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:
Passport Program | Ocean’s Edge Lifestyle By Melissa New | Ocean’s Edge Intern. When I arrived in Jaco, around mid-January, I was given my first official assignment: to join a three-month “Passport Program” mission team. The team of 16, as well as their two leaders, would be moving onto The Edge mission base just five days later […]
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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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Jaco Kid’s Club | Horizon Church By Melissa New | Ocean’s Edge Intern. Jaco Kid’s Club is a ministry outreach put on by Horizon Church every Saturday morning. At 10am, as many as 40 Children (and sometimes their mothers) meet us at a park where we play a game, read a bible story and do
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Departure To Jaco From Arizona I board my plane destined for the San Jose International Airport, and sit next to Costarican local (aka a “Tico”) Jeffery. He is flying home after a three-week-long business trip in Scottsdale, and raves about the desert beauty. We chat a bit throughout the flight and he gives me the
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