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Peter Linkesch
Peter gave his life to Christ at a youth camp in Slovakia when he was 10 years old. From the time that he was 15 years old, Peter served in various ministries of his church. It started with the middle-school ministry (meetings …Read more

Edgars & Anete Deksnis
Edgars and Anete are serving in Latvia as JV country leaders. They both became followers of Jesus Christ through North American churches more than 10 years ago and that's why they have a deep appreciation of short-term teams …Read more

Jan & Renee Pospíšil
Jéňa has been serving full time with Josiah Venture in the Czech Republic since September 2011. After finishing his degree in Education, Jéňa continued studying Music. During the second year of his studies, he was offered …Read more

Vahur & Eliza Kobin
Vahur first came to a Josiah Venture (JV) English camp as a student in 2009. There, he saw, for the first time, Christ being lived out in other people’s lives, which led him to also choose a lifestyle of living for Jesus. In …Read more

Anna Janoušková
Anna first encountered Josiah Venture in 2007 when she attended her first English camp as a teenager wrestling with her faith. Because of this experience, her view of God was significantly impacted, and her faith deepened. …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

Milan & Zdenka Michalko
In 1970, Milan Michalko was born into a Christian family in Ostrava, Czech Republic – the city where he still lives today. His parents were very active believers, which made for quite an interesting childhood, considering …Read more

Terry & Hana English
Terry arrived in the Czech Republic in 1997 to teach English at a Christian language school in the city of Ostrava. During that year, he established an outreach model to reach Czech youth based on rock/gospel choirs and …Read more

Ivana Polláková
God was making Himself known to Ivana since her childhood through a Bible for children, Sunday school, and religion classes. However, it took her several years to start following Christ. While in high school, she started …Read more

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
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Welcome our new staff

Sarah Ward Sarah Ward is raising support to join Josiah Venture’s International team in the Czech Republic where she’ll work in finance and operations, in addition to serving with a local Czech church.