Adelynn grew up in Hilton Head, SC. She attended Liberty University and graduated in 2021 with a BS in strategic communication. During her junior and senior years, she lived in Germany and worked to develop christian media that could be used to communicate the gospel story.
After college, she moved to Boone, NC where she met her lovely husband Josh. About a year later, she moved to Gothenburg, Sweden to work with a campus ministry team. While overseas, Josh and Adelynn were introduced to mk2mk and quickly felt called to join the team. The two were married and officially joined together in the summer of 2025. Adelynn is passionate about discipleship and helping Mk’s learn how to tell their story. She enjoys boba tea, traveling to new destinations, walking in nature, and playing pickleball!! She is currently serving on the mk2mk team in Orlando, Fl.
Josh Teeters
The only red head for miles around, Josh grew up in China for 17 years. After graduating high school and a gap year with YWAM in Australia and Africa, he came back to the US for university in 2020. He majored in Elementary Education at Appalachian State University in the beautiful mountains of NC. While there he met, dated internationally, and finally married his even more beautiful wife, Adelynn. During the summers of 2021 & 2022, Josh had helped with Re-entry seminars for MKs transitioning back to the US for university, where the seeds of MK care were planted. In the summer of 2023, Josh joined the college internship program with MK2MK and sensed that God was leading them into full time MK care. Josh and Adelynn moved down in 2025 to join the MK2MK team in Orlando. His heart is to see MKs around the world to experience the life change, deep love, and freedom that comes from a right view of God.
Alex Schoell
Alex grew up as a tck in Germany, Mexico, Moldova, and Belarus. He first got involved with mk2mk in 2021 when he did the college internship. He began serving as a volunteer and in 2025 started as a full-time intern with mk2mk. Alex loves to play sports and to use that as a tool to share his faith around the world. His favorite part about working with mk2mk is the opportunities that he gets in connecting with mk’s and tck’s that are growing up in a cross-cultural setting like he did.
Josephine Loh
Josephine is a Singaporean who grew up in Tokyo, Japan as an MK. Additionally, she has spent time in the US and her passion to walk alongside MKs in their stories has taken her around the globe. She graduated from Calvin University in 2019 with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Film & Media. In 2018 she was part of the mk2mk college internship (Gen 10!) and has been involved in the mk2mk team in various capacities, including the Budapest field team in 2019. Now she is based in Orlando, FL serving on the team here as the Media Executive.
Brianna Burnett
Brianna Burnett
Brianna was born and grew up in Santiago, Dominican Republic, with her family. In 2015, her family moved to Tucson, Arizona, when she was in high school. She attended the University of Arizona and graduated with a Family Studies and Human Development degree. She spent one year doing ministry in Northern Africa before coming to work for MK2MK. She is very excited to get to meet amazing TCKs, disciple young women in their relationship with Jesus, and encourage strong, healthy families living overseas.
Kristin Green
Kristin grew up in the alpine beauty of Slovenia before moving to Wisconsin and then Colorado for Bible school. After several years of teaching kindergarten, she felt led to join the MK2MK team in 2023. Now based in Orlando, FL, Kristin thrives when she's spending quality time with fellow MKs. If there’s laughter, good snacks, and meaningful conversation involved — she’s all in.
J M
J M grew up mostly in Moscow, Russia, and returned to the US before his junior year of high school. After a college career adventuring from Engineering and German to Sociology and Urban Studies, JM worked in manufacturing for 3 years in the US, followed by 3 years of teaching in Kazakhstan. He began serving with mk2mk in 2020 in Orlando. He married an MK and now has a couple kids as well. He loves connecting with MKs, encouraging them, and seeing them grow. JM is primarily involved in our Orlando and Mu Kappa ministries
Ben Stecker
Ben Stecker is an MK who grew up in East Asia. He attended the University of Florida and graduated with a Family, Youth, and Community Sciences degree. He first got involved with mk2mk as a high school student on their summer missions and then as a leader in college. Ben’s experiences receiving and extending care through mk2mk gave him a deep passion for coming alongside MKs in their stories, faiths, and lives in general. This year, he is excited to serve with mk2mk through local discipleship, social media, and prayer initiatives.
Rachel Snider
Rachel grew up in Mustang, Oklahoma, most of her life. She attended the University of Central Oklahoma and graduated in 2015 with a BFA in dance performance. After college, she moved to Port Shepstone, South Africa, as an independent missionary. While overseas, she was introduced to mk2mk and met Paul, her husband. Because of her transition as she was moving back to the States, she felt called to join the mk2mk team in the fall of 2019. Rachel is passionate about discipleship and doing life with MKs. She is also passionate about her miniature pinscher Blayke, and doing ministry alongside her husband Paul. She is currently serving on the mk2mk field team in Budapest, Hungary.
