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Iva Boszczykova
Iva grew up in a small industrial town near the Polish border in the eastern part of the Czech Republic. She was led to faith by her mother and decided to give her life to God as a little girl at a Christian children's camp. …Read more

Juraj & Miriam Šimočko
As a pastor’s kid, Miriam was 14 years old when she accepted Christ. Since then, she has been helping with ministry in her local church. She attended the School of Leaders organized by TCKompas—Josiah Venture’s (JV) national …Read more

Salomon Krok
Salomon was born into a family of believers in the Silesian region of Poland, in a town called Cieszyn. As time went on, the faith his parents held to was not enough for him personally. Salomon had to go on his own path …Read more

Alicja Ryńska
Ala’s journey with Josiah Venture (JV) started in 2018 when her local church partnered with JV to do its first English Camp. During camp, she heard about the JV internship. A year later, she served as a summer intern in …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

Bálint Szabados
Bálint lives in Veszprém, a small town in Western Hungary where young people need the gospel desperately. He felt God slowly leading him into full-time ministry through his growing passion for serving young people. Through …Read more

Jany & Lenka Šimočko
Jany accepted Christ in 2001 at the age of 16. Two years later, Jany 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 …Read more

Serhii & Yana Skyba
Serhii was born and grew up in Cherkasy, Ukraine, where he accepted Christ. Starting in 2016, he ministered to young people, nurtured disciples, and worked as a chef. He met his wife Yana at the church and they got married …Read more

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

Pavel & Jana Schwarz
Pavel and Jana were married in 2009 and spent their first years of marriage together in Prague. In 2012, after 7 years with General Electric, Pavel accepted the offer to serve with Josiah Venture in organizational development …Read more
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Mitchell & Rebecca Bradford Rebecca and Mitchell Bradford will be joining Josiah Venture’s team in Slovenia in the fall of 2025.

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Sven Müller Sven Müller serves on Josiah Venture’s team in Croatia, equipping young leaders and starting a social media ministry to reach even more young people in Croatia.