True Mother In Mongolia

Hak Ja Han
Notes from UPF Secretary General, Dr. Thomas Walsh
June 16-17, 2006
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

June 16, 2006

The 180 Nation Tour had an intermission from June 6-18, to allow time for the Entry to the Original Palace events in Korea. During this same period UPF convened its World Peace Summit in Seoul.

Following the Ceremonies and Celebrations related to the Opening and Entry into the Original Palace, the 180-nation tour resumed its daily schedule. Leaving Chung Pyung and the Palace in the early morning, TM and HJN arrived at Kimpo Airport in Seoul about 7:30 AM, with many members of the True Family who had come to see them off for the flight to Mongolia. They departed Seoul around 8:30 AM, to begin the Eurasian part of the tour in the Region of Dr. and Mrs. Seuk, with programs in nine nations: Mongolia, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Ukraine.

Jun Sook Nim has joined Hyun Jin Nim, and Yeon Jin Nim is also traveling with True Mother on this portion of the tour. Rev. Kwak has joined for the Mongolia event, but must leave early on the 17th to go to Germany to attend the World Cup games, as he is the President of the Association of Football Clubs in Korea. Rev. Kwak is the Korean NM for Mongolia, and since Father's visit last year, that responsibility is being passed on to his son Jin Man Kwak, and Nam Sook Kwak.

This year is the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Mongolian empire/nation during the time of Ghengis Khan.

Arriving at the Ghengis Khan International Airport on a spectacular day, Mongolia gave the red carpet treatment to TM. Local Ambassadors for Peace were gathered in abundance to welcome us. En route to the hotel, signs along the highway announced the coming of TM and HJN. Thousands of young people greeted TM and HJN at the hotel, waving flags and cheering.

Rev. Kwak and I hosted a VIP luncheon in the early afternoon. Then, just prior to the event, there was another VIP reception. Many members of parliament, and other VIPs were present. Both Dr. Antonio Betancourt and Dr. Mark Barry were in Mongolia as representatives of UPF International, at the invitation of the government for high-level discussions on prospects for economic development in Mongolia.

The main event was in a large hall in Ulaanbataar filled with 4000 people. Every detail was beautifully organized. The stage design was excellent. The Mongolian traditional music, the chanting of Buddhist prayers, the VIP remarks from the Minister of Social Welfare and Labor, the Emcee... each piece was excellent.

Even outside the hall there were 1-2,000 gathered.

Hoon Dok Hae, June 17

TM's guidance: Korean language education is very important. The event was so successful yesterday due to Father's foundation. I want you to become exemplary tribal messiahs and blessed couples. True Mother and True Children cooperation is so powerful in advancing God's providence. You Mongolian people are very beautiful, and I hear that Mongolian women are very powerful. Especially you powerful people, make sure to teach all Mongolian people about True Parents. As women, you must prove yourself to be able to embrace all people and bring them to TP; set that kind of example. Will you do this? I want only women to respond. [Yes]. But we know that according to the principle man is in the subject, heavenly position. Are you men determined to restore this nation in one year? [Yes]

Yesterday was a wonderful event. I'd like a couple of you to please comment on your experience.

#1: Previous events were in the parliament building, but this time we wanted to allow a much larger number of people to hear True Mother and HJN's message. Even though the Parliament building is more prestigious, this venue allows for more people [4000]. We worked each day so hard to mobilize the people; 100 members have been making very serious conditions every day for the success of the event.

#2: The media/PR team worked together on this event. People began arriving from 5 PM, even though the event began at 6. As people become Ambassadors for Peace, they realize more and more the content of Mother's words and are ready to carry out their mission and responsibility. The parliament members were so appreciative of Mother and Son coming from so far away to deliver this message; they are very grateful. PM Elbegdorj was in Korea for our conference, but really wanted to know every detail about preparation for the event, and how it is going. When we reported that the event was going well, he was so happy. Yesterday's event was covered by the TV and print media, and by the major media here in Mongolia. One of the two government officers talked about how TM looked so young and beautiful, and how HJN was such a model leader, so handsome, and charismatic. They really want to encourage TM and HJN and send best wishes for their health. AFPs feel a great responsibility, more and more. All government officers are grateful and have expressed their desire to fulfill their mission and responsibility.

#3 The Members of Parliament and former Prime Minister said that TM and HJN are so wonderful. They all stayed to the very end. Some also wanted to come this morning for HDH. They are very inspired.

#4 WFWP Leader: I want to offer morning greetings to True Mother. We are so happy to see you again. After I found out TM is coming and on this tour, I wanted so much that it go well. Through this event more and more people are coming to understand True Parents and their message. I want to express that Mongolian women are working very hard, and the women's role is so very important. Mongolian women were intoxicated by True Mother's beauty and grace yesterday. [She presents flowers and a gift to TM.]

Mother

After a great victory and celebration, it is good to have this sharing. Yesterday I heard reports from your leaders about the event, and also about how hard you are working. So now is the time when you should really invest and harvest. Yesterday TM heard of a proposal for a new healthcare facility. These projects we should pursue and TM wants to help, and yet at same time it is not ideal for children to be dependent on parents only. If you build your strong foundation and basis and as Mongolia builds its global foundation, linked to TP, this will develop well. As much as you are strong and determined to accomplish, you can fulfill your goals. Now is the time to expand the blessing to the entire world. I want to give you some modest seed money as a basis for you to fulfill all your goals and objectives. You must have big dreams.

Songs:

One group of our members performs traditional Mongolian music, then a HARP Group sings.

Hyun Jin

Hmmm. What country am I in? [MONGOLIA] I believe it is no coincidence that this tour is coming in the 800th anniversary year of Mongolia's sovereignty. We celebrate both Mongolian sovereignty and lineage. As we read in the speech, lineage is so very important. And Mongolian lineage is so vast and great, to 78% of the world's population. It is no coincidence that this is the first nation on the Northeast Tour following the Opening of the Original Palace of heavenly sovereignty and heavenly lineage on this earth. From the Christian faith, during its 2000 year history, Jesus talked about olive trees, and referring to fallen humanity as wild olive trees that do not have an owner. If this is the age to find God's original homeland and the restored Garden of Eden, then the garden should be planted with only true olive trees. Amen? [AMEN] Alignment, that is what we need. Amen. [AMEN]

Today's a new era. All people have opportunity to create a new society and world.

HJN sings and has every one up and dancing.

Mother In India Report

Hak Ja Han
June 11, 2006
Report and notes: Thomas Walsh
New Delhi, India

The main event, at the Oberoi Hotel, in New Dehli was attended by 600 VIPs.

Dr. Robert Kittel opened the program.

Dr. Mohini Giri, Chair of Guild of Service and the War Widows Association of India, and Founding President of WFWP India, and Founding Trustee of UPF India, chanted Shanti Path from the Hindu Scriptures, for the opening Invocation

The Invocation was followed by a lamp lighting ceremony that had several of the religious leaders participating, representatives from Hinduism, Dr. Ravindra Nagar; Islam, Maulana Rizwan Ahmad Qasmi; Jainism, Archarya Dr. Sadhvi Sadhana; Sikhism, Dr. Mohinder Singh; Buddhism, Lama Lobzang; Christian, Fr. Gento Rodrigues; BahaiI, Dr. AK Merchant; Zoroastrian, Gen. A.M. Sethna.

UPF India Chairman, Dr. L.M. Singhvi gave the opening remarks. Dr. Singhvi is the former Indian High Commissioner to UK, a Supreme Court Advocate, former UNESCO Chair, and former member of parliament of India. Dr. Christopher Kim, Chair of UPF-Asia, delivered the Chairmans Address. Representative Couples for the Holy Juice Ceremony were Dr. and Mrs. N. P. Jain, Mr. and Mrs. Vijay Kumar, and Mr and Mrs. Shivpuri.

Congratulatory letters and proclamations were received from the following: Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Vice President of India; he praised UPF for initiating the 180 Nation Tour and for emphasizing peace, harmony and family values.

H. D. Deve Gowda, former Prime Minister of India, who said, I am very happy to learn that Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, wife of Dr. Sun Myung Moon, Founder of UPF, and Dr. Hyun Jin Moon, son of Dr. and Mrs. Moon, are conducting a 180 nation peace tour. It is an incredible undertaking. The objective of the UPF to establish ideal families as the basis for world peace is vitally importantI wish the UPF all success.

