Tico Time in Jaco Beach is real after 7 & ¾ weeks in Costa Rica. Part of living in Costa Rica is becoming acquainted with “Tico Time,” which is essentially no different than scheduling with a millennial in the U.S. For example, if someone says, “I’m on way,” five minutes before our appointment, I know […]
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Taught me how to be a little more like Jesus… In my last blog post I wrote about how Costa Rican culture has stretched me to be more patient. It has taught me to slow down and love people. The culture has taught me to be interruptible. It has taught me how to be a
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Free Coloring Sheet Downloads For Your Kiddos: The Jaco Beach Ocean’ Edge Surf Club is a positive family activity where kids between the ages of 4 to 10 can learn to surf, hear a positive bible based message and care of our environment by cleaning the beach. The activity is free for families. It starts
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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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The Spanish Language Definitely Wasn’t My thing I never really had trouble in school except for a couple of subjects. One of those subjects was Spanish. There seemed to be a disconnect. I just couldn’t get it. I accepted that it just was not an area I was gifted in, and that was ok. Although
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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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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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Surrendering Dreams and Plans Growing up in the Western World you are taught that you should have a plan for your life. Not only should you have a plan, but you should probably have a couple in case the first one doesn’t work out. You should have a dream, and a backup plan. On top
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