I joined the Unification Church in 1957, in Korea. Some of you had not been born. Perhaps you don't know so much about our church's history between 1957, and the time when you joined. I'm sure you are very interested to hear about the work of our Father and the elder members in the early days of our church.

My grandmother died at the age of ninety-six. She had nine sons. The first eight sons all died. The last was my father. He passed away when I was only three years old. I have four brothers and one sister. I am the youngest of the sons.Because my father died when I was only three years old, I never really used the word  "father" and never felt fatherly love. My grandmother had many sons and they all died; so, she tried many kinds of spiritual ceremonies and medical treatments. She seemed like half saint and half medical doctor. I loved my grandma so much. She passed away during my first mission as a church leader, but I could not go to her funeral.

My father died very young, leaving little property to be inherited. So, my mother suffered in many ways while raising us five children. Some of you may not understand this. At that time, Korea was very poor. Usually, only the children of rich families were able to go to high school. My mother, though very poor, worked desperately hard so that all five children could graduate from high school. The county supervisor gave her a special prize for being a great mother.

My mother was a very strong member of the Methodist church. Before joining that church, she could not read. After joining it, she learned to sing hymns and to pray; through that, she eventually became able to read Korean. Later she converted to Buddhism, and before she passed away, she joined the Unification Church.

My mother always emphasized two concepts to me. First, she said Korea looks like 33the yolk of an egg- the center of the world. Next, someday Korea will receive tribute from all countries.

Introduction to the Principle

In 1957, I was sixteen years old and in the eighth grade. Father chose eighty members and sent them, in teams of two people each, to forty places around the country. My hometown is Chung Ju, and Father dispatched Rev. Soo Won Jung, one of the thirty-six couples and a person of very good heart, as the first missionary to Chung Ju. He is now taking care of blessed couples in Korea. Rev. Jung's first spiritual result was my second oldest brother, who became a very good member of the Unification Church. I automatically followed him into the church.

I heard the introduction to the Divine Principle, which explains why a new truth must come, based on the progression of time and human intelligence. The lecturer explained how in Abraham's time people approached God through offerings, in Moses' time through the law, and in Jesus' time through the gospel. At the time of the Second Advent, a new truth should appear. I understood that the new truth is the Divine Principle. Then I thought, "Ah, Reverend Moon should be the Second Advent of the Messiah." It was then that I first believed that Father is the Messiah, and my conviction about that has never changed.

First meeting with Father

One day I dreamed that it was wartime and all the people were trying to escape. I was one of them. When I looked carefully in front of us, there was one person leading the way. I tried to get close to finally met the leader. He had very hum-

ble clothes and humble shoes. I then stood at the right-hand side of the leader. I thought, as long as I am with this person, everything will be okay. The leader was peeling an apple. After he finished peeling the apple, he cut it in two, gave one part to me and said, "Please follow me." He was smiling. I can still picture that smiling face. After getting up, I felt a light, very comfortable feeling.

Soon after that dream, Father visited Chung Ju for the first time. It was the first opportunity for me to see Father. We rented a theater, and I sat in the front row. When I looked at Father's face, I realized it was the same face I had seen in my dream. When I looked at Father I thought, this person is my father. I felt like a child who had been missing his father and suddenly met him. Then I cried. Father spoke for six hours and forty minutes. I cried continually during that time.

In those days Korean leaders didn't teach us to call Reverend Moon "Father"; we just called him "Teacher" or "Master." I was expecting him to come as our teacher. However, when I looked at him I changed my feeling and considered him to be the Messiah and my father. I used the word "father" for the first time when I met Reverend Moon. I thought this was a glorious thing. Because my father died when I was three years old, I had never used that word before.

