Living in a Hot Culture Cold and Hot Cultures Most of the world is divided into two types of cultures; hot culture and cold culture. I was born in the cold culture of New Jersey. Efficiency is the main priority of the cold culture. Time is important and should not be wasted, communication is direct, […]
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On August 31st we had the first ever weekly meeting for the Horizon Church youth group! I am so honored that the Lord called me here to help the church start this group. The group is called Six11, because it is for students in grades 6-11 (There is no 12th grade here). The group will meet
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Romancing The City Saturday morning, The Horizon Church women’s ministry made gift bags to bring into 30 of Jaco’s businesses. Each woman arrived with baked goods in hand and a smile on their faces, prepared for the day ahead. Romancing the city the way God romances us. What we’ve been doing As interns, Ashley and
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La Cumbre Camp | Horizon Pre-Teen Camp The past few days I had the honor of helping to lead at La Cumbre Camp. I went with Horizon Church on this three-day pre-teen retreat and nine of our youth kids joined as well. La Cumbre Camp is located up in the mountains near the capital city,
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Centro Prenatal | Ocean’s Edge By Melissa New | Ocean’s Edge Intern Today, I helped out in the Jaco “Centró Prenatal” (“Pregnency Center” in English) for the first time. There is also a Centró Prenatal in Tarcoles, and I have had the pleasure of serving there as well. They are run by an overseas-missionary organization, Beautiful
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Prayer Meeting | Horizon Church By Melissa New | Ocean’s Edge Intern. “We are going to the weekly prayer meeting today at noon” our leader, Sarah told us. “How long will it be?” someone asked. “Probably about an hour” she responded. AN HOUR!? How are we going to fill up an entire hour with constant
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Unfinished Story | My Testimony | Oceans Edge Intern By Melissa New | Ocean’s Edge Intern. My unfinished story begins when I gave my heart to Jesus at age 11. Growing up I participated in campus ministries, discipleship groups and Bible studies while walking closely with God for many years. When I turned 21, I began my gradual
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SixEleven | Horizon Youth Group “Ok guys, remember, act like normal people!” “My grandma has a black dog! Let’s go to my grandma’s house!” “I have an idea, let’s look in Los Suenos!” (A town 25 minutes away) “RICARDO, RICARDO, RICHARD, RICHARD” (the task was to “find a Richard”) “Um excuse me Mel, what kind
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