Michal & Katarína Pončák

Michal and Katarína met for the first time while serving at English camp in their local church. Their life story is quite similar. They are both “fruits” of several projects led by TCKompas (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Slovakia). For Katarína, her journey with Christ started when she went to her first English camp at 16 years old. Michal started following Jesus at the age of 20, after he became friends with local JV missionaries. They both independently joined a small group in the same local church, and through KPM (Conference for Youth Leaders) they understood and became passionate about God’s mission to make disciples. God changed their life plans radically and they felt led to become part of youth group and the English camp leaders team in their city, as well as to start leading their own small groups. In addition to this, they attended School of Leaders, where Michal fell in love with Katarína. One year apart, they were asked to become TCKompas interns and later became full-time members of the organization in September 2016. Katarína serves as KPM program director and Michal is involved in School of Leaders, KPM, and also English camps. They were married in September 2016 and live in Prešov. Together, they have a heart for both modeling a God-centered marriage and for disciplemaking. They are passionate about reaching the lost youth in Slovakia by showing them the hope that once changed their own lives forever.