Meet the Residence Staff

Because all our staff are practicing Christians, we are committed to sharing our faith with students in word and deed - exposing all students to Christ and discipling those who follow Jesus.

Mr. Brent Frazier Residence Life Director

I am a product of the late 50’s, born in Nigeria, West Africa; I am one of seven children raised by Baptist missionaries, Don & Ina Frazier, who have both gone on to be with God. I consider myself blessed to be a part of such a committed Christian family and to have learned such important values for life. I attended various African national schools while living in Nigeria including boarding school for five years at Hillcrest International School located in Jos Nigeria, where I was taught many responsibilities, and learned to become a very independent person. My college experience was much easier due to the fact I had lived in a boarding situation prior to attending college. Attending boarding school I believe shaped my life and made me more flexible. Although I was unable to graduate with my classmates in Nigeria, I was blessed to complete my high school career in the same town where I would meet my wife, Jo. I attended Carson Newman College and received my commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army National Guard. During my time in the National Guard, I commanded two units, and held several other leadership positions during my eleven years of service in the military. I completed my undergraduate degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Jo and I were married in 1980, and within five years we had two children, Tyler, and Drew who both attended and graduated from TCIS.  After marrying, my first job was working in a packing house in a supervisory role for eight years, followed by my wife and I owned, operated and managed a small business together with three employees in Piedmont, Tennessee for several years. From Tennessee we moved to New Orleans where I worked as a ramp supervisor for Southwest Airlines while attending and finishing my undergraduate degree and have since completed a graduate degree in Organizational Leadership from Philadelphia Biblical University. We answered God’s call to serve as dorm parents at TCIS in July of 1993 and the rest is history. My wife and I served as dorm parents for seven years in the on-campus dorm where the cafeteria and kitchen share that building. We started a second off-campus dorm in 1997 and I was appointed as the Residence Life Director while still dorm parenting. Several years later when we built a four story two-dorm complex on campus my family moved out of the dorm and I became the full time Residence Director for the program in 2000. I was involved in the beginning with the start up of the boarding program at GSIS and have been serving as the Residence Life Director since the inception of that school. Since 1997, we have added several dorms to the TCIS program and have settled on a five on-campus dorm model at our new Techno Valley school site. I now share the administrative role in the boarding program with my colleague Larry Smith, I teach a PE class on the school side as well as coach varsity tennis and soccer for the school. My wife and I consider Daejeon our home, and we live in Expo and are enjoying serving our Lord at Taejon Christian International School.

Adams Residence - Contact

The Adams Dorm is the MYP (middle years program, grades 6-10) co-ed dorm at TCIS. It has the capacity to house 36 students. The dormitory is on campus and is located above the school cafeteria. This facility is two floors (and has a rec room in the basement) and offers one residential assistant apartment and one dorm parent apartment.

Dorm Parents, Ted and Tiece Adams were former residential assistants at TCIS from 2004-2006. Ted worked in a co-ed high school dorm and Tiece worked in the middle school dorm. They were married in August 2006 and have returned to the boarding program for their 8th year (6th year as dorm parents). Both are MKs (missionary kids). Ted grew up in Ecuador, South America and Tiece grew up in Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa. Both Ted and Tiece received their bachelor’s degrees from Nyack College, NY. Tiece has a bachelor’s in Psychology and Ted has a bachelor’s in Elementary Education/History. They have one daughter, Alina Jayde, who was born here in Korea in August 2009.

Their full-time assistant, Aaron Maxwell, is in his 2nd year at TCIS. He grew up as a pastor’s kid in Florida and attended Emmanuel College in Georgia, graduating with a major in Communications. His wife, Amber Maxwell, also works part-time in the Adams Dorm, although she is shared with the Ward Dorm this year. Amber, who is Tiece’s younger sister, also attended Emmanuel College and graduated with a teaching degree in elementary education. Amber is also in her second year at TCIS. The couple wed this past summer in July 2011 in Alabama and returned as married RAs. They currently live on the first floor of the Adams Dorm. 

Loween Residence - Contact

The Loween Dorm consists of the third and forth floors of the on-campus high school dorm. Currently, the third floor is home to 15 boys, and the forth floor is home to 15 girls. Each of the two floors has eight, two-person rooms.  Each room has a sink and shares bathroom/shower facilities with and adjoining room.  The third floor also has a family room, where the residents like to relax.  They have access to computers, a pool table, ping-pong table, big screen TV, study area, and a music practice room that has a piano. The dorm is able to house 32 students, two Residence Assistants (RA), and one dorm family.