R. Venkataraman, former President of India: The endeavor which you have undertaken is laudable.I wish your function a grand success.

V.P. Singh, former Prime Minister of India, I am glad to hear that Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, wife of Dr. Sun Myung Moon and her son, Dr. Hyun Jin Moon, are conducting an incredible world tour and are visiting one nation per day..The noble services being rendered by UPF in helping out the people by spreading awareness on importance of family values and bonding amongst youth is a step takin in the right direction in restoring world peaceI extend my greetings and felicitations to all those associated with UPF.

True Mother's and Hyun Jin Nim's speeches were presented beautifully, and the audience expressed much appreciation.

The Blessing was held with grace and dignity. Couples on stage included Dr. and Mrs. NP Jain, Amb and Mrs. Rajan, Dr. and Mrs. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Trighatia, Mr and Mrs. Pritpal Singh, Dr. and Mrs. Jotwani, Mr. and Mrs. Jolly, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob, Mr. and Mrs. Durrany, Mr. and Mrs. Vijay Kuman and their son, and Mr. and Mrs. Shivpuri.

Dr. Kittel led the cheers of Mansei.

Amb. N. P. Jain gave the closing remarks and call to action. Amb. Jain served as Indian Ambassador to the European Union and to Nepal. He is a Founding Trustee of UPF-India.

Mrs. Vidha Shah sand the congratulatory song, accompanied by a tabla and harmonium. She sang a Kabir poem.

Ten new Ambassadors for Peace were appointed at the close, including A. R. Antulay, the current Minister of Minority Affairs of the Indian Government. Others were R. P. Dhokalia, Indian Academy of International Law, Ram Murti Sharma, former Vice Chancellor, Sanscrit University in Varanasi, Trilochan Singh, Indian Association of International Affairs, Usha Rai, Journalist, Bhupinder Singh Suri, a leading businessman, A. S. Toor, Ministry of External Affairs, A. B. Khanna, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, B.B. Bhattacharya, Vice Chancellor of JNU University.

The evening closed with a buffet dinner. Everyone stayed on for dinner and conversation. As we circulated among and greeted all the participants there was a unanimous expression of appreciation, inspiration and a desire to work together with UPF. The audience was very high level, including government leaders, such as the Minister of Minority Relations, scholars and academicians, religious leaders, NGO activists, business leaders, artists, and media professionals. Everyone was excited after hearing TMs and HJNs speeches. Many of our old and dearest friends and Ambassadors for Peace expressed astonishment at the continued rapid growth and development of UPF. All were very respectful and appreciative of the great effort and sacrifices of TM an HJN in taking on the 180 nation tour.

HDH June 4 [100 gathered; very little time as the plan was scheduled for a 7 AM departure. After Ahn Shi Il pledge and prayer, Godwin De Silva read the Founders Address, and then Mother spoke very briefly [JMKwak translates]:

This is a nation that God prepared, with so many religious and spiritual leaders seeking answers and solutions to humanity's problems. They tried and tried, but could not ultimately succeed. Now with these messages from True Father the answers are now being communicated. In this way humankind can be healed. You should have absolute conviction and confidence. Spread this message 24 hours a day. I see that Heavenly Father prepared so many people of goodness for this time in history. It is through you and your effort that we can seek out and find the prepared people. This nation has a history our missionaries, but so far our result has not been enough. However, through you, the people here in this room, we can transform this nation; you can bring heavens blessing to India. Can you promise to do that? I want you to look for a center near the university to witness to and education young leaders. Here is a gift [presented to Dr. Kittel, Amala MacLackland and Minoot (Indian).

Departure for airport without breakfast.

Cambodia Report And HDH With True Mother

Thomas Walsh
June 4-5, 2006
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

June 4, TM/HJN departed New Delhi at 7 AM bound for Phnom Pehn, Kingdom of Cambodia, arriving there at 1 PM and the main program was scheduled for 4:00 PM. H.E. Son Soubert welcome TM and HJN at the airport.

Cambodia, like much of the Indo-China region of Southeast Asia, has often been a pawn of the larger powers. Standing between both China to the North and India to the West, the Region has been shaped by the cultures of both China and India. Even today, these two powers are significant.

Arriving at the hotel the driveway was lined on either side by young CARP STF members, about 400 strong.

The main program hall at the Inter-Continental was filled to capacity, with standing room in the back, about 1000, including both many Ambassadors for Peace and many young people. Some Ambassadors for Peace and members also came from Thailand. The Cambodian VIPs included Cabinet Ministers, members of both the upper and lower houses of their parliament, professors, university administrators, religious leaders, and business leaders.

The Cambodian people are gentle and warm, and throughout the program they were very attentive and responsive. There was a high spirit and a clear affinity between speakers and audience.

Both TM and HJN presented their speeches with great ease, freely, confidently, joyfully. seemingly feeling very at east, at home with the audience.

Hoon Dok Hae with True Mother, June 5

Jin Man Kwak Translates

There are many young people here. You need to study hard in school, but most important is for you to keep your purity. Do you understand? First and foremost keep you purity. Also in your community, society and on campus, always live for the sake of others. The speech that TM is presenting is so important for humanity, with the essential content needed to save this world. Actually, TF is the owner of these words, and even though he knows these words inside and out, he always reads it every day, both at HDH, and during the Event, he also reads it two times even before he comes out for 5 AM HDH.

Now is 2006, 6th year of Cheon Il Guk. Father has announced that he has until 2013 to complete all things that he was called to fulfill on this earth. Until 2013 Father wants to embrace all humanity and help them understand this truth. In order for all 6.5 billion people come to understand and practice this truth, we must be the mediators. We must take this message to heart, and live and practice this truth. As you know, Father is 87 years. We have 7 years to go until 2013. Father will be 94. Is that old or young? Don't you wish Father was 10 years younger? When a feast is taking place, the one who prepared the great feast must be present. A festival that God has planned for humanity is going to take place, but how sad God will be if the owner Himself is not there. So, as Fathers speech explains, we are here living at the same time as the True Parents. How tragic if people go to the spirit world and yet do now know True Parents.

As we come to understand Gods will, then we develop a heart that is so desperate.

When I see so many bright faces, I feel a lot of hope for this nation. If you set the deep root, and nurture the branches and leaves, then the fruit will come, and this nation will have great hope.

Many of you have come from Thailand. I have heard that your language is very similar. Under one common God, we are all brothers and sisters. So, in front of God there are no national barriers. As we break down barriers we can bring great joy to God. If you are the young people here, please think of exchange marriage. That is the shortcut to the establishment of one world under God.

You young people should study Korean language. If you become old your hearing fades away and you have hearing loss. How old is God? Is God old or young? At the advent of TP, which tongue or language will come to Gods ear the easiest or quickest? The language of TP is the one that God will hear and be attracted to the most. Through language, expressions of heart are communicated. If you study Korean you will shorten the distance between God and you.

The Korean alphabet is very simple and very scientific, and allows a great range of expressions, and sounds, even animal sounds.

You young people have so many advantages, especially in terms of learning new things and languages. So please learn Korean. Can you do that?

There are 150-200 young people here, so there is no problem to shake Cambodia.

Hyun Jin Nim:

[stands and surveys the crowd] So this side is Cambodia and this side is Thailand? Hmmm. Thailand raise your hand.

Anyway, yesterday was a tremendous victory. However, I was a little disappointed that I didn't feel enough CARP spirit and young people spirit. If you feel the spirit, you need to express it. To change the world, you need to transform people's hearts. The message TP is bringing cannot be understood simply through your head. You also must understand through your heart. Because of the Fall of Adam and Ave, the true love of God has not been understood. Hearts have not been moved. So you must show that passion and heart, not only to Cambodia, but Thailand and all Southeast Asia. You need to move the hearts, and help people understand this is a special time to make an extended family of True Parents and to move the hearts of all people You need to be the owners of this message and its content and heart. Can you be the owners of this message.

If Father comes to Cambodia in 6 months, can you bring 10,000? [silence] How many CARP members? 200. How do you bring 10,000? Each of you should restore 500 people. Can you do this? [YES!!!] You are crazy. But we may be crazy. Satan cannot control the realm of human aspiration and hope. God is looking even for one person to carry out his providence. Can you as CARP members bring 500 members? [YES] Well maybe we can bring about a restored nation.

