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Elisaveta Stoitseva
Lizzy first heard of Josiah Venture (JV) and its ministry in Central and Eastern Europe at a training conference in 2016, and she was captivated by their vision for reaching young people. That’s where she first felt called …Read more

Juljan & Suela Muhameti
Juljan was 14 years old when he became a Christian In Albania. Since his family was culturally Muslim, Juljan first found a copy of the Koran and read it cover to cover. The god described there seemed cruel and impossible …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

Paul & Val Bowman
Paul’s first experience with Josiah Venture was in 1998 when he and his wife Val brought a short-term team to serve at an English camp in the Czech Republic. It marked the beginning of a deep connection with JV and a burden …Read more

Evan & Olena Slobodnychenko
Evan was born into an unbelieving family in Chornomorsk, Southern Ukraine. At the age of 15, he started to attend a ministry for teenagers in a local church. After a few years of attending that ministry, he decided to follow …Read more

Ermal & Nertila Gjermeni
Ermal has served as a pastor in the church of the Nazarene in Gorre, Lushnje, Albania since 2011. His core ministries are youth and sports. From an early age, God used football to bring Ermal into his plan. Now, he uses …Read more

Alicja Ryńska
Ala’s journey with Josiah Venture (JV) started in 2018 when her local church partnered with JV to do its first English Camp. During camp, she heard about the JV internship. A year later, she served as a summer intern in …Read more

Daniel Blažek
Dan comes from Písek in South Bohemia, Czech Republic where he grew up in his unbelieving family. Since his childhood, however, he attended various basketball camps where he was able to hear about God for the first time. …Read more

Mykola & Anna Semenov
Mykola came to Christ at age 14 in eastern Ukraine. He started to serve his church in the children's ministry and that developed into doing youth ministry. Later, he became a deacon in his church and also led the family …Read more

Pavel Pham
Pavel was born in Ostrava and grew up in a nearby city called Havířov. He did not grow up in a Christian family and was a pretty introverted and silent kid. He just had four friends, like brothers, who he had known since …Read more
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Peter & Katka Michalčik With over 13 years of experience as a youth leader in a local church, Peter and his wife, Katka, are working with high school and college age youth in Presov, Slovakia.