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Simon Kolesar
Šimon gave his life to Jesus at the age of twelve. At the age of fifteen, he started serving in the Lutheran church in Hanušovce nad Topľou, where he helped with the youth ministry. Later, he became part of the high school …Read more

Kilian & Justine Spieß
Kilian grew up in the German countryside, hearing about faith his entire childhood. At the age of 12, he discovered the heart of the gospel and God’s love at a camp, desiring to follow Jesus since then. He had personal mentors …Read more

Lelde Keice
Lelde was 14 when she became a Christian at a youth camp. She was first introduced to Josiah Venture (JV) in her second year of high school when her local pastor encouraged her to attend a leadership training program run …Read more

Elyse Jackson
Elyse is passionate about helping young people find ways to make meaningful contributions in their families, churches, and worlds. She has been doing that through serving with Josiah Venture since 2018. She has primarily …Read more

Baiba & Aleksandrs Kenigsvalde
When Baiba was 15, she became a believer through the local youth group. Two years later, she joined a local church youth-leader team and was introduced to Josiah Venture (JV) through a missionary serving with them. At the …Read more

Peter & Katka Michalčik
Peter started full-time ministry with Training Center Kompas (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Slovakia) in 2004. Prior to this, Peter was a physics teacher and spent his free time with his youth group. Passionate …Read more

Yoan & Nadia Tsonchev
Yoan and Nadia met for the first time at Sunday School. Yoan is a Pastor’s child and is a 3rd generation Christian. At 18, he received his calling from God to minister to young people and dedicate himself to youth ministry. …Read more

Flaviu & Lidia Coman
Flaviu was born in a large family of 11 children in the Petroșani area of Romania. He received a passion for Christ as a child, being inspired and led by his parents who he respects as worthy examples to follow. In 1999, …Read more

Jany & Lenka Šimočko
Jany accepted Christ in 2001 at the age of 16. Two years later, he joined his youth group’s leadership team to help organize their first English camp in Prešov, Slovakia. In 2006, Jany took the leadership role for his church's …Read more

Hanka Motlochova
Hanka grew up in Baška near Frýdek - Místek, and, in 2011, she started going to the newly established Fusion in Frýdlant nad Ostravicí. Thanks to this, she invited God into her life and became part of the local church. After …Read more
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