I was raised in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. I am joyfully devoted to Jesus and the Christian calling to love God and love others.
In May 2014, I received my Marketing degree at the University of Arizona. Then in November 2014, I moved to Australia after graduating college. I found my place in church and the local Christian community. I started surfing and serving as a Christian Surfer leader as well as in my local church. My passion is to reach and impact youth for Jesus so when my Australian visa expired I looked for somewhere else to serve. I applied for a six-month work visa in New Zealand, and moved to a small beach town in the North Island called New Plymouth where I got involved in serving with Christian Surfers New Zealand. In April 2016, I moved back to the states and worked for a Christian-summer youth camp called TbarM Christian Camps.
I am currently living in Jaco Beach Costa Rica working full time with Horizon Church in the Ocean’s Edge Internship Program. I have committed 6 months and this is my story:
Satan’s Agenda | Ocean’s Edge Lifestyle By Melissa New | Ocean’s Edge Intern Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone would just tell the truth? If the Devil didn’t have an agenda? Unfortunately, he does and Satan’s Agenda is to do anything that opposes God (1 John 3:8, 2 Corinthians 11:3, John 8:44). I have been […]
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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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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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Spiritual Warfare | Ocean’s Edge Ministry By Melissa New | Ocean’s Edge Intern “There will be extreme spiritual warfare on the mission field.” Josh’s face became serious. He leaned forward and lowered his voice. “I don’t want to scare you, but you need to be aware of it.” Little did I know, I was about to
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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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