Our Team
THAI LAM
Thai serves as the Executive Director for Revival is Family Foundation. He gives leadership to LUKE18 PROJECT, a campus prayer movement that is equipping college students to be praying leaders, and to COLLEGIATE DAY OF PRAYER, a movement that mobilizes the Body of Christ to unite in prayer for revival and spiritual awakening on college campuses. Over the past 25 years, Thai has pioneered and led campus ministries at UC Berkeley, UCLA, Stanford, San Jose State, KU, and UMKC. He came to faith in Jesus as a freshmen at UC Berkeley, graduated in Religious Studies, and then studied Cross-Cultural Missions at Fuller Seminary.
ANGELA LAM
Angela serves on the leadership team for Revival is Family Foundation. She has been in leadership with LUKE18 PROJECT, equipping college students to be praying leaders. Angela has served as a short-term missionary to Argentina, China, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Namibia, and Panama and has been on staff with various missions organizations including Teen Mania Ministries, NewGenerations International, and Harvest Evangelism. She attended William Jessup University where she studied Management & Ethics and Biblical Theology and completed the Impact School of Ministry in San Jose, CA.
JASMIN PATTERSON
Jasmin has served with LUKE18 PROJECT since 2015 and gives leadership to our LUKE18 training programs and worship + community initiatives. Her fascination with performing arts, the music industry, and a deep desire to minister through Christian music and media led her to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Music Industry at Connecticut’s University of New Haven. She was an active student leader in her campus ministry serving in worship, prayer, discipleship, and preaching throughout her undergraduate studies. It was during those years that her passion to invest in the spiritual growth of young adults was forged. As she approached graduation, God highlighted an emphasis on worship and prayer that would forever mark her ministry. Following that call, she moved to Kansas City in 2014, completed an internship and joined staff with LUKE18 PROJECT. Jasmin is also a blogger and singer-songwriter with a passion to help both seekers and believers discover and grow a genuine relationship with Jesus. To that end, she runs her own blog, Living Authentic Christianity, serves as a staff writer at NewReleaseToday and Marked Ministry Magazine, and released her debut EP, All For You, to music streaming services in June 2021.
ANNA RIFFE
Anna has been a part of LUKE18 PROJECT since 2011, when she was a sophomore in college. She oversees our KC campus ministries and outreaches and has been praying for revival on college campuses for over 10 years. Her heart is to see students grow in love for Jesus and desire to contend for His Kingdom on their campus. Anna has been a professor of mathematics at Avila University and the University of Missouri, Kansas City.
ANDREA SEABAUGH
Andrea is from Columbia, Missouri and has been on staff with LUKE18 PROJECT since Fall of 2019. She formerly worked with Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru) for 5 years and loves how LUKE18 partners with Cru as well as other ministries. She has a heart for discipleship, evangelism, prayer, and building spiritual family within Christian communities. She desires to help cultivate depth, fun/joy, freedom, safety, and openness within relationships and communities she's a part of. Some things she likes to do for fun are sing, dance, play sports, attempt to rap, and be outdoors. She also loves to eat out, drink bubble tea, and hang with children as well as animals. Last but not least, Andrea is so grateful to be just 2 hours away from home so she can see her family often. She treasures time with her family, friends, and seeking Jesus in the secret place.
FERNANDO GARELLA
Fernando has been serving with LUKE18 PROJECT and the COLLEGIATE DAY OF PRAYER since 2022. After graduating in business management at Kansas Christian College, Fernando pursued a call to college campus missions, to see college students’ hearts turn to Jesus. He seeks to inspire college students to love God, through evangelism, discipleship, and leadership intensives.
MACHAELA MOORE
Machaela serves as a missionary with LUKE18 PROJECT and COLLEGIATE DAY OF PRAYER since 2022. She wants to see cities transformed through intercession and worship. She encountered the Lord in college while studying at the University of Texas in Austin, where she received her bachelor's in Studio Art. She has a passion for artists to fulfill their calling in the earth and to make art their worship. Machaela gives leadership to art direction and social media.
BRENNAN BROWN
Brennan joined LUKE18 PROJECT after graduating from ministry school in 2023. When he was seven, his father answered one of his Bible questions by drawing a connection between the books of Daniel and Revelation. Brennan's little mind blew. He became captivated by the glorious return of Jesus. To his surprise, this fascination instilled a deep stability in his heart. Brennan's mission is to teach others the unshakeable joy that comes from knowing Jesus and His plans for the end of the age. He serves in messaging and as a ministry coach for LUKE18 PROJECT and COLLEGIATE DAY OF PRAYER.
YARO RUDENKO
Yaro has served as a project manager with COLLEGIATE DAY OF PRAYER since 2023 and has been an intercessory missionary in Kansas City since 2014. He is originally from Tacoma, Washington and met his wife Olivia in Bible college in Kansas City and have been married since 2020.
