Here are the most popular posts with visitors to Finding direction from the last 90 days.  They’re listed in chronological order, but the three most popular posts are in bold.

• Coffee Shop – Grand Opening!
• Camp – MKs and Bloggers
• Chronic Illness and the Missionary Life
• Just how Stressed are Missionaries (and what can we do about it)?
• MI Team: First Day+
• MI Team and Easter Egg Hunt
• Never what you expect…
• Pass
• Resurrection Sunday – and Despedida
• See a Sunday Morning in Jesús María! (video)

Here are the most popular videos from the past 30 days.  I usually post these on the last day of the month, so they’re a little late, but here they are!  They’re in chronological order, the most popular in bold.

• First Day Back At School
• Mexican Survivor (T2 edition)
• Our Mini Street
• Coffee Shop – Grand Opening!
• Community Transformation in Mexico (video)
• Camp – MKs and Bloggers
• Chronic Illness and the Missionary Life
• Spinning Tops (video)
• Just how Stressed are Missionaries (and what can we do about it)?
• A non-pornographic Car Wash

The MI Team is doing well.  The guy who was sick yesterday is all better!  But his brother was under the weather today.  Lord willing we’ll have everyone healthy at the same time tomorrow.  We’ve been giving everyone strict orders to get some rest! I have a video to show you – I’ll try to get it online in the morning.

Sorry, I completely forgot to post the most popular posts at the end of February, so here they are a little late.  As usual, the top ten posts with visitors to Finding direction are listed in chronological order, but the 3 most popular are in bold…

• December 2011 Clausura (what’s that??)
• The Bone Is Not Broken
• Jesus Born Midwinter? Could actually be…
• The Wedding
• Everything but the Wedding (Video)
• First Day Back At School
• Mexican Survivor (T2 edition)
• Our Mini Street
• Coffee Shop – Grand Opening!
• Camp – MKs and Bloggers

It’s that time again!  Here are the most popular posts at Finding direction from the last 90 days.  They are listed in chronological order, but the three most popular posts are in bold.  (Hey, none of these posts are from January – haven’t I written anything interesting lately?)

• Oh Deer! Depressing Drama during Drive Day 2!
• It’s Just TOO EARLY!
• Sunday School in Ixtapaluca
• New Mid-term Missionaries on their way!
• Travelling Mexico – and HOME at last…
• Sending a Missionary
• December 2011 Clausura (what’s that??)
• Bombas and the Virgin
• The Bone Is Not Broken
• Everything but the Wedding (Video)

Today, the last day of 2011, I want to share some of the posts from the past year that have been popular with you, our visitors.  This time I’m going to do something a little different – I’m going to share the most popular post from each month.  This should give an interesting overview of the past year…

January:  Missionary Shot and Killed in Mexico (more on safety in Mexico)  It’s the question on so many people’s minds – is Mexico "safe"?  Almost a year ago I looked at that question in the light of a tragedy.
February:  English. Crazy, and getting Crazier.  A video especially for my friends who teach this crazy language.
March:  Spanish Bible Versions – Free Online  Coming out of our study Where did the Bible come from, I did a lot of research on Spanish Bible translations.  This was the most popular post of the year.
April:  Adults and Piñatas. Be Afraid.  A video showing the real Mexico.
May:  More Countdowns  May is often our craziest month of the year.  But while we counted down to things like birthday parties, Harold Camping was counting down to the end of the world…
June:  Vision Weekend: Day 1  My sort-of-live blogging as we got together to talk about the future of ministry in Ixtapaluca.
July:  We’re Trapped in Vegas  With a title like that, how could this post fail to be popular?
August:  Pastor Martin Falls and Survives  Still praising the Lord for sparing Martín’s life!
September:  Short Term Mission Opportunities!  Come on down!
October:  Van Bought.  Yes, a lot of people were praying about our vehicle hunt.
November:  Oh Deer! Depressing Drama during Drive Day 2!  And what do we do to the vehicle as soon as we buy it?!
December:  The Bone Is Not Broken  A popular post about something that didn’t happen…

Even this small sampling confirms what I’ve been thinking about 2011.  To quote Dickens, It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.  Such wonderful things happened, and such difficult things happened.

