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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

Fred & Heglis Lausvee
Fred and Heglis both came from Christian families and accepted God into their lives early on. Consequently, they began their ministry quite early. For many years, they collaborated as volunteers with Josiah Venture (JV) …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

Serhii & Yana Skyba
Serhii was born and grew up in Cherkasy, Ukraine, where he accepted Christ. Starting in 2016, he ministered to young people, nurtured disciples, and worked as a chef. He met his wife Yana at the church and they got married …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

Alexandru Herghelegiu
Alexandru grew up in a Christian family of ministry workers with biblical values. He always wanted to serve God in the church, but didn't know how. Not until the age of 17, when Christ revealed Himself personally, and from …Read more

Lelde Keice
Lelde was 14 when she became a Christian at a youth camp. She was first introduced to Josiah Venture (JV) in her second year of high school when her local pastor encouraged her to go to a leadership training run by JV Latvia. …Read more

Bartek Wilkosz
Bartek’s first involvement with Josiah Venture (JV) was in 2014 when he took part in a camp called Growth Academy, organized by El Dorado—one of JV Poland’s (Fala) national projects. The goal of all of El Dorado’s activities …Read more

Gabriel & Iulia Boldura
Gabi was born and raised in a Romanian christian family. Although he lost his father at a young age, he felt God's calling to serve as a teenager. He became involved in his local church in Hunedoara as a youth leader and …Read more

Tino & Cristiana Peste
Tino and Cristiana are living and serving the Lord in Constanta, Romania. Constanta is situated in South-East Romania, by the sea, and is a multicultural metropolis that hosts over fourteen different ethnic groups. Tino …Read more
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Welcome our new staff

Pavel Pham Pavel Pham serves on Josiah Venture’s team in the Czech Republic and has various roles as an assistant of outreach programs.

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Tomáš & Hanka Toušek Tomáš started and is now growing the JV Edge Ultimate Frisbee league in Czech as well as leading and empowering leaders to use sports well to reach non-believing students.