Finding direction https://cottrillcompass.com/blog The personal blog of Jim and Shari Cottrill, Canadians living in Mexico. Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:55:31 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/cropped-ccc-site-32x32.jpg Finding direction https://cottrillcompass.com/blog 32 32 Finding direction false podcast Finding direction https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg https://cottrillcompass.com/blog 9/11 – 25 Years Later https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/9-11-25-years-later.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/9-11-25-years-later.html#respond Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:55:30 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11936 It’s the day to share your memories, so here are mine. I was listening to the news first thing in the morning, and immediately got up to turn on the TV and fired up the computer. I imagine most people knew that they were watching something that would truly affect the course of history. North […]

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/9-11-25-years-later.html/feed 0 Bible Studies Starting, Restarting… https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/bible-studies-starting-restarting.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/bible-studies-starting-restarting.html#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:37:38 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11933 We would appreciate your prayers for the Bible studies this week! There’s a general study starting up tonight – please pray that God would bring the people that should come, and that God would speak through His Word. We’re also restarting the Men’s Bible study on Saturday, after a false start or two! Please pray […]

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/bible-studies-starting-restarting.html/feed 0 Weird Newsletter Adventures https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/weird-newsletter-adventures.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/weird-newsletter-adventures.html#respond Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:43:13 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11925 So if you’re a part of our Support Team, you should be getting our newsletter pretty soon in your mailbox. There are some extras in there for you to discover. 🙂 It wasn’t easy for us to get this newsletter out – we had various problems which delayed it. One was a technical problem that […]

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/weird-newsletter-adventures.html/feed 0 Dolphin Ride (retro) https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/dolphin-ride-retro.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/dolphin-ride-retro.html#respond Wed, 26 Aug 2026 21:22:00 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11918 Ten years ago today Hannah went for a ride on a dolphin! This was in Mexico City. You can’t really see the dolphin in the pictures, but it’s a “dolphin push” where the dolphin is under the water and pushing her foot. Here it is (no sound, just pictures)!

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/dolphin-ride-retro.html/feed 0 Settling In? https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/settling-in.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/settling-in.html#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:12:28 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11920 I’ve heard that you should never actually ask someone who recently moved if they’re “settled in”, because the answer will almost always be in the negative! In our case, it’s been quite an unusual year. We moved suddenly and unexpectedly in January. Then there was a rush to get things kind of in working order […]

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/settling-in.html/feed 0 Retro: Showers of Blessing… https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-showers-of-blessing.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-showers-of-blessing.html#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:03:00 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11912 Ten years ago right now, a choir from Valley Bible Church (Hercules, California) was performing one of their several concerts. It was outdoors, with the cables and sound system right in the middle of a field – and then it started to rain. So here’s the result – covering everything with tarps, and Pastor Martín […]

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-showers-of-blessing.html/feed 0 Retro: Step Carefully… https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-step-carefully.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-step-carefully.html#respond Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:52:00 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11887 10 years ago today, we were helping with a visiting short term team from Mount Calvary Church. We went to a local Jr. High to help with activities for several hundred students. Our whole family got involved. There were various stations with different activities, and Nathanael got in on this one – he had to […]

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-step-carefully.html/feed 0 Yep, They’re Married! https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/yep-theyre-married.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/yep-theyre-married.html#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:21:44 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11908 For all those still trying to remember the date of Hannah and Brandon’s wedding – yes, it has happened! On the 30th of May 2026, Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Crotser were first introduced to the public. 🙂 It was a wonderful day and a beautiful wedding, and if I start really talking about it this […]

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]]> https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/working-in-the-whirlwind.html/feed 0 Retro: New Unicycle https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-new-unicycle.html https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/2026/retro-new-unicycle.html#respond Sat, 23 May 2026 22:10:00 +0000 https://cottrillcompass.com/blog/?p=11876 Ten years ago today Hannah got her unicycle. She put it together in our living room, took it outside, steadied herself on the van, and – well, the rest is history! She’s been an expert for many years now. 🙂 And yeah – didn’t need all the padding and gear for very long. 😀

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