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Ioani Dhima
The faith of Ioani, commonly known as Xhoni has evolved gradually, starting from his early years. He began attending children's meetings, later advancing to youth ministry and personal Bible study. He became a Christian …Read more

Pavlína Bujoková
Pavlina grew up in Haviřov, where she lived with her family and attended the church that facilitated Josiah Venture’s (JV’s) first ever English camp. From a young age, she encountered the ministries of Josiah Venture and …Read more

Darina Malá
Darina is passionate about music, helping other Christians grow deeper in a relationship with God, and reaching out to young people. She has been involved in youth ministry since high school, but it became more intentional …Read more

Timotej & Lucia Mahrik
Timo and Lucia grew up in the same church—CB Church in Žilina, Slovakia. Both of their fathers were strongly involved in ministry there; Timo’s dad was a leading pastor and Lucia’s dad was one of the elders. Timo and Lucia …Read more

Jan & Tereza Rokosz
Jan was born into a Czech Christian family. When he was eighteen years old, he started to help lead the local youth ministry in Karviná, Czech Republic. Later, he became the main leader. Since then, he felt that his ministry …Read more

Sven Müller
Growing up in a family of missionaries, serving and helping at church was a normal part of Sven’s life. He is currently serving in his church by leading a group of young people and preaching. He had other big plans for …Read more

Dawid & Aleksandra Werner
In 2002, Dawid started serving with English camps through his local church. Eventually, Dawid was asked to join Fala, Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Poland, where he helped coordinate the Ministry Team Training …Read more

Michaela & Roman Toušek
Michaela (Misa) has been serving with Josiah Venture (JV) Czech since 2015, after moving with her family to Havirov, where her husband Roman became a local church pastor. She left her job as a teacher and joined the JV team …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

Viktor & Miriam Valentini
Viktor was born in a Christian home where serving in the church was as normal as any other part of life. Early on, he saw his father serving not just as a pastor but also as someone who had a passion for serving young people. …Read more
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Ruxandra Neacsu Ruxi has served on the Josiah Venture team in Romania since 2018, where she assists with church partnerships all over the country, teaches at training courses for youth leaders, supports summer camps, and disciples young women to make disciples.