During a Bible college chapel service in 2005, David heard two statistics about Montreal that shaped his desire for ministry: There were over 150,000 university students in the downtown core, and that only 0.5% of the population of Quebec are evangelic Christians. Montreal today still boasts one of the largest student populations per capita in North America and is home to numerous post-secondary university and college campuses. After interning with a university church in Montreal for a year, David's desire to impact the student population in Montreal only grew. During the same season of life, David met and married Jeannie who had a similar desire for student ministry.

David and Jeannie have now lived in Montreal since 2010 where David has been serving Anglophone students at McGill University. More recently they have felt God moving them in the direction of serving Francophone students in Quebec as well. If faith is difficult on Anglophone campuses, it is even more difficult on Francophone campuses (universities and CEGEPs) where there is little-to-no gospel presence.