Mother gave this guidance to the members at pledge service on October 3, 1996 in Latin America during the “True Parents and True Family” world-wide speaking tour in in Venezuela.
You must concentrate your activities at the universities. Of course the national leader must work on the front line, but it is important to have people who can dedicate more time to witnessing on university campuses. Centering on the universities you. can develop activities about AIDS and against drug usage. Do you have the related videos? If not, please get them as soon as possible.
More than in the conferences on Aids or other topics, it is important that the students get interested in the Divine Principle. You have to establish CARP centers very close to the universities so you can easily invite the students to study
Divine Principle and participate in our activities, such as the purity movement. Those students who are most interested, positive and satisfied must be invited immediately to 3-and 7-day seminars. You have to take advantage of Mother’s visit and the impact of the proclamations made during the speech to gain members and associates as well as develop relationships with those who are receptive to the speech. You already must have a goal for the next blessing. Do you have faith that you will reach it? I would like you to double your present goals or to add one zero at the end of them.
CONSOLIDATE THE GROUP OF “33”
At the church headquarters or any other place, you can have a special meeting with the group of “33” to renew their enthusiasm in the Divine Principle. These 33 people are a gift from Father to you; they came to Father. Take good care of the people related with the government and of the students. Those who are most inspired should attend a longer seminar very quickly. Within each university there are different groups or circles which dedicate themselves to various activities. The goal is that these groups would research within the Principle to find the solutions to student problems, university problems or societal problems. You have to give them a clear, broad vision of our student movements, multiply their friendships, give them Divine Principle books, talk with them and give them lectures, as well as opportunities for participation in activities. There are always students who think deeply about things and in general they are full of worries. If you dedicate yourselves completely to the universities it will be much easier to reach your goal, which has now been doubled.
Could you feel the difference in how people treat us and receive us now as opposed to in the past? Is there opposition to the Unification Church? This is our time. You must pray a lot and make a lot of conditions so God can give you wisdom. The miracles which will take place in front of your eyes will be in proportion to the amount of your investment in God’s providence. You can connect with high spirits by making many conditions. Miracles were not only for the Israelites, but also for the faithful people of today.
These speeches are very important. I do not know to what extent you have kept in your hearts the life and course of True Parents. Up until the appearance of these proclamations their course has been one of indescribable suffering, tremendous effort and dedication. It is a miracle that we can make such declarations peacefully today. The victory which Father gained in his course of universal restoration began amidst tremendous persecution. It was difficult to feel God in the midst of battles not only in the physical world, but also in the spiritual world. We can go to a physical being and ask him what is wrong. “Why do you persecute me; why do you insult me; why do you criticize me?” However, the struggle with invisible forces is not easy. One needs perception and imagination to know what position one is in or what is the front line of the spiritual battle.
It is wonderful to have founded the Family Federation for World Peace and to be able to declare the True Family. Don’t you feel that the Kingdom of Heaven has begun to shine in front of our eyes?
Do not think of quantities or allow numbers to get you down. You should dedicate completely to the movement for the realization of true families; in this way you will keep growing until you reach the 33 million. That will be your kingdom of heaven. You can only be proud of bringing good results in this era. If we have “content” God does not mind whether we have “pointed noses.”
Did you hear the commentaries of the people who heard the speeches? The fact that people could listen to such a proclamation means that the time has come.
I would like these two speeches to be published in the newspapers, not one citizen should be left out from hearing these declarations. We need to create educational TV programming. You can research how to open the gates of the media in order to proclaim these speeches. Those members with journalistic credentials should ask the authorities about their policies to solve the problems of immorality, juvenile delinquency, AIDS, and drug abuse, etc. And because no one has a policy capable of solving these problems at their root, you have to take advantage of the opportunity to teach what we have to offer; part of it is contained in the speeches.
In a Latin America which considers Mary to be as high or even higher than God Himself, we are proclaiming that she did not fulfill all of her responsibilities, and that she fell in the same manner as Eve. Who could argue with this? It is difficult for them to change their concept from morning to night, but with the consistency and repetition with which we are affirming this truth we will finally be victorious. Humanity has reached a dead end, and cannot even retreat backwards. Something has to happen; we have to break down that wall in some way.
In Bolivia our members are doing extraordinary work with the universities. Three thousand students signed associate membership, very much conscious of what they were doing because they had just finished a 3-day seminar./
Emilio Gustavo Mandel is the editor of Fax News. He is presently in charge of the worldwide communications and computing system in Montevideo, Uruguay.