Mikayla grew up in a loving Christ-centered family in a small farm town a couple of hours away from the ocean. Although she had no idea how to surf, God gave her a desire at a young age to see surfers come to know Jesus. After graduating high school, she stepped out in faith and pursued the calling God put on her heart. She moved out to the coast full of excitement, expectancy and fresh vision. She was ready to start a surf ministry right away. But, instead of a successful ministry to write home about, she was met with many unforeseen obstacles and found the area was not spiritually ready. Although she had plenty of reasons to doubt and lose faith, she only felt the burden for the surfing community grow stronger. At the right moment, God brought Christian Surfers (CS) into her life. When CS asked if she would pray about joining full-time staff and helping establish CS in northern California, she couldn’t help but feel it was an answer to all her prayers and an opportunity to step out into what God had called her to do so many years ago.