Two missionaries and friends having open, honest conversation. Join us as we pull back the curtain on what life as a missionary is really like—beyond the newsletter and highlight reels. We talk openly about the struggles, joys, and everyday realities of living in a foreign country, while tackling the common misconceptions people have about missionary life. Whether you’re curious about missions, preparing to serve, or just want real stories about faith and life abroad, this podcast is for you. We may stray off topic :)
On our final episode of the first season, we talk about entering, going through, and finishing seasons of life. We all go through good seasons, bad seasons, and seasons of the unknown. Join us to hear about how we navigate seasons of life as a Christian and how our mindsets are as we enter and leave our seasons of life.
19 Nov 2025
Reflections
On the episode, we talking about reflecting finishing a mission term and all that comes with it. How do you process leaving a country you have served? How much do you actually learn on the field? What are the feelings someone has when their time in a country is up? Join us in our conversation and find out the answers to these questions and more! Thank you for listening.
31 Oct 2025
Latino MK and PK
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!
23 Oct 2025
Gentrification of Culture and of the Gospel
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.
20 Oct 2025
Unexpected Origins
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!
12 Oct 2025
Singleness, Marriage, and Parenthood
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!
2 Oct 2025
A Different Perspective
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!
25 Sept 2025
Culture Shock
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
11 Sept 2025
Leaving Home
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 (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xaGXWCMfXQ7M2TV0tJ9YYCfY-w61j78qCpo8faXTA34/edit?tab=t.0)
4 Sept 2025
Introduction and Misconceptions
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.
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