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Emīls Rolavs
Emīls grew up in a Catholic church in a small town of 3500 people in Latvia. His life changed when he started attending a local Josiah Venture Fusion group and eventually ended up joining the team to help out with teaching …Read more

Łukasz & Jola Kropisz
In 2004 while in a JV nine-month internship program, Lukasz discovered his passion for middle school students and his calling to ministry. That same year he developed El Dorado, a camp and conference ministry in southern …Read more

Baiba & Aleksandrs Kenigsvalde
When Baiba was 15, she became a believer through the local youth group. Two years later, she joined a local church youth-leader team and was introduced to Josiah Venture (JV) through a missionary serving with them. At the …Read more

Raimonds & Marta Logins
Raimonds grew up in a small community in eastern Latvia, where he became a follower of Jesus through a youth ministry in a local church. Still a teenager himself, he started leading youth in that same ministry until he eventually …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

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

Sajmir & Irma Brazhdi
In 2011, Sajmir met Irma, who shared his passion for faith and service. Their shared dedication laid the groundwork for a strong partnership, culminating in their marriage in 2015. This union marked the start of a new chapter …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

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

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
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See our new staff with a heart for the youth of this region.

New Staff Raising Support

New Staff Raising Support in Canada

Brazhdi

Sajmir & Irma

Danciu

Dominik & Simona

Rolavs

Emīls

Tokarska

Zuzanna

Other JV Staff Raising Support

Andriiets

Vitaliy & Sofia

Bella

Szabolcs & Maggie

Bielov

Serhii

Blažek

Daniel

Boldura

Gabriel & Iulia

Borkowski

Radoslaw & Natalia

Bowman

Paul & Val

Bradford

Mitchell & Rebecca

Cabadaj

Marián & Michaela

Cazacu

Christian & Estera

Ciorescu

Dorin & Anastasia

Cristea

Răzvan Vasilică & Sara

Dhima

Ioani

Drábková

Barbora

Furlan

Klemen

Gjermeni

Ermal & Nertila

Herghelegiu

Alexandru

Hinrichs

Peter

Iordache

Damaris

Ivaniuk

Andrii & Tanya

Jumerovic

Zvezdan & Tatjana

Kittel

Zuzana & David

Kolesar

Simon

Kovalov

Oleksandr & Svitlana

Krok

Salomon

Kubelka

David & Lucie

Lachmanova

Ester

Macura

Lukáš

Mészáros

Lucie & Filip

Moldovan

Ruben

Moldovan

Timotei

Müller

Sven

Nicolae

Gabriel & Naomi

Oaie

Adina

Pham

Pavel

Protopopov

Pavlo & Maria

Rokosz

Jan & Tereza

Rubtsova

Liudmyla

Saagim

Kadri-Kristel & Sven

Skyba

Serhii & Yana

Slobodnychenko

Evan & Olena

Smolarczyk

Zuzanna

Smyček

Zuzana & Jakub

Spieß

Kilian

Šramo

Benjamin & Hana

Stamper

Claire

Šulka

Petra & Adrian

Szabados

Bálint

Szafran

Karolina

Szloboda

Viktor & Eva

Taracinska

Karina

Tománek

Alex

Tsonchev

Yoan & Nadia

Tsupik

Vladyslav & Yelyzaveta

Valentini

Viktor & Miriam

Vauhnik

Grega

Vecerik

Lukas & Daniela

Wilkosz

Bartek

God continues to bless JV with exceptional new staff that have a heart for the youth of Eastern Europe. All of our new staff are raising support to serve on the field full-time.