I just said goodbye to Jacob and Tamara Matze and their precious four children, including their newborn, Eliana, who hopes to be baptized on the coming Lord’s Day, before they return to the Netherlands on Tuesday.
Jacob came to us at Puritan Reformed Seminary five years ago with “borderline” English skills and has done remarkably well in his studies, ably completing his MDiv and ThM degrees, and is now seeking ordination and a congregation in the PKN denomination in the Netherlands. He has also been blessed with a very big heart for the glory of God, the salvation of the lost, and the maturation of the saints. It gives us great satisfaction and is so humbling to train men like this and see them return to their homeland qualified to proclaim the riches of Jesus Christ and eager to pastor needy and unworthy sinners.
Please pray that this young man (and his family) will both be blessed and be a blessing to others for a lifetime of faithful ministry, if our Lord tarries.
