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Peter & Barbora Linkesch
Peter gave his life to Christ at a youth camp when he was 10 years old. He served in various ministries of his church since he was 15 years old. He started with the middle-school ministry (meetings for 10-15 year-olds) at …Read more

Lucie Nevřelová
Raised in a non-Christian family, Tomáš played hockey for 17 years. Shortly after coming to faith in 2003, Jesus changed his paths. He gave Tomáš a great desire to serve through soccer camps as a means of reaching young …Read more

Viktor & Eva Szloboda
Viktor and Eva, a couple living in Bačka Topola, have a remarkable journey. After Viktor’s salvation, Eva became his youth leader, and together they started serving the Lord. Their shared passion for organizing camps for …Read more

Zuza Szymik
Zuza grew up in Poland. She believed in God from a very young age, but most of her life she was surrounded by people who thought God is only for Sunday mornings. She wanted to live differently. When she was 18, she attended …Read more

Tino & Cristiana Peste
Tino and Cristiana are living and serving the Lord in Constanta, Romania. Constanta is situated in South-East Romania, by the sea, and is a multicultural metropolis that hosts over fourteen different ethnic groups. Tino …Read more

Bojan Ostojić
Bojan was born into an atheist family in Serbia, which was at that time part of Yugoslavia. He came to know Christ in his senior year of college. After finishing his masters in clinical psychology, he returned to his home …Read more

Karina Taracinska
At the turn of 2022/2023, Kari left corporate life to accompany the wounded young generation in Poland. It is extremely easy for her to connect with the hearts of the young generation, because her story of transformation …Read more

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

Elisaveta Stoitseva
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

Adina Oaie
Adina grew up in a small town called "Medgidia" that finds its place in the south-east of Romania. She was raised in her partially christian family, where only her mother and two little sisters are followers of Christ. At …Read more
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Kilian Spieß Kilian serves on Josiah Venture’s International team in the Czech Republic as an academic administrator for ForMission College.

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Timotej & Lucia Mahrik Timo is joining Josiah Venture Slovakia as Executive Director of Operations and Lucia is a high school teacher. They currently live and serve in Žilina.