Hanoi, Vietnam 2024

Kellan has known God and loved Him all her life. She grew up talking to Him and He continually answered her – aka prayer. She was introduced to RSA and started praying for RSA during Salem RiverFest in 2007. One prayer meeting led to another and God opened a door for her to be hired as the staff accountant, with the added benefit of leading staff in prayer. This prayer ministry grew to creating prayer teams for outreaches and eventually weekly scheduled prayer times. She is no longer the staff accountant but now exclusively focuses her time on prayer for the organization. She views the prayer team as the “airforce” for the “ground troops” that go to the mission field.

Outside of RSA she is a wife, mother of three, grandmother of four, and lover of God. She loves God because He loves her and will never leave her, no matter what she does, says, or thinks. One of her favorite verses is Jesus telling her, “I have come so that you may have life, and have it to the full.” She believes Him and lives as fully as possible, which includes but is not limited to: engaging conversations with God, pickleball, grandkids, travel, going down rabbit holes in the enchanted forest, eating dessert for breakfast or having her dessert first when she goes out to eat, or any other adventure she can find.