equip the Church

The Lord opened remarkable doors at this year’s Shepherd’s Conference. Our church hosts the French Canada TMAI school, and I have the privilege of helping coordinate their annual conference. Because of that involvement, my pastor, Matthieu Caron, invited me into the TMAI deans meeting, where I was given the opportunity to present the ministry of CIO to seminary deans from around the world. The response was tremendously encouraging — many of these leaders expressed real eagerness to receive books for their students and libraries. It’s a humbling thing to watch God knit together these relationships across continents for the sake of equipping His Church.

Through my connection with Union School of Theology, and with Michael Reeves featured as a speaker this year, I was able to attend the conference as his guest. This led to meaningful conversations with some of the conference speakers — John Piper, Paul Washer, Ligon Duncan, Joel Beeke, Alexander Strauch, and Albert Mohler. These are men who I have known for years, and their genuine excitement about what I am doing in my role with CIO is doing was a significant encouragement. To have brothers of this stature aware of and rooting for this work is not something I take lightly.

I was also able to sit down and plan speakers for our upcoming FTS conferences here in Shawinigan — another reminder that this trip wasn’t just about far-off partnerships, but about strengthening the work God has given us right at home.

The conference also surfaced a promising new partnership. I met with Thomas Herrera of Pastors of the Caribbean, a ministry serving primarily in Haiti, who shared a real need for resources — particularly the French Bible Dictionary recently published by Publications Chrétiennes, along with MacArthur Study Bibles. They handle their own shipping into Haiti from the US, which makes this a very workable distribution opportunity going forward.

And here is where I need to simply give thanks: because of generous partners, we were able to purchase all of the leftover, unsold books from the conference — over 14 pallets — at an incredible price. These books will go on to equip libraries across the Global South. I still marvel at how the Lord provides for this kind of opportunity.

I know I’m often behind in writing to you, and I wish I had more time to keep you updated more regularly. But I wanted to take this moment to show you how God continues to use this work to equip His Church around the world. There is a lot of possibility here, and I covet and deeply appreciate the prayers of this network. Please continue to pray for open doors — for Haiti, for the schools represented by these deans, for the FTS conferences taking shape here in Shawinigan, and for these 14 pallets of books as they make their way to the Global South.

Thank you for standing with me in this work.