Hola from Peru!!
We have remained in Peru for 4 days now and we've already fallen for this nation and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has actually currently offered in remarkable methods. We will remain in Lima for the next couple of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be dealing with a Peruvian household for a month while we attend language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to find out Spanish, while Julian will learn Quechua, the native language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to transfer to Peru and talking with people about transferring to another nation, we found that practically everybody was curious to understand exactly HOW we were going to pack 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 Phases.
Packaging is overwhelming (I will be stating that a lot in this blog haha) and if you resemble most 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 too much. Julian and I started about 3 months in advance by eliminating clothes and things we didn't need occasionally (a lot of journeys to Goodwill). And we likewise began buying trunks early because they can get quite expensive so spreading out that out helps. I also started publishing advertisements early on Facebook to sell our furniture and from that we had good friends purchase a lot of our things in advance to pick it up when we were ready 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 useful when handling customs.
2. Take Pictures of Your Home
This is really for the memories. The home we vacated was our very first house together and it implied a lot to us. So the photos are just for us to bear in mind and possibly reveal our future household one day, to know where it all began.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have been an advocate for packing cubes since my trip to El Salvador a year ago. On that journey, I could just 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 could and had the ability to get most of my clothes into one travel suitcase. I will not lie, though loading cubes are great, packing all my clothes and attempting to make them all fit and not review the 50-lb limitation was EXTREMELY DEMANDING and triggered me numerous breakdowns haha (just being sincere).
4. Discover Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask Them ANY & ALL Questions.
This is something a lot of other individuals where telling us to do and honestly we didn't believe it was that crucial ... initially. But a few months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not knowing what to pack we reached out to another medical professional called Ari, who is really currently living in the home we will be moving into. She has really been a God-send. I emailed Ari a minimum of 3 times a week till we moved here. I asked her anything to whatever: from the size of the cooking area shelves to whether we needed to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packaging Party!
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 out. Our pal Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER Day Of Rest) and invested the whole day, going through our stuff, making the calls we could not make on what we need to bring, contribute, or store. She helped us load everything in our trunks and assisted 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 Great Deal Of your things. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this insane thing about keeping EVERY pen he owned since college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's help Julian is now free from his pen addiction. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Things!
This was probably my preferred part about moving. Like I said earlier, we took lots of trips to Goodwill, however we likewise permitted our buddies to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they wanted. It was truly cool to know that our things were entering into the homes of individuals we love!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other individuals that have done what we are simulating Julian's parents, everyone stated the exact same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bed linen was extremely essential, also great 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 made sure to pack!
9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Many Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Circumstance!!
As I have discussed, packaging is overwhelming. At any quality it can truthfully make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a 2nd to scream, acknowledge the turmoil around you, and after that simply laugh due to the fact that it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is insane: your house has never looked worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and taking a shower without a shower curtain while attempting not to get excessive water on the floor, eating out of the same bowl for each meal, and just have one great t-shirt because all the rest of your clothing are packed. You're not living your typical life and its overwhelming, however if you look at a distance, its likewise amusing, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also get out of your home, go explore the city you are leaving, meet up with friends, and enjoy yourself, that truly helped us when packing was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its truly enjoyable to look back now on how much Julian and I did in such little time. Here are some photos of our last few months in Houston!
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