Priscilla Pederson
Priscilla is a Cru staff kid who grew up in East Asia and Orlando, FL. Before joining the MK2MK team in 2018, she studied International Business and then came on Cru staff to do campus ministry in East Asia. When her family was living overseas, MK2MK did not exist yet, and she didn't experience all the fun and care they offer. She’s so excited to be a part of MK2MK as an adult and give care and mentorship to young MKs.
Julie Dykes
Julie grew up in Baltimore, MD, and Eureka, CA. Amazing Albania and South Africa are the two places she’s been on mk2mk summer mission, as well as staffing conferences in Turkey, Egypt, and Spain. After high school, she took a gap year and worked in almost every position at her mom’s Italian restaurant before attending Humboldt State University for a degree in Food and nutrition, Child Development, and Textile Science. Other than a few places in the US, she’s lived in Bulgaria and most recently, Budapest, Hungary. She currently calls Orlando home. One of her roles on the mk2mk team is championing mk2mk Connect with MK and TCK youth around the world. She’s seen how it can foster community and provide a place to grow in Christ.
Colleen Koehler
Colleen is originally from Michigan and has lived and taught in Ghana, Salt Lake City, and Detroit. She has been with mk2mk since 2018 and has done Midyears, curriculum planning, Kids On The Move (KOTM), and conferences all over the place. Before joining staff with Cru she was a public school teacher for eight years and then went and lived in East Asia with the Cru campus ministry. She studied teaching and is currently licensed as a teacher. Her role in ministry this year is KOTM, virtual ministry, curriculum planning, and getting involved in whatever else the team may need. Colleen joined the mk2mk team because she is passionate about students feeling cared about, known, and counted and helping them grow in their walk with Jesus for a lifetime.
Brenda Friesen
Brenda joined Cru in 1972 after she worked right out of High School for the Revenue Department of the State of Oregon. Her ministry with Cru started at the Arrowhead Spring headquarters in San Bernardino, CA. After working at headquarters for two years, she joined the music ministry, singing with two different groups for four years. God opened the door for her to join The Crossroads, a Cru singing group. For 4 1/2 years, she traveled throughout Asia while living in Manila, Philippines. After the group disbanded, she stayed in the Philippines, became involved in a discipleship ministry, and ended her time at our Director of Affairs office. In 1997, she moved to California and became an Agape International Training coach, and in 2003 was challenged to join the MK2MK team as their Financial Administrator. During her 18 years in the Philippines, she enjoyed getting to know many MKs and built a special bond with them. Being with MK2MK has continued to give me opportunities to be a part of their lives.
Tracy Dykes
Tracy grew up in Los Angeles and has a degree in Wildlife Management and an MDiv from seminary. He and his wife (Julie) have served with Cru since 1988, 14 of those years in Bulgaria, where they raised their two sons, Timo and Max. As a family raising MKs overseas, they have a long relationship with mk2mk and experienced first-hand the blessing this ministry is to entire missionary families. Tracy joined the team in 2015, and Julie in 2018. In the summer of 2020, they led an mk2mk field team in Europe for 2 years, returning to Orlando, Florida in 2020. Tracy currently serves as the Orlando team leader, oversees team training, and helps plan and run conferences and mission trips.
Sue Serstad
Sue attended Purdue University in Fort Wayne, IN, and graduated a long time ago with a degree in Psychology. She and her husband then joined the campus team at the University of MN, where they helped start a Cru partnership with E.Asia. They helped lead the first team from the Upper Midwest region to plant new campus ministries in 1996. She has 3 MKs (Garrett, Jenna, and Ian) who some of you may know from their 16 years in E. Asia or mission trips they have been on. She moved to Orlando in 2016 and joined the MK2MK team, helping with conferences, office operations, and team life. Sue loves serving on a team that values helping families thrive overseas and transitioning back to their home countries. Raising 3 of her own MKs, she has seen the tremendous challenges, joys, and uniqueness that being an MK brings.
Paul Snider
Paul serves as the director of mk2mk. He originally grew up in Mandeville, Jamaica, and studied Biology and English at Vanderbilt University. He first got involved with mk2mk as a summer intern in 2014. That summer, in Thailand, he fell in love with the model of discipleship, partnership, and spiritual multiplication. He gets super excited about effectiveness and how to love and encourage people well. And he especially loves his wife Rachel and their pride and joy (and dog) Blayke.