Spiritual phenomena at Sunday service

I want to describe the atmosphere of the Sunday services at that time. For example, if we had a 10:00 a.m. service, most people would come at 9:00 a.m. We would spend one hour preparing for the service, through singing and prayer. During this one hour, each person would repent for the wrongs he or she had done during the past week. If we didn't repent, during the service some spiritual phenomenon would occur, and we would be punished. During Sunday service, it seemed like everyone was crying. A spiritual person would stand up during prayer and spiritually investigate each person's heart. If someone had lied or had bad thoughts, normally no one would know about it; but the spiritualist would know and would announce it to everybody. If you had some negative thoughts, he would hit your head. If you sinned with your hand, he would come and hit your hand. If nothing happened to you during Sunday service, it meant you had a good week. We had to repent before Sunday service all the time in order to Mrs. Chil Rye Kim, who was a good member. Usually women came to Sunday service wearing a white chima chogori. In prayer, some spiritual phenomenon happened, and Mrs. Kim began to shout out and hit herself. She had criticized the leaders, but how can members criticize a leader? She began to hit her own mouth. Whatever leader is assigned by Father is a representative of God and True Parents, so we must respect and follow them. Therefore, she repented of her criticism and chastised herself. After the service, her chima chogori was blood-stained, because she had hit her mouth so much.

We tried very hard to keep our thoughts pure. For example, a Mr. Man Shik Kim (later blessed with the 124 Couples) always walked with his head bent down at a forty-five degree angle. Whenever he tried to lift his head, some force would come and hammer it down, saying "You must bow down. Why do you look at the dirty society?" If we lift our head up, we can look at many things, can't we? This man was told not to look up. After joining the church, he walked like that all the time so he would not know who was around him. When someone passed by, Mr. Man Shik Kim would consider them like a dog or cow passing by.

Balancing school and church I studied at a famous teacher-training institute. In Korea we have high respect for teachers, revering them like a parent or almost like a king. The entrance examination for the school was very difficult. However, once I got in, I devoted my time to church projects first and school second; so, many times my school officials were upset.

I did a seven-day fast while still a high school student. Many people thought I was not eating because I was poor or crazy, and they spread rumors about me. During the seven-day fast, I could not stay in the room where the students were eating lunch; so, I went outside under a tree, where I would cry, pray, and sing. People said I was crazy. However, my grades were high, and because I studied very well, the teachers loved me. I would I would just sit there without answering. I was the target of various kinds of treatment. If my school results had been low, I would probably have been punished many times.

I dedicated a lot of time to church work and usually didn't have much time to study. Most of the time I had only one day to prepare for exams. But invariably, the test would cover only whatever I had studied the night before. My grades were always ninety percent or above, and I graduated first in my class. Because my school work was very good and my behavior was exemplary, although I belonged to a religion that seemed to be crazy, many students decided to visit our church to find out what was going on. Twenty to thirty of my school friends became members, and I started a student church. As many as ninety-eight students attended services.

Whenever Father speaks, he talks about Divine Principle. Father always says that the first and last purpose is to make the heavenly kingdom on earth.

Forty-day workshop

I was offered a teaching position, but decided to give it up to attend a forty-day workshop. I went to the workshop without notifying either my school or my home. I needed twenty thousand won to attend the workshop but had only part of it. My brother-in-law had an orchard, and I decided to go there to get the money from him. Before mentioning the money, I offered friendly greetings to him, but he totally ignored my greetings and walked away.

So I decided to approach my sister, his wife, for the money. I followed her around everywhere she went, persuading her to let me have the part of the money I still needed. I have never forgotten the words I used to persuade her: "This world has four billion people. Among these four billion people, two billion are women. Among these two billion women, only one of them is my sister-you. If it weren't for you, I could never use the words `elder sister.' Right now I need thirteen thousand won. Later on I will pay you back many times that amount. You've got to help me." My sister finally decided to give me the money, and I was able to attend the workshop. Now my brother-in-law and sister are blessed, as well as their three children.

There were one hundred six participants at that forty-day workshop. Many spiritual phenomena took place then. Miss In Ja Lee (now Rev. Joon Shik Yoon's wife) experienced some spiritual phenomena and beat all of the one hundred six persons. If somebody beats you, what shall you do? I don't like to be beaten. 

We had two examinations: the first after twenty days, and the second after forty days. In the first examination, I got the highest score; and in the next, I got second highest.

First assignment: Oi Sang

After the forty days, Father sent everyone out. I went to Oi Sang, in Kyungbuk province. It is near my home town. I was nineteen years old then, the youngest church leader sent out by Father. I had a student's uniform and a short haircut. At that time the position of a church leader was like that of a state leader-it was a great job. But then I thought, "How can I go to Oi Sang with nothing but a student's uniform?"So I returned home and borrowed an outfit from a friend and then went to my assigned town.

