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Michal & Sylwia Skiba
In 1997, Michal, a young and inexperienced youth leader, was mentored by a Josiah Venture missionary who modeled Christ’s life and ministry. Soon he and his youth group began leading evangelistic English camps to reach their …Read more

Henryk Molin
Henryk was born into a Christian family in the Czech Republic. He always had a great passion for sports and music, but since his childhood, he also had a desire to serve God and follow Him. He was baptized in 2011, and after …Read more

Jany & Lenka Šimočko
Jany accepted Christ in 2001 at the age of 16. Two years later, he joined his youth group’s leadership team to help organize their first English camp in Prešov, Slovakia. In 2006, Jany took the leadership role for his church's …Read more

Szabolcs & Maggie Bella
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

Milan & Jarka Szturc
Milan grew up in a Christian family and became a Christian when he was 12 years old. He graduated from the Technical University of Ostrava and began his career in the investment department of a housing association. After …Read more

Simon Kolesar
Šimon gave his life to Jesus at the age of twelve. At the age of fifteen, he started serving in the Lutheran church in Hanušovce nad Topľou, where he helped with the youth ministry. Later, he became part of the high school …Read more

Samuel & Markéta Šenigl
After 12 years of growing up in the same church, Samuel and Markéta started dating in 2017. Two years later, they got married and in the same year (just after finishing highschool), Samuel started to work for the IT department …Read more

Ruben Moldovan
Ruben was born into a Christian family in the northern region of Romania called Moldova and was raised with biblical values. He has loved sports from a young age, especially soccer, which he played throughout his youth. …Read more

Francis Badau
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

Jānis Pāvils & Emija Viktorija Miļevski
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
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Tomasz & Miriam Chmiel

Hannah, Kristina, Lydia and David

Tomasz first visited Ukraine in the summer of 2004. After that, he had a burning desire to go back and invest in the youth of Ukraine. Tomasz and Miriam were married in 2005, Tomasz finished his seminary internship in 2006, and the Chmiels moved to Ukraine in 2007. Tomasz's passion is to invest in local Ukrainian churches and to encourage and equip young leaders in Central and Eastern Europe to be involved in missions.

Tomasz and Miriam joined Josiah Venture in 2010. The Chmiels have an interesting multicultural background. Both Tomasz and Miriam come from the Czech Republic, where Tomasz grew up in a Polish family. The two of them met in Minnesota and were married in Wisconsin. While in Minnesota, Tomasz obtained his Master of Divinity degree from the Association Free Lutheran Seminary in Minneapolis.

Tomasz and Miriam, along with their four children, live in Lviv, a city in western Ukraine. Tomasz and Miriam focus on the ministry of European camps, and they are also involved in family ministry in Lviv, investing both in teens and their other family members, praying for healthy families and churches.

At the beginning of the war, the Chmiels served across the border in humanitarian aid and refugee assistance, using their unique language skills (being able to communicate in Ukrainian, English, Czech, Polish and Slovak). In the summer of 2022, despite the war, the Chmiels were able to spend time in Ukraine and help organize two European Camps. Since September 2022, the whole family has been back in Lviv, back to life, and back to ministry and school in Ukraine.

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Other Ukraine team members ↓

Williams

Williams

Ben & Kristy

Garvas

Svyatoslav & Khrystya

Law

Law

Juliana

Meland

Meland

Marc & Olya

Pasichni

Yulia & Sasha

Polonnikov

Polonnikov

Andrii & Yulia

Kurat

Kurat

Eduard & Olena

Humerian

Humerian

Lee & Katie

Dubovyk

Sasha & Nataliya

Vorobyova

Vorobyova

Nadiya & Artem

Semenov

Semenov

Mykola & Anna

Andriiets

Andriiets

Vitaliy & Sofia

Tsupik

Tsupik

Vladyslav & Yelyzaveta

Skyba

Skyba

Serhii & Yana

Bielov

Bielov

Serhii

Rubtsova

Rubtsova

Liudmyla

Hinrichs

Hinrichs

Peter

Patty

Patty

Kendra

Slobodnychenko

Slobodnychenko

Evan & Olena

Dyka

Dyka

Anya

Arnold

Arnold

Hayley