Costa Rica Baptism

For the first time in HeartCry’s history, we have started supporting a missionary in the region of Costa Rica. Meet one of our newest missionaries, Alexander Leon Jiménez. He is the pastor of a church in San José, the capital of Costa Rica.

“I sincerely desire to spend whatever years the Lord gives me in the service of Christ and his Kingdom,” Alex says.

“God wanted to bless the Church of Los Lagos, where I served as Elder. But people came from far away, some having to take two buses to get to the church. Because of this our hearts were burdened with the desire to plant a church in San José, the capital of our country because it is the most accessible site (although also the most expensive for rentals). But as a result of the pandemic, it was possible to rent a good space. Eventually it was decided to plant a church with twenty-five members from Los Lagos, who went in peace to form this new ministry.

“I sincerely desire to spend whatever years the Lord gives me in the service of Christ and his Kingdom,” Alex says.

Our way of working has been to carry out all the work between the four of us in shepherding this new church. But in February of 2021, I was asked to be appointed dedicated pastor. After several weeks of prayer and fasting, I accepted the call, and the process was carried out for my peaceful departure from Los Lagos. I was ordained as pastor of San José Church on April 10th.

Since January, when I had begun as a temporary pastor, we started an evangelism program on the Boulevard of Central Avenue in our capital, where we distribute tracts and preach brief evangelistic messages.”

Please pray for Alex Leon Jiménez, and pray for the church plant in San José.

Read Alex’s full testimony here: