Jānis grew up in Latvia’s capital city, Riga. At the age of 11, he first encountered Christianity at Riga Matthew's Baptist Church. Serving in the church’s projection ministry, he began to understand the Christian faith …Read more
Pavlina grew up in Haviřov, where she lived with her family and attended the church that facilitated Josiah Venture’s (JV’s) first ever English camp. From a young age, she encountered the ministries of Josiah Venture and …Read more
Bogdan and Diana are living and serving in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania—a place of beauty, busyness, and great need for the Gospel. After years of discipling young women in Arad, western Romania, Diana moved across …Read more
In 2013, Ondra participated in a year-long internship program with KAM (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in the Czech Republic) called Journey. He has a passion for Czech local churches. Ondra is lead pastor in his …Read more
Lizzy first heard of Josiah Venture (JV) and its ministry in Central and Eastern Europe at a training conference in 2016, and she was captivated by their vision for reaching young people. That’s where she first felt called …Read more
In 2004 while in a JV nine-month internship program, Lukasz discovered his passion for middle school students and his calling to ministry. That same year he developed El Dorado, a camp and conference ministry in southern …Read more
Szabi came to Christ at 16 years of age, through a youth group led by another JV missionary. Since then, he has felt called to lead other young people to Christ, so that they can experience the light God brings into the …Read more
Katya comes from a non-Christian Czech family and her first experience with Josiah Venture (JV) was at an English summer camp in 2009. She heard the gospel for the first time and was captured by it. She kept coming back …Read more
Originally from Constanța, Romania, Francis began serving during high school, with a strong focus on youth outreach and discipleship. He was actively involved in Exit Tour, a national evangelistic project that reaches teenagers …Read more
Andrii was born in Lviv, Ukraine, where he has lived his whole life. He began attending church through a friend. Through a summer camp ministry, Andrii started to understand what it meant to live with the Lord when he was …Read more
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