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Rycho & Noemi Bednarz
Noemi and Rycho grew up in Christian families and got married in 2005. They live in Ropice, Czech Republic, and care for 4 children—twins Simeon and Sára (12 years), Miriam (9), and Rebeka (7 years). They first encountered …Read more

Darius & Bia Bocsa
Darius (Romanian) met his wife Bia (Brazilian) at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Both had a desire and passion to serve the Lord and to make the name of Jesus known. Together, they decided to move to Romania and work …Read more

Jirka & Zuzana Folta
Jirka and Zuzka started to serve together in a one-year discipleship program for young people called Faith in Action in July of 2013. They were soon married in August of the following year. They both come from non-Christian …Read more

Bogdan & Martina Lach
The first time Bogdan and Martina heard about Josiah Venture, they were praying and looking for a place where they could work and serve God with their gifts. About that time, KAM (JV’s partner organization in the Czech Republic) …Read more

Baiba & Aleksandrs Kenigsvalde
When Baiba was 15, she became a believer through the local youth group. Two years later, she joined a local church youth leader team and was introduced to Josiah Venture through a missionary serving with JV. She discipled …Read more

Andrej & Nina Lovše
Andrej and Nina met as teens in their hometown of Maribor, Slovenia. Nina was the first to accept Christ as a result of missionaries sharing Christ outside her high school. A few years later, Andrej became a believer and …Read more

Jany & Lenka Šimočko
Jany accepted Christ in 2001, after attending a youth camp at the age of 16. At that camp, God began to stir his heart to work with youth. Two years later, Jany joined his youth group’s leadership team to help organize their …Read more

Natalia Starkowska
Natalia heard the gospel for the first time in 2006 and was captured by it. She immediately started volunteering and growing in her local church in Nowy Tomysl, Poland. Since then, she has been watching God’s movement in …Read more

Mára & Kseniya Dušek
Kseniya and Mára both met Jesus at Josiah Venture (JV) camps in 2012. Kseniya in Ukraine; Mára in the Czech Republic. They, then, met each other in 2017 at the JV Media Academy and got married in 2018. Kseniya and Mára …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
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Juraj & Miriam Šimočko Juraj works for the Conference team of JV Slovakia and Miriam works for JV Slovakia’s School of Leaders. They live in Košice, with their two children, where they lead the high-school ministry in their local Lutheran church.

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Zala Cempre Zala has been serving as a full-time staff member for Josiah Venture since 2016 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She disciples girls, leads a group of volunteers, and leads a 2-year discipleship program for college students.

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