Looking back, Gillis says: “I often told Mattias that our deep love for him moved his mother and me to pray even more intensely that Jehovah would help him to understand. ”
گیلیس می‌گوید :‏ « بارها به ماتیاس گفته بودم که من و مادرش چقدر او را دوست داریم و همیشه از ته دل دعا می‌کردیم که یَهُوَه به او کمک کند حقیقت را درک کند .‏ »