HJN sings, There's a light burning brighter somewhere..

TM gives the national leader some money to take all the CARP members our for a nice dinner and nice time together to celebrate, along with the Thai members who had come to Cambodia to help.

[Also: TM had dinner with several of the 8 Thai members. for doing missionary activity. TM invited them to come to Korea for the opening of the Original Palace, and she gave the money to each buy a new suit or dress.]

Mansei led by Dr. Kim.

Hoon Dok Hae at the Rizal Ballroom with True Mother and Hyun Jin Nim

Julius Malicdem
May 29, 2006 5:00 am
Philippines

Around 4,000 members and guests in attendance.

Immediately after entering the hall, TM and HJN lighted and cut the victory celebration cake, while the audience sang, "Happy Victory to you…"

Dr. Michael Zablan was the emcee. Atty. Celso Talaba read the first reading, the speech entitled, "God’s Ideal Family and the Kingdom of the Peaceful, Ideal World".

Then, True Mother spoke in Korean after the first speech (translated by Jin Man Kwak).

How many of you understand Korean?. You are Blessed Central Families. You need to learn your True Parents' language. [There are at least 4000 gathered, 85% under 30.] How many second generation are there in the Philippines? Michael Zablan, do you have a plan to educate second generation in Korean language? Also, all Blessed Family members please study Korean [applause}. All over the world, we should do Hoon Dok Hae in Korean. During the tour in Japan, at HDH, we read the first speech in Japanese and the second speech in Korean. Also, in Japan the speech was printed not only in Japanese, but also Korean. Do you know what is happening in Korea in June. The entrance to the Original Palace. True Parents want to create one global family, centering on one universal language. Philippines is close to Korea, so don't you want to be close in heart and mind with the True Parents?

Japan is in a providential position as the Mother nation. Philippines is in a daughter position. You want to be a filial daughter? (Yes!!!)

Father wants to bring together all island nations around the world. Thus he started the Federation of Island Nations for World Peace (FINWP). Island nations are so important and especially, the Philippines.

[TM speaking so forcefully and strongly.]

Island nations are linked by the ocean, and that ocean connection binds you together.

As you know True Father loves the ocean. Yesterday, True Father watched this event via internet, but he also went fishing at Yeosoo, and even today Father will go out fishing in Yeosoo.

TM called TF yesterday and TF gave a great congratulations and compliment for the Philippines. [Applause] Do not be proud to receive that compliment; rather you must feel more responsibility.

In the ocean, all the fish can go all over the world, with no visas. In a sense, fish are freer than we are.

Two days ago was the 44th Day of All Things.

This 180 world tour is a Special Grace to engraft the whole of humanity back to God's bosom. Can you as the sons and daughters of God, be less than the fish in the ocean in relation to one another and in their freedom to move about beyond barriers.

When I see so many young, energetic members here and see your determination to build God's kingdom, I ask, "why should any of you have fear about the future?"

These speeches being presented are a textbook and the basis to live our lives and accomplish so much.

You attended the speech last night. What did you feel? Should last night's event just end as a single meeting? TP have planted a seed and now it must grow and be harvested. You must all understand that you are not just individuals. Rather, standing behind you are all ancestors and saints and sages, walking with you, working with you, every second of the day. All that is required is your determination and commitment to accomplish the goals, vision, and dream of our True Parents.

I am giving you a command. Reach out to your relatives and neighbors and link them to God's lineage through the Blessing.

TM, as she tours the world, USA, Japan, now Philippines, I see so much change. It is a different time. Even those who were once in opposition are coming alive. If you put your life on the line, no one can resist you. TM is giving you this command and blessing, to establish a deep root here in the Philippines.

Following the tradition we started in Japan, TM want to read the second speech this morning in Korean. Is there translation prepared? [No, very sorry.] OK, we will read in English, but you must promise to study Korean. I want Michael Zablan to come forward, and receive a special gift to develop Korean language education.

The second speech should be read by a sister.

[Sister Ann Montejo-Arevalo read the second speech]

How can we not be overwhelmed by all we have received and feel so called to substantiate the ideal we learn in this speech? Now is the time when the amount of your effort will bear fruit. How happy and joyful you should be, receiving this incredible grace, as we move to providential victory. Mother is giving the marching order that you do not just keep your joy and happiness to yourself, but take it out to the world! Can you do that? YES!!!

As you know, according to the principle, "mother and son" cooperation is essential as a basis to make the offering to the Father. So now, we must really settle and really offer the final settlement to True Father and True Parents.

Yesterday TM and HJN were on the stage declaring these great words of Blessing. Was it wonderful?

[TM stands up with HJN and gives him the microphone. All welcome HJN.]

[Enormous applause and cheering, shaking the hotel.]

Hyun Jin Nim:

Ahhhhh. The power and energy of young people in the Philippines. Mike Zablan reported to me that 50% of Philippines population are youth, Under 25. We are in an age when the ideals of the ages, can be realized. True olive trees can be established. You blessed families are the true olive trees, centering on TP and the True Family. You are extended members of this family...You are the owners of this lineage. Amen or No men? [AMEN!!!] This is an island. Think how we can make a spiritual earthquake. Today we will go to Indonesia. They were hit so hard by a Tsunami and then an earthquake. We can bring a heavenly earthquake and tsunami. Of all of you who want to become this heavenly earthquake. If you are ready to restore the Philippines, as heaven's first fully restored nation, stand and raise your hands! [loud applause]

TM asks HJN to sing. [He sings an Elvis Presley gospel song "If I Can Dream" with full passion and heart...everyone rises to their feet. The energy is so powerful.]

HJN asks CARP members to sing. The energy goes higher. Everyone is dancing.

Dr. Christopher Kim leads cheers of mansei.

After breakfast, TM and HJN left the hotel for the airport at around 8:00am. Hundreds of members who stayed after the HDH crowded to hotel lobby and entrance to have a final glimpse and wave goodbye to TM and HJN.

By Julius Malicdem

The Model Family: A Family of Three Generations

Hak Ja Han
February 3, 2006
True Parents' Birthday Celebration Banquet Speech
Chung Pyung Heaven and Earth Training Center Korea

Distinguished world leaders, ladies and gentlemen,

I would like to extend my deepest appreciation to you all again for taking part in yesterday's Proclamation Rally for the Era of the Peace Kingdom in Heaven and on Earth and elevating this rally to an international level. Tonight s banquet had been prepared, as refined as it could be, in hopes of meeting once again all those who have been with us throughout today in celebrating our birthday and to convey our appreciation to you all.

Ladies and gentlemen,

During yesterday's rally, my husband spoke based on the theme of a model, ideal family. In the East there is a saying, "All is well if there is harmony within the family." There is wisdom in these words. When we talk about a home, we usually are referring to people. It would include every member of the family beginning with the grandparents, parents, couples and children. But actually there is more to it than meets the eye.

A home is actually a microcosm of the whole creation. A home would include the family members, beginning with the grandparents; it would also include the lawn and building and the environment that surrounds that home, enabling it to breathe and have life. Everybody in that house would be joyful and live in happiness. Our true home cannot be a place where people and the environment are in disharmony. That would only be something that looks like a home on the surface.

A home as desired by Heaven would be one where the entire household is beaming in harmony and filled with the merry laughter of the wrinkled but joyous grandfather and grandmother; it would be a place filled with the sound of the grandchildren s laughter that echoes the prayers of hope that express the promise of the future. The seemingly slow gestures of the grandfather reflect something broad, deep, high and vast. A home should be a place where one can hear God s joyfulness from the hearty laughter of the grandfather. A harmonious melody should flow out from the edges of the skirt of a thoughtful grandmother and the grandeur of the heavenly way should be breathing and alive in the gaze of the ever-busy father and mother.

As it is with the principles through which God created, the family consists of three levels of upper, middle and lower, which pertain to the grandparents, parents and children. This means that three levels are necessary to create harmony in the family.

Normally, three points are needed in order to create harmony. Two points would only constitute a line. You cannot discuss harmony based on just a straight line. Harmony can be created only when three or more points are connected together.

By the same token, there are three levels in a household. When three generations live together in harmony as one, that household takes on a form of a true family, which Heaven desires. In this family, the grandfather, grandmother, father and mother would take the top position, you as couples would take the center position and below you your sons and daughters would find their places. Serving one s grandparents and parents, actually should be seen in a good light in which it means to take care of and live with one's elders.

