Just a few numbers to sum up my past year:
12 months spent 4583 miles from home, living with a total of 22 roommates from 4 countries. Hosted 21 American college students. 7 countries visited. 28 passport stamps. 278 hours on trains, 33 hours on planes, 25 minutes driving a car.

7,648 pages of 33 books read. 48 calls from home, and 1 from Hausman. 134 emails saved in my "keeping in touch" folder. 31 pieces of mail received including 2 Stillpoints, costing $4.04 in postage. 56 blog posts. 2,838 photos taken. 3 avocadoes discovered at the grocery store. 1 church service in my native tongue. 10 items checked off my list of things to do in my life. 7 days left.