There were several elderly members and several young members when I arrived. I was nineteen, and all the members were older than me. However, in front of me, they would kneel in respect for one or two hours at a time. The spirit world was guiding them to respect heavenly authority.

The night before I went to visit members' homes, they dreamed that the leader was going to come the next day, and were told to prepare everything. I didn't know about that kind of preparation; but when I arrived at their homes, luxurious food was already prepared, and they were ready to serve me. This was evidence thatGod and the spirit world were guiding spirit world would guide a member, saying, "Your leader hasno money, but he needs this amount of money. Please give him money." When I visited them, they gave me money.

In order to restore that town, I thought I should start by witnessing to the people at the lowest spiritual level that I could find. Eventually I contacted a gang leader. Gang leaders try to control everything and take money from people. Everybody knew who he was. Whoever passed through his area had to pay him something. Through the help of the spirit world, I contacted him and witnessed to him. We lived together in the center. The gang leader was twenty-five years old and twice my size. Every night we slept in the same bed, under the same blanket, our bodies closely side by side.

Every morning we went to the holy ground on the mountain. While we were praying there one day, a spiritual phenomenon happened. I was offering a very fluent, strong, and heartistic prayer. During that prayer, I heard a sound as though someone had fallen to the ground. The gang leader had fallen down and begun to cry and cry. When I finished praying, the big gang leader kneeled down in front of me. He said to me, "When you were praying, my body began to float and suddenly fell down." He couldn't support himself, and he fell to the ground. "God is very fearsome," he thought, "and this young guy is a representative of God."

After that, whenever I spoke or prayed, that man would remain kneeling, no matter how long my prayer lasted. Before that took place, we had lived together in the center for about one month. Eventually he became the first disciple and served his leader very faithfully.

Now I thought it was time to start witnessing publicly, and I began to street preach. The gang leader would stand by my side and hold the speaker or hold the Divine Principle book for me. The whole town knew who he was and wondered how he could have become a religious person. I told him236visit the homes of the people whom he had harmed or from heavenly authority as a church leader.

The special history of Taegu

From that time, I started my real ministry. I was a church leader in Taegu, which is a notorious place for our True Parents. Father went to Taegu from Pusan. In one month he had to move thirteen times because people persecuted him so severely. At that time, there were a number of women members. When Father had to move quickly, he never had enough time to inform the members where he was going. But in the evening, all the members would come to Father's new location. They knew where Father was by spiritual revelation.

Handling a nagging woman

As a leader, I felt I needed a sincere devotional life and spiritual power. There was an older member who took care of the kitchen and was gifted with special spiritual power. Whenever she visited a member's home with me, she could look into the member's spiritual state and tell me what she saw. That made it very easy for me to minister to that family.

However, first I wanted to take spiritual dominion over that woman. Therefore, I told her, "When you are cooking a meal, think of it as food, not for your central figure, but rather for God. You are not attending one leader; rather, you are attending God and True Parents. All the time you are cooking breakfast, lunch or dinner, think of it as preparing a meal for True Parents."

We would usually set aside the first bowl for True Parents. I would never eat the food she served me at that moment. Instead, at lunch I would eat the food offered to True Parents at breakfast- which would then be cold; at other meals, I would do the same. Some days we would fast at breakfast. Because of such a system, I was always eating cold food.

This woman began to develop a complicated attitude. She became very unhappy and was always nagging. Finally, she said she was leaving the church. I stood still and did nothing, thinking that sooner or later she would come back. I was on the second floor, and as she was heading down the stairs; about half-way down, her feet became stuck and she couldn't move. How would you feel if you were stuck and couldn't move? She began to think things over and realized that she had caused some problem; but at first she couldn't figure out what it was. "Ah, I made a problem for my leader," she realized. Then she repented. Finally she could move her legs, and she came and knelt in front of me and apologized.

Father sometimes has an expression on his face like he doesn't know anything, but he knows the past, present, and future.

