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Dušan & Lucie Geldner
Dušan and Lucie first met in a church in Prague in 2007, when both were working in business. Dušan was also involved in sports ministry with Athletes in Action. He served as a volleyball coach at their summer sports camps …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

Viktor & Miriam Valentini
Viktor was born in a Christian home where serving in the church was as normal as any other part of life. Early on, he saw his father serving not just as a pastor but also as someone who had a passion for serving young people. …Read more

Ion & Cristina Matei
Ion lives and serves in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova. Moldova is a picturesque and unique country in great need of the gospel. He comes from an orthodox background and did not have a personal relationship with God until …Read more

Lukas & Daniela Vecerik
Lukáš found friends in the local church during high school. They accepted him amongst themselves despite the fact that he was clearly against the idea of God, and they even allowed him to help organize various youth events …Read more

Lenka Šnajdrová
Lenka grew up in Třinec, Czech Republic. After being involved in church life since early childhood, she made her personal decision to follow Christ at the age of 12. A few years later, she began serving in her church as …Read more

Weronika Kusmider
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

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

Damaris Iordache
Damaris grew up in a Christian family who raised her to know God and His Word. She gave her life to Christ when she was 12 years old at a children’s camp. Growing up, she had a passion for videography as a young YouTuber. …Read more

Peter & Katka Michalčik
Peter started full-time ministry with Training Center Kompas (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Slovakia) in 2004. Prior to this, Peter was a physics teacher and spent his free time with his youth group. Passionate …Read more
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David & Lucie Kubelka David Kubelka serves on the Josiah Venture team in the Czech Republic as KAM’s CFO (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Czech).

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