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Evan & Olena Slobodnychenko
Evan was born into an unbelieving family in Chornomorsk, Southern Ukraine. At the age of 15, he started to attend a ministry for teenagers in a local church. After a few years of attending that ministry, he decided to follow …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

Ranno & Kristiina Seppel
Ranno joined Josiah Venture (JV) in the autumn of 2017. He is working with Josiah Venture’s (JV) partner organization in Estonia (Koma) and is the International leader for Edge Sports. Ranno has been leading soccer camps …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

Michal & Katarína Pončák
Michal and Katarína met for the first time while serving at an English camp in their local church. Their life story is quite similar. They are both “fruits” of several projects led by TCKompas—Josiah Venture’s (JV) partner …Read more

Ion & Cristina Matei
Ion lives and serves in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova. Moldova is a picturesque and unique country in great need of the gospel. He comes from an orthodox background and did not have a personal relationship with God until …Read more

Jany & Lenka Šimočko
Jany accepted Christ in 2001 at the age of 16. Two years later, Jany 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 …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

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

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
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Welcome our new staff

Catherine Leech Catherine is joining the Josiah venture International team in the Czech Republic as a project manager for the ministry specialties team.

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Viktor & Eva Szloboda Viktor Szloboda serves on Josiah Veture’s team in Serbia as the Camps director.