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Ruxandra Neacsu
Ruxi grew up in a Christian family and served in the local church in Galați ever since she was nine. After graduating from high-school, she moved back and forth a couple of times for school and work, but was always drawn …Read more

Milan & Zdenka Michalko
In 1970, Milan Michalko was born into a Christian family in Ostrava, Czech Republic – the city where he still lives today. His parents were very active believers, which made for quite an interesting childhood, considering …Read more

Juraj & Miriam Šimočko
As a pastor’s kid, Miriam was 14 years old when she personally accepted Christ. Since then, she has been helping with ministry in her local church. She came into contact with the ministry of TCKompas (JV Slovakia) through …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

Simona Sabová
Simona grew up in a loving, but broken home where Christ wasn't known. She learned about God through her piano teacher, who at that time served as a youth leader in the local church. After three years of constant reminders …Read more

Gelu & Lydia Paul-Faina
Gelu and his children, Ioana and Jonathan, have been serving with BIG (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Romania) since its beginning in early 2000. They joined the JV family in 2006. Gelu is the Strategic Coordinator …Read more

Lan Phuong Dinh Minh
Dinh Minh Lan Phuong, or Fanny for short, comes from a non-Christian Vietnamese family. She grew up in the Czech Republic and came to Christ at a JV English camp in 2010. Little did she know that God would use this tool …Read more

Olena Volovyk
Olena was born in Ternopil and has lived there her whole life. When she was 8 years old, she started attending a church kids club and Sunday school through the invitation of a Christian elementary school teacher. There she …Read more

Pavel & Jana Schwarz
Pavel and Jana were married in 2009 and spent their first years of marriage together in Prague. In 2012, after 7 years with General Electric, Pavel accepted the offer to serve with Josiah Venture in organizational development …Read more

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