Kevin Baltzer

Hi, I’m Kevin Baltzer! I’m a second-year FOCUS Missionary that graduated from SD Mines (ChE ’22).

Where I serve

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I served as a first-year missionary at the University of Alabama Birmingham / Samford! Now I’ll be serving at my Alma Mater SD MINES!

My Story

I am engaged to my beautiful fiancée Katie Nuese! (We both met in the Protestant Campus Ministry Campus Ventures during college) God has worked powerfully in my life! I went through foster-care for 3-years before getting adopted at 11 by Christian farmers. I now have 7 sisters (I am the youngest). I’ve always had a heart for seeking truth and reading the Bible. I grew up in a Protestant Church and I always thought things were black and white and simple. But the more I looked into things, I felt the answers to all the questions I was asking always seemed to be changing.

I really disagreed with Catholicism almost my entire time, especially during college. I’d go up to Catholics and question them on how the Bible was compatible with Catholicism. Yet throughout my searching, I found out I was never satisfied with the answers I heard from my Church and was always confused how two very holy and virtuous Christians could have the Holy Spirit, yet come to two totally different conclusions.

I then began “Church hopping” a lot, going from Non-denominational, to Evangelical-Free, to Southern Baptist, to Pentecostal, to Messianic Judaism, to House-Church, to Orthodox, and finally, though not very willingly, to Catholicism through the help of the Catholic FOCUS Missionaries who always would meet up with me and challenge me to grow. Through these patient friends and the teaching of the early Church Fathers, the Lord revealed to me the beauty of the Eucharist and how to be fully one with Christ. I came into the fulness of the faith September 25th, 2022 and joyfully desire to share Christ’s joy with others through my brokenness!

Your Impact

“It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.”

-St. John Vianney

I’ve learned that the overflow each person in the Trinity has for the other is enough love for us all. I desire to make Christ known simply from my Divine Intimacy with Him who knows me. Despite the fears I often struggle with, of being scrupulous or legalistic, Christ teaches me truth in love to heal my wounds day-by-day. And though I can’t love perfectly as Christ does, I still can learn to love from the examples of the Saints, such as through St. Therese’s Little Way. All is an offering to Him.

I am particularly fond of the Full Rosary (including Luminous) and Mental Prayer and pray for everyone to console the heart of Jesus through gratitude!

My prayer is that each person I encounter becomes holier than me, granted I become as holy as I should.

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Host	Retreat Type	Start Date	End Date
Tulane University	Way of the Disciple	09/05/24	09/07/24
University of Nebraska Lincoln	The Sanctifier	09/13/24	09/15/24
Parish Outreach	The Father’s House	09/16/24	09/18/24
Kansas State University	The Father’s House	09/20/24	09/22/24
University of Delaware	Rec	09/20/24	09/22/24
University of South Carolina – Columbia	Rec	09/27/24	09/29/24
St. Francis University	The Father’s House	10/04/24	10/06/24
Nicholls State University	The Father’s House	10/04/24	10/06/24
Northwestern State University	The Father’s House	10/11/24	10/13/24
University of Memphis	The Father’s House	10/11/24	10/13/24
Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville	The Father’s House	10/18/24	10/20/24
Ohio State University	The Father’s House	10/18/24	10/20/24
University of Dallas	The Sanctifier	10/24/24	10/26/24
Central Connecticut State University	The Father’s House	10/25/24	10/27/24
Universidad de Monterrey	The Father’s House	10/25/24	10/27/24
California State University – Fullerton	The Father’s House	10/25/24	10/27/24
Sts. Anne and Joaquim, Fargo, ND	Way of the Disciple	11/01/24	11/03/24
University of Krems	Men’s	11/01/24	11/03/24
University of Mary	The Father’s House	11/08/24	11/10/24
DePauw University	Rec	11/08/24	11/10/24
Philanthropy Engagement	Way of the Disciple	11/15/24	11/17/24
University of Passau	Rec	11/21/24	11/23/24
Texas A&M University	The Sanctifier	02/07/25	02/09/25
FOCUS Greek Southeast	The Father’s House	02/14/25	02/16/25
FOCUS Greek Midwest	The Father’s House	02/14/25	02/16/25
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	The Sanctifier	02/14/25	02/16/25
FOCUS Greek Southwest	The Father’s House	02/21/25	02/23/25
Wayne State University	The Father’s House	02/21/25	02/23/25
University of Illinois-Chicago	The Sanctifier	02/21/25	02/23/25
Queens College of the City University of New York	The Father’s House	03/07/25	03/09/25
Nicholls State University	Way of the Disciple	03/07/25	03/09/25
Grand Valley State University	The Father’s House	03/28/25	03/30/25
University of Northern Iowa	Way of the Disciple	04/03/25	04/05/25
University of Nebraska Lincoln	The Father’s House	04/04/25	04/06/25
Arizona State University	Men’s	02/07/25	02/09/25
University of Nebraska at Kearney	Rec	09/27/24	09/29/24