10 Packing Hacks for Moving Abroad!

Hola from Peru!!

We have remained in Peru for 4 days now and we've already fallen for this country and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has already supplied in remarkable methods. We will be in Lima for the next number of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be living with a Peruvian household for a month while we go to 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 move to Peru and talking with individuals about moving to another nation, we found that almost everyone was curious to know precisely HOW we were going to load for our move. So before we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we thought we 'd share with y' all 10 hacks that we discovered in packing to move overseas ... Take pleasure in!

1. Start Packaging EARLY & Do it in Stages.

Packaging is overwhelming (I will be saying that a lot in this blog haha) and if you are like the majority of us, you have a great deal of things, so leaving it all for the last minute will stress you out more. You may 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 require occasionally (many journeys to Goodwill). And we also started purchasing trunks early since they can get quite pricey so spreading that out helps. I also started publishing advertisements early on Facebook to sell our furniture and from that we had friends purchase a great deal of our stuff in advance to pick it up when we were ready to move. Likewise making a list of everything that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but is available in helpful when handling customs.

2. Take Pictures of Your Home

This is really for the memories. The apartment or condo we left was our first home together and it meant a lot to us. So the pictures are just for us to keep in mind and perhaps reveal our future household one day, to know where everything started.

3. Loading Cubes!!

I have actually been a supporter for loading cubes given that my journey to El Salvador a year earlier. On that journey, I could just take a continue with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to say we purchased as much of them as we might and were able to get most of my clothes into one travel suitcase. I won't lie, though packing cubes are fantastic, loading all my clothing and trying to make them all fit and not review the 50-lb limit was VERY STRESSFUL and triggered me many breakdowns haha (simply 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 individuals where informing us to do and honestly we didn't believe it was that important ... at first. But a couple of months before leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not understanding what to pack we reached out to another doctor called Ari, who is actually presently residing in the home we will be moving into. She has actually really been a God-send. I emailed Ari a minimum of 3 times a week up until we moved here. I asked her anything to whatever: from the size of the cooking area racks to whether we required to bring rain boots.

5. Toss a Packaging Party!

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

6. Discover 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 insane aspect 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 Stuff!

This was most likely my preferred part about moving. Like I said previously, we took many journeys to Goodwill, but we likewise allowed our pals to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they desired. It was actually cool to understand 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 actually done what we are simulating Julian's moms and dads, everybody said the same thing, BRING THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, great bedding was extremely crucial, likewise great knives, a couple of framed pictures of our family and friends, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other nations)! So that's what we ensured to load!

9. Relax and Take A Second ... Numerous Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Scenario!!

As I have actually mentioned, packing is overwhelming. At any quality it can truthfully make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a second to shriek, acknowledge the chaos around you, and then simply laugh due to the fact that it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is crazy: your home has never ever looked worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and taking a shower without a shower curtain while trying not to get excessive water on the flooring, eating in restaurants of the same bowl for each meal, and only have one nice shirt given that all the rest of your clothes are packed. You're not living your typical life and its overwhelming, but if you take a look at a distance, its also amusing, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Also get out of your home, go explore the city you are leaving, meet friends, 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!