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Krzysiek & Kasia Jastrzebski
Krzysiek gave his life to Christ as a 14 year old. When he was 13 years old, he attended a youth conference called the Eldorado Projekt. Over the following years of attending, he discovered his love of working with youth …Read more

Anna Janoušková
Anna first encountered Josiah Venture in 2007 when she attended her first English camp as a teenager wrestling with her faith. Because of this experience, her view of God was significantly impacted, and her faith deepened. …Read more

Edgars & Anete Deksnis
Edgars and Anete are serving in Latvia as JV country leaders. They both became followers of Jesus Christ through North American churches more than 10 years ago and that's why they have a deep appreciation of short-term teams …Read more

Juljan & Suela Muhameti
Juljan was 14 years old when when he become Christian. 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 to please. …Read more

Lelde Keice
Lelde was 14 when she became a Christian at a youth camp, and was first introduced to Josiah Venture 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

Bogdan & Diana Anton
Bogdan and Diana are living and serving in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, a place of beauty and great need for the Gospel. After years of discipling young women in Arad, western Romania, Diana moved across the country …Read more

Milan & Zdenka Michalko
In 1970, Milan Michalko was born into a Christian family in Ostrava, Czech Republic – the city where he still lives today. His parents were very active believers, which made for quite an interesting childhood, considering …Read more

Miriam Paszová
Miriam has been serving with Josiah Venture (JV) since April of 2013. In 2006, she had an opportunity to work as a Youth Worker in Western Europe. Some years before that, she also worked as a volunteer in the Czech Republic. …Read more

Svyatoslav & Khrystya Garvas
Svyatoslav (Syava) has lived in Lviv, Ukraine his entire life. He came to know Jesus through a youth outreach program at New Life Church, which has become like a family to him. Syava has been serving in youth ministry for …Read more

Adam & Ola Löffler
Growing up, Adam was the only evangelical believer in his school. He accepted Jesus as a teenager and God began to grow in him a huge desire to tell others about God. After helping to organize several English camps with …Read more
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Pavel & Jana Schwarz

Teo, Nathanael and Olivia

Pavel and Jana were married in 2009 and spent their first years of marriage together in Prague. In 2012, after 7 years with General Electric, Pavel accepted the offer to serve with Josiah Venture in organizational development and design. In this role, Pavel will help Josiah Venture develop the organization so that it can be more effective and accommodate future growth. He will be working closely with the JV president and the executive team. Pavel and Jana became Christians through Josiah Venture and would like for others to also meet Christ in a personal way. They currently live with their children, Teo, Nathanael and Olivia, close to the JV headquarters in Frydlant nad Ostravici, Czech Republic.

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Other Czech Republic team members ↓

Ellenwood

Ellenwood

Mel & Amy

Krupa

Krupa

Mark

Patty

Patty

Dave & Connie

Strock

Strock

Gregory & Kori

Kaspar

Kaspar

Brad & Lucie

Johnson

Johnson

Daniel & Kimberly

Hust

Hust

Samuel & Šárka

Kuklinek

Kuklinek

Jan & Naďa

Božoň

Božoň

Petr & Lauren

Nevřela

Nevřela

Tomáš & Lucie

Drabina

Drabina

Dušan & Dana

English

English

Terry & Hana

Zegan

Zegan

Zach & Kara

Lach

Lach

Bogdan & Martina

Michalko

Michalko

Milan & Zdenka

Chestnut

Chestnut

Robert & Audrey

Kloosterhuis

Kloosterhuis

John & Erin

Szturc

Szturc

Milan & Jarka

Yorman

Yorman

Casey & Kristin

Dickson

Dickson

Kevin & Daniela

Nelson

Nelson

Josh & Zuzi

Hartman

Hartman

Matt & Amy

Rosen

Rosen

Jonathan & Veronika

Pospíšil

Pospíšil

Jan & Renee

Bednarz

Bednarz

Rycho & Noemi

Davison

Davison

Rachael

Simon

Simon

Cory & Anissa

Evans

Evans

Kyle & Amy

Bothwell

Bothwell

Brian & Natalia

Divine Attraction

Divine Attraction

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Llamas

Llamas

Landen & Jenny

Paszová

Paszová

Miriam

Flowers

Flowers

Shelby

Good

Good

Tyrel & Natalie

Pixová

Pixová

Martina

Jedlička

Jedlička

Jiří & Jana

Dietz

Dietz

Josh

Szturc

Szturc

Filip & Anet

Szturc

Szturc

Ondřej & Anna

Folta

Folta

Jirka & Zuzana

Hennhofer

Hennhofer

Karel & Petra

Zářický

Zářický

Tomáš

Kabut

Kabut

Honza & Kateřina

Patty

Patty

Tyler & Lara

Tichá

Tichá

Kateřina

Wurzel

Wurzel

Brendon & Kayla

Wurzel

Wurzel

Jessica

Linkesch

Marek

Hoffmann

Hoffmann

Jiří & Helen

Pípal

Pípal

Daniel & Kristýna

Patty

Patty

Claire

Dinh Minh

Dinh Minh

Lan Phuong

Barbořáková

Barbořáková

Petra

Robertson

Robertson

Ben & Sarah

Bujoková

Bujoková

Pavlína

Hammond

Hammond

Geoff & Martina

Soukup

Soukup

Michal

Adent

Adent

Jacob

Janoušková

Janoušková

Anna

Kocyan

Kocyan

Kateřina & Daniel

Vejmělka

Vejmělka

Jakub & Monika

Dušek

Dušek

Marek & Kseniya

Smith

Smith

Sean & Sarah

Martináková

Martináková

Hana

Toušek

Toušek

Michaela & Roman

Short

Short

Tiffany