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Jul 11, 2018 | 3 min read | Dave Patty A Life-Changing Trip Dear Friends, Sometimes a week can change your life. Summer is harvest time for the Josiah Venture team. Young people are out of school, but parents are still working and looking for something for their kids to do. We take advantage of those open doors and partner with local churches... Read more
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Jul 3, 2018 | 5 min read | Amy Nickerson
When You Aren't the One to Share the Gospel This Time
That feeling of jealousy —I remember it vividly.
It was 2010 and I was a Josiah Venture intern in Slovenia, serving at a summer camp for high schoolers. The night... Read more
Jun 20, 2018 | 3 min read | Michal & Katarína Pončák
A Day With David - A Young Josiah in Slovakia
We work in Central and Eastern Europe, where the vast majority of young people don't know Jesus. Yet across the region, there are the few, the bold, the faith-filled and God-honoring... Read more
Jun 11, 2018 | 5 min read | Amy Nickerson
Our Prayer for the Interns
Almighty and Loving God,
Thank you so much for providing 109 interns to work with Josiah Venture this summer. We know that the fields are ripe for the harvest and that... Read more
Jun 4, 2018 | 3 min read | Dave Patty
An Amazing Race
Dear Friends,
It really is an amazing race.
This summer, when our 109 JV summer interns gather for training the first week of June, we don’t make it... Read more
May 25, 2018 | 7 min read | Jamie O'Toole
The Beauty of Exit Tour
Drugs, sex, and rock ‘n roll. People have been preaching against this debaucherous trio for decades, but the members of Josiah Venture saw it as inspiration. Would it be... Read more
May 18, 2018 | 5 min read | Amy Hartman
Fingerprints and Footsteps - JV's Israel Trip
I found myself stumbling along in a dark tunnel with 20 other willing JV participants. Wading through ankle-deep water, with only our cell phone flashlights beaming in the... Read more
May 15, 2018 | 3 min read | Dave Patty
Family On Mission
The Josiah Venture team was small enough to sit in a circle in my living room when I first shared a vision that was close to my heart. God had called us to believe him... Read more
Apr 19, 2018 | 6 min read | Amy Nickerson
Komensky 2020 - Bringing Biblical Values to Schools
“I was teaching for one year at a private school. I was with kids and felt it had a meaning. It wasn’t very well paid, but the job was something that helped me to see... Read more
Apr 12, 2018 | 3 min read | Dave Patty
Changing History
Dear Friends,
This brief command changed the course of history. I’m sure you know it—perhaps by heart. Yesterday, I quoted it with 50 members of our JV team... Read more