My name is Eric Rose. I've been living in Quebec since 1996.
Julie and I were at Kingston Queen's University.
During that time, we found that things were going very well.
And then, while praying, we felt that it was really Quebec that we had to consider.
At the beginning, we thought that language was a problem.
But in the end, it was a good thing because it forced us to find Quebecers who were passionate about God.
And immediately, it was formed, but it is now in place, the leadership.
I met the Ministry of Change in January 1998.
I received a call at the home of Katarina Wolfe, who was one of the first teamers here in Quebec.
So I met her, she told me she wanted to talk to me about a new group that was coming to our campus.
And there was an excitement in me, I wanted to get involved.
Of course, being part of a ministry that started out was full of challenges,
but it was also super exciting because everything we did could just get better.
In all the things I could see in my years at the University of Laval,
a story that particularly marked me.
At the beginning of the campus, it was new, we tried things, we had organized a lot of debates,
all sorts of things. And I remember three years after the beginning of the campus,
after one of those conferences, a little by chance,
we met a student who had a lot of questions after the conference.
And finally, she explained to us that it took three years for her to attend each of the conferences we organized at the campus.
And that every time, there was something that clicked in her heart, in her mind.
And there, we met her at that moment, where she was at the maximum of her help,
where she wanted answers to her questions.
And I came to her and said to her,
Véronique, if you could let me introduce you, what was the message of Jesus?
And she said, OK, I want that!
And we presented the Gospel with her, and that day, in the middle of all the noise of the cafeteria,
she took it with us to receive Jesus.
So for me, it was an image that sometimes we don't always see God at the time, but God is always working.
My name is Indy Smith, I work with Power to Change in Montreal.
15 years ago now, I attended a conference on Power to Change in Toronto.
And then it was Eric Rose, who was one of the conferences.
When he was sharing the fact that there was a need for those who spoke French to come and share the Gospel,
it really caught me.
And it was at that moment, when I realized that God had asked me to start praying,
and that I had also spoken to Lonnie.
I said, OK, God calls us, go to Quebec.
When I arrived at the University of Montreal, I had an idea in mind that I was speaking French.
But when I arrived, I realized that it was not true.
I had difficulty understanding me.
I had difficulty understanding the accent in Quebec.
And then I felt really unable to do what God had taught me to do.
But still, we continued.
Cindy was this girl who accepted the Lord during the first couple of weeks.
We worked on the campus at the University of Montreal.
Despite the fact that we had the difficulty to always understand what Cindy was saying,
we did a follow-up with her.
Over the next few years, Cindy knew what it meant to follow Jesus and do disciples.
And then she moved to Gatineau, where she continues to be involved in a church and do disciples.
Charles was one of the other students, one of the first to get involved with us.
Charles was involved with us in a public event. He shared his faith with friends around him
and with other students at the University of Montreal.
And now, Charles is a missionary in Peru, where he continues to share and live the Gospel among other people.
And for me, it's another example of someone who continues to live the Gospel
because of the impact of a minister on a campus.
God started something.
He started something at UDM, at McGill, at Concordia, at U-Camp.
A few years later, we saw that there was a great need for the CGB.
So we started a ministry on the CGB, and now we have a ministry on the campus
around the city of Montreal.
It's been 12 years now that we have to change the work of Montreal.
It's been 20 years since we've been working in Quebec, but it's always been hard on the heart of Quebec.
I have this hope that there can be a change in Quebec, that there can even be a rebellion here in Quebec.
Even though we are few, I know that I can touch the hearts of the Quebecois.
I see that here in Quebec, our culture has been damaged by the church.
There are not many people who could share the Gospel with my mother because there was really a resistance.
Except that when I became Christian, that's when I was able to share the Gospel with my mother.
And that's when my daughter became Christian.
I took back the rules that she had been removed.
I really wanted to make some noise.
And now I can share the Gospel with her because she has a curiosity
of why I have faith in Christ, who gave up this perspective.
That's why I think it's important to be able to change the campus and university.
There is a large percentage of people who are 18-25 years old.
And it's precisely on the campus that it happens.
I see that God is showing me a great open door in relation to sharing the Gospel.
And that open door is on the campus of the university and of the gospel.
