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Tomáš & Hanka Toušek
Tomáš Toušek is from a Christian family. He put his faith in Christ at 16 years old on a ski outreach trip in Austria through another organization. After that, he started doing ministry in his local church working with young …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

Jana & Eduard Řezníček
Jana has been working with children and young people in the Czech Republic for more than 25 years. She worked after the Velvet Revolution as a Scout leader, a teacher at elementary schools, and a children's pastor. Inspired …Read more

Sebastian Michalski
Sebastian was born into a Catholic family in Mysłowice, Poland. He fully understood, truly accepted the gospel, and accepted Jesus into his life when he was 17 years old. Five years later, Sebastian heard about Fusion Katowice …Read more

Anna Janoušková
Anna first encountered Josiah Venture in 2007 when she attended her first English camp as a teenager wrestling with her faith. Because of this experience, her view of God was significantly impacted, and her faith deepened. …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

Miriam Paszová
Miriam has been serving with Josiah Venture (JV) since April of 2013. In 2006, she had an opportunity to work as a Youth Worker in Western Europe. Some years before that, she also worked as a volunteer in the Czech Republic. …Read more

Christian & Estera Cazacu
Christian was born in Piatra Neamț, Romania but grew up in Turin, Italy—after moving with his family in the late 1990s. In 2014, he received the call to move to Romania without knowing exactly where God would direct him. In …Read more

Iryna Fedyk
Iryna was raised in a home where no one talked about God. The first time Iryna ever heard about God was in a Christian Ethics class at school. That began to change once Iryna first got connected to Josiah Venture in 2014—when …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
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Josh & Alica Howard

Josh is from Fort Wayne, Indiana and has been working in various roles for Josiah Venture (JV) since May of 2011. These roles have included: Fusion (both on a national and local level), the Intern Director for Slovakia, a counselor with the JV Kids’ ministry, leading small groups, and discipling young men. Alica, was born in Presov, Slovakia and came to Christ at a JV English camp in Slovakia. For the last couple of years, she has been living in Atlanta, Georgia studying Psychology. Josh and Alica met during a JV recruitment tour in 2017 and were married in August of 2019. Josh serves as the Camps Director for Slovakia and Alica works as their Short Term Teams Coordinator.

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Other Slovakia team members ↓

Sullivan

Sullivan

Michael

Hrubo

Hrubo

Peter & Eva

Shepperson

Shepperson

Zac & Kim

Michalčik

Michalčik

Peter & Katka

Skonc

Skonc

Daniel & Maruška

Rumbold

Rumbold

Ed & Wendi

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

Linkesch

Linkesch

Peter

King

King

Alex

Šulka

Šulka

Petra & Adrian

Benešová

Benešová

Barbora

Bozikova

Bozikova

Zuzana

Welcome our new staff

Marcus & Gwen Mitchell Once they move to Hungary in 2021, Marcus and Gwen will be coordinating camp ministries, establishing partnerships between U.S. churches and local Hungarian churches, coordinating mission teams coming to Hungary, and serving in their local church.