Meet Our Team
Rob Bergfalk
Rob and his wife Kelsey grew up in the Twin Cities and currently live in Champlin, MN. They have been married for 17 years and have two kids: Ronan (9) and Addie (6). Rob served in 2016 as a youth director at Nowthen Alliance Church and currently serves as the lead pastor of Compassion Church in Anoka. Both Rob and Kelsey serve as Executive Directors of Compassion Coffee, a ministry of Compassion Church. They've witnessed God's love and faithfulness as they care for people experiencing homelessness in the Anoka area and are excited about continuing to care for people in vulnerable situations through Envision Twin Cities.
Rob serves as the Envision Twin Cities Site Coordinator.
Rick and Kirsten Wallace
Rick and Kirsten Wallace have been involved in ministry with the Alliance for 38 years. Before joining the Envision Team, they served in youth ministry for 30 years in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Minnesota. Rick was born and raised in Western Pennsylvania just outside of Pittsburgh. Kirsten was born in the Bronx and grew up in Colorado and Wisconsin. They met at St. Paul Bible College (Crown College) and were married following their junior year. They have three married adult children and four grandchildren.
In 2011, Rick went on a sabbatical, asking the Lord to do something new in his life and ministry. Right after he came back, God began to answer his prayer by opening the door for them to work with refugees through a basketball outreach. Over the next several years, more doors were opened to work with refugee families in their area and alongside their church. Sensing that the Lord wanted them to work with refugees and other immigrants full-time, Rick and Kirsten launched Envision Twin Cities in 2018 to help local churches meet the needs of refugees and other immigrants.
Christina Wahlen
Christina Wahlen started with Envision Twin Cities in February of 2021. She loves Envision's desire to equip the next generation for ministry, specifically in the area of spiritual formation and cultural awareness.
She, Erik, and their three kids, served with the Christian and Missionary Alliance as international workers in Mongolia for 9 years. Their family now lives in Fridley, Minnesota. Christina serves with Erik at Rose Hill Alliance church where Erik is the lead pastor. Christina is passionate about interns going deeper with Jesus, finding healing for their souls, and coming alongside churches who desire to reach their immigrant and refugee communities with English.
Shelly Kragt
Shelly and her husband, Jerry, met at Crown College in the 80s and were blessed to serve in the U.S. in two churches, in the Chicago area and the Twin Cities before moving overseas in 1998 to church plant in Berlin, Germany. After 13 years of life and ministry in Berlin, they transitioned to a regional leadership role, overseeing C&MA teams in Europe and the Middle East. Following the leadership role, they spent 2 years at Crown College teaching and working to promote global work in various ways. They now live in St. Paul where they are church planting. Shelly’s passion for the displaced peoples of the world grew when floods of refugees were pouring into Germany in 2015-2016. She also gets excited about mobilizing others to be engaged with the least reached peoples of the world in the community where she lives and networking with others.
She loves her 3 kids and grandkids deeply, enjoys drinking a warm cup of tea with friends and is always up for an adventure.
Jeremy and Ruth Weber
Ruth and Jeremy Weber, along with three of their eight children—Ryan, Jameson, and Graham—are thrilled to be serving with Envision Twin Cities. Their family is passionate about building relationships and sharing the love of Jesus with the Hispanic and Latino communities in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area.
Spencer and Candi Rekedal
Spencer and Candi met at Crown College and have been married for 5 years. They live in Lakeville, MN with their 1-year-old daughter Everlee. Upon graduation from Crown College, Spencer served as Youth Pastor at Hawley Alliance Church. After three years of impactful ministry seeing many youths’ lives transformed, they felt called to serve at the Envision Twin Cities site. Spencer and Candi are passionate about developing missional leaders equipped with cultural understanding and spiritual maturity. Both Spencer and Candi care deeply for the needs facing vulnerable people in the Twin Cities and aim to provide holistic care for these people. They strive to create a welcoming and supportive community where immigrants and people experiencing homelessness are empowered to thrive through faith, education, and meaningful connections. Candi and Spencer envision a future where these people groups have access to essential resources—fostering belonging and hope through the love of Jesus. In their free time they enjoy spending time outdoors, thrifting, and spending time with friends and family. Candi enjoys making different iced tea drinks including matcha and Thai tea. Spencer enjoys almost every sport you can think of and popcorn.