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Julia Budd

GIVE THROUGH JV USA

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Julia first came to the Czech Republic in 2013 as an intern with Josiah Venture. That summer, she saw how camps could be a powerful tool for discipleship as young people encountered Jesus for the first time and young leaders grew as disciple-makers in their local churches. That summer internship, a semester in Lithuania, and short-term trips to Poland and Czech Republic confirmed her desire to be a part of making disciples in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2021, Julia joined the International Team as a coordinator for international summer ministries. She is thrilled to live in the Czech Republic while serving locally and internationally.

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The Finish Line is the Starting Line

It was June of 2013 and my exhausted intern team dug deep to find the last of our energy to cross the finish line in Krakow’s Old Town. We had begun The Amazing Race in Kyiv, Ukraine and three days later we had bonded as a team, worked out some frustration cross-stitching miniature flags, replaced our jet lag with adrenaline, navigated across borders, traveled by foot, train, bus, tram, and marshrutka, experienced each other’s strengths and weaknesses, and seen each other in stress. That summer, as we served together with local churches doing camps across the Czech Republic, the Amazing Race had given us a shared experience to reference when we had to make decisions or encountered a conflict.