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Peter & Eva Hrubo
Peter and Eva met while attending college in Žilina, Slovakia during the communist era. Together they were involved in pioneering a youth ministry in their local church. Married shortly after the Velvet Revolution, Eva began …Read more

Weronika Butowicz
Weronika was brought up in a Christian family but didn’t believe in God herself. She was broken, without hope and purpose in life, and struggled with depression. When she gave her life to Jesus at the age of 17, she knew …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

Svyatoslav & Khrystya Garvas
Svyatoslav (Syava) has lived in Lviv, Ukraine his entire life. He came to know Jesus through a youth outreach program at New Life Church, which has become like a family to him. Syava has been serving in youth ministry for …Read more

Miloš Myjavec
Miloš began to take God seriously when he was 13 years old. He decided to get baptized as a symbol of surrendering the control over his life to Jesus. As a result, he did not hesitate to invest his energy into the ministry …Read more

Lyubov Zheleva
Lyubov was born and raised in a Christian home in a small Bulgarian town. God's call to Bulgaria has been evident in her life and has guided her decisions about studies and ministry opportunities through the years. Lyubov …Read more

Martina Pixová
When Martina became a Christian back in 2000, Josiah Venture English camp was one of her first ministry opportunities. She immediately fell in love with the English camp culture. She loved serving Czech students side by …Read more

Elisaveta Stoitseva
Lizzy first heard of Josiah Venture (JV) and its ministry in Central and Eastern Europe at a training conference in 2016, and she was captured by their vision for reaching young people. That’s where she first felt called …Read more

Mladen & Judita Kočiš
Originally from Croatia, Judita and Mladen arrived in Slovenia in October 2008 with plans to further their education. Mladen had enrolled in a sports education program, while Judita began her studies at a music academy. …Read more

Petra & Adrian Šulka
Petra was born in Bratislava, Slovakia. Ever since high school, when she was not even a Christian yet, she believed it was important to devote enough time to the next generation. She decided to follow Jesus during her first …Read more
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Jessica Wurzel

Jessica was stirred by accounts she heard from her brother and sister-in-law after their first internship with Josiah Venture in the Czech Republic. In 2015, she went to see for herself the stories she’d heard about Czech students hungry for spiritual truth and responding to Christ’s invitation to know Him. After a summer of collaborating with Czechs and Americans to organize evangelistic English camps, she found her heart growing in love with doing ministry with these students. Jessica returned for an extended internship, May-October 2016, and was thrilled to share the life of Christ in her with others, discipling those who disciple others. She moved to Czech in the spring of 2018. Jessica shepherds college-aged interns through training and caring for them as they connect Czech churches to their unbelieving communities through camps. She lives in Ostrava.

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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

Davison

Davison

Rachael

Schwarz

Schwarz

Pavel & Jana

Bothwell

Bothwell

Brian & Natalia

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

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

Brendon & Kayla

Bednarz

Bednarz

Noemi & Rycho

Linkesch

Marek

Hoffmann

Hoffmann

Jiří & Helen

Pípal

Pípal

Daniel & Kristýna

Patty

Patty

Claire

Dinh Minh

Dinh Minh

Lan Phuong

Robertson

Robertson

Ben & Sarah

Bujoková

Bujoková

Pavlína

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

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

Holden

Holden

Justin & Lucie

Řezníček

Řezníček

Jana & Eduard

Molin

Molin

Henryk

Ward

Ward

Sarah

Welcome our new staff

Ema Kreko Ema has been serving in the local church in Zagreb, Croatia as a youth leader for over a decade now. Ema joined the JV team in the summer of 2018 and is currently developing a small team of leaders to be the next generation serving the church in Croatia.

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Jakub & Monika Vejmělka Jakub serves on the Executive team and as the Training and Regional Director for Josiah Venture’s national organization in Czech (KAM). Jakub and Monika currently live in Brno and serve in their local church.