10 Packing Hacks for Moving Abroad!

Hola from Peru!!

We have been in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually already fallen for this country and individuals. Your prayers are felt and God has currently offered in remarkable methods. We will remain in Lima for the next number of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be dealing with a Peruvian family for a month while we go to language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to find out Spanish, while Julian will learn Quechua, the indigenous language.

Anyways, as we were preparing to relocate to Peru and talking with individuals about moving to another country, we discovered that almost everybody wondered to know exactly HOW we were going to pack 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 ... Take pleasure 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 resemble the majority of us, you have a great deal of stuff, so leaving it all for the last minute will stress you out more. You may forget things or potentially take excessive. Julian and I started about 3 months in advance by eliminating clothes and things we didn't require here and there (so many trips to Goodwill). And we likewise started purchasing trunks early due to the fact that they can get pretty pricey so spreading out that out helps. I also began posting ads early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had friends buy a great deal of our stuff in advance to pick it up when we were ready to move. Likewise making a list of whatever that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do however can be found in helpful when handling custom-mades.

2. Take Pictures of Your House

This is actually for the memories. The home we left was our first house together and it implied a lot to us. So the pictures are simply for us to bear in mind and perhaps show our future household one day, to understand where everything started.

3. Loading Cubes!!

I have actually been an advocate for loading cubes given that my trip to El Salvador a year earlier. On that journey, I might only take a carry on with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to say we bought as a number of them as we could and were able to get most of my clothes into one travel suitcase. I won't lie, though loading cubes are fantastic, packing all my clothes and trying to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limit was EXCEPTIONALLY STRESSFUL and triggered me numerous breakdowns haha (just being honest).

4. Find Someone 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 honestly we didn't think it was that essential ... initially. However a couple of months prior to leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not understanding what to pack we connected to another physician called Ari, who is in fact presently living in the home we will be moving into. She has actually 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 kitchen racks to whether we required to bring rain boots.

5. Throw a Packing Party!

Welcome somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue telling you "you do not need that", and who can manage 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 things, making the calls we couldn't make on what we ought to bring, donate, 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 let go of a lot ... A LOT of your stuff. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this insane aspect of keeping EVERY pen he owned because college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's help Julian is now free from his pen addiction. Hahah!

7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!

This was probably my favorite part about moving. Like I said earlier, we took numerous journeys to Goodwill, but we likewise enabled our pals to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they desired. It was actually cool to understand that our things were going 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 simulating Julian's moms and dads, everyone stated the exact same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bed linen was extremely important, likewise excellent knives, a few framed photos of our friends and family, and PEANUT BUTTER (apparently peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we made certain to load!

9. Relax and Take A Second ... Many Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Situation!!

As I have mentioned, packing is overwhelming. At any caliber it can truthfully make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a second to yell, acknowledge the mayhem around you, and then just laugh since it is nuts. What you are trying to do is insane: your home has actually never ever looked even worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and showering without a shower curtain while attempting not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating in restaurants of the very same bowl for every meal, and just have one nice shirt given that all the rest of your clothes are loaded. You're not living your regular life and its frustrating, however if you look at a range, its also humorous, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise leave your house, go check out the city you are leaving, meet pals, and enjoy yourself, that truly helped us when packaging was dragging us down!

10. File the experience!

Its actually enjoyable to look back now on just how much Julian and I performed in such little time. Here are some photos of our last couple of months in Houston!

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