Name: Esteban Enrique Venegas Carrillo + Marian Corella Miranda (wife) + Hosanna Venegas Corella (daughter) 

Role: Chapter Leader transitioning to National Director

Country: Costa Rica 

Hello everyone!

We are the Venegas family. A family passionate about sharing the love of Christ through skateboarding and surfing in the Central Pacific of Costa Rica. We believe that God has placed us here with a purpose: to impact youth and build a community rooted in faith.

For years, we have served in our local church and walked alongside Christian Surfers, a ministry that has allowed us to see lives transformed by the gospel on the beaches of our nation. Today, we are excited because Esteban will take on a new challenge: to be the national director of Christian Surfers Costa Rica. This is a call that we have felt in our hearts and that we want to embrace with total commitment.

To better prepare ourselves and strengthen this ministry, we feel it is crucial to attend the International Gathering of Christian Surfers 2025. It will be a time of learning, connecting, and equipping with leaders from around the world, a space where we can receive valuable tools for this new role and take them back to our country.

Would you join us in this step of faith? Your support will not only make it possible for us to attend this gathering but will also help us continue to share the gospel on every wave and skate ramp in Costa Rica.

To make this trip possible, we need to raise $6500, which will cover conference registration and travel costs for our family. Any contribution, whether a prayer or a financial donation, will be an immense blessing to us and the ministry we serve.

Pura Vida, 

Esteban, Marian and Hosanna

*Each donation will be met with a matching gift courtesy of Christian Surfers (up to $500AUD per nominee).

*If a team member can't attend the Gathering, their raised funds will be allocated to support other leaders fundraising for the event.