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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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Zac & Kim Shepperson

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Zac and Kim Shepperson first experienced Slovakia in the summer of 1999 while leading a short term mission trip to the capital city of Bratislava. Their heart has always been for young people, and so it wasn’t surprising when God called them into the movement he began in Eastern Europe through Josiah Venture (JV). God led them back to Slovakia to serve full-time with JV in 2001 with their two girls and subsequently added two boys to the family. They work with Kompas Training Center (JV’s partner organization in Slovakia) training young leaders through a leadership school, conferences, and camps. They live in Zilina and serve in their local church as elders and teachers.

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Other Slovakia team members ↓

Hrubo

Hrubo

Peter & Eva

Michalčik

Michalčik

Peter & Katka

Skonc

Skonc

Daniel & Maruška

Rumbold

Rumbold

Ed & Wendi

Howard

Howard

Josh & Alica

Šimočko

Šimočko

Jany & Lenka

Sucháčová

Sucháčová

Eva

Chase

Chase

Mark & Amy

Malá

Malá

Darina

Harčar

Harčar

Daniel & Denisa

Pončák

Pončák

Michal & Katarína

Šimočko

Šimočko

Juraj & Miriam

Kostlán

Kostlán

David & Daniela

Polláková

Polláková

Ivana

Sabová

Sabová

Simona

Mahrik

Mahrik

Timotej & Lucia

Myjavec

Myjavec

Miloš

Gibbs

Gibbs

Aaron & Megan

Linkesch

Linkesch

Peter

King

King

Alex

Benešová

Benešová

Barbora

Welcome our new staff

Julia Budd Julia is excited to move to the Czech Republic in 2021 to serve with the Josiah Venture international Camp Team. Julia is thrilled to be able to use her love of organization and disciplemaking to serve the youth of Central and Eastern Europe and interns.

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Peter Linkesch Peter’s heart beats for Christ; he wants to serve the Lord and to help people around him find the Truth. Peter is serving on Slovakia’s TCK Creative team in the areas of photography, video, and graphics.