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Dorin & Anastasia Ciorescu
In 2015, God led Dorin and Anastasia to Orhei, Moldova, a vibrant city where young people from across the region come to study in colleges. Recognizing this unique opportunity to have contact with young people, they dedicated …Read more

Paul & Val Bowman
Paul’s first experience with Josiah Venture was in 1998 when he and his wife Val brought a short-term team to serve at an English camp in the Czech Republic. It marked the beginning of a deep connection with JV and a burden …Read more

Bogdan & Diana Anton
Bogdan and Diana are living and serving in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania—a place of beauty, busyness, and great need for the Gospel. After years of discipling young women in Arad, western Romania, Diana moved across …Read more

Karel & Petra Hennhofer
Karel has been serving with Josiah Venture (JV) Czech (KAM) since 2008. He grew up attending a traditional church but never knew the Bible or God personally. He became a Christian while studying at the Technical University …Read more

Sasha & Nataliya Dubovyk
Sasha grew up in Eastern Ukraine, spending the first twenty years of his life in Kharkiv. In 1999, he heard God's call on his life to become a missionary in Rivne, 800 kilometers away from his home. There, he joined a team …Read more

Mykola & Anna Semenov
Mykola came to Christ at age 14 in eastern Ukraine. He started to serve his church in the children's ministry and that developed into doing youth ministry. Later, he became a deacon in his church and also led the family …Read more

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

Dorin & Nicoleta Dumitrascu
Dorin is living and serving in Galați; a city in South-East Romania, close to the Republic of Moldova, by the Danube River, a place with a great need for the good news and hope. After years teaching Romanian Literature and …Read more

Natalia Starkowska
Natalia heard the gospel for the first time in 2006 and was captivated by it. She immediately started volunteering and growing in her local church in Nowy Tomysl, Poland. Since that time, she began watching God’s movement …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
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