10 Loading Hacks for Moving Overseas!

Hola from Peru!!

We have actually been in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually currently fallen for this country and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has already offered in incredible ways. We will be in Lima for the next number 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 learn Spanish, while Julian will learn Quechua, the indigenous language.

Anyways, as we were preparing to relocate to Peru and talking with people about moving to another nation, we discovered that nearly everyone wondered to understand 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 packaging to move overseas ... Delight in!

1. Start Packing EARLY & Do it in Stages.

Packaging is frustrating (I will be stating 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 worry you out more. You may forget things or potentially take excessive. Julian and I began about 3 months in advance by eliminating clothes and things we didn't require here and there (numerous journeys to Goodwill). And we likewise started buying trunks early because they can get pretty costly so spreading out that out assists. I likewise started posting ads early on Facebook to offer our furnishings and from that we had buddies purchase a great deal of our stuff in advance to select it up when we were prepared to move. Also making a list of everything that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but is available in convenient when dealing with customs.

2. Take Pictures of Your Home

This is really for the memories. The home we moved out was our first house together and it implied a lot to us. So the images are simply for us to bear in mind and perhaps reveal our future family one day, to understand where all of it began.

3. Loading Cubes!!

I have been a supporter for packing cubes given that my trip to El Salvador a year earlier. On that trip, I might just take a continue with me and was able to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to state we bought as a lot of them as we could and were able to get most of my clothes into one luggage. I will not lie, though packing cubes are great, loading all my clothing and attempting to make them all fit and not go over the 50-lb limit was VERY STRESSFUL and caused me many breakdowns haha (simply being truthful).

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

This is something a lot of other people where informing us to do and honestly we didn't believe it was that essential ... initially. But a couple of months prior to leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not knowing what to pack we connected to another physician named Ari, who is really presently living in the house we will be moving into. She has genuinely 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 racks to whether we required to bring rain boots.

5. Toss a Packaging Celebration!

Welcome somebody over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem telling you "you do not require that", and who can manage you being stressed. Our pal Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER Day Of Rest) and invested the entire day, going through our stuff, making the calls we couldn't make on what we ought to bring, contribute, or shop. She assisted us pack everything in our trunks and helped 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 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, however with Sandra's help Julian is now free from his pen addiction. Hahah!

7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!

This was most likely my favorite part about moving. Like I stated earlier, we took lots of trips to Goodwill, but we also allowed our pals to go through all of our things and let them take whatever they wanted. It was really cool to know that our things were entering into the homes of individuals we enjoy!!

8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!

In talking with Ari and other individuals that have done what we are doing like Julian's moms and dads, everyone stated the very same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bed linen was very crucial, likewise great knives, a few framed images of our family and friends, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we ensured to pack!

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

As I have actually discussed, packing is frustrating. At any quality it can truthfully make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a 2nd to yell, acknowledge the mayhem around you, and then simply laugh because it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is insane: your house has actually never looked even worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and showering without a shower curtain while attempting not to get too much water on the floor, eating in restaurants of the same bowl for every single meal, and just have one nice shirt because all the rest of your clothes are packed. You're not living your regular life and its overwhelming, however if you look at a range, its likewise amusing, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise get out of your house, go explore the city you are leaving, meet buddies, and enjoy yourself, that actually helped us when packing was dragging us down!

10. File the experience!

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