10 Loading Hacks for Moving Overseas!

Hola from Peru!!

We have been in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually already fallen in love with this nation and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has already supplied in amazing methods. We will be in Lima for the next couple of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be coping with a Peruvian family for a month while we participate in language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to learn Spanish, while Julian will find out Quechua, the native language.

Anyways, as we were preparing to move to Peru and talking with individuals about moving to another nation, we discovered that nearly everybody wondered to understand exactly HOW we were going to pack for our move. So prior to we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we thought we 'd share with y' all 10 hacks that we discovered in packaging to move overseas ... Take pleasure in!

1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Phases.

Packing is frustrating (I will be stating that a lot in this blog site haha) and if you are like the majority of us, you have a lot of things, so leaving everything for the eleventh hour will stress you out more. You might forget things or perhaps take too much. Julian and I began about 3 months ahead of time by getting rid of clothes and things we didn't need here and there (numerous journeys to Goodwill). And we also began purchasing trunks early due to the fact that they can get pretty pricey so spreading that out assists. I also began posting advertisements early on Facebook to sell our furniture and from that we had buddies buy a lot of our things 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 but is available in convenient when handling custom-mades.

2. Take Pictures of Your Home

This is truly for the memories. The apartment or condo we left was our first home together and it implied a lot to us. So the photos are just for us to bear in mind and maybe show our future household one day, to know where it all began.

3. Loading Cubes!!

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

4. Discover Someone Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask Them ANY & ALL Concerns.

This is something a lot of other people where telling us to do and honestly we didn't believe it was that important ... initially. However a couple of months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not knowing what to pack we connected to another doctor named Ari, who is really currently living in the apartment or condo we will be moving into. She has actually truly been a God-send. I emailed Ari a minimum of 3 times a week until we moved here. I asked her anything to whatever: from the size of the kitchen area shelves to whether we required to bring rain boots.

5. Toss a Packing Celebration!

Invite someone over who is a master at Tetris, who has no issue telling you "you don't require that", and who can manage you being stressed. Our buddy Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came over (ON HER Day Of Rest) and invested the whole day, going through our things, making the calls we could not make on what we need to bring, donate, or store. She assisted us pack everything in our trunks and helped make it all fit without being over 50 pounds. THANK YOU SANDRA!!!

6. Learn 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 feature of keeping EVERY pen he owned since college. Hahha. Why idk, but with Sandra's assistance 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 stated previously, we took many trips to Goodwill, however we likewise allowed our pals to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they wanted. It was truly neat to understand that our things were entering into the homes of individuals we like!!

8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!

In talking with Ari and other people that have done what we are simulating Julian's parents, everybody stated the exact same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, great bedding was very crucial, also good knives, a couple of framed images of our friends and family, and PEANUT BUTTER (apparently peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we made sure to pack!

9. Chill Out and Take A 2nd ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Scenario!!

As I have pointed out, packing is overwhelming. At any caliber it can truthfully make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a second to shriek, recognize the chaos around you, and then just laugh due to the fact that it is nuts. What you are trying to do is crazy: your home has actually never looked worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and showering without a shower drape while attempting not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating in restaurants of the exact same bowl for every single meal, and just have one good shirt considering that all the rest of your clothing are packed. You're not living your regular life and its overwhelming, however if you look at a distance, its likewise funny, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise leave your house, go explore the city you are leaving, meet up with good friends, and enjoy yourself, that actually assisted us when packing was dragging us down!

10. File the experience!

Its really enjoyable to look back now on how much Julian and I carried out in such little time. Here are some pictures of our last few months in Houston!