Dorm Parents, Mike and Jaci Loween, are originally from Minnesota, USA. They have been serving at TCIS as Student Life Ministry and High School English teacher, respectively, since 2005. Thus, this is their fifth year at TCIS, and their second year working in the Boarding Program. Mike has a Bachelor’s Degree in Youth Ministry from Crown College in St. Bonifacius, MN. Jaci has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Arts and Literature Education, grades 5-12, from Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. The Loweens have one son, Jacob, who was born in Korea in September of 2007.

Ward Residence - Contact

The Ward Dorm consists of the first two floors of the on-campus high school dorm.  At the present time it is a coed dorm.  Each of the two floors has 8 two-person rooms.  Each room has a sink and shares bathroom/shower facilities with one other room. They have access to computers, a pool table, ping-pong table, big screen TV, study area, and music practice room.  The dorm is able to house 32 students, 2 RA’s, and 1 dorm parent family.

Dorm Parents, Jamie and April Ward are from Springfield, Missouri, USA and came to TCIS August 2006. They are currently serving their sixth year at TCIS. Jamie has a BA in Christian Ministries from Southwest Baptist University and was a Student Minister in Springfield for 7 years.  April has a BA in Communications from Missouri State University. She worked in the high school and college ministries as she managed a local health food store. They have 3 children, son Tavin, and daughters Abeny and Elsie. 

NOTE: Parents can look at www.thewarddorm.com for pictures.

Stone Residence - Contact

Stone Dorm / Midkiff Dorm is a co-ed dorm. The dormitory sits immediately behind the TCIS campus.  In addition to student and staff apartments, the dorm also has a TV lounge, a recreation room, a laundry facility, a ‘noraebang’ and fitness room, a music room, a group study room, a sitting lounge, and a student kitchenette.

Wray and Laura Stone, from Canada,  joined the staff at TCIS in August, 2002.  Wray has his Master’s Certificate in Leadership and Management, a B.A. in History, a B.Ed(after degree) in Social Studies and English, a Three-year Certificate in Pastoral Studies, and his IB Certification in English Lit.  Laura has her BA in Christian Ministry and is currently finishing up her MA degree in Counseling.Prior to joining the boarding program as Dorm Parents in 2005, Wray taught English in the High School Division for three years andLaura worked in the Early Learning Center, as a caregiver and as Center Director.  In addition to their responsibilities in the dorm, Wray continues to assist Seniors in the boarding program with their college application essays and Laura assists TCIS with proctoring S.A.T. exams.  Together, they also oversee the OCK (Out of Country Kids) care in the boarding program. Wray and Laura have three sons, Branford (HS), Everett (MS) and Theoren (ES). 

Midkiff Residence - Contact

Kevin and Lorilynn Midkiff have served as dorm parents at TCIS for the past 7 years. They have three children of their own. Their oldest son Tanner graduated with an IB diploma from TCIS and attends university in Canada. Their other two children, Austin and Summer, attend the high school at TCIS and love their involvements in the school. The Midkiff’s have been married for over 20 years and have been involved in youth ministry for most of those years. Their early years were spent as Youth Pastor’s where they realized they had a deep desire to work with and influence the lives of young people. This desire eventually led them to become foster parents where they continued to fulfill that dream. In 2005, the Midkiff family moved to South Korea to serve the families and dorm students of TCIS. They found that they love the ministry and students of TCIS and have served in that role ever since. They have served as dorm parents in both a co-ed and an “all boys” dorm environment and currently facilitate the only “all boys” dorm on campus. Kevin has a degree in Bibllical Studies but has found an interest in studying the Korean language. He currently studies Korean while Lorilynn continues her studies in Human Services.

The Murphys are a newly married couple that currently serve both in Loween and Midkiff dorms. Erin has been at TCIS for two years, now going on a third, while Danny is serving in his second year. Erin is originally from a small and quaint town named Dubois, Pennsylvania, while Danny grew up in the south in a small suburb home in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Erin is the second child of three ( two brothers), and grew up in a home that consisted of mostly Western culture, with a strong presence of Christian values and atmosphere. Danny grew up as an only child in a multi-cultural home, his father being Western and mother being of Korean descent. Both met at a small Christian college in northeast Georgia called Toccoa Falls College. Erin majored in cross-cultural studies with a minor in TESOL, a major and minor that opened up doors to Korea initially, as she worked a year as a hagwon English teacher in Seoul before coming to TCIS. Danny majored in counseling/psychology, in which soon after graduating, went to Union University to get his BS in nursing. He worked as an intensive care nurse for two years before coming to Korea to join the TCIS dorm family. They are both excited to continue to serve as resident assistants, along side some great dorm parents, and look forward to continue to aid in the process of growing students to be well-rounded, God-fearing young men and ladies.