Then how is it that harmony in the family becomes the root of success in all things? The family is a microcosm of the society, nation, world and further, the universe. That was how God created it. People were all made to begin their lives from a family while receiving true love. Harmony in the family is only possible when all the members of the family give and receive true love among one other.

Only when all angles in a relationships from the east, west, south, north, upper, lower, left, right, front and back are positioned in joy and harmony within the family, can you succeed in everything you do after advancing into society. How can you expect to find joy and reasonable success in your social life if you have suffered discord and conflict within your family, which is supposed to be the root and starting point for everything?

Ladies and gentlemen: The shortcut to fulfilling God's will lies in building harmony in the family. Children who grow up and are properly educated in a wholesome family will become the elite forces who can fulfill Heaven's will. When three generations the grandparents, parents and children join in true love and melt together in oneness, a garden of true harmony can be established in that family for the first time.

Brief as it was, during your stay you have all studied the principle, which came from Heaven as the gospel for saving humankind in this age. You have also had long discussions on the purpose and significance of the Abel-type UN. Among the six billion people on earth, you have been chosen. As you now return to your homes, please do not forget the responsibility that has been given to you from that Heaven. I ask that you do everything you can to build the eternal peace kingdom on earth through the true family movement.

When you return home, please do so with joy and hope in your heart. We shall succeed. Heaven's peace ambassadors and secret envoys like you are now taking a stand in all parts of the world. The True Parents the king and queen of peace of the peace kingdom in heaven and on earth will guide you. Your good ancestors, who number in the billions, will come down from the spirit world and watch your every word and action with blazing eyes. Please return to your countries with abundant heavenly fortune.

I pray that God's blessing be with you and your nations.

Thank you very much.

"Now is God's time for people to recognize universal ideals, which will establish peace on Earth."

The True Mother I Know - A View from Beside the Mother of Heaven

Won Ju Jeong McDevitt
February 6, 2003

In 2003 in honor of True Mother's sixtieth birthday

I was born in Seoul. I joined the church in 1968 and I was blessed in Madison Square Garden to Michael McDevitt in the 2,075-couple Blessing Ceremony. As a member of the Little Angels, which was formerly called the Han-Seon Dance Troupe, I enhanced the recognition of Korean culture and art at home and abroad. From 1982 until now, I have been supporting President Hak Ja Han as her aide and as an assistant on her global speaking tours and at various events.

You cannot attain love by yourself. Where does love come from? It does not come from me but from my object partner. Therefore, I must lower my head for my object partner and live for the sake of my partner. This is where the law of nature "live for others" comes from. The base of love is not within me but within my object partner, so in order to obtain that love I must sacrifice for that person.

When I had to read this during a morning Hoon Dok Hae session, I felt strong emotion welling up from deep within me. What is in some respects common knowledge shook me to the core on that day, with the realization that all their lives True Parents have been living for the "object partner."

Father followed the sacrificial path of true love for the sake of victoriously completing the course of restoration through indemnity according to strict guidance from Heaven. Mother has been living a sacrificial life alongside her husband for her children and for Unification Church members. I would like to emphasize at the beginning of my testimony that what they say does not end once it is spoken but is the embodiment of both individuals. In particular, as it says in the quotation above from Blessing and Ideal Family, the base of love is with the object partner, Mother, who has now turned sixty years old, and who has sacrificed amidst the flood of Father's love and become one in mind and heart with Father. I would like to record the order of events that happened from the perspective of a member who has attended True Mother for the past twenty-one years.

Won Ju (Jeong) McDevitt reading Hoon Dok Hae in front of True Parents, something she did for a few hours every morning

After being matched in October 1978, I worked with the Collegiate Association for the Research of the Principle (CARP) for three years before being reunited with Michael McDevitt in July 1982 and receiving the blessing among the 2,075-couple blessing group. I was called to East Garden in October of that year. My husband Michael had been working as part of the East Garden security staff since 1973, and he still gives his all with unchanging faith.

After arriving at picturesque East Garden and entering the kitchen, I met Mother, who came out to give various directions. I was so surprised that I did a full bow right there on the kitchen floor. She seemed glad to see me and said in a lovely voice, "You're here. Now let's get to work." She left me wiping tears away with one hand while nodding my head. I was extremely inadequate but when Mother greeted me with a broad smile, I knew from that moment on that as a daughter of Korea I would give my body and soul to serve True Parents with an unchanging heart. Twenty-one years have passed since that time, and I was afraid as to how I could express True Parents' (specifically Mother's) difficult course.

Morning Garden, Gloucester

A village called Gloucester is situated about twenty miles north of Boston. A house where True Parents could stay was prepared there in 1980, while I was on CARP in Los Angeles. A stately, attractive, beautiful house sits near the coast. Naturally, renovating and decorating it was Mother's responsibility. That year Mother carried one-year-old Hyung Jin nim on her back and did the decorating herself. She decorated and renovated every single part of the house from the first floor all the way to the third floor. She went all over downtown Boston to select furniture to buy. True Mother still smiles today when she reminisces about those days.

Tuna fishing began in 1974. The house was not ready then, so we lived in different motels. At that time, Mother was known for a particular dish, called Sausage Bibimbap. When there were few side dishes to eat with rice, she would julienne kimchi, add sausage, gravy, hot pepper paste and sesame oil and stir-fry it. Father said he loved it and would sometimes ask Mother to make this Bibimbap when he had lost his appetite. During those days, after she had gone back to East Garden, True Mother would receive sudden calls summoning her at 2:00 Am; whenever that happened, True Mother would set off for Morning Garden and travel through the dark for a few hours. She would have to stay in Gloucester for ten or twenty days until tuna was caught.

Danbury Legal Issues

Father's legal troubles began in 1982. Despite his best efforts, Father having to go to Danbury prison became definite on May 14, 1984. The entire family was holding hands and praying when True Mother burst into tears. Father said not to cry and explained the providential significance behind what was occurring. Before Father left for Danbury, Mother called the East Garden staff to her second-floor bedroom. Mother had beautifully wrapped some jewelry that she had and spread it out in front of her. She said, "Please pick one each. Carry one of these with you and let us pray hard for Father." We offered prayers of determination together in Mother's bedroom and then left the room.

On July 20, 1984, after traveling with Father to Danbury prison, Mother returned alone. Even though she came back alone, she gathered the members and spoke. Father said he would return as if from a trip and went into Danbury smiling. It was incredible. That was when Jeong Jin nim was a mere two years old. Mother took Jeong Jin nim to Danbury prison every day.

In September 1984, religious figures in Washington D.C. held a rally. There, mother gave the keynote speech. After calmly delivering the opening speech, she went to see Father in Danbury, returned in time for the closing and conveyed Father's greetings and a message from him. Wearing a dark blue jacket, her eyes full of tears, she confidently gave a speech in English to the academics and religious figures in Father's place.

During this time, Mother and the children diligently held prayer vigils at the holy ground. Even Hyo Jin nim prayed hard with holy candles. Mother was the epitome of dedication. The tradition of praying with holy candles at the holy ground in East Garden started then. Members of the staff have conducted prayer sessions there every day since, without fail.

Mother, accompanied by Won Ju (Jeong) McDevitt and Yukiko Cox, catches a pink salmon

The Kodiak, Alaska, Providence

The first time I went to Kodiak, they had not yet established a place where True Parents could stay. At first, they used a small house next to the International Seafoods of Alaska factory building and office. I remember it was tiny. In 1986, construction of the Kodiak church building and a house that True Parents could use was finally completed. Father gave the house the name North Garden. Salmon fishing began in earnest from June. Fishing for king salmon in June preceded fishing for red salmon in, July and for silver salmon in August and September. Though every year varied a little in dates, whenever the breeding season started, salmon that had gone far into the ocean returned to their home river, where they spawned and then died. In order to fish for king salmon, we had to leave Kodiak for another place.

Around May 1988, Father suddenly went to the Kenai River to fish for king salmon. The Kenai is quite distant from even Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska. Anyone that wanted to stay in the area had to make reservations for lodgings and charter boats a year in advance. Father, Mother, two of Father's special assistants -- Peter Kim and Ki Byung Yuk -- plus one fishing assistant and I just went there but there was no place to stay.