In many ways we’ll have fun for years looking back on what happened this past year.  But we’ll also be recovering for some time!  And I’m sure many others feel the same way.

It reminds me of the words of Peter in his first epistle – maybe this is a good way to end the year…

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith–more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire–may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Though you have not seen him, you love him.  Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
(1Peter 1:3-9)

May the love of Christ and from Christ fill us with joy in 2012 – in the difficult times, and the good times.

I’m posting these a little early this month, in hopes to look back over the whole year before the end of the month.  So first here are the posts that have been most popular with visitors over the past 90 days.  They’re in chronological order (earliest first), with the top 3 in bold:

• Van Bought.
• What exactly is a CAM? (as in CAM International)
• Oh Deer! Depressing Drama during Drive Day 2!
• It’s Just TOO EARLY!
• Sunday School in Ixtapaluca
• New Mid-term Missionaries on their way!
• Travelling Mexico – and HOME at last…
• December 2011 Clausura (what’s that??)
• Bombas and the Virgin
• The Bone Is Not Broken

This month it looks like the star was our van, with the two most popular posts featuring its purchase and first accident. The third most popular post tells you some things about the name of our mission organization.

As usual, the posts are in chronological order, starting with September and ending with November…

• Short Term Mission Opportunities!
• Mandarin and More (podcast)
• Van Bought.
• What exactly is a CAM? (as in CAM International)
• Orientation and Disorientation
• Oh Deer! Depressing Drama during Drive Day 2!
• It’s Just TOO EARLY!
• We are in Mexico! (a bit late)
• Sunday School in Ixtapaluca
• New Mid-term Missionaries on their way!

I’m posting this a bit late, but here it is!  The most popular posts with you, our visitors, from the past 90 days.  They aren’t listed in order of popularity but in chronological order.  However, the three most popular are in bold.

• A Kitten With A Death Wish
• What is all this travelling like?
• Tour in August – things I’m noticing
• Pastor Martin Falls and Survives
• Going to the UK and Ireland
• Short Term Mission Opportunities!
• Mandarin and More (podcast)
• Van Bought.
• What exactly is a CAM? (as in CAM International)
• Orientation and Disorientation

Yeah, so I’m technically posting this a day late, but I have to admit October kind of snuck up on me.  Kind of ironic when I kept thinking that it was October in September.  Is Hallowe’en a month long celebration now?

Anyway, here we are with the most popular posts from the last 90 days.  As has become the tradition, I’ve put them in chronological order.  The most popular ones are in bold.

• Leaving now. See ya.
• We’re Trapped in Vegas
• $1,078.58
• Crazy Animals (in Oregon)
• This past week’s Tweets…
• A Kitten With A Death Wish
• What is all this travelling like?
• Pastor Martin Falls and Survives
• Going to the UK and Ireland
• Short Term Mission Opportunities!

There’s no doubt about it – a LOT has happened in the last 90 days!  They’ve been quite the days, and they’ve stretched across three countries, and they’ve included little bits of everything.

Here are the posts that have been most popular with you, our visitors, over the past 90 days.  If you’ve missed any, now’s your chance to catch them!

These are in chronological order, but the super-popular posts are in bold.

• The BIG Weekend is Coming! (video):  In this video I talk about the (then) upcoming Vision Weekend.
• Vision Weekend: Day 1:  Sort-of-live blogging during the first day of the Vision Weekend.
• Leaving now. See ya.
• We’re in Country #2:  Hi from the USA.
• We’re Trapped in Vegas:  Ah, the memories of our trip – or, in this case, the interruptions in our trip.
• $1,078.58:  Right between ouch and boioioing.
• Crazy Animals (in Oregon):  A fun video from an extremely cool wild animal petting zoo.
• What is all this travelling like?  Just in case you’re wondering.
• This past week’s Tweets…:  The Friday Tweet-cast doesn’t usually make the list, but these days it provides the occasional interesting glimpse into our travels.
• Tour in August – things I’m noticing:  A few things that have struck me as we’ve travelled here in Canada.