing us to do and honestly we didn't believe it was that crucial ... initially. But a few months prior to leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not understanding what to load we reached out to another physician named Ari, who is in fact presently living in the home we will be moving into. She has truly 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 cooking area shelves to whether we needed to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packing Celebration!
Invite someone over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem telling you "you do not need that", and who can manage you being stressed out. Our buddy Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER Day Of Rest) and spent the entire day, going through our things, making the calls we could not 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 need to let go of 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 because college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's assistance Julian is now devoid of his pen addiction. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was most likely my favorite part about moving. Like I said previously, we took many trips to Goodwill, but we likewise allowed our good friends to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they desired. It was truly neat to know that our things were entering into the homes of people we enjoy!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other people that have actually done what we are doing like Julian's parents, everyone said the very same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, great bed linen was really important, also good knives, a few framed images of our friends and family, 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 2nd ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Scenario!!
As I have mentioned, packing is frustrating. At any quality it can honestly make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a 2nd to shriek, recognize the turmoil around you, and after that simply laugh since it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is insane: your home has actually never ever looked even worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and taking a shower 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 nice t-shirt since all the rest of your clothes are packed. You're not living your regular life and its frustrating, but if you take a look at a range, its likewise amusing, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also get out of your house, go explore the city you are leaving, meet good friends, and enjoy yourself, that actually assisted us when packaging was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its actually fun to recall now on how much Julian and I carried out in such little time. Here are some pictures of our last few months in Houston!
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