October 18 2013
True Mother cut the celebration cake as Mrs. Yeon Ah Choi (left) and Mr. Yong Cheon Song (right) watch beside her.
The Chuk Seung (celebratory victory) Hoon Dok Hwe for the ‘Rally Honoring the 55th Anniversary of the Arrival of Unificationist Missionaries to Japan,” and the “54th Anniversary of the Inauguration of HSA-UWC-Japan” was held at the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo on October 16, 2013 with approximately 500 participants, including leaders, blessed families and church members.
True Mother arrived earlier than scheduled. After the bowing ritual, she cut the cake together with Mrs. Yeon Ah Choi and Mr. Yong Cheon Song. Mr. Seong Nam Kim, leader of North-West Tokyo Parish, and Mrs. Kuniko Ookubo, representative for Kitachiba parish, presented flowers to True Mother.
The Hoon Dok Hwe was prepared with testimonies, reports and performances. After the performance, local church leaders presented gifts to True Parents as did the representatives of the 777 blessed couples and representatives of the 6,500 blessed couples.
Mr. Masateru Narisawa presented 70 roses to True Mother
Japanese member prepared a magic show for True Mother. - Japanese member prepared a magic show for True Mother.
During the Hoon Dok Hwe True Mother explained a scientific experiment with a chimpanzee couple to test a mother’s instinctual love. When the researchers tested the female chimpanzees, they found that the females had stronger wills to protect their offspring. True Mother explained the difference between a mother’s instinctive love and a father’s instinctive love. She said, “Providentially Japan as the Mother Nation should unite with the providential Father Nation of Korea and then Japan should love the world. Japan received the blessing from Heaven with the efforts of True Parents, so Japan should not use that blessing just for its self. This blessing comes with a bigger mission, the responsibility: to love the world and to live for the sake of the world. If Japan covers up its history, shirks indemnity and takes a wrong path, then blessed families in Japan should stand in the way. The shortcut to stop this is with the Divine Principle and indemnity; furthermore we must witness in order to spread True Parents’ blessing. This witnessing path is the real way to become rich.”
This event concluded exuberantly with three cheers of Eok Man Sei led by Humito Yamamoto, a local church leader.
Sincerely,
International Headquarters
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification