On this episode, Mari rejoins us to tell of her experience growing up as a former missionary kid and now a pastor's kid from a Latin American context. Join us to hear of a whole different side to missions and ministry that you do not often get to hear about. We hope you have a great Halloween/Reformation day wherever you are listening from!

On this episode, we get an honest insight of how missions, good intentions, and gentrification all intersect. You will here from a Costa Rican who will speak of the positives and negative of people coming from the United States as residents, missionaries, and short term mission teams. You may be surprised of the polarizing views about people from the United States, and the impression they are leaving. We hope this is a very eye opening experience to the beauty and ugliness and all that is in between when it comes to the blending of cultures. Remember, good intentions do not always mean good results.

In this episode, we talk about our journeys on our way to going on mission to a different country. Learn how we both saw the Lord use different seasons to bring us to where we are today, and what we view as our call. Hopefully this will help you have more of an insight to our whole process to coming to our decision and give you more of an understanding of why we do what we do. Thanks for listening and hope that you are encouraged!

On this episode we talk about the struggles, blessings, and differences on singleness, marriage, and parenthood on this mission field. Chris's wife, Hannah, joins us to give us more of an insight of their journey here in Costa Rica. We hope this Episode gives more of an insight of what daily life looks like for missionaries beyond what you get to see and hear. Thank you for listening!

On this episode, not all is as it seems. Hear from one of our guests who will challenge some of your perceptions. Hear from someone who has served on mission in the United States who comes from a country on the other side of the world and hopefully challenges some of the way we see missions in the Unitedd States. Thank you for Listening and hope you enjoy!

In this episode we talk about how culture impacts our daily life, and how being immersed in a different culture affect us. Join us to hear some of our views on culture and how our daily lives start to look a little different being in a new culture. Also, we speak a little on how the United States effects other cultures differently than you might think.

There are multiple documentaries for La Luz del mundo on HBO, Netflix, and YouTube. The original documentary Chris mentioned couldn’t be found but there are plenty of resources to find more information

Trailer for La Luz del Mundo doc:

https://youtu.be/lGK4vtFULKw?si=5QzO9I87qrqCQnPh

When helping hurts book:

https://www.amazon.com/When-Helping-Hurts-Alleviate-Yourself/dp/0802409989/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1WTG7CIP1X48M&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.gyrNjKZadLXagA7tF9RURBwA-hQqEQu0hiahqrWfre4KEGmOwjcmri4xswDEYdMyEssqOWNzh5H1wLC8cOCfpZb4HWnKxkZZba-0sc1hNTEbzPwfEoh45_5ldOKvckzPy9b_LmAJ-D0useq1UjNXg_mOgYUvGOtVNr9ssnp4q0MTk3xHKLtXoM0FHk8AYHHIHuRYhkXxBQs8SniNMKpdvlyPdXyif2HE0qOr1Jw27cA.JxwUaM3mTobMiXLHUe1WdhpFxtj1OqeSbN6T-Z2kA4E&dib_tag=se&keywords=when+helping+hurts&qid=1758649979&sprefix=when+helping+hurt%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-1

On Today's episode Chris introduces us to his parents as we have a hard conversation of pain, sacrifice, and calling to go serve away from family. Join us for a honest insight of the realities of leaving family for the mission field. The Pinedos also speak on growing up as 1st and 2nd generation Americans and how growing up in the United States was for them. Listen in and see how things are not quite what you may have expected them to be, and we hope you are encouraged by this episode!

In this link Chris writes about why he feels called to serve in La Carpio and why he feels its worth the sacrifice to serve the Lord:Why are we going to La Carpio - Google Docs

In our first episode, we will introduce ourselves and answer two questions. The first question, What do we do in our normal lives in our serving country that is considered weird back home? The second question, what are some common misconceptions people have about missionaries and where we both serve? Thank you for your time and we hope you enjoy. Do not take anything we say to seriously, we are just here for a good time.