Hand in Hand Global Mission Support Blog Digest

The 2009 stats for the Hand in Hand blog digest.   Between the debut in early April and December 31, 2009, the blog enjoyed

• over 4,000 visits from 2,437 unique visitors.  This means that 57% of the visits were from first-time readers and 43% came from return visitors.
• visits from 85 countries and territories in addition to the U.S., especially Japan, Germany, Canada, Slovakia, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, India, South Africa, and Denmark.
• visits from all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The top-reading states are Illinois, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, California, New York, Iowa, Texas, Ohio, and Washington.

Most-visited posts in 2009 (not counting index pages):  ”Operation Thanks-Giving, ” “Green Church,” “YAGM 2010,” “Frosting” and “Cake,” “Berlin Wall,” “Viking blog,” “Dutcher,” “Daily Bread,” “You can do this,” “West Bank,” and “Ordinary Saints.”