Praying on the mountain

Many spiritual phenomena happened to us. One time some church leaders went up to the top of a mountain to pray for renewal and spiritual power. The regional leader at the time was Tiger Park, and the church leader was Rev. Chang Kyun Kim. We began climbing the mountain at 10:00 p.m. It was one of the highest in the area, and the climb was very rugged. At about midnight, we reached the top, and we prayed there until 4:00 a.m. It was cold, and we had brought plastic bags to put over us for warmth. Around thirty people were assembled, and each one tried to find a place to sit and pray. We sang holy songs and prayed for four hours. The next night we did the same thing again-at first, nothing special happened. The leaders had a kind of strange, empty feeling. 

Around 2:30 a.m., I was praying very hard, when I felt something like an electric shock hitting my body. It was a strong sensation, and I began to shiver. My physical eyes were closed in prayer; but my spiritual eyes were open. I had a vision of thirty people praying all around a wide open area. A large tortoise was coming toward them. The tortoise was heading for one or another particular person. Suddenly I realized what kind of sin that person had committed. I would shout out what I saw and would call on that person to repent. If the person repented and prayed strongly, the tortoise would leave him alone; but as soon as he stopped praying, the tortoise would return. Then I saw those thirty people jump up and down on a very rocky area. They were jumping all around, yet nobody got hurt. That night I experienced the practical effects of spiritual phenomena.

Church leader in Ok Chun

I became the church leader in Ok Chun. At that time our church was in a very weak financial condition. I dispatched all the members to witness for forty days throughout the region. I went to visit them, carrying five or six liters of dried beans, which was all the food available. We held three-day revival meetings in each town where the members were pioneering. We had no place to sleep; after we finished giving lectures and people had gone home, we would place the blackboard under a tree and go to sleep.

 You may have heard that some of our pioneering members ate dog food. [In Korea dog food is what is being thrown out at the end of the meal, scraps and leftovers.] This happened for the first time when I was at Ok Chun. The person who ate dog food was Mr. Jung Yul Chai. He was blessed in the 777 Couples' Blessing and is now the president of the Korean titanium company. I gave each pioneer a dozen pencils to sell to make money for the forty days. If people couldn't sell any pencils, they had to fast. Even then, our pioneers fasted more meals than they ate.

Mr. Jung Yul Chai went on one of those missions. He had little food and no place to sleep except some rice straw. If people knew he was sleeping there, they would persecute him even more. He had to get up early in the morning and go to the river to wash his face, so no one would know where he slept.

He visited the rich families first and then the poor ones, following Father's strategy. He went to the rich homes with an empty stomach. He had been fasting for several days. He would say, "I am the Unification Church missionary," then they would kick him out. One day, when the same thing happened again, Mr. Chai was very unhappy and angry. Suddenly he turned around and saw a dog eating something. That made him even angrier: "Why must human beings fast while dogs have nice food to eat?" he wondered. Then he told the dog, "I am God's son. I am hungry. You are just a dog. You are lucky to have received such good food." Then he took the dog's food and ate it. That was a dangerous thing to do, right? When a stranger interferes with a dog while he is eating, the dog will bite. Mr. Chai didn't think about that at all.

When we were doing a three-day revival, I visited a certain family. The lady of the family was surprised to see me and said, "I saw you last night in a dream."That was just one of the many spiritual phenomena in the Ok Chun area. I visited the area village by village, traveling a circuit of two hundred fifteen miles under suffering conditions.

Church leader in Su Won

In my church life, I have always emphasized spiritual power. First, spiritual power; second, spiritual power; third, spiritual power. While in Su Won, I started a twenty-one day fast. Korea is very hot in July. I chose the most difficult time of the year to do a twenty-one day fast. Father was going through a lot of suffer- ing at that time. I also decided not to lie down during those days, but rather to work harder than before.

I made a plan to visit two families in the morning and two families in the afternoon every day. I would wake up at 4:00 a.m. and would go to the holy ground in the mountains to pray. From a spring I would bring back water to the church, and that was my daily meal. On the third day of my fast, I received a letter from the rural development office asking me to give a lecture. I was scheduled to lecture on the morning of the twenty-first day of my fast. I was very happy to see the schedule. I considered it a challenge rather than a problem. I determined to make a wonderful finish to my twenty-one day fast.

