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Salomon & Iza 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

Raimonds & Marta Logins
Raimonds grew up in a small community in eastern Latvia, where he became a follower of Jesus through a youth ministry in a local church. Still a teenager himself, he started leading youth in that same ministry until he eventually …Read more

Daniel & Kristýna Pípal
Daniel and Kristýna met for the first time at Hotel Malenovice in the Czech Republic during a youth conference. A few years later, they got married in 2010. They joined cell churches (communities) and started doing Christian …Read more

Sara & Dawid Kominek
Sara was born as a second generation Christian in her family in the small Polish town of Skoczów. Her journey with youth ministry started at the age of 16 when she began leading her church’s youth group with two other friends …Read more

Noemi & Rycho Bednarz
Noemi and Rycho grew up in Christian families and got married in 2005. They live in Ropice, Czech Republic, and care for 4 children—twins Simeon and Sára (12 years), Miriam (9), and Rebeka (7 years). They first encountered …Read more

Bartek & Kasia Tesluk
Bartek’s life was transformed at age 14 when he said yes to Jesus. His first ministry opportunity arose from his natural need of being part of community. He began a Bible club in his dorm, while he was away from home in …Read more

Timotej & Lucia Mahrik
Timo and Lucia grew up in the same church—CB Church in Žilina, Slovakia. Both of their fathers were strongly involved in ministry there; Timo’s dad was a leading pastor and Lucia’s dad was one of the elders. Timo and Lucia …Read more

Christian & Estera Cazacu
Christian was born in Piatra Neamț, Romania but grew up in Turin, Italy—after moving with his family in the late 1990s. In 2014, he received the call to move to Romania without knowing exactly where God would direct him. In …Read more

Bogdan & Martina Lach
The first time Bogdan and Martina heard about Josiah Venture, they were praying and looking for a place where they could work and serve God with their gifts. About that time, KAM (JV’s partner organization in the Czech Republic) …Read more

Kateřina Tichá
Káťa comes from a non-Christian Czech family and her first experience with Josiah Venture (JV) was at an English camp in 2009. She heard the gospel for the first time and was captured by it. She kept coming back to camp …Read more
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Ermal & Nertila Gjermeni Ermal serves on the Josiah Venture team in Albania. Ermal and his wife Nertila's hearts’ desire is to disciple the young people of Albania and bring God's kingdom into every home.

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Dušan & Lucie Geldner Dušan and Lucie live in Frydlant nad Ostravici, Czech where Dusan develops IT systems for all of the countries where JV serves.