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Jakub & Monika Vejmělka
In 2013, Jakub and Monika felt the need to build a youth group to go alongside the Fusion ministry within their local Czech church—Evangelical Fellowship in the city of Brno. Despite having little experience with leading …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

Olena Volovyk
Olena was born in Ternopil and has lived there her whole life. When she was 8 years old, she started attending a church kids club and Sunday school through the invitation of a Christian elementary school teacher. There she …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

Simona Sabová
Simona grew up in a loving, but broken home where Christ wasn't known. She learned about God through her piano teacher, who at that time served as a youth leader in the local church. After three years of constant reminders …Read more

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

Vahur & Eliza Kobin
Vahur first came to a Josiah Venture (JV) English camp as a student in 2009. There, he saw, for the first time, Christ being lived out in other people’s lives, which led him to also choose a lifestyle of living for Jesus. In …Read more

Petra & Adrian Šulka
Petra was born in Bratislava, Slovakia. Ever since high school, when she was not even a Christian yet, she believed it was important to devote enough time to the next generation. She decided to follow Jesus during her first …Read more

Juraj & Miriam Šimočko
As a pastor’s kid, Miriam was 14 years old when she personally accepted Christ. Since then, she has been helping with ministry in her local church. She came into contact with the ministry of TCKompas (Josiah Venture Slovakia) …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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Bimaj

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Ermal & Denisa

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Fedyk

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Holden

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Hunnicutt

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Jankowska

Agata & Jan

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Keice

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Kocyan

Kocyan

Kateřina & Daniel

Kreko

Kreko

Ema

Krok

Krok

Salomon & Iza

Lausvee

Lausvee

Fred & Heglis

Linkesch

Linkesch

Peter

Linkesch

Marek

Mahrik

Mahrik

Timotej & Lucia

Matei

Matei

Ion

Michalski

Michalski

Sebastian

Mitchell

Mitchell

Marcus & Gwen

Myjavec

Myjavec

Miloš

Neacsu

Neacsu

Ruxandra

Newhouse

Newhouse

Moriah

Ohnesorg

Ohnesorg

Ross & Julie

Peste

Peste

Tino & Cristiana

Petkov

Petkov

Solomon

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Polláková

Ivana

Rokosz

Rokosz

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Rolavs

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Ryńska

Alicja

Sabová

Sabová

Simona

Short

Short

Tiffany

Šimočko

Šimočko

Juraj & Miriam

Soukup

Soukup

Michal

Stoitseva

Stoitseva

Elisaveta

Šulka

Šulka

Petra & Adrian

Szymik

Szymik

Zuza

Toušek

Toušek

Tomáš & Hanka

Trninić

Trninić

Anđelko & Kristina

Tsonchev

Tsonchev

Yoan & Nadia

Udrea

Udrea

Alin

Williams

Williams

Paul & Molli

Zheleva

Zheleva

Lyubov

Zveja

Zveja

Paula

God continues to bless JV with exceptional new staff that have a heart for the youth of Eastern Europe. All of our new staff are raising support to serve on the field full-time.

Welcome our new staff

Justin & Lucie Holden Justin and Lucie live in Liberec, Czech Republic, where they lead the young adult's ministry and bible study groups in their local church. In joining JV, Justin is expanding his ministry to include more leadership training and support for youth leaders in his local area as well.

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Klára & David Břešťák Klára currently serves as a KAM project manager working on social media and small projects. She and David both are involved in youth group leadership at their local church in Zlin, Czech Republic, and serve their church body as a whole.