At that time I felt God was directly guiding me to do something for the people. For example, when I visited a home, I would always read them something from the Bible or from the Principle. My goal was to give them some words that would move that family. If I knew the family's situation, it was easy to choose an appropriate reading. If I didn't, I would leaf through the Bible, and some passage would shine out to me. I would read that passage to the family, and amazingly enough, it would be a passage that fit their situation very well. I used this method for every family I visited.

Every day I would drink pure water. If you fast for a long time without drinking water, you develop big problems later. By the seventeenth day, however, even drinking water became very difficult for me. I could sense some strange, dirty smell coming from it. The same water had tasted good for sixteen days; but on the seventeenth day, its smell suddenly changed and made me nauseous.

Some people, also, began to smell bad to me. There were people I would be happy to greet, and others that repulsed me. From this I learned two things: First, like Jeremiah, I learned that the human being is lower than all things. Flowers don't have a dirty smell, but human beings do. Second, I could look into any person's mind. Without them saying a word, I could understand what other people were thinking.

We held workshops on a regular basis. Two or three people generally attended them. When a workshop started, I would them decide to stay for the entire work-shop.

Father is a very sensitive person. He once said he can tell by the sound of a person's footsteps whether there is a bad feeling or a good feeling. During Mother's speaking tour [in 1992], Father would comment about the differences in atmosphere from one place to the next. For instance, you may have thought that the rally in Washington, D.C., and the one in New York City were the same, but Father considers each one different.

Leading a team in Kyungbuk province

I directed a Korean One World Crusade team with twenty-eight members. Tiger Park had been the team leader before me. Usually the team stayed for twenty-one days in each place. I divided the members into small teams of five to seven people each, using a lottery system. Each time we moved, I made new teams. Lottery is not really random; God and the spirit world can work.

When we arrived in Kyungbuk province, Miss Kum Rye Lee, who was later blessed with the 1800 Couples, came to me one night and wanted to talk. She said, "Change my team. I don't like this team. If you do not change me, I will go home." I asked her why. She said that among the twenty-eight people on the team there was one man whom she dis-liked very much. As we moved from region to region, they always ended up on the same team chosen by lottery. She had been patient for a long time, but now this man became her team leader, chosen by lottery.

It would have been easy to change her; but just before I opened my mouth, I thought more deeply about it and realized I couldn't make the change. All twenty eight members were working as agents of God. If they all sat down and did nothing, God could not work. For God to work through them, they must unite. If they fought with each other, God couldn't work. If they did not want to get along with each other, what could Heavenly Father do? This woman and this man seemed to be representatives of the team for the purpose of paying indemnity.

I asked Miss Kum Rye Lee, "Suppose we are given the choice of two possible cases: Case A, all team members fight among themselves to pay indemnity. Case B, only you and this particular man disagree between the two of you and make an indemnity condition for the entire team. If you were God, which case would B." "That is your situation now; that's why I cannot change you," I replied. She understood, changed her attitude, and brought big results.

We would hold three cycles of seven day revival meetings and would get incredible results. I would ask each member of the team to select twelve families to witness to. Usually the top five families on their list would come over to the church. Even though I never went to their homes, I could tell them about their family background and their heartistic situation just by looking at them.

One rainy day, the members were sure I would give them the day off. Instead, I took them to a school playground and divided them into one team of men and one of women. That day I discovered that women are stronger and more stubborn than men. Usually if the men got the ball, the women would take it away; but when the women got the ball, the men could not take it away from them, because men love women. It was raining and everyone got soaked; but through those sports, all the bad feelings were washed away, and everybody's spirit was raised.

Father's best gift to us

In 1974, Father spoke at Madison Square Garden. About thirty thousand posters were plastered throughout New York City, letting people know that September 18 could be their re-birthday. An overflow crowd came to Madison Square Garden that night.

We wondered what kind of speech Father would give. We thought that he might be planning to declare some special, new things. Yet, when we heard the contents, it was pretty much the same things we had heard before. 

Whenever Father speaks, he talks make the heavenly kingdom on earth. He always says that the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was not a literal fruit. He always says that Jesus did not come to die. He always says that the Second Advent will not come on the clouds. Father believes that the best gift for fallen people is the Divine Principle. Divine Principle is the best and last revelation from God to humankind.

