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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

Andrej & Nina Lovše
Andrej and Nina met as teens in their hometown of Maribor, Slovenia. Nina was the first to accept Christ as a result of missionaries sharing Christ outside her high school. A few years later, Andrej became a believer and …Read more

Yoan & Nadia Tsonchev
Yoan and Nadia met for the first time at Sunday School. Yoan is a Pastor's child and is a 3rd generation Christian. At 18, he received his calling from God to minister to young people and dedicate himself to youth ministry. …Read more

Michal & Sylwia Skiba
In 1997, Michal, a young and inexperienced youth leader, was mentored by a Josiah Venture missionary who modeled Christ’s life and ministry. Soon he and his youth group began leading evangelistic English camps to reach their …Read more

Sara & Dawid Kominek
Sara's journey with youth ministry started at the age of 16 when she started leading her church’s youth group with two other friends her age. Supported personally by Josiah Venture staff, she began her first steps in ministry. …Read more

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

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

Ester Lachmanova
Ester started ministry with Josiah Venture (JV) in November 2024. She wrestled with her faith a few years ago; however, after watching the TV series The Chosen, God drew her heart back to him and showed her how he sees her—with …Read more

Grega Vauhnik
Grega first met God in his local Catholic church; this parish, and the Catholic highschool Grega attended, provided a safe place for his faith in Christ to grow without judgment from his peers; this was a huge blessing from …Read more

Tsvetan & Maia Stoitsev
Tsvetan and Maia have been serving in the youth movement with their church’s union for the last 30 years. They have been married for 25 years and have two kids, Georgi and Evgenia. During the previous several years, while …Read more
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Welcome our new staff

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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Szabolcs & Maggie Bella Szabi and Maggie Bella plan to start serving on Josiah Venture’s team in Hungary by spring 2025.