About

Christopher and Hannah married on September 21, 2022 and just 12 days later, moved to Costa Rica! They immersed themselves in Costa Rican culture, began attending a Spanish Language Institute and graduated in November of 2023. Throughout this time, they were also serving the youth and young adults of La Carpio.

Upon graduating, they returned to the United States to raise funds for this mission and their journey took another meaningful turn on February 25, 2024, when Arise Church commissioned them forth as their missionaries.

The Pinedos returned back to Costa Rica March 14, 2024 and are thrilled to serve as full-time missionaries in La Carpio, Costa Rica. 

La Carpio is home to approximately more than 50,000 people living within a town that is only 1.32 miles long and is also the location for the garbage dump of all San Jose. It is primarily a Nicaraguan refugee community, marked by poverty, slums, fatherlessness, broken households, prostitution, witchcraft...etc.

The Pinedos work alongside a collaboration of other missionaries, organizations, and locals while being independently supported by churches and individuals in the United States. They will be leaders within the Youth Program (12-17) while also launching and overseeing a Young Adults ministry.

Evangelism and discipleship are core values as they move forward into God's plans and purposes for La Carpio, Costa Rica.

Why?

This is a town and people group that is spiritually oppressed, ethnically discriminated against, and glorifies Satan's distortions in place of God's desires for us as humans. They are overlooked, lost, and broken in numerous ways.

Christopher and Hannah seek to share Jesus Christ and His gospel, in words and actions, so that they may know the Father, and use their strengths, gifts, and resources to invest into their own community while partaking in His redemptive kingdom there.

We want to see them redeemed, delivered, set-free and on fire for the Lord so that they, too, can go and minister to their family and community!

The Pinedos have realized just what God can do when His children simply say, "here I am, send me." That "yes" can be another country, your own backyard speaking with a neighbor or filling up someone's gas tank and sharing about Jesus Christ on a regular Tuesday afternoon.

Living life on mission should be a part of every Christian's life, not just those who move to a foreign land. Every Christian is a missionary. Every Christian has the opportunity to minister to the people they come in contact with each day. Listen to God's voice as He speaks and moves today; be vigilant when He asks, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?"

"...The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few..."

Matthew 9:35-38