Tracy & Karna Steel - Paraclete Mission Group

Tracy & Karna Steel

Tracy and Karna began serving with Youth For Christ (YFC) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in the early 1990s. Then, in 1997, YFC sent them to Naples, Italy, where they directed the YFC military ministry at the NATO base to work with military teens. Four years later, they were asked to lead the same ministry at the Aviano Air Force Base in Aviano, Italy. After eight more years, they transferred to the Czech Republic. In that location, they opened a new YFC camp, helped to start a new Christian high school, and helped establish the YFC Czech ministry. They returned to the US in 2017 to help their three sons start college. While there, they also started new YFC programs in Solon and Dubuque, Iowa. In 2022, they returned to Aviano, Italy, to reopen the YFC campus life military program and the Hospitality House in partnership with Cadence International.

From their base in Aviano, Italy, they plan to continue with Cadence International Hospitality House ministry and start a YFC Italy Rock Solid Club (Campus Life). Tracy will also serve as a board member for the YFC Czech program. Karna is a Master Certified Mental Health Coach and plans to use this training to help all those the Lord brings who are in need of this ministry. Lord willing, Tracy and Karna hope to open a retreat center ministry at a nearby mountain lake.

Tracy specializes in youth and young adult evangelism and discipleship, along with camp and retreat center ministry. Karna’s ministry focuses on coming alongside expat missionary women who suffer from depression and loneliness. They both also feel called to open their home to students, airmen, women, and those who need a haven from life’s storms.

Tracy likes sports—watching, playing, and coaching. Karna enjoys tennis, puzzles, reading, refinishing furniture, and spending time with their children and grandchildren.

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