David Matheney

Hello, my name is David Matheney but most people just call me Dave.  I have been doing missions work since 1994 when I went on my first short term mission trip.  Over the years I have been on seven short term mission trips with my longest trip being in Zambia, Africa for ten weeks.  I have always had a passion for missions ever since my first overseas mission trip to Costa Rica in 1996.  That's when I knew God called me to missions.  I just didn’t know when and where.

I have an AS degree in Film & Video from Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida.  I worked for the television station WB18 in Orlando for two years.  Then I moved to Miami and worked for NBC for 6 years.  There I got to live oceanfront on South Beach, Miami, Florida (it was rough).

In April 2011 I did the Xtreme Adventure (DTS) in San Jose, Costa Rica and I did my outreach in Costa Rica, Panama, Peru and Bolivia.  In September 2011 I took the Foundations in Community Development School (FCD).  And in January 2011 I took the School of Worship (SOW).

I thought after school was done I would be coming back home in April 2012 and be going off to Africa in May 2012. But that is not God’s plan for me. He said I will be going to Africa but not for another three years or so. He has called me to be a Missionary in Costa Rica with YWAM for the next couple years. I am staffing the Xtreme and Classic Discipleship Training Schools (DTS). I am also in charge of the internet and all web activities at the base including this YWAM San Jose website, Facebook pages and YouTube page.  And last I am leading Revolution Skateboarding Ministry with my good friend Tony Delrio where we want to open the first free public skate park in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Dave is from the: USA
You can also check Dave’s blog at: www.XTLA.org
And my Facebook page is: www.facebook.com/otowndave
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