As soon as we arrived, Father headed straight for the river. Mother, Assistant Yun and I went to find a place to stay. We luckily found a place, but we would have to check out of it the next day. We put down whatever light belongings we had brought with us, looked around the house, and then cleaned up and organized the whole place. We had to prepare dinner. There was neither rice nor hot pepper paste to speak of.

The wild environment of Alaska and Brazil are pitifully dirty. I got goose bumps at the sight of the filth; yet, Mother's expression did not change. She just set about scrubbing away stains. After cleaning the house, Mother and I went to find a supermarket. We had not brought anything with us; so we looked around at this and that, selecting items to buy. Using the ingredients we had purchased, we made a vegetable soup, similar to kimchi soup. We could not have imagined how popular the onions, potatoes, beef, Mexican pepper and ketchup boiled together in a stew would be for Father and his company returning back from a rainy day of fishing. That night Father called several more Japanese and Korean leaders to join us.

Won Ju (Jeong) McDevitt, the son of then-President Choi of International Seafoods of Alaska, True Mother and the wife of boat captain Alan Hokanson fishing for salmon

Early the next morning, Father and his company set out in the pre-dawn dark to where the salmon would be waiting in the Kenai River. Mother did all of Father's laundry and I did the rest. Now we had to pack everything to get ready to move to a new place. I told Mother that I would do it and she need not worry herself. Nevertheless, after she had finished packing True Parents things, she proceeded to help pack the kitchen items. We had to move each day for about four days. Fortunately, Assistant Yun found a place, after that, where we could stay for a week. As we had done the day before, we completely cleaned the house and then went to the supermarket.

I learned many things in my twenty-one years with Mother. Frugality was one of them. As a person who thinks scientifically when organizing, she always achieved methodical order, with never any waste. The extent of Mother's organizational skills and frugal mind-set perplexed most people. I always thought that anything for True Parents should be in pristine condition and that one should not negotiate the price when purchasing for True Parents. I thought it was better to spend more money when buying something for them. When I came to East Garden, though, I could see that I had been wrong.

For example, after eating at a McDonald's, Mother would save the leftover ketchup packets. When going out to eat, I usually ordered enough food for more than the actual number of people, to avoid not having enough. Whenever extra food was ordered, however, Mother would tell me, What if there are some leftovers? We have to be economical.

After completing all of our cleaning, we packed lunch and took it out to Father, who was on the Kenai River. He had promised to meet us when he left in the morning. Father's boat approached the meeting place at the promised time. Father and Mother were so glad to see each other, as if they had not seen each other for several days; it was a very beautiful thing to watch. After disembarking, we all went to a small restaurant and ordered some food to eat alongside what we had packed. As we ate, Father spoke about the beauty surrounding the Kenai River and asked Mother to go fishing with him.

Mother feeding young Sun Jin nim

Entering Moscow

After finishing the Yankee Stadium and Washington Monument rallies in 1976, Father began emphasizing, "Must go -- Moscow!" for the next rally in Moscow. In April 1990, the time had come for our first entry into Moscow, a place we could not even imagine going to. Mother was always thorough and detailed in everything she did, whether it was preparations or planning. She had worked painstakingly even over small things. Because it was a significant rally in God's providence, True Parents dealt meticulously with all the preparations and even paid careful attention to each of the gifts. At the time, it was inconceivable that anyone would go to Moscow. To get on the plane, we had to arrive at the airport early enough to go through the entry procedure. However, just before takeoff, we realized that the gifts that had been prepared had not yet arrived. In the airport, Mother asked me if I had brought them. I became extremely disconcerted all of a sudden. I boarded the plane feeling apologetic and conscience-stricken. Fortunately, however, Jung Hyeon Park, Park Sang-kwon, and Ilyeong Tae Kim, who came on the next plane, had found the gifts stored in an out of the way place in East Garden and were able to pass through customs with them. Upon arrival, the custom officers let the gifts go through after we persuaded them that Rev. Moon intended to give them to Russian people. The uncertainty and anxiety that we felt until the gifts arrived was indescribable.

The anxiety remained throughout our stay in Moscow. The meals prepared for True Parents had meat but few vegetables. The situation was such that they could not eat the meat. Eventually, I headed to the kitchen, and using the rice and hot pepper paste I had brought with me, I created a few dishes and laid them out on the table. I was experiencing morning sickness at the time, but I felt I had to push myself more than usual after seeing True Parents' complete dedication. They were giving their all, and I saw that members from the communist bloc were working very hard.

Mother was majestic as the mother of heaven in Moscow. She looked very dignified taking the lead in greeting the Russian first lady, who had come to see the Little Angels performance, shaking hands and talking cheerfully with her. She maintained her confident and graceful comportment as she met the top leaders, first ladies and the executive leaders of that region. As she met members living in the communist bloc nations for the first time, she was saddened by how they had lived without freedom in dire circumstances. She treated them with sincere warmth.

Something happened when we went to Ukraine as part of a world tour in 1995. When we got there, we learned that the authorities would not allow Father to deliver his speech, nor would they allow him to speak to those who were waiting outside the hall. Though many members from surrounding nations(' had traveled long distances at great expense to attend Father's speech, only the national leader and a limited number of members were able to fit into True Parents hotel room. Others waited outside the hotel. True Parents could only look down at those members from their hotel balcony with tears in their eyes over being so close yet so far from them.

True Parents enjoying some time with their children

To North Korea through Hawaii

In November 1991, before entering North Korea via Beijing to meet Kim Il-sung, the president of North Korea, True Parents prepared for the meeting in Hawaii. I was unaware of any of these preparations when going there. Mother's only instruction to me was that we were going to Hawaii and would need winter clothes. I did wonder why, but I never imagined where we would be going next.

Dr. Bo Hi Pak and his wife, Peter Kim, Ki Byeong Yun and my husband and I were with True Parents. While True Parents were in Hawaii, they traversed the main island offering conditions. On the last day in Hawaii, Mother said we would be leaving for North Korea and that this information was top secret. I got goose bumps all over when I heard from Mother that we would be going to North Korea. I was so surprised that I became speechless. My not being aware of the immense work True Parents were doing, even though I had been right by their sides, was the cause of my surprise.

When we first arrived in Beijing, we were told that American citizens were not permitted to enter the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Those of us with South Korean citizenship could enter and Yeop Ju Hwang of China joined us. My husband was among those that had to remain behind. Kim Il-sung's special private jet came from North Korea to Beijing to transport True Parents and their entourage. I was not sure if this was a dream or reality. Beautiful North Korean flight attendants came and greeted us warmly. I was overwhelmed with emotion and began to cry. I also cried tears of fear. I was most concerned about True Parents' personal safety. When the airplane landed on the runway, I had goose bumps all over and mixed emotions -- half anticipation and half concern.

Even in such a tense situation, Mother smiled without reservation and was glad. As soon as the airplane crossed the Chungchun River, Mother reflected on the past. "Oh, that is the Changchun River, where General Euljimundeok fought the Battle of Salsu." She even spoke about the wise tactics used to win the battle.

Finally, our party' reached Pyongyang, which we had heard so much about. Father's older sister and relatives were waiting for us. Upon seeing his sisters at the airport, Father introduced Mother to them as "my wife." Father's older brother's wife also came on that occasion.

A Condition to Undo Communism

Something happened on December 3, 1991. After the days' activities, I was sleeping in my room. I could not lock the door from the inside and was scared to be sleeping all alone. The hallway was as bright as day. I was sleeping when I suddenly heard the door open. I woke up frightened. Mother came in and said softly in my ear, "Quietly tell everyone to put on their suits and gather in our room by 3:00 Am." I conveyed the message without understanding the message itself. At 2:00 AM, I treaded carefully down the hall, entered Peter Kim's room and conveyed Mother's message. He conveyed the message to the others. Everyone had come by 3:00 AM. This was how we held a special prayer service.

A high point in True Parents' efforts to bring about unification of the Korea's was their visit to North Korea. Father did not focus on his family while there, but True Parents visited Father's boyhood family home and met relatives

Meeting Kim Il Sung

On December 5, we went to the Hamhung Visitor's Center to meet the North Korean president. Father had lived in Hamhung before he had to go to Hungnam. We arrived at the visitors' center just as it started to grow dark and then unpacked.

The next day, we left for President Kim's residence to meet him. The residence was square and built with white stones. President Kim stood waiting for True Parents. At that moment, I thought of a speech contest during my school days where the speaker yelled, "Let's overthrow that Red Monster, Kim Il Sung!"

