WELCOME TO THE MOVE

Javad grew up as an Afghan migrant kid in Teheran, Iran.

In his early twenties he left Iran and came to Europe as refugee. Here he came to faith in Jesus Christ the Son of God.

After 4 years of waiting for asylum in vain Javad travelled to his father’s country, where he almost lost his new found faith. Through a miracle he got connected with other believers, which was a turning point and changed his life forever. Together with this small faith community Javad started to go through discipleship training, but then persecution became life-threatening, which led to him and many of the other believers leaving the country for safety.

Javad finished his discipleship training in India and then once again made his way to Europe to seek asylum.

When he reached Austria he got involved in serving the Persian speaking community in the local church right away. After his asylum case was accepted he received education as retail salesman to then work in the clothing trade for several years. At the same time he maintained his commitment to the church and today is serving as deacon for the Persian speaking community. Javad is married to Karla and together they have three wonderful children.

Karla grew up in a traditional Austrian family. After finishing school she moved to South Africa to work as a volunteer with street children. In South Africa she became part of a vibrant church community and stepped out of a Christian religion into real relationship with Jesus Christ, which changed her life forever. Back in Austria she did her diploma in Social Pedagogy and also completed her Masters in Music Education while also serving in a local church. During several years of working with young refugees she specialised on Afghanistan and started feeling a strong call for this nation. Karla left Austria again to get trained at a School for World Missions in the Philippines with hopes to be sent out to Afghanistan. This did not happen though, instead, upon her arrival back in Austria, she got to know Javad who had just arrived in the country too and whom she married one and a half years later. Now Karla is busy with serving alongside Javad while raising and homeschooling their three young children.