10 Loading Hacks for Moving Overseas!

Hola from Peru!!

We have remained in Peru for 4 days now and we have actually currently fallen for this nation and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has actually currently provided in amazing methods. We will be 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 participate in language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to find out Spanish, while Julian will discover Quechua, the native language.

Anyways, as we were preparing to transfer to Peru and talking with people about moving to another nation, we found that nearly everyone wondered to know precisely HOW we were going to load for our relocation. So prior to we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we thought we 'd show y' all 10 hacks that we discovered in packing to move overseas ... Take pleasure in!

1. Start Packing EARLY & Do it in Phases.

Packaging is overwhelming (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 all of it for the last minute will stress you out more. You may forget things or potentially take excessive. Julian and I started about 3 months beforehand by getting rid of clothes and things we didn't need occasionally (so many trips to Goodwill). And we also began purchasing trunks early due to the fact that they can get pretty costly so spreading out that out helps. I likewise began publishing ads early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had friends purchase a great deal of our things in advance to select it up when we were ready to move. Also making a list of everything that remains in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but can be found in handy when dealing with customs.

2. Take Pictures of Your House

This is truly for the memories. The house we vacated was our first house together and it indicated a lot to us. So the photos are simply for us to remember and possibly show our future household one day, to know where everything started.

3. Packing Cubes!!

I have actually been a supporter for loading cubes considering that my trip to El Salvador a year earlier. On that journey, I might only take a carry on with me and was able to fit 2 weeks worth of clothes and toiletries!!! Needless to state we purchased as many of them as we might and were able to get the majority of my clothes into one suitcase. I will not lie, though loading cubes are excellent, loading all my clothes and trying to make them all fit and not discuss the 50-lb limitation was EXCEPTIONALLY DEMANDING and triggered me numerous breakdowns haha (just being truthful).

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

This is something a lot of other individuals where informing us to do and truthfully we didn't think it was that essential ... at first. But a few months before leaving and becoming overwhelmed by not understanding what to pack we connected to another doctor named Ari, who is really currently residing in the apartment or condo we will be moving into. She has truly been a God-send. I emailed Ari at least 3 times a week till 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. Throw a Packaging Celebration!

Invite someone over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem informing you "you don't require that", and who can handle you being stressed. Our buddy 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 could not make on what we ought to bring, contribute, 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 release a lot ... A Great Deal Of your things. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this crazy thing about keeping EVERY pen he owned given that college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's assistance Julian is now devoid of his pen addiction. Hahah!

7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!

This was probably my preferred part about moving. Like I stated previously, we took many journeys to Goodwill, however we also enabled our friends to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they desired. It was actually cool to know that our things were entering into the homes of people we enjoy!!

8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!

In talking with Ari and other individuals that have actually done what we are doing like Julian's parents, everyone said the exact same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bedding was really essential, also great knives, a few framed photos of our loved ones, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we made sure to pack!

9. Chill Out and Take A Second ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Situation!!

As I have actually pointed out, packaging is overwhelming. At any quality it can honestly make or break you. Don't let it break you. Take a 2nd to yell, recognize the chaos around you, and then just laugh because it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is crazy: your home has actually never ever looked even worse, you are sleeping on a floor, and showering without a shower curtain while trying not to get excessive water on the floor, eating out of the same bowl for every meal, and only have one nice shirt given that all the rest of your clothing are packed. You're not living your typical life and its overwhelming, however if you look at a range, its likewise funny, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise get out of your home, go explore the city you are leaving, meet up with friends, and enjoy yourself, that really helped us when packaging was dragging us down!

10. Document the experience!

Its actually fun to look back now on how much Julian and I performed in such little time. Here are some images of our last few months in Houston!