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Vahur Kobin
Vahur first came to English Camp as a student in 2009. He saw Christ in other people’s lives which led him to choose a life living for Jesus. God challenged him to serve as a summer intern in 2011 with KOMA (Josiah Venture´s partner organization in Estonia). He saw the need in his country for the living God and a need for a new generation to step up as disciples of Christ. After serving as an intern for that summer, God called Vahur to full-time ministry. Vahur joined the KOMA team in October and Josiah Venture in December of 2011. Vahur is focused on assisting the Estonia Country Leader, Märt Saar, in coordinating four main areas of ministry: evangelism, disciple building, leadership training and healthy reproducing churches. Vahur is also building up a community of believers sent on a mission near the University town Tartu.
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Riina Pajumae
Born and raised in Estonia, Riina started living for Christ in 2006. In 2011, she served as a summer intern with KOMA (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Estonia). God used this internship to speak to Riinas’ heart and called her into part-time ministry. God broke her heart for the youth in Viljandi. Riina joined the KOMA team in October and Josiah Venture in December of 2011. Riina was called to serve in Viljandi along side with Tarmo and Agne Sirkel. Riinas role is to support youth ministry and make disciples in the local church in Viljandi. Riina also works as a kindergarden teacher for 1,5-3 year old children in Viljandi.
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Märt & Greta Saar
Born and raised in Estonia, Mart has a deep heart for the people of his country to know Christ, as does his wife, Greta Josefin. After completing his university studies in journalism, Mart felt God’s call to full-time ministry at the Josiah Venture Fall conference in 2007. Mart is currently the director of the KOMA ministry (Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Estonia). He works with church leaders from several different denominations and their youth groups. He also leads a youth-movement team that mobilizes youth to evangelize (through English Camps, Soccer Camp, and Festivals), build disciples, train leaders and send them forward to their unique callings. Greta studied medicine in Tartu for six years and specialized as a ear-nose-and-throat surgeon. Currently, she is at home with their two daughters, Wilma Loviisa and Noomi Amanda.
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Peep & Anna Saar
Peep and Anna started serving full-time with Josiah Venture in 2004. Peep grew up in a little baptist church in Estonia and was involved in leadership roles in the youth ministry since the age of 12. But it was in 2001 when God really got hold of his heart with a burden for the youth in Tartu. He gathered a team and Going UP (a ministry that is now called KOMA, which is Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Estonia) events started as a way to reach young people. Anna moved to Estonia at the age of 12 as a missionary kid, and Peep and Anna got married in 2003. Right now they are leading a church plant that grew out of the Going UP local ministry in Tartu, called Risttee (Crossroads church). Anna is part of the children’s and women’s ministry leadership team. Peep is also working on the national level with teams and churches that have a heart for church planting. Peep and Anna live in Tartu and, in addition to their role in ministry, they have the roles of being a father and mother to Emma and Elliot.
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Tarmo & Agne Sirkel
Tarmo was born in Estonia. Since 2002, he volunteered and helped with Going Up (a ministry that is now called KOMA, which is Josiah Venture’s partner organization in Estonia) in Tartu, Estonia. Believing so strongly in the ministry of Josiah Venture and being burdened for the youth of Estonia, he began serving full-time with Josiah Venture in 2006. Tarmo’s role was to start a children’s ministry in a Church called Risttee and also serve by doing graphical design and technical and administrative tasks. In April 2009, he married Agne and soon after that, they got a calling to Viljandi to start a youth ministry and make disciples in the local church.
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Daniel Viinalass
Daniel has lived in Tartu, Estonia since he was eight years old. His parents moved there as missionaries serving in the local church. Since then that church has multiplied and planted a new church with a vision to reach the unchurched of the city. Daniel joined the Josiah Venture Estonia team in September 2007. It was the next step he took to really pursue the passion that God had given him for the youth of Tartu, Estonia. Right now, his role is to lead the youth team of his church to a deeper understanding of how to live the best life possible - a life of submitting to the King. He also studies in the Tartu Art College, learning graphic design, media and advertising. He could not love school more. With God’s power and grace, it is Daniel’s prayer that God will use him to help reach the youth of Estonia with the love of Christ.
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