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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

Damaris Iordache
Damaris grew up in a Christian family who raised her to know God and His Word. She gave her life to Christ when she was 12 years old at a children’s camp. Growing up, she had a passion for videography as a young YouTuber. …Read more

Petar & Femke Tatarski
Petar (from Bulgaria) felt God leading him to full-time ministry during and after a summer internship in 2013. Femke's (from the Netherlands) first trip to Bulgaria with the team from her church was in 2011. Her love for …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

Miriam Paszová
Miriam has been serving with Josiah Venture (JV) since April of 2013. In 2006, she had an opportunity to work as a Youth Worker in Western Europe. Some years before that, she also worked as a volunteer in the Czech Republic. …Read more

Daniel & Denisa Harčar
Daniel and Denisa met at a youth group camp with the Lutheran Church in Prešov, Slovakia. Daniel accepted Christ as his Savior when he was 16. After a year, he started to serve in his local church in Prešov as a member …Read more

Kilian Spieß
Kilian grew up in the Evangelical-Lutheran Church 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 …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

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

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
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Pavel & Jana Schwarz

Teo, Nathanael, Olivia and Abigail

Pavel and Jana were married in 2009 and spent their first years of marriage together in Prague. In 2012, after 7 years with General Electric, Pavel accepted the offer to serve with Josiah Venture in organizational development and design. In this role, Pavel helps Josiah Venture develop the organization so that it can be more effective and accommodate future growth. He is working closely with the JV president and the executive team. Pavel and Jana became Christians through Josiah Venture and would like for others to also meet Christ in a personal way. They currently live with their children, Teo, Nathanael, Olivia, and Abigail close to the JV headquarters in Frydlant nad Ostravici, Czech Republic.

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Ellenwood

Ellenwood

Mel & Amy

Krupa

Krupa

Mark

Patty

Patty

Dave & Connie

McCormick

McCormick

Grace

Strock

Strock

Gregory & Kori

Kaspar

Kaspar

Brad & Lucie

Hust

Hust

Samuel & Šárka

Kuklinek

Kuklinek

Jan & Naďa

Božoň

Božoň

Petr & Lauren

Nevřela

Nevřela

Tomáš & Lucie

Lach

Lach

Bogdan & Martina

Chestnut

Chestnut

Robert & Audrey

Szturc

Szturc

Milan & Jarka

Yorman

Yorman

Casey & Kristin

Dickson

Dickson

Kevin & Daniela

Nelson

Nelson

Josh & Zuzi

Rosen

Rosen

Jonathan & Veronika

Pospíšil

Pospíšil

Jan & Renee

Davison

Davison

Rachael

Miller

Miller

Jim & Lina

Bothwell

Bothwell

Brian & Natalia

Llamas

Llamas

Landen & Jenny

Paszová

Paszová

Miriam

Geldner

Geldner

Dušan & Lucie

Hlavsa Flowers

Hlavsa Flowers

Shelby

Pixová

Pixová

Martina

Jedlička

Jedlička

Jiří & Jana

Dietz

Dietz

Josh & Anežka

Szturc

Szturc

Ondřej & Anna

Hennhofer

Hennhofer

Karel & Petra

Zářický

Zářický

Tomáš

Kabut

Kabut

Honza & Kateřina

Patty

Tyler & Lara

Tichá

Tichá

Kateřina

Bednarzova

Bednarzova

Noemi

Patty

Patty

Claire

Robertson

Robertson

Ben & Sarah

Bujoková

Bujoková

Pavlína

Hammond

Hammond

Geoff

Soukup

Soukup

Michal & Edita

Adent

Adent

Jacob & Denny

Vejmělka

Vejmělka

Jakub & Monika

Smith

Smith

Sean & Sarah

Toušek

Toušek

Michaela & Roman

Short

Short

Tiffany

Toušek

Toušek

Tomáš & Hanka

Williams

Williams

Paul & Molli

Šenigl

Šenigl

Samuel & Markéta

Rokosz

Jan & Tereza

Kajfoszova

Kajfoszova

Pavla

Blažek

Blažek

Daniel

Holden

Holden

Justin & Lucie

Řezníček

Řezníček

Jana & Eduard

Molin

Molin

Henryk

Mészáros

Mészáros

Lucie & Filip

Kittel

Kittel

Zuzana & David

Macura

Macura

Lukáš

Šnajdrová

Lenka

Drábková

Drábková

Barbora

Motlochova

Motlochova

Hanka

Tuominen

Tuominen

Spencer

Leech

Leech

Catherine

Pham

Pham

Pavel

Kovalov

Kovalov

Oleksandr & Svitlana

Smyček

Smyček

Zuzana & Jakub

Kubelka

Kubelka

David & Lucie

Lachmanova

Lachmanova

Ester