{"id":9326,"date":"2018-12-31T20:20:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T02:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=9326"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:36:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T15:36:12","slug":"finding-direction-a-look-back-at-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2018\/finding-direction-a-look-back-at-2018.html","title":{"rendered":"Finding direction: A Look Back at 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Traditionally at this time of year we&#8217;ve taken a look back at the year&#8217;s most popular &#8211; most visited &#8211; posts at <strong>Finding direction<\/strong>. So &#8211; I&#8217;m going to keep up with the tradition!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lego-man-finding-direction.jpg\" alt=\"LEGO man finding direction\" class=\"wp-image-9327\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a bit of a weird year because it was split into (not equal) thirds. The first third was ministry in Ixtapaluca and preparing for our time in Alberta and Saskatchewan. The second third was travel and ministry in Canada. And the last third was coming home while Hannah stayed in Canada, and an extra whirlwind of ministry while our coworkers were (unexpectedly) in the USA for the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I&#8217;m actually going to split up the year&#8217;s popular posts into three. The five most popular posts of the year are in<strong> bold text<\/strong>. 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Thanks for your prayers! You can see <a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/category\/prayer-and-praise\"><em>only<\/em> posts with prayer requests here<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2018\/looking-ahead-canada-and-mexico.html\">Looking ahead \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Canada and Mexico<\/a> &#8211; about the last little bit of ministry in Canada, and looking ahead to Mexico etc.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Last Third<br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2018\/hogar-dulce-hogar-home-sweet-home.html\">Hogar, Dulce Hogar (Home Sweet Home)<\/a> &#8211; getting home to Mexico, and our first adventures.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2018\/prayer-request-goodbye-for-now.html\"><strong>Prayer Request: Goodbye, for now.<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Saying goodbye after our coworker and friend Beth moved on to be with the Lord.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2018\/so-sorry-it-appears-i-misplaced-the-church-cant-find-it-anywhere.html\">So sorry \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it appears I misplaced the church. 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