What would it look like if we intentionally lived as though God is actually true to who He says He is and as though we really do get to spend eternity in heaven? Our aim is partner with others who want to see their own lives transformed by biblical truths and then to our local community and beyond.
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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Visa Run: A Long Day In Nicaragua By Melissa New | Ocean’s Edge Intern. As a citizen of the United States, I am able to get a 90-day-tourist visa that allows me to live (but not work) in Costa Rica. That means every 90 days I have to leave the country for a visa run and
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Inviting The Invu Kids To Church | Oceans Edge Lifestyle By Melissa New | Ocean’s Edge Intern. Cassidy, Kyle, Justin and I have a weekly routine where we take a group of Invu kids to a church called “Iglesia Radical”. To give some context, we do Kid’s Club in the park next to the Invu Neighborhood
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Amanda | Spreading the Love of Christ Through Business By Melissa New | Ocean’s Edge Intern This is Amanda and she is passionate about business as missions that will fund the spread of the gospel. After growing up in the states, she left everything familiar and moved to Jaco in March of 2016. This was prompted
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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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Jaco Casafe | Surf Ministry By Melissa New | Ocean’s Edge Intern.One of my favorite ministries to serve with is Jaco Casafe. 26-year-old Lisa started this ministry four years ago when she first came to Jacó with YWAM (Youth With A Mission). Her heart broke for the children she witnessed around Jacó and God gave
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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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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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Saying Goodbye By Melissa New | Ocean’s Edge Intern. It was 2:25am and we were all outside, saying goodbye. Half of us had stayed up the entire night so we could hang out one last time. The team was leaving Jaco at 2:30am for their 8am flight. I didn’t think I was going to cry,
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