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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 Jéňa's degree in Education, he continued studying Music. During the second year of his studies, he was offered …Read more

Jakub & Monika Vejmělka
In 2013, Jakub and Monika felt the need to build a youth group to go alongside the Fusion ministry within their local Czech church—Evangelical Fellowship in the city of Brno. God gave them the vision to build a community …Read more

Michal & Sylwia Skiba
In 1997, Michal, a young and inexperienced youth leader, was mentored by a Josiah Venture missionary who modeled Christ’s life and ministry. Soon he and his youth group began leading evangelistic English camps to reach their …Read more

Tino & Cristiana Peste
Tino and Cristiana are living and serving the Lord in Constanta, Romania. Constanta is situated in South-East Romania, by the sea, and is a multicultural metropolis that hosts over fourteen different ethnic groups. Tino …Read more

Paula Zveja
Paula was born in Ventspils and has lived there her whole life. Since she was born, her mom was part of the church and Paula attended Sunday School and later, youth nights. When she was 12, through a difficult family situation, …Read more

Yoan & Nadia Tsonchev
Yoan and Nadia met for the first time at Sunday School. Yoan is a Pastor's child and is a 3rd generation Christian. At 18, he received his calling from God to minister to young people and dedicate himself to youth ministry. …Read more

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

David & Ieva Kingdon
David first came to Latvia in 2003 to work with international students and was shocked by their history and how many of his Latvian friends came from broken families. He became burdened for Latvian teenagers to encounter …Read more

Sasha & Nataliya Dubovyk
Sasha grew up in Eastern Ukraine, spending the first twenty years of his life in Kharkiv. In 1999, he heard God's call on his life to become a missionary in Rivne, 800 kilometers away from his home. There, he joined a team …Read more
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Brendon & Kayla Wurzel

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Brendon and Kayla’s first encounter with Josiah Venture was over a spring break trip through Moody Bible Institute in 2012. It was then that God captured their hearts with the vision and mission of Josiah Venture. In December of that year, they were married. After graduating in 2014, they returned to the Czech Republic as intern leaders for the summer. During that summer, while working with churches to promote and put on English camps, Brendon and Kayla felt God burden their hearts for the people of the Czech Republic and lead them to join what He was doing there through Josiah Venture. They live in Cesky Tesin and are working with the youth, while focusing on learning the culture and language, and partnering with a local church.

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Other Czech Republic team members ↓

Sullivan

Sullivan

Mike

Ellenwood

Ellenwood

Mel & Amy

Krupa

Krupa

Mark

Patty

Patty

Dave & Connie

Strock

Strock

Gregory & Kori

Kaspar

Kaspar

Brad & Lucie

Hust

Hust

Samuel & Šárka

Kuklinek

Kuklinek

Jan & Naďa

Božoň

Božoň

Petr & Lauren

Nevřela

Nevřela

Tomáš & Lucie

Drabina

Drabina

Dušan & Dana

English

English

Terry & Hana

Zegan

Zegan

Zach & Kara

Lach

Lach

Bogdan & Martina

Michalko

Michalko

Milan & Zdenka

Chestnut

Chestnut

Robert & Audrey

Kloosterhuis

Kloosterhuis

John & Erin

Szturc

Szturc

Milan & Jarka

Yorman

Yorman

Casey & Kristin

Dickson

Dickson

Kevin & Daniela

Nelson

Nelson

Josh & Zuzi

Hartman

Hartman

Matt & Amy

Gardner

Gardner

Gwynne

Rosen

Rosen

Jonathan & Veronika

Pospíšil

Pospíšil

Jan & Renee

Bednarz

Bednarz

Rycho & Noemi

Davison

Davison

Rachael

Schwarz

Schwarz

Pavel & Jana

Simon

Simon

Cory & Anissa

Evans

Evans

Kyle & Amy

Bothwell

Bothwell

Brian & Natalia

Divine Attraction

Divine Attraction

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Llamas

Llamas

Landen & Jenny

Paszová

Paszová

Miriam

Geldner

Geldner

Dušan & Lucie

Flowers

Flowers

Shelby

Good

Good

Tyrel & Natalie

Pixová

Pixová

Martina

Jedlička

Jedlička

Jiří & Jana

Dietz

Dietz

Josh

Szturc

Szturc

Filip & Anet

Szturc

Szturc

Ondřej & Anna

Folta

Folta

Jirka & Zuzana

Hennhofer

Hennhofer

Karel & Petra

Zářický

Zářický

Tomáš

Kabut

Kabut

Honza & Kateřina

Patty

Patty

Tyler & Lara

Tichá

Tichá

Kateřina

Wurzel

Wurzel

Jessica

Linkesch

Marek

Hoffmann

Hoffmann

Jiří & Helen

Pípal

Pípal

Daniel & Kristýna

Patty

Patty

Claire

Dinh Minh

Dinh Minh

Lan Phuong

Barbořáková

Barbořáková

Petra

Robertson

Robertson

Ben & Sarah

Bujoková

Bujoková

Pavlína

Blunk

Blunk

Alison

Hammond

Hammond

Geoff

Soukup

Soukup

Michal

Adent

Adent

Jacob & Denny

Janoušková

Janoušková

Anna

Kocyan

Kocyan

Kateřina & Daniel

Vejmělka

Vejmělka

Jakub & Monika

Dušek

Dušek

Mára & Kseniya

Smith

Smith

Sean & Sarah

Burdová

Burdová

Petra

Martináková

Martináková

Hana

Toušek

Toušek

Michaela & Roman

Short

Short

Tiffany

Toušek

Toušek

Tomáš & Hanka

Břešťák

Břešťák

Klára & David

Williams

Williams

Paul & Molli

Budd

Budd

Julia

Rokosz

Rokosz

Jan & Tereza

Welcome our new staff

Tomáš & Hanka Toušek Tomáš started and is now growing the JV Edge Ultimate Frisbee league in Czech as well as leading and empowering leaders to use sports well to reach non-believing students.

Support a national missionary

Jiří & Helen Hoffmann Jiři and Helen serve on Josiah Venture’s Czech team. Jiři works full-time as a design specialist for the Josiah Venture Czech Communication team and Helen is currently participating in a year long Czech language for foreigners course.