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Zuzana & David Kittel
Zuzka was born to a non-believing family in the Czech republic. After 6 years of searching, she found God, thanks to her youth leaders. She gave her life to Jesus and was baptized—the best decisions she ever made. From that …Read more

Ruxandra Neacsu
Ruxi grew up with her mom and grandma, who took her to church ever since she was a little girl. After graduating from high-school, she moved back and forth a couple of times for school and work, but was always drawn back …Read more

Ema Lee
Ema has been serving in the local church in Zagreb, Croatia as a youth leader for over a decade now. She first heard of Josiah Venture (JV) and their ministry in Central and Eastern Europe at an English camp in 2006. She …Read more

Zala Cempre
Growing up in Slovenia, Zala believed that God existed. However, it wasn’t until her second English Camp with Josiah Venture, in 2009, that she realized that her understanding of God was wrong. After camp, she started going …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

Bálint Szabados
Bálint lives in Veszprém, a small town in Western Hungary where young people need the gospel desperately. He felt God slowly leading him into full-time ministry through his growing passion for serving young people. Through …Read more

Darius & Bia Bocsa
Darius (Romanian) met his wife Bia (Brazilian) at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Both had a desire and passion to serve the Lord and to make the name of Jesus known. Together, they decided to move to Romania because their …Read more

Lucie & Filip Mészáros
Lucie comes from a family of nonbelievers from a small town in the Czech Republic. She started to seek God through a missionary ministry in her town, and, as a result, she believes that the key to sharing the gospel is a …Read more

Dominik & Simona Danciu
Dominik, born and raised in Upper Austria, and his wife, Simona, met while they were studying in Bucharest. He was a student at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Bucharest and she was graduating from the Academy of …Read more

Bartek & Kasia Tesluk
Bartek’s life was transformed at age 14 when he said yes to Jesus. His first ministry opportunity arose from his natural need of being part of community. He began a Bible club in his dorm, while he was away from home in …Read more
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Szabolcs & Maggie Bella Szabi and Maggie Bella plan to start serving on Josiah Venture’s team in Hungary by spring 2025.

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