The letters from Surin Church in Thailand and La Union Church in the Philippines, offered to True Mother, were presented by the World Mission Headquarters during the Cheon Shim Won Vigil Prayer on February 17, 2025.
From Rev. Warakom Samang (Surin, Thailand)
To our beloved True Mother,
On February 3, 2025, our Blessed Families, Blessed children, and members of the Surin church were extremely happy to participate in the Cheon Il Guk pledge ceremony to celebrate the True Parent’s Birthday of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind. We were delighted to see that True Mother remains in good health, appearing with a bright and beautiful smile, providing valuable guidance, and inspiring our brothers and sisters.
The Surin church places great importance on holding Sunday worship services with a warm family atmosphere filled with the love of the True Parents. The services are conducted in a sacred environment with joint prayers at the Cheon Shim Won room after each worship service. We have experienced something miraculous: even new guests attending worship for the first time, who have never learned the principles, can be introduced to True Parents, learn the tradition of respect and prayers at the Cheon Shim Won room, and leave deeply impressed and eager to return.
We invited the neighbors living around the church to make the church more widely known to the local community, and we have also improved the church grounds to create a friendly space where children can come and play. Through this, we have built good relationships with local children and are also building trust with their parents. Now, parents are also bringing cakes and snacks to share with their families, naturally joining the church community. Our sincere goal is to let everyone in this region know about Heavenly Parent and True Parents.
We have been witnessing our neighbors wishing to connect them with our church, starting with a woman living next to us. Although she can’t attend seminars because of her full-time job, she enjoys reading Hoon Dok Hae at the church and often expresses her gratitude through donations. Another neighbor, a shop owner, has also been connected with our church; after inviting her to worship service and read the teachings of True Parents, she found joy in participating and began bringing food offerings to share with the congregation every Sunday.
Over the past month, we have witnessed three university students and five high school students. They have started learning the basic Divine Principles and are attending worship services. Although they have only recently started studying the Principle, these students have filled out membership forms and are actively participating in church activities.
Now, we have our youth members consistently bring their parents to attend Sunday worship services. When the parents experience the warm atmosphere, receive care from our members, see the life standards of their children, and most importantly, listen to the precious teachings of the True Parents, they naturally accept and trust the church and the True Parents. During activities expressing the tradition of filial piety, where children bow fully to their parents, hug them, and pray for them, parents are moved to tears of joy.
We deeply realize that all these blessings and miracles are the results of the love and teachings of True Mother. With the hearts of all the members of the Shurin Church, we offer our deepest respect and gratitude to True Mother.
We will devote ourselves to our faith and live a life united with True Parents so that our True Mother will not worry about us. We sincerely wish True Mother good health and infinite happiness. We are always grateful for Her great love and guidance, and we will become children who can repay her grace.
From Rev. Blessie Belle Ramos (La Union, Philippines)
Beloved True Mother,
As we conclude December and head into January, I want to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for the past year and share my thoughts with you through this letter. 2024 was a year of overcoming internal struggles and challenges, but it was also a year that spurred significant growth. As a 25-year-old this year, I often felt the pressure to achieve more. This was especially true in my role as a church leader. Despite the difficulties I faced mentally, physically, and spiritually, I made a commitment to become more deeply united with the heart of Heavenly Parent and True Parents, and I continue to walk the way of Heaven’s Will.
I offer my deepest love and gratitude as I report on our activities for the month of January 2025. As we begin this new year, I have been busy assisting our members with their visa applications, ensuring that they can fulfill their dream to join the entrance of the Cheon Il Sanctum. It has been a challenging yet fulfilling task, knowing that each step brings them closer to advancing Heaven’s providence.
True Mother, one of our second-generation young adults from our church has been accepted into Sun Moon University’s UPA. Another second-generation young adult has decided to participate in the Heavenly Asia Pacific Heavenly Top Gun Missionary Program. As the church leader, I am truly happy and proud of both of these young Blessed children. I am also grateful to be able to offer this victorious report to our beloved True Mother.
La Union Church encourages and educates members to receive the blessing through seminars, Sunday services, personal advice, and testimonies — helping them realize that the blessing is a once-in-a-lifetime gift from our True Parents. By personally working to make my blessing successful and keeping my relationship with my husband strong, I believe we can inspire our brothers and sisters to receive the blessing as well.
I want to show that the lives of our parents, who have walked the path of sacrifice following Heavenly Parent and True Parents, can lead people to Heavenly Parent and give them hope. I was inspired to receive the blessing because of my parents’ love — how pure and beautiful it is when centered on our Heavenly Parent and True Parents. I, too, hope to pass on that same inspiration to others.
As a result of this effort, despite our shortcomings, 14 of our members will be receiving the Blessing this April! We will continue to guide and help them prepare for the Blessing in April. We sincerely thank Heavenly Parent for bestowing this precious Blessing upon us.
Dear True Mother, My husband, who is a Japanese-Filipino 2nd generation, is conducting the United English Program, which supports the Japanese second-generation’s dream of learning English in the Philippines. Together with my husband, I am happy to be able to create a path for the Philippines and Japan to become one. True Mother, thank you for blessing our couple with this mission.
With a humble heart, I offer this report to you, our beloved True Mother. The members of La Union Church will continue to walk this path with Mother to achieve more victorious results. True Mother, thank you. We love you!