“My time at the Navigators has molded me and I have received so much”

Joshan: Being an international student away from home for the first time with no friends or family around, I didn’t really know where to look for a community of any kind, so I was very lucky to be invited by one of the staff who I met at my church.

“God had a plan for me in Amsterdam”

Levare was looking for friends, meaningful conversations, and a group that would help her to stay connected to God. She found all three things with the international group of the Navgators in Amsterdam.

Encountering God

Hemanth grew up in the Southern part of India. He was born into a Hindu family. Though it was expected of him that he would also blindly follow the religion of his ancestors: Hemanth’s story turned out quite different.

My home away from home

I moved to Amsterdam in August 2019, at the start of my bachelor’s at the University of Amsterdam. Before coming to Amsterdam, I had two gap years and spent a lot of that time travelling, and during my time away Christian community was lacking in my life.