As soon as they met, the two embraced.

They greeted each other and after having a photograph taken, they headed toward the dining room. The table was absolutely splendid. Food came one course at a time. We ate twenty-one meals over seven days, but never was the same dish served more than once. Different food was served at each meal. Even the rice came in various types. No repetition occurred in the type of rice in the twenty-one meals we ate. I asked Father how there could be so many different types of rice. He said that in North Korea they have more than two hundred types. I remembered him saying that according to the royal palace records, there are about 332 different types. Different rice cakes came with each meal; I will never forget the taste of a pumpkin-flavored rice cake that was like pound cake.

The atmosphere when dining with Kim Il-sung was very harmonious. President Kim expressed his sincere respect for Father and treated him well. President Kim invited Father to go hunting with him in May on Myohyang Peak, and Father invited the North Korean president to go fishing with him in Alaska. President Kim said, "I ordered sesame noodles made from frozen potatoes especially for President Moon and his wife." They had a toast with blueberry wine that tasted like juice. The small glasses that were used for the toast could be used to avoid death penalties if shown. Father and Kim Il Sung naturally both ended up signing the menu. Father signed one for Kim Il-sung, and President Kim signed one for Father. Both then signed together for the entourage. President Kim signed the face of a menu, and Father signed the blank side on the back.

Even then, Mother was dignified. It felt as if women in North Korea are entities that remain at home and do not present themselves for such events. A wife cannot walk alongside her husband. She must always walk a few steps behind him. The guide pushed Mother, and would always maintain his spot next to Father, but Father always held Mother's hand wherever they went. Father's consideration of Mother was quite something.

Before Mother left for North Korea, she did some shopping in Seoul and bought thick coats for North Korean officials and Father's relatives. She was very glad when she met his relatives. She was saddened at seeing their difficult lives and treated them warmly. Upon meeting a niece who was of marriageable age, she asked her, "Are you planning to get married?" Mother was very considerate. Father did not express himself; yet, when facing the pained hearts of his relatives, he comforted them considerably and cared for them.

The South American Providence

In December 1994, summertime in South America, fishing was prohibited in the Jardim area. We were visiting for the first time, and we could not fish. We saw rustic countryside. Plains, dotted with many anthills, stretched as far as the eye could see. At times, the heat made breathing difficult. That first year, members had not yet prepared a fixed place for True Parents to stay; therefore, we rented a house to live in. Despite the prohibition on fishing, we were permitted to fish in the river tinder a police escort. The policemen always got into the water and floated on their backs. They watched us fishing, flat on the water with their bellies showing. It was too hot to even breathe, but once we got into the water, we were comfortable enough to fish. Even to eat, True Parents would get into water up to their necks and hold on to the boat.

In Jardim there is a Golden River and a Silver River. Father fished where those two rivers meet. When we first went out to fish, we rode in a boat and looked around. We were doing a lap around the water, when a nice dorado jumped into the boat. Father seemed to have judged this as having providential significance. I witnessed him thinking very deeply and praying. The region was nearly impenetrable. As we moved ahead with the boat, trees would cross our path and we had to duck down. We barely passed through the dense foliage.

The coarseness of the environment is difficult to express in words. True Parents always ate outside. Some trees had fallen into the water because of erosion, making it difficult to fish. So, the people present were counted, and each man paired with a woman to make twenty teams of two. Father and Mother were one team. Each team had a shovel and a scythe and was assigned to clear a fishing area along the riverbank (designated one through twenty). If you go to where the Golden River meets the Silver River, you will find a pavilion; True Father built the steps leading up to the pavilion himself.

The place was crawling with bugs, people were sweating and it was so bad you could hardly breathe. Before the bridge was built, workshop participants had to stand equidistant from one another and remain in place holding an oil-fueled torch; the transportation of goods involved moving from torch-point to torch-point. True Parents also had to follow the line of torches.

At the time, it was an overgrown forest. Whenever it rained, the place would become muddy making it more difficult. Red mud would smear even True Parents' luggage. Several wooden benches were fashioned and placed on the front lawn: True Father would go there at night and speak. There was no concentration of lights, so the stars appeared much closer. The Southern Cross constellation was always above us. Each night Father's clothes became wet with dew while he spoke. There were many mosquitoes and horsefly-type bugs, and True Parents suffered from being bitten here and there. We were pioneering the foundation stage. There were cases of ants hatching eggs on people's heads. Here was where the New Hope Farm Declaration and the Declaration of Absolute Faith, Absolute Love and Absolute Obedience took place.

Exploring the Pantanal

We arrived at a hotel in Caicaras, Brazil, on September 20, 1997, to explore the Pantanal. Though called a hotel, it was more like a cheap motel by Korean standards. This was the last day to prepare for the historic expedition down the Pantanal River, which was supposed to start the next day. Mother was the actual person in charge of preparations. Things Father would be using -- food, household medicines -- were all prepared by Mother. I am not usually very good at organizing things, even if I write down the necessary arrangements. Yet Mother automatically prepares almost everything. She always worked systematically to make things neat and structured. After preparing everything, we boarded a boat to start the historic expedition.

The space on the boat was extremely tight. True Parents had to bathe in a confined space with river water. We heard the water was purified, yet when we saw the state of the boat, we realized that perfect purification was impossible. We could not even think of hot water. It would get so cold that showers had to be taken during the day. Mother would herself organize the room Father would sleep in to make it just a bit more comfortable. Mother thought about everything, including where Father would sit to study and how lie would use the bathroom, and prepared everything so that he could have a comfortable living environment. We set off in the boat early the next morning while doing Hoon Dok Hae on deck. Each day, we did Hoon Dok Hae for about twelve hours amidst attacks from mosquitoes and horseflies; the atmosphere was such that we could not even shoo away the mosquitoes that were biting the back, of our hands.

From September 21, we took off on our Paraguay River expedition starting from far upstream on the river, in Caceres. We drove in stakes every fifty kilometers, but that area was all very dense. Father and Mother would themselves descend from the boat to drive in stakes despite bites from hoards of insects. He would shout, "This is my land," while driving in stakes. After taking a picture and cheering mansei three times, they would re-board.

True Parents severely suffered from insects that looked like ants with wings. The entire boat was covered with wings that fell off these bugs; even opening doors was difficult as a result. Despite living like that for a week, Mother was unchanging in being the epitome of dedication, always trying to make Father happy and comfortable.

One day, after Mother took a bath with cold water, she came out saying, "Members think I gave birth to thirteen children when in fact I gave birth to fourteen. I risked my life to give birth to so many children for the sake of the Unification Church members. Between Kook Jin and Kwon Jin is a five-year gap. I had three or four miscarriages during that time.

That was between 1971 and 1975. When Father had just arrived in the United States and was having severe difficulty, Hyo Jin was twelve years old. Hyo Jin noticed people were taking aim at Father. He would ask, 'Mom, do you want me to teach them a lesson?' Father's safety was in such a critical state. I was so anxious attending Father here and there that I ended up miscarrying several times."

The result of this is that after showering in cold water, she is unable to move for about five minutes. But there was no hot water on the boat and she had no choice but to take cold showers. Mother took cold medicine every day without saying a word the whole time.

Four-City Tour of Japan, 1991

Out of all the providential work that True Parents have been involved in, the world speaking tours and lecture tours were by far their greatest accomplishments. That history reflects True Parents investment, which contributed to the development of the providence. Before 1990, Father mostly gave the speeches and Mother accompanied him. Father would usually give lectures to leaders in the nation in the evening and speak with the general membership at a nighttime assembly.

Mother did speak in the 1980s, but started in earnest in May 1992 with a speech titled "Women's Role in the Ideal World." This began ten years of speaking that would take her to more than a hundred countries, where she would deliver more than six hundred speeches. Mother gave talks in college auditoriums, parliaments and the UN. She spoke in small venues and in large places that could seat more than 50,000 people, like Tokyo Dome and Seoul's Jamsil Stadium. 1993 was the year she gave the greatest number of speeches, 153.

Not only did Mother have a wondrous aura that world leaders could not imitate but her natural voice and beauty charmed many leaders and left a deep impression on them. Also, though Mother felt nervous before giving a speech, she had made thorough preparations by offering conditions.

