CENTER for STUDENT MISSIONS

Nicole Kuhn

Nikki is from the small town of Flagstaff, Arizona. She graduated in December of 2008 from Northern Arizona University (NAU) with a major in Sociology and a minor in Criminal Justice. Nikki has been on several mission trips to Chile, New Orleans and Los Angeles. The two Los Angeles mission trips were with CSM. Nikki has been working with youth at her church for the last six years. She started volunteering with seventh grade girls who are now seniors in high school and absolutely loves being a youth leader to girls. Nikki also loves to hang out with friends and family. She listens to all different kinds of music, reads, watches movies and shops. “I am extremely excited to start working with CSM and cannot wait to see how God will work in the lives of people I will meet and interact with and how God will work in my own life.”

Chris Pros

Chris was born and raised in Chicago IL. He has been working with short term missions since he was in high school and has gone on over a dozen trips worldwide. After graduating from Judson University with a degree in History and Secondary Education, Chris began working as a full time missionary in Bogota, Colombia. He enjoys sports, music, photography, and History. You can get on his good side by talking about any of these topics, or discussing the global importance of the group Five Iron Frenzy. “I am excited for this spring and hope you are too. Dare to Dream kids!”

Suzette Runyon

Suzette was born in San Diego, California but grew up in northern Colorado and eastern Kansas. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 2007 with a degree in Elementary Education. Soon after she moved back to San Diego to attend the Horizon School of Evangelism, which is a 10 month discipleship school. Suzette has had the opportunity to go to Mexico, Haiti, New Orleans and El Salvador on mission trips and to intern with Horizon Urban Ministries in San Diego. By participating in these mission trips and the internship, she has found that she connects with a wide range of people from the poor to the rich, children to adults, rural to urban, and with people from very different cultures. Suzette desires to serve full time in ministry and is waiting for God to show her where she should be. She likes to garden, craft and to do-it-yourself in general. “While with CSM I hope to learn more about urban ministries, leading youth mission trips, homelessness, and other cultures in the city. I hope to grow in my faith by willingly stepping out daily into an uncomfortable place and by trusting God for my safety and trusting in His will, not my own. I hope to grow in my compassion for others and the willingness to serve those who I may not want to.”

Britani Wade

Britani is originally from Haviland, KS but has spent the last four years as a student and staff member of Friends University in Wichita, KS. Graduating this past May, she immediately took a job in the Admissions office with Friends where she was until the Lord brought this new opportunity to come to CSM in L.A.! The summer of 2006, Britani worked with CSM in the great city of Houston and has served on three CSM trips with her college group, all to Houston. Some of Britani’s favorite things are playing in the rain, jumping on the trampoline, reading, making/listening to music and having long picnics in the park with her favorite people. She also has enjoyed raising her two kittens, Jasper and Benjamin! Britani’s heart was transformed when she spent the summer with CSM in Houston and ever since has been dedicated to loving broken people and raising awareness of poverty in the United States.