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Ranno & Kristiina Seppel
Ranno joined JV in the autumn of 2017. He is working with Josiah Venture’s (JV) partner organization in Estonia (Koma). Ranno has been leading soccer camps for six years, and he desires to see God move among the youth through …Read more

Inguna Raudina
Ingūna grew up in Riga, the capital city of Latvia. She became a Christian when she was seventeen through a local church youth ministry and served on the youth team for many years. It is here that she first learned about …Read more

Tomáš Zářický
Tomáš has always had a special affection for Josiah Venture (JV), being introduced to Christ through some of JV's missionary kids as a teenager in 2010. In the summer of 2012, he attended a Christian camp in Maine, which …Read more

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

Lelde Keice
Lelde was 14 when she became a Christian at a youth camp, and was first introduced to Josiah Venture in her second year of high school when her local pastor encouraged her to go to a leadership training run by JV Latvia. …Read more

Barbora Benešová
Barbora decided to follow and give her life to Jesus at a teenage church camp at the age of 13 in Slovakia. Since then, she served with younger and older teens and at KECY (English) camps. In 2018, she moved to Levice where …Read more

Flaviu & Lidia Coman
Flaviu was born in a large family of 11 children in the Petroșani area of Romania. He received a passion for Christ as a child, being inspired and led by his parents who he respects as worthy examples to follow. In 1999, …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

Simona Sabová
Simona grew up in a loving but broken home where Christ wasn't known. She learned about God through her piano teacher, who at that time served as a youth leader in the local church. After three years of constant reminders …Read more

Anđelko & Kristina Trninić
Anđelko accepted Christ after witnessing God set his brother free from heroin addiction. Anđelko lives with his wife Kristina in Novi Sad, the second biggest city in Serbia. In 2015 he started serving as a youth leader in …Read more
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Welcome our new staff

Solomon Petkov Sunny is excited about working with the people in his country, reaching this generation for Jesus and discipling next-generation leaders. He will combine his heart for the local church and passion for athletics in the role of Bulgaria’s EDGE Football national coordinator.

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Lyubov Zheleva As she joins our staff as the JV Bulgaria Intern Director, she is excited to work alongside both Northern Americans and Bulgarians in partnering with local churches through summer camps and other model ministries to reach the next generation with the Good News!