You can use Divine Principle to check the power of a spiritualist. Usually spiritualists are old women. You can ask just one question: What is the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? From her answer you can understand if she is a genuine spiritualist or a fake. I asked one woman this question. She prayed and answered, "The fruit of good and evil is not a fruit." Then I asked her, "What is it?" She prayed again but could get no further clarification.

What is Father's gift to you here at this workshop? I think it is Father's words. Nothing could be more precious for you.

430 Couples' Blessing

In preparation for our blessing in 1968, about nine hundred members gathered at the Chungpadong headquarters church in Seoul. Father spoke for a certain length of time, and then each member was introduced by their respective regional leader. When a woman was introduced, all the men looked at her; and when a man was introduced, all the woman looked at him-wondering if he or she would make a good spouse. Sometimes Father made us sing a song or perform a small skit.

After the introductions were over, Father gave out paper to the candidates and instructed each of us to write down five names. The first name would be our first choice; if that was rejected, the next name would be considered. Then the regional leaders arranged the photographs according to people's preferences, and those photographs were shown to Father.

I, also, wrote down five names. When Father asked me who my first choice was, I told him the name, and he said that woman was too stubborn for me. He said that my second choice, also, was not so good. The third choice Father approved. (She is now my wife.) Father said, "I have big hopes for you." He then sent us both to the floor above, where the decision- making room was located.

My wife had been so sleepy when the brothers were introduced that she could not remember any names. She said that maybe God had covered her eyes so she wouldn't evaluate anyone with fallen eyes. When Father asked her whom she liked, she answered, "Father, please, you decide." Then Father showed her my picture, and she accepted. At that time I was twenty-four, and she was twenty-three. I think I was one of the youngest brothers in that blessing group.

Father knows our future

Father told my wife, "Your descendants will be very good. You must be patient in spite of all difficulties. If you are not patient, your husband will die early. Until he is thirty-four, please be patient in all circumstances. Whatever difficulty may arise, just remember to be patient. From age thirty-five on, your fortune will come."

After the blessing, I had many assignments, and many kinds of difficulties came our way. For years my wife never shared with me what Father had told her. She just kept it secret. When I was thirty five years old, I was suddenly appointed regional leader. This was the fortune coming my way that Father had talked about. Then my wife told me what Father had said. From that time on, we have received many wonderful blessings. When I was thirty-five, True Parents took care of me directly. I have had the opportunity to visit many other countries. Even the grace of my being here today is a blessing from Heavenly Father.

I was twenty-four when I was matched. Father already knew what my circumstances would be when I became thirty-five. Father is always thinking and looking ten years or more into the future. When Father looks at you, he knows what will happen ten years later. I think Father has a clear idea of what will happen in each decade of my life. Father sometimes has an expression on his face like he does not know anything, but he knows the past, present, and future.

My mission now is to direct the workshop center for twenty one and forty-day workshops. Everyday I am giving Divine Principle lectures I appreciate Father allowing me to do this kind of work. Father said many times that to have the responsibility to give lectures is a great blessing for our life's work. "For you to give lectures in this world is a very big blessing." When Hyo Jin Nim held a twenty-one day workshop, I was one of the two lecturers. That was also a big blessing for me.

True Parents' love

One of our Korean songs has the following words: "The mountain is very high and the ocean is wide and deep. But there is something higher than the mountain and deeper than the ocean. It is Mother's grace." I have concluded that True Parents' love is higher than the mountains and deeper and wider than the ocean.

When I was the director of the general affairs department in the Chung Ju region, at age twenty-one, Father came to visit us to go hunting. Rev. Lee and I helped Father hunt pheasants. If the pheasant was injured but not fatally wounded, it would continue to fly for a while before falling down. I would run out to look for it. First, I would go to a high place and look around trying to find it. I would go where I thought it was, but sometimes I couldn't find it. Father would call me by name from the top of the hill and would direct me.

Until that special opportunity to be close to Father's side, I had never had direct give and take with Father. When Father called my name, I felt such a thrill at Father's recognition of me. I felt such gratitude and love. That was just a fleeting moment, but for me it is a cherished memory. Deep in my heart I can hear the loving sound of Father calling my name. Once I brought a group of retired generals to the United States for a workshop. After they returned to Korea, Father called me to East Garden, where I remained for six months, attending Father and Mother. During that time, I felt True Parents' loving heart, which is higher than the mountains and deeper than the ocean. I followed Father on fishing trips to Long Island, Miami Beach, Boston, and Kodiak. I followed Father wherever he went.

