By Hanna Lotterie, former Missionary to Africa Beginning in 1975, Hanna Lotterie (née Reinbold) spent 25 years as a missionary and national messiah in various African countries. Here we present a brief testimony from her hope-inspiring work in the Republic of Congo in the mid-1990s. During the years 1992 to 1996,...
This story comes from one of the missionaries who volunteered to go out to one of 95 countries in 1975. by Marianne Irwin Receiving My Mission Country I found out which country I would be going to in the morning, as some of us gathered in the meeting space of...
Some personal experiences change our frame of reference. The events described here happened to one member almost two decades ago; yet they remain fresh, encouraging us in faith and love, as a wonderful testimony to God’s guiding presence. By Tony Appia We wrapped the flowers from 11 o’clock until...
By Stephan Schmid Stephan Schmid joined our church in Austria in the late 1960s. Later, other members of his family also joined. Here he describes how, one day, his whole family met True Parents during one of True Parents’ global speaking tours. In 2005, True Parents visited cities around the world...
By Robert Spiegl In 1981, I was working with Peter Koch Candles in Germany as a sales representative. True Parents were then in Europe and were travelling around Germany. At that time, we sometimes heard nice stories about members meeting True Parents. In my heart I imagined what it would be like...
By William Connery In February 1975, American member William Connery accepted a missionary posting to the East African country of Uganda, at that time governed by President Idi Amin, one of the twentieth century’s cruelest dictators. William’s story, told here in his own words, affords us insight into the faith, resilience and love...
By William Connery In February 1975, American member William Connery was selected as one of a large group of new missionaries that would pioneer many of the world’s nations. Each nation received one missionary from Japan, one from the United States, and one from Germany. William accepted a posting to the East...
By William Connery In February 1975, American member William Connery was selected as one of a large group of new missionaries that would pioneer many of the world’s nations. Each nation received one missionary from Japan, one from the United States, and one from Germany. William accepted a posting to the East...
By William Connery In February 1975, American member William Connery was selected as one of a large group of new missionaries that would pioneer many of the world’s nations that, until then, had no Unificationist presence. Each nation was to receive one missionary from Japan, one from the United States, and one...
By William Connery Although the United States and Western Europe had sent missionaries to most of Europe and some countries of the developed world in the 1960s and early 1970s, still the vast majority of the world’s nations had no access to the Divine Principle, no knowledge of True Parents or God’s historical...
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