On Friday October 2, we had our very first youth group of the school week. At first, we thought we would have to do it on ZOOM, but then the slovak government updated the restrictions and we were able to meet in person which was really exciting. It was our first time together in quite […]

Every year in September, Josiah Venture organizes Fall Conference for youth workers from Eastern and Central Europe. We were looking forward to it but because of the current situation with Covid, Josiah Venture decided to cancel it and instead do a youth leader training that was sent to regions of each country. We in Banska […]

On September 22 Alice turned 25 years old!  One of the special things about this birthday is that Josh surprised her on the 20th with a party.  Josh told her that they needed to drop off something at the Poloha’s house. When they arrived 23 people were waiting to surprise her. The whole evening was a reminder […]

Many of you have watched for the last couple years for posts about Josh’s Small group, The Mighty Men. As you probably saw, the Mighty Men group ended last year and Josh commissioned them off into the world. One of them, Oliver, has now joined Josh in starting a new small group. The Pathfinders, as […]

After a busy summer of camps, Amazing Race, and the discipleship training; we decided to go on a vacation to Croatia with our friends who also work for Josiah Venture. Our time in Croatia was very refreshing and restful. It was a lot of fun to be able to vacation with another couple and we […]

The JV Kids Camp looked a little differently this year. After a thorough time of prayer, we decided to take on the next group of 8-year olds and begin the journey being JVK counselors for them. We love how much our organization cares for the kids of families on mission. We spent 2 days on ZOOM getting to know […]

In the beginning of August we had the opportunity to host Alica’s brother with his wife and their 2-year old daughter. Alica’s family lives in the city of Prešov, which is about 3 hours from where we live. It is always a special time when our families get together and we are very excited that we […]

On August 10th, we celebrated our first Anniversary and it was a lot of fun! We got to go on a date to our favorite restaurant in town and spent the day reflecting upon God’s goodness to us this past year. We are so excited to see what the Lord has prepared for us and […]

This summer we were blessed to be able to go to one of the english camps This summer we were blessed to be able to go to one of the english camps and be the American team since our short term teams were not able to come due to COVID-19. One of the girls in Alica’s english […]

Finish line of the very first Amazing Race Slovensko This year looks very different with summer outreach and discipleship activities. One of the new things we did this year was the Amazing Race in Slovakia. We have never done it before and a lot of the churches that decided not to do camps this year […]