Our Team
THAI LAM
Thai serves as Founder and Executive Director of Revival is Family Foundation. Over the past 15+ years, he has given 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. 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.
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 Metropolitan Community College, Avila University, and the University of Missouri, Kansas City.
JASMIN PATTERSON | Online Giving
Jasmin has served with LUKE18 PROJECT since 2015 and gives leadership to our 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 degree in Music Industry at University of New Haven in Connecticut. She was an active student leader in her campus ministry serving in worship, prayer, discipleship, and preaching. 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.
ANDREA SEABAUGH | Online Giving
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.
JOSHUA + EMILY ALDY | Online Giving
Joshua is a husband, father, worship leader, and disciple maker based in Kansas City. He first felt the Lord’s call to worship ministry as a young teen in his hometown of Mississippi. In 2012, he and his wife, Emily, moved to KC to serve at a house of prayer where they poured into the lives of many children and youth. Joshua also dedicated himself to supporting worship musicians in their callings as he served on worship teams in the prayer room for over 12 years. Joshua comes alive in times of worship, prayer & fellowship with other believers. In 2024, the Lord transitioned Joshua to serve on staff with REVIVAL IS FAMILY. He carries the same father’s heart for worship musicians into his ministry of reaching college students at UMKC and beyond. He also serves with various mobilization and marketing efforts for COLLEGIATE DAY OF PRAYER. In all, he is grateful to lead his family and serve the Lord by giving himself to make disciples, reach the lost, worship Jesus, gather people to pray, and to build faith communities that love each other like family.
FERNANDO GARELLA | Online Giving
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 | Online Giving
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 | Online Giving
Brennan joined LUKE18 PROJECT after graduating from Bible college 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 for COLLEGIATE DAY OF PRAYER.
YARO RUDENKO | Online Giving
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.
