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Kateřina Tichá
Katya comes from a non-Christian Czech family and her first experience with Josiah Venture (JV) was at an English summer camp in 2009. She heard the gospel for the first time and was captured by it. She kept coming back …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

Flaviu & Lidia Coman
Flaviu was born in a large family of 11 children in the Petroșani area of Romania. He received a passion for Christ as a child, being inspired and led by his parents who he respects as worthy examples to follow. In 1999, …Read more

Serhii Bielov
Serhii grew up in a religious family in a city near Kyiv, Ukraine; however, he truly accepted Christ when he was 19. This path was not easy—he walked away from small addictions to freedom through salvation. In 2020, he …Read more

Francis Badau
Originally from Constanța, Romania, Francis began serving during high school, with a strong focus on youth outreach and discipleship. He was actively involved in Exit Tour, a national evangelistic project that reaches teenagers …Read more

Lukas & Daniela Vecerik
Lukáš found friends in the local church during high school. They accepted him amongst themselves despite the fact that he was clearly against the idea of God, and they even allowed him to help organize various youth events …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

Martina Pixová
When Martina became a Christian back in 2000, Josiah Venture English camp was one of her first ministry opportunities. She immediately fell in love with the English camp culture. She loved serving Czech students side by …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

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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