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Jan & Naďa Kuklinek
After working for Hewlett Packard for many years, God called Honza to full-time ministry, and he began to serve in the Czech internship program, preparing new leaders for Christian ministry. Honza works for KAM (Josiah Venture’s …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

Juraj & Miriam Šimočko
As a pastor’s kid, Miriam was 14 years old when she accepted Christ. Since then, she has been helping with ministry in her local church. She attended the School of Leaders organized by TCKompas—Josiah Venture’s (JV) national …Read more

Svyatoslav & Khrystya Garvas
Svyatoslav (Syava) has lived in Lviv, Ukraine all his life. He came to know Christ through a youth program at New Life church. Almost immediately after, he began to serve in the youth ministry, where he met his future wife. …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

Ondřej & Anna Szturc
In 2013, Ondra participated in a year-long internship program with KAM (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in the Czech Republic) called Journey. He has a passion for Czech local churches. Ondra is lead pastor in his …Read more

Christian & Estera Cazacu
Christian was born in Piatra Neamț, Romania but grew up in Turin, Italy—after moving with his family in the late 1990s. In 2014, he received the call to move to Romania without knowing exactly where God would direct him. In …Read more

Mateja & Nikola Jager Todorovska
Mateja was raised attending a Catholic church and always believed in God. As she searched to know him more, she was drawn into the New Age Movement. She became very involved in the occult and led several New Age groups. In …Read more

Sebastian & Gloria Forjan
Sebastian, raised Catholic, attended church as almost every Slovene but didn’t believe in God. In 1995, he put his faith in Christ. While he served in the army for nine months, God put a burden on his heart for the youth …Read more

Vahur & Eliza Kobin
Vahur first came to a Josiah Venture (JV) English camp as a student in 2009. There, he saw, for the first time, Christ being lived out in other people’s lives, which led him to also choose a lifestyle of living for Jesus. In …Read more
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Ermal & Nertila Gjermeni Ermal serves on the Josiah Venture team in Albania. Ermal and his wife Nertila's hearts’ desire is to disciple the young people of Albania and bring God's kingdom into every home.

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Daniel & Denisa Harčar Daniel and Denisa serve on Josiah Venture’s team in Slovakia (TCKompas), Daniel as the KECY (English camp) coordinator and Denisa a developer of a new platform for online training.