After a long journey in which she gave more than 150 speeches in a year, her voice grew hoarse and her vision worsened from the bright lights. Despite all these things, Mother did not mind any physical sacrifices. My head bows when thinking of Mother's self-denial.

Father suddenly decided that Mother should give a four-city speaking tour in Japan. He gave her no more than a week to prepare. Father was in Alaska at the time. This was the starting point for Mother's world speaking tour course. The speeches were scheduled to take place in city stadiums in Tokyo, Gifu, Fukuoka and Sapporo. This being her first tour, Mother made extensive preparations. On September 14, 1991, after receiving much love from Father, Mother left with Hyo Jin nim from Alaska for Japan. After arriving at the church headquarters in Tokyo and being welcomed by the members, she appeared to have mixed feelings, perhaps because she had been thinking about how Father was not permitted a visa by Japan. Mother nevertheless conveyed Father's love to the members with a warm smile. She then entered the bedroom, sat on the bed and quietly prayed and cried without anyone knowing. When I saw her in that state, I felt as if my world were crashing down because I realized how much pain we have inflicted on Father's heart through our disloyalty in not fulfilling our responsibilities. A bit later, Mother talked to Father over the phone and said in a voice overflowing with love, "Father, I've arrived in Japan and have talked to the members. It would be nice if you were here, too.... You have to dress warmly when going out to sea. Father, I love you." She then hung up the phone.

At the time of Mother's first speaking tour, few of us had even heard about telephone relays or satellite relays. Father anxiously waited for the speech to start. On her first speaking tour, Mother gave the speech in Korean and Dr. Bo Hi Pak interpreted what she said. Finally, when it was time for Mother to make her entrance, Father called Mr. Kamiyama's cellular phone from Alaska. I think he put the phone next to a speaker. After Mr. Kamiyama asked if Father could hear Mother's voice clearly, Father expressed great joy and listened to the entire speech (about an hour in length at the time). Since then telephone feeds began. These have been followed by satellite relay today. After leaving the stage on that day, Mother was so happy when she heard that Father had listened to her speech from beginning to end.

After a speech ended, Mother would return to the headquarters and listen to the leaders give their impressions. She would then make perceptive remarks about the inadequacies she had observed while generously complimenting and encouraging the leaders for what they had done well on the lecture tour. Members were able to feel Mother's thoughtfulness and deep love at close quarters and became more strongly determined to work hard from then on. Here again I felt how Mother was one in mind and body with Father. Mother, who always used to support Father quietly from the back, was now declaring great truths in front of an audience of 50,000, and she had them under her control.

True Mother, accompanied by her oldest son, Hyo Jin nim (1961-2008) on a speaking tour in 2006

Tours of Colleges and Countries

The second speaking tour of eight cities in Japan was suddenly decided in Alaska in 1992, but this time Mother would have to deliver the speeches in Japanese. Mother did not often use Japanese and was not fluent in it, yet she had to give a speech in Japanese in big stadiums such as Tokyo Dome. You can imagine how difficult Mother's preparation for the speech had to be.

After that tour ended, she started a speaking tour that would take her to forty colleges in Korea. The Korean colleges were buzzing and the atmosphere was extremely tense. While attending Mother on her speaking tour, I witnessed particularly severe incidents on the Korea University and Youngnam University campuses. The atmosphere was so tense that anything could happen at any time or place.

At Youngnam University, college students began pushing and shoving our CARP students outside the hall where Mother was giving her speech. She spoke for about twenty minutes before students almost pushed their way in, causing disorder in the auditorium. Nothing more could be done, so Bong Tae Kim escorted Mother off the stage. I will never forget Mother telling us to read at home the part of the speech that she could not complete because of the debacle. Mother was adamant about finishing her speech on that day; however, though reluctant, she had no other choice in the end because the situation escalated.

When telling Father about the incident over the phone, she took the position of reassuring him. She worried that leaders might have reported the situation to Father in a way that would have worried him; with that in mind, Mother exercised care in explaining the situation to Father. In addition, she always considered it a blessing that it was she and not Father that had to face the situation.

In 1992, she did an eight-city speaking tour in the United States and another in Europe. In the spring of 1993, Mother carried out a thirty-two-city speaking tour on the foundation of a twelve-city speaking tour Father had done in the United States; these were followed by a speech in the United States Capitol on September 7.

The speech was normally prepared as follows. Father would write a draft of the speech manuscript and Mother would touch it up. If the manuscript were in English, the children would help translate it. Mother studied the speech, read and reread it until she felt confident.

Mother once gave a speech in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, located at an altitude of four thousand meters above sea level. We kept an oxygen tank next to the stage just in case. After the speech was over, Mother thought about the members that had travelled from far away to attend her speech and continued speaking at the victory celebration afterward despite her difficult physical state.

Something interesting occurred during a speaking tour of Europe. Mother, who was suffering from a sore throat, started coughing while giving her speech, and an erstwhile head of state came up and passed her a throat lozenge. She thanked him with a smile, put the candy in her mouth and continued speaking. Everyone feels the urge to cooperate with Mother in those circumstances. Anyone would want to help Mother, an Asian woman giving a speech in English. They were not hostile in the least toward Mother. Everyone's heart softens when meeting mother. People melt in love when they encounter her.

Speaking In Communist Nations

When she first went to communist countries, she suffered internally. Think of her great responsibility over having to save so many tormented spirits. If she had been traveling with Father, it would have been somewhat diminished, but she had to take full responsibility all alone when entering the communist countries. I believe that for Mother the spiritual and physical trials she faced during this tour were indescribable.

We had an interesting experience in Croatia while the region was in the grip of war. Upon entering the hotel room, Mother could sense the presence of spirits that had died miserable deaths and were there seeking salvation. I will never forget the prayer vigil Mother, a female Japanese member that was traveling with us and I had that night.

Meanwhile, our young members that were suffering and yearning for love under communist rule had come to know of Gods will. Joy filled them for their being able to attend Mother in reality. They forgot to sleep in their elation as they attended Mother with all their hearts. I often recollect, even now, the young members' pure, beautiful faces. Mother wanted to give even more to those young members, bring them to a good environment and raise them to become great leaders.

Each time she went to Africa, she had to take malaria preventive pills. Once however, Mother got a prescription with incorrect instructions; the pill should be taken once a week, but the prescription instructed her to take one pill a day. Mother did so for three days and had severe aftereffects. She suffered as if she had contracted malaria. She endured indescribable pain but did not receive treatment; instead, she would travel to a different country every day spreading the word.

A Cheon Il Guk teacher

Just as other women do, Mother suffered from involutional melancholia, but had to persevere and overcome it all alone. Mother always had to think of Father before her own pain and had to work on resolving her children's issues. No matter how difficult it was or how much pain she was going through, she always had a big, beautiful smile for Father as though nothing were wrong. Even when she cried irrepressibly, she would always treat the children and grandchildren with tender love.

Mother did the best she could to maintain Father's health, staying at his side twenty-four hours a day. Even when she saw the difficulties her children were going through, in the face of God's will and Father's expectations, she could not be by their side. Observing the difficult path Mother has followed, putting everything behind her and staying by Father's side, I felt immense gratitude to her. We are here today and can become the owners of this era as we usher in Cheon Il Guk because of Mother. I would like to offer my deepest congratulations to the most beautiful Mother, who just had her sixtieth birthday.

I am confident that I was able to grow spiritually and physically by attending True Parents for twenty-one years at East Garden and through Hoon Dok Hae. True Parents passed down the Hoon Dok Hae tradition long ago. After I began working at East Garden, I have read Hoon Dok Hae in front of Father starting from 4:00 or 5:00 AM every morning for a few hours since 1983, but of course there must have been others doing that from before then. Speeches started to be recorded from 1986. True Parents kept up this daily practice of Hoon Dok Hae without fail, though it was not until 1997 that Father officially established the Hoon Dok Hae tradition. Intoxication in the word has been central to True Parents' lives.

I am truly grateful that my son and daughter were able to grow up well under True Parents' love. Having been raised Catholic, I was always saddened over not being able to carry the cross instead of Jesus, and I was determined to attend Jesus absolutely if he were to return. Hence, I am deeply appreciative and feel it an honor to have been able to attend True Parents, who have come to us in this era. I am infinitely grateful that my loving husband Michael and I have had the opportunity to attend True Parents' family so closely. I repent for not being able to attend True Parents better and I am determined to do my best to serve True Parents' family for as long as I can.

