[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 97 (Friday, June 20, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H5561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               WELCOMING REVEREND JOHN PETER BOONZAAIJER

  The SPEAKER. Without objection, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Burgess) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome to Washington our 
guest pastor in the House today, my friend, my mentor, the Reverend 
John Peter Boonzaaijer.
  Reverend Boonzaaijer and his family are no stranger to adversity. We 
just celebrated the 70th anniversary of the landing at D-day, and also 
this fall will be the 70th anniversary of the Dutch famine. Reverend 
Boonzaaijer's parents lived in the Netherlands at that time and 
suffered through that event themselves.
  Reverend Boonzaaijer was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He moved to 
Texas in 2002, and he has served the north Texas community in many 
ways. After serving as a teacher, administrator, and assistant rector 
of a parish school in Tyler, Texas, Reverend Boonzaaijer began a parish 
revitalization project in Dallas.
  As part of this, he began a new classical school, The Saint Timothy 
School. He is a reverend of The Chapel of the Cross, a reformed 
Episcopal church in Dallas, Texas.
  Reverend Boonzaaijer teaches upper middle school mathematics and 
middle school Bible, as well as maintains daily morning and evening 
prayer with his students, and I understand he prays for the United 
States Congress daily.
  He believes a true parish school has the capacity to endow youth with 
the wisdom of the ages. Because of his devotion to them, Reverend 
Boonzaaijer's students are capable, knowledgeable, virtuous, and 
devout.
  In the gallery today, Reverend Boonzaaijer's wife, Christine; his 
sons, Nathaniel and Detrick; and his daughter, Annalise, have joined 
us. We welcome them to the House of Representatives.

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