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Mar 9, 2024 | 4 min read | Dave Patty Faith That Persists Dear Friends, Why did it take seven marches around the walls of Jericho before they fell? When Juli was just five years old in the country of Albania, he used to stand in line for three hours in the morning, three times a week, for a liter and a half of cooking oil for his family. Living under the most oppressive... Read more
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Feb 19, 2024 | 5 min read | Juliana Law
Two Years of His Faithfulness
I am embarrassed to say that for the majority of my life, I have instinctively avoided hard things. I would challenge myself, but only in ways that I felt confident that I... Read more
Feb 15, 2024 | 4 min read | Dave Patty
Producing or Reproducing
Sometimes, a small change makes a big difference.
I spent all of last week with a fantastic group of 43 new Josiah Venture missionaries. I wish you could meet them all... Read more
Jan 22, 2024 | 4 min read | Connie Patty
Pray like monks
In a small village on the island of Hvar in Croatia, one of the countries where JV staff serve, there is a cave below Sveti Nikola. This mountain is the highest point on the... Read more
Jan 10, 2024 | 3 min read | Dave Patty
On the Front Lines
The war in Ukraine is far from over.
On the JV Ukraine team, three of our families are IDPs (internally displaced people) from the war zone. They had to restart their lives... Read more
Dec 15, 2023 | 6 min read | Kristin Yorman
Christmas in Czech
Getting to spend the holidays in Europe? Isn’t that the American dream? Well, for a missionary family that has lived in the Czech Republic for the last 12 years, it’s... Read more
Dec 11, 2023 | 4 min read | Dave Patty
Song the Gospel
Music speaks to the mind, but it reaches the soul.
There are many barriers to the gospel in Central and Eastern Europe. Most people are secular, with little or no knowledge... Read more
Nov 20, 2023 | 8 min read | Gwynne Gardner
Thankful for Thirty
We have been celebrating the 30-year milestone of Josiah Venture all month long with various stories, videos, and social media posts that remind us of God’s goodness and... Read more
Nov 8, 2023 | 4 min read | Dave Patty
Thirty Years
Dear Friends,
It is never easy to step into the unknown.
Some memories are so unique that they occupy their own special place in your mind. On November 9, 1993, Dan and... Read more
Oct 19, 2023 | 7 min read | Kristy Williams
Social Media and the Teenage Brain
By now, most adults recognize that a new generation has emerged with smartphones in hand and social media on the mind. This is the i-Generation, also known as Gen Z––those... Read more