In the past I’ve posted about posts based on cool pictures – ones that caught my attention.

This time I ignored content altogether – at least to start with – and just looked for titles that caught my attention.

You know, other than "Our May Newsletter".  Or "Even more photos of our trip".  Or my favourite, "(no title)" (that’s what shows up in my rss feed reader when you don’t bother to put a title).

No, these titles caught my attention – and it turns out that people who write good titles tend to write good posts too!

For example, who could resist a missionary blog post about Tap Dancing (Kenya)?  Or how about the tantalizing Catching Creatures on Camera! (Columbia).

New Bible Study and Peter Pan! (Indonesia) brings us even more creatures among other things.  Mixing together topics that don’t usually go together makes an interesting title – though it’s not great blogging practice!

Everyone loves to share an opinion, right?  So that’s why I clicked on Input Requested (Indonesia).

And of course there’s always the finish-the-sentence posts, like A Garbage Can Full (of what?!) (Rwanda), and Take this hot chocolate and (and what?!) from France.

How about a shocker like Before Wii (Venezuela).  There was something before Wii??

All right, I’d better get this post done – here are a few more that caught my eye…

• Become Nothing (Niger)
• I miss being sick… (Japan)
• Battling bats, and Romantic Roaches (Uganda)
• "Gossip" …or perhaps ~ (Niger)
• The "God-Father" (Peru)
• 3 lines, 5 guys, 17 syllables, and a billion diapers (Tanzania)
• In Which I Prove We Will Acheive [sic] FTL Speeds by 2050 (Thailand)
• The Biggest Holiday of the Year (Peru)
• Note to self: remember to appreciate these things (for more than a day!) when I get back to the UK… (Thailand)

Which is your favourite title?

But it looks like South Africa is dominating our new blogs this time…

• The Chapple Family (Mexico)
• Welcome to Africa Ya’ll (South Africa)
• JUNGLE NEWS (Venezuela)
• Zach Attack (South Africa)
• Siedling Stories (South Africa)
• Scott & Ruth Yingling (Mexico)
• McClean Family News (Thailand)
• Rachel’s Romania (Romania)

Kyiv, Ukraine in the wintertime
Courtesy of Stuck in Customs

For example, let’s take a look at some Christmas traditions in Italy in Getting Our Winter Holidays Straight or Saint Nicholas, Babbo Natale, and Befana the Christmas Witch.

In a more general tour of cultural suprises, check out THINGS I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT LIVING IN PERU…

Just a little video to show you what the weather is like in Kyiv, Ukraine.  And how about Christmas Is Coming To Kyiv

All right, it’s not cold everywhere of course.  Check out The Paraná River, a Gift from God from Paraguay.

And since this site is all about connecting via the internet, I can’t resist this post from Venezuela – Virtual Friends.

Finally, just a simple reminder to make those connections with people around the world and people passing you on the street – you know, the Crowds (Moldova).

• Delivery time – in hopes of A Warmer Night for the Neighbors (Paraguay)
• It all started when this woman shared with our women’s group that she had a vision to share Jesus… find out what happened in MISSION: Kingdom Building (Paraguay)
• The title says it all – Free wheelchairs (Nepal)
• When can we be a church? (ummm … you don’t need our permission!) (Ecuador)
• Sometimes a few photos really give you a feel for a place – check out this A Mother-Daughter Photo Adventure (Thailand)
• A Tribute to the Living Sermons preached by My Husband – pictures of a guy out there doing stuff (Venezuela)
• Porcupines and Pot Lucks in Sudan – ever wonder why they call it porcupine? (Sudan)
• One challenge of working in teams – The Breaking of the Fellowship (Middle Earth)