When Father went fishing in the Hudson River for striped bass, I usually put the bait on Father's fishing rods. Father usually used five rods, and I had to go quickly back and forth between the rods replacing bait. The bait had to be put on firmly. The work was hard on the knees. I wanted to learn how to do it quickly, so I would practice on ten lines at a time. Sometimes when a fish is hooked, it thrashes about and tangles other lines; then I would fall behind in baiting the hooks. Father knows where to find fish. He knows where the fish will be passing through, and he moves around quickly to be where they are. If there are other boats on the river, Father's boat always catches many fish, while other boats catch only a few. Maps of cities show the locations of streets and market places. Fish society is similarly organized, although locations change according to the weather and other factors. Father understands these changes and keeps moving to good places.

During the six months I was with Father, I began to have some feeling of paralysis in one of my legs. It was very painful; sometimes I couldn't lie down to sleep and had to sleep sitting in a chair. Once Father noticed me limping and told me to have the problem checked by a doctor and have surgery if necessary. I went to a doctor, and he found a tumor on one of the nerves in my spine. If I had not had surgery then, by now the lower part of my leg would be paralyzed. Now I can do hard, physical work without any problem.

Father gave me spiritual life, and physical life as well. Therefore, once again I want to testify that True Parents' love is higher than the mountain, and wider and deeper than the ocean.

Father said many times that to have the responsibility to give lectures is a great blessing for our life's work.

The source of true value

If you have a bowl that was used by Napoleon, you can sell it for a high price at an auction. Someone once found a hair believed to be Napoleon's, and it was investigated in great detail to verify whether it did indeed belong to him. If its authenticity could be proven, it would command a high price at an auction. However, did Napoleon receive the blessing? Did Napoleon call Reverend Moon "True Parents"? Did he receive the title of tribal messiah? Did he know chapter one and two of the Principle? Who, then, has the greater value-you or Napoleon?

Thousands of Japanese members have come to Korea for the workshops. When they arrive, I tell them about the workshop buildings. One building was built directly by Father and was completed within twenty-eight days. Another big building was finished in forty days. These Japanese blessed members began to cry and cry. When I looked at their crying faces, I wondered why they were crying.

The buildings were not made of gold and silver. We didn't serve them luxurious food. They usually slept twenty or twenty-five people to a room. They cried because their hearts are stirred by Father's spirit and Father's heart.

Once Father said, "I wouldn't trade this building for the entire United States. I wouldn't trade this building for the entire nation of Japan." If one strand of Napole-on's hair is expensive, in the future how much value will be placed on something touched by Father? How much will a building built by him be worth? I don't think we can trade this North Garden site for the entire state of Alaska.

We are living together, eating together, talking together with True Parents. Sometimes our pictures are taken together, and Father himself signs it. This is a truly historical, unforgettable thing. We are living in a historical period. This is a unique time in history. It never happened in the past and will never be repeated in the future; even if we die now, we cannot have any kind of complaint.

Before you came, Father said it had been seventeen years since he sent out the missionaries, and he never had the chance to gather you together. Many times Father has made such a statement. He has been waiting for you to arrive. He has been longing for you. It is with the greatest gratitude that we can sit down together, hear, eat, and talk with True Parents. In Korea, there is a special resort hotel that has a presidential suite reserved for Father when he attends special meetings there. In the bathroom, they lay out twenty towels. However, when the maid cleaned the room, she found that Father used only the smallest one. Father economizes even in toothpaste, using only a little bit at a time. If all the people of the world economized in toothpaste, think how much money would be saved.

During the six months I spent at East Garden, I would notice sometimes that Mother and Father would have a small quarrel because Father would not flush the toilet after every use, and Mother would complain abcut the smell. Father would reply that, if we flush the toilet only after every seccnd or third use, we can conserve water.

Father's private life is very humble. You need to know Father's will, Father's heart, Father's lifestyle, and Father's thought while you are here at Kodiak.