Jesse & Kristen K

The 'K' family has been serving with OMF's Returnee Focus team since September of 2019. They are working with international students at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. In addition to their short-term experiences in Thailand, Argentina, Mexico, and Costa Rica, Jesse served in Mongolia for two years and Kristen in Vietnam for a year. After joining forces through marriage, they studied Thai language from 2007-2008 in Lopburi, Thailand, then served in campus ministry at Naresuan University in Phitsanulok, Thailand from 2008-2011. After a home assignment, their family of four returned to Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2013 to work in missions mobilization among Thai and tribal churches in North Thailand, teaching the Bible and mentoring indigenous believers in evangelism and discipleship. Jesse, Kristen and their two daughters returned to the USA in 2015 to help family members battling cancer and to recover from some of their own health issues which had developed overseas. During their time in the USA, Jesse completed his Master of Divinity degree at Asbury Theological Seminary's Florida Dunnam Campus in Orlando. Jesse and Kristen are now serving with the Returnee Focus field of OMF, Jesse full-time and Kristen as a volunteer. They are excited to continue their calling to reach the nations through Thai, East Asian, and other international students and visiting professors who have come to study and research on the American college campus. Those they serve are future leaders who will be returning to impact their own unreached people groups and other ethnic groups around them!