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Summers are always exciting throughout the 16 Central and Eastern European countries Josiah Venture is located in as local churches prepare for camps and missions teams to arrive. Another cause for all the excitement is our summer internship program. Each summer, we invite college students and young adults who love Jesus and want to share the gospel with others to join us to help impact the next generation.

This episode, hosted by Ruthanne Chadd, features nine of the 35 2024 interns. We encourage you to listen to the entire episode to hear all of the different stories and perspectives, but here is the time stamp for each interview. 


[2:30 - 10:07] Chloe Brandow, American interning in Slovenia
[10:08 - 16:18] Tadej Ogorevc, Slovene interning in Ukraine
[16:19 - 22:35] Jake Herrington, American interning in Estonia
[22:36 - 28:43] Nia Stoitseva, Bulgarian interning with the Fusion International Team 
[28:44 - 35:09] Aidan Carson, American interning in the Czech Republic
[35:10 - 39:23] Vika Mamchur, Ukrainian interning in Ukraine
[39:24 - 45:40] Martin Toomet, Estonian interning in Estonia
[45:41 - 51:24] Mallory Neebes, American interning in Poland and with the Fusion International Team 
[51:25 - 56:24] Jackie Fitzgerald, an American doing an Extended Stay Internship in Hungary

Ruthanne has been on staff with Josiah Venture since 2014 and currently serves as the Intern Coordinator stateside. Each summer, she recruits, prepares, and sends college-age students from across the US, Canada, and the UK to serve alongside us.   Enjoy hearing Ruthanne's passion for ministry as she guides the conversations with these interns. You will hear why they decided to intern, how they heard about the internship, what the amazing race was like for them, and more!

Please also join us in praying for summer ministry. Our online prayer room has specific prayer requests for each of the 35 interns serving with us. Thank you for listening! 

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Ranno Seppel has worked with Koma, Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Estonia, since the Fall of 2017. He has been the Edge Sports Director there for four years and has been involved in soccer camps for eight years. He recently accepted the Director of Edge Sports International role, which is very exciting!He desires to equip churches and leaders to use sports as a tool in their youth ministries. Ranno is married to Kristiina and they have three beautiful sons named Noah, Benjamin, and Joosep.

This episode is all about Sports! The first-ever EDGE GAMES International sports tournament was recently held in Rumburk, Czech Republic. 340 people from 9 Central and Eastern European countries gathered to compete in floorball and football, or soccer, for all the Americans listening.The EDGE SPORTS ministry currently involves 1000 young people and tends to impact teenagers in a deeper way than typical traditional church programs.Our hope with EDGE GAMES was that lives would be changed and momentum would be created for this ministry.



Enjoy listening to this episode, featuring:

🇪🇪 Ruuben from Estonia - Student🇷🇴 Dome from Romania - Coach

🇱🇻 Linards from Latvia - Student

🇸🇰 Pali from Slovakia - Coach🇭🇺 Daniel from Hungary - Student

🇪🇪 Mathias, 15, from Estonia - Student

🇵🇱 Magda from Poland - Coach

*At the end of the episode, there is a special appearance, Filip Szturc, from the Czech Republic. He helped with setting up the stage, lighting, and sound during the event.

Bartek Wilkosz has been a Josiah Venture missionary in Poland for the past three years. His first involvement with Josiah Venture was in 2014 when he took part in a camp called Growth Academy, organized by El Dorado—one of JV Poland’s national projects. The goal of El Dorado’s activities is to help young people discover Christ and his calling for their lives, as well as equip teenage leaders to serve in their local youth ministries. Bartek’s service with the project has continued to grow, and in 2019, he became a part-time Coordinator. In July 2021, he became a full-time JV missionary and now serves as the Director of El Dorado.Bartek's dream is that Poland will one day be known all over the world as a nation of followers of Christ that sends hundreds of thousands of missionaries to other countries.



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Tino Peste and his wife live and serve in Constanta, Romania. Tino met and married Cristiana while they were studying theology in their country’s capital and attending the same church. After finishing their education, both felt God’s calling to serve the young generation in Constanta. They have two girls, Amanda & Haria.

They believe that the best way to serve the church of today is actually to serve the church of tomorrow by ministering to the young generation. Together, they are implementing and leading Exit Tour in Romania while actively serving in their local church. Tino also leads the youth and student ministry there, and Cristiana works with children and teenage girls. As a couple, they believe that by communicating the great message of the Gospel in a relevant way, the church will be active in the lives of young people through discipleship.

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This episode features three individuals who are bringing the gospel to today's public square of social media and powerful online platforms.

Alex Ralevic is a 16-year-old Serbian with over 40k followers on TikTok. He made his first video on a broken phone, using an orange as a stand.

Janči Máhrik is a pastor in Slovakia and has a podcast in Slovak called "Zabudnuté Cesty," which translates to "Forgotten Ways." He and his co-host, who is also a pastor, use this podcast to show people how Bible truths apply to the modern world.

Abel Aronica is a Hungarian who lives in Romania. He uses his knowledge of all things technical to help churches livestream their services. Over 50,000 people have access to sermons through these live streams.

We hope you enjoy these stories. Please pray for the Christian influencers across Central and Eastern Europe who are carrying the gospel to today's public square.



@aleksa.ralevic on TikTok

@zabudnutecesty



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