True Mother in San Francisco

Hak Ja Han
September 27, 2002
Hoon Dok Hae
Unofficial Notes by Michael Jenkins

Do you know the existence of the spirit world? Do you feel in your daily life the existence of spirit world. Some children who don’t have parents, they feel lack of love. The spirit world feels the same. Those children that are raised under Father and Mother’s love are stable and true. Those children that feel lack of love cause many problems when they grow up.

If Adam and Eve had not developed what would have been the history of humankind. After hearing Mother’s speech do you feel that we need the messiah.

We have to understand where we are in history. Because of God’s Coronation Ceremony for Kingship, everything changed. We can say we love God but it is not easy to really fulfill it in reality. True Parents declared the day of God and the liberation of God. Because of the fall of humanity, you could not easily say the day of God’s liberation.

You may not imagine how True Parents had to overcome the enormous difficulty of the way of the cross. If you could taste just a little of this you would become closer to True Parents. One brother in Seattle researched everything about his family. Their history and their family tree and he blessed all his relatives. Father has asked all to move to their hometown and bless all of their relatives. What are you doing to follow God’s providence.

Nowadays in the American movement, our blessed children are growing up. As a parent, what do you feel? God’s providence is going at such a high speed. Is your family going with the providence? Have you checked to see if you are living the family pledge. You must do pledge on Sunday and you should recite the family pledge. If you want to gain something, you cannot gain something without action.

America is the country that represents Christianity. Most of Christianity, they were saying good things but made many mistakes. What about homosexuality? Christianity should have prevented this. If we look at the Christian history, how much evil has come about and evil environments came about due to the mistakes of Christians. Even communism emerged because of the failure of Christianity. Christianity should take responsibility for the evil environment that came in great part due to their failure.

God however is a God of love. Therefore he sends the Messiah to save us. We must really make a new start today. We must understand how serious our position is as Blessed Central Families. Think about how True Parents came to America. If all blessed couples truly united with True Parents, how much the providence of God would have changed. Even, although each one of our members did not have an easy way. However, compared to God’s course in history and the course of True Parents, we cannot imagine what they went through. Mr. Bento Leal shared that his parents deprogrammed him. This shameful history of deprogramming came from America. Should we inherit from the evil environment and pass that on to our children?

If each one of you really fulfilled your responsibility then America would have changed. You must understand how shameful your situation is. Why has God spent 6000 years in suffering and gone through this endless course of misery. Not even one family has fulfilled their responsibility in America after 30 years.

Did you go through the ancestors liberation ceremony in Chung Pyung Lake? Dae Mo Nim and Heung Jin Nim are working in the spirit world and are building a great palace on earth for True Parents. Will just be an observer of the building of True Parents palace.

Think about the efforts made in history to establish churches and great temples to honor God. How much effort will you make to build the eternal palace of True Parents.

Dae Mo Nim appeared to Hoon Mo Nim and asked her to find very special pine trees for the palace of True Parents.

Right before the end of the Second World War. America dropped the atomic bomb but avoided cities where there were historical treasures were such as Tokyo. One historical treasure of Japan are the areas in which very specially shaped pine trees grow. At the palace of the Emperor these pine trees beautify the palace.

The beauty and the feeling that Koreans receive when viewing the pine trees decorating the palace is hard to describe. (Dr. Yang had a hard time to explain in English at this point – then Mother went on to explain how important Korean is.) (Mother then said, "You must learn Korean. You may only understand 40% through the translator")

What is the final purpose of your family? It is to build God’s nation and kingdom. We have to establish that Kingdom on earth during your generation.

Your faces are beautiful but you must go beyond that to make a great result.

Testimonies were given by Kevin Thompson

One Buddhist leader received the visitation of Jesus in San Francisco. She was so happy to receive True Mother’s speech and find Christians that understood and believed that Jesus would visit her.

Mother

Many Christians profess their love for Jesus, but they don’t really know Jesus. They feel the love of Jesus. But they don’t really know his cross and suffering.

If they really study Father’s teaching on Jesus they will understand that Father knows Jesus better than anyone. If they studied his teachings they would completely come to know True Parents mission and position.

True Mother in Seattle

Hak Ja Han
September, 25, 2002
Translated by Chang Shik Yang
Notes by Michael Jenkins

Do you do family pledge every Sunday. Do we seek to unify the spirit world and physical world. What is the pledge no. 5?

How was Seattle?

Father called Mother just before leaving Chicago and said Seattle means good seed that will be founded in good soil. But it must be planted with activity and it must be done with action. It will not just happen. The harvest is ready.

How many Blessed Central Families are here? (80 families and 250 children), Mother said, "that's not bad, 250 from 80)

What is the best way to educate and protect our children? What is the best way. The number one issue is that everyone must be blessed. Unless we change the blessed world, there is no way to solve the problem.

Whenever you see your beautiful children you must repent to think about what have I done to restore this world. You think about we had sad news about Jin Joo. We must repent and think that if we had restored the world that kind of sad thing wouldn't have happened. We must realize that it is our responsibility to restore this world.

Think about Jesus 2000 years ago. God prepared Israel and the religion of Judaism. What do you think of, did they fulfill their responsibility or not.? Still they are waiting for the coming Messiah.

During the last 2000 years they didn't understand their mission and their responsibility. Not only Israel but also the Second Israel, Christianity does not understand the providence of God. Many Christian leaders but they don't even know that the spirit world exists. Are we aware of the spirit world.

Do we understand or not? Father and Mother in 1975 sent missionaries to 120 countries. Communism was very strong. It was not easy to send our members there. Particularly because Father was known worldwide as one of the biggest enemies of communism. Then the spirit world must guide them. All of our Russian missionaries had to work underground. There are so many secret life and death situations. Once you experience overcoming an impossible situation in which you face death you cannot but help to understand the spirit world.

There are now over 700 million blessed couples in the spirit world. Before True Parents were there the SW was total division and darkness. When True Parents were blessed it opened the door for the spirit world. Then through True Parents indemnity course there has been a lot of breakthroughs in the spirit world.

When Mother did 4 cities in Korea and 12 cities in Japan many testimonies came forward of the work of the spirit world.

At that time centering on Dae Mo Nim and Heung Jin Nim there was a profound phenomenon. Jesus appeared to a Buddhist leader and told her to buy a Christian church and to hire a Presbyterian ministers. This Buddhist has been working to liberate spirits, however, when she went to Chung Pyung she was completely transformed. She was guided by heaven to build a Christian church. Jesus came and explained the meaning of the cross and how painful it was to go the way of the cross.

Now she was guided to invite the Regional director Rev. Shin to be the pastor of this church.

How about American Christian leaders? One member asked Father, "Why Jesus doesn't appear to big Christian leaders and only to Buddhist leaders?" What was Father's answer? "When you make a fire you must start with kindling not a huge tree. To make a big fire from the beginning you must have kindling. Eventually this fire will become big. The Christian leaders that are coming now are on fire and you Blessed Central Families but be like candle light. Putting all the candles together can spread the fire."

Since the Clouds of Witnesses advertisement many ministers are having trouble. As a Blessed Central Family you must shout out and educate the ministers.

Father has understood Jesus better than anyone. He knows many detailed secrets from Jesus life. So many secrets are revealed in Father's prayer from the 50's and 60's concerning Jesus. As you remember, Father made the end of his prayer in the name of Jesus. Then he prayed in the name of the Lord. Then he prayed in the name of True Parents.

If you are truly a disciple of Jesus, how much do would you understand? How much would you shout if you were there with Jesus. Unification members should be proud about what you believe in Jesus and how you understand more deeply about Jesus. You must teach the ministers.

Where are we in the Completed Testament Age. If we read carefully, we can have the answer to the entire world outside problem. Think about the fact that Mother conveyed that message to all the people. Did Father and Mother analyze about this contemporary world or not. We must unite with the word of God centering on God's word.

Mother guided the Chicago members about 9/11. Don't be sad about 9/11 but realize that those 3000 innocent people were an amazing sacrifice, the door opened between all the religions. We have to appreciate those who sacrificed. God is still holding this nation, and is giving America a special warning as to how to wake up America.

How can we live for a higher purpose. The same as the name of Seattle - in Korean means good seed. We must become good seed for humanity. We must go out now. Don't wait.