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Ivana Polláková
God was making Himself known to Ivana since her childhood through a Bible for children, Sunday school, and religion classes. However, it took her several years to start following Christ. While in high school, she started …Read more

Pavlína Bujoková
Pavlina grew up in Haviřov, where she lived with her family and attended the church that facilitated Josiah Venture’s (JV’s) first ever English camp. From a young age, she encountered the ministries of Josiah Venture and …Read more

Zuzanna Smolarczyk
Zuza was born in Jaworzno in southern Poland. In her home, her family's approach to God was more religious than relational. Growing up, Zuza struggled with loneliness and insecurity, which deepened after the loss of her …Read more

Barbora Drábková
Baru was born in Ostrava and still lives there today.. She comes from a non-believing family, so she had to find her way to God on her own. Baru attended a language high school in Ostrava, where she first met the Christian …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

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

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

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

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

Indrek-Eliel & Regina Tambek
Indrek-Eliel Tambek began volunteering with the leadership training program held by Koma, Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Estonia, back in 2011. Around the same time, he also began serving in the ministry of football …Read more
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