421 days outside the US
11 different countries: Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Slovenia, Peru
16 cross-cultural worship experiences: the Lutheran Church in Tisovec, the Catholic church in Tisovec, the Little International Church in Bratislava, the largest Lutheran Church in Poland, the Prague Cathedral, a small Catholic church in Prague, 2 churches in Rome (including the Vatican), the Duomo in Florence, Espiritu Santo church in Florence, one church in Venice, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Martin Luther's childhood church in Germany, a cave church in Budapest, the little church in Alto Cayma, and the Cathedral in Arequipa.
1 train wreck
3 international doctor's visits (one was my first ever trip to the hospital)
1 night spent homeless on New Years in Austria with one of my best friends
1 card made in the cardshop (with much help and after a lot of struggling...)
263 Slovak students
1.5 different time zones (6 hours difference in SK, and 1 hour difference in Peru - only because of daylight savings time)
3 pisco sours in Peru, countless bottles of Slivovica in Slovakia
1 Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter away from home
2 weekends at the cabin in Kokava Linia in Slovakia (one of my favorite places)
107 blog entries (this one included)
56 hours (approximately) as a passenger on the combi
34 one-on-one meetings with Peruvian youth and/or their parents
96 hours of plane travel (by the time I get back to the US on Sunday)
and an infinity of memories and friendships that I will have forever
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