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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

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

Sebastian Michalski
Sebastian was born into a Catholic family in Mysłowice, Poland. He fully understood, truly accepted the gospel, and accepted Jesus into his life when he was 17 years old. Five years later, Sebastian heard about Fusion Katowice …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

Peter & Eva Hrubo
Peter and Eva met while attending college in Žilina, Slovakia during the communist era. Together they were involved in pioneering a youth ministry in their local church. Married shortly after the Velvet Revolution, Eva began …Read more

Michal Soukup
During his 18 year long journey as the youth leader in his home church (CB or Church of the Brethren), Michal realized that the most necessary group of people in the Czech Republic to reach is the youth. Those within the …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

Anđelko & Kristina Trninić
Anđelko accepted Christ after witnessing God set his brother free from heroin addiction. Anđelko lives with his wife Kristina in Novi Sad, the second biggest city in Serbia. In 2015 he started serving as a youth leader in …Read more

Ieva Ābola
Ieva was introduced to Josiah Venture while leading an English camp in her country of Latvia in 2010. She served for three summers as a national intern and saw firsthand the need for purpose and meaning in the faces of the …Read more

Fred & Heglis Lausvee
Fred and Heglis both came from Christian families and accepted God into their lives early on. Consequently, they began their ministry quite early. For many years, they collaborated as volunteers with Josiah Venture (JV) …Read more
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These students are pursuing a UK degree at our ForMission College campus.

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Bela

Matej

Bella

Szabolcs

Blažek

Blažek

Daniel

Dinh Minh

Dinh Minh

Lan Phuong

Klauz

Dóra

Lach

Lach

Bogdan & Martina

Melotík

Melotík

Pavel

Mrázková

Mrázková

Petra

Navrátil

Navrátil

Štěpán

Řiháček

Řiháček

Josef

Sekulová

Sekulová

Nikola

Szabados

Bálint

Tatarski

Tatarski

Petar & Femke

Tichá

Tichá

Kateřina

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Lan Phuong Dinh Minh Fanny works with International Edge Sports, supporting and empowering leaders to use sports well to reach non-believing students.