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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

Ruben Moldovan
Ruben was born into a Christian family in the northern region of Romania called Moldova and was raised with biblical values. He has loved sports from a young age, especially soccer, which he played throughout his youth. …Read more

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

Vitaliy & Sofia Andriiets
Vitalіy was born and raised in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. He accepted Christ and was born again in 2010 in a small, family-style church. Vitaliy attended seminary in the Department of Teenage and Youth Ministry at the Kyiv …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

Yulia & Sasha Pasichni
When Yulia and Sasha Pasichni decided to attend a teen outreach club hosted by New Life Church in Lviv, Ukraine, they had no idea how much their lives would change. It was there that these two teenagers not only met each …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

David & Ieva Kingdon
David first came to Latvia in 2003 to work with international students and was shocked by their history and how many of his Latvian friends came from broken families. He became burdened for Latvian teenagers to encounter …Read more

Dušan & Dana Drabina
Dusan and Dana have been married since 2008. They started dating while Dana was finishing her master’s degree at University of Malta. Dusan earned his Master of Economics in Prague and diploma in Business Administration …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
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