I'm not a very organized person and I don't want to be really. But sometimes I like order in my thoughts at least. So here is my list of favorites and maybe not so favorites for the year. It's a nice way to reflect on what I learned and observed and experienced this year.
Favorites And Mosts
Town – Sombor Serbia
Children- Romania
Youth – Albania
Living experience – Cambodia
Best country living standards – Japan
Food – Serbia – Thailand – Japan
Best bathroom of the year – Serbia – Japan
Best bed of the year – Japan and Ukraine
Most open for the gospel – China
Most adventure – Thailand
Most artistic – Thailand – Serbia – Ukraine
Most wild dogs – Romania
My favorite ministry – Romania – Cambodia – Swaziland
Learned the most – Malaysia – Romania – Albania
Most difficult month – Malaysia
Cried the most – Albania – Cambodia – Romania – Bulgaria
Hardest sleep – Malaysia
Most beautiful – Thailand – Otris Beach, Cambodia
Most inspired month – Japan, Swaziland
Most spiritually challenging and convicting – Romania, Swaziland
Most surprising – Malaysia, South Africa
Most difficult bathrooms (toilets and showers) – China – Cambodia – Malaysia – Albania – Romania, Swaziland, South Africa
Most homesick – Thailand – Malaysia – Bulgaria
The places I can't get out of my mind: Cambodia – Albania – Romania – Swaziland – China
The people stuck in my heart forever: Victoria, Yen Yen, Cindy – Son don Thach, Chinn Dara – Utry, Paleong, Umong, Nari – Shedata Sensei – Gerti, Donnaldi, Fjoralbi – Goran – Ellie, Raul – Katie and Xolile
Hardest holiday: Christmas
Best holiday – Thanksgiving in Cambodia and sharing my testimony with Sandrine that morning on Otris Beach, Easter in Romania
Most memorable moments: Spending the night at a KTV in China, Monk Breakfast in Thailand, The wedding in Serbia, Praying and receiving a shower in Serbia, Rats in South Africa, Saying goodbye to grandpa McHutchion in South Africa, Saying hello to my mom in Romania, surfing in South Africa with Kara, climbing trees, flying kites, riding motos, swimming in the Kapanchong river and waking up early with Utry and Paleong in Cambodia – Dressing up as Khmer brides too! Painting my first 2 murals in Malaysia and spending Christmas away from my family, dressing up in Kimonos in Japan, Valentine's Day in Albania, going to Italy for 10 hours, eating pizza in Serbia,
My top four favorite days: Khmer bride day. Valentine's Day. Picking up my mom from the airport. My last day: surfing on the Indian Ocean.
Feel free to ask me about any of these things. I'm sure to have a story that goes with it.
