Solitary Mission in Iraq – Part 1
By Kamihiro Yamayoshi (Written September 1982) The early mission in Iraq was certainly not a vacation The scene of the sun burning in red and touching on the horizon is so beautiful…
Understanding How True Parents Feel
Early missionaries and members in southern Africa in 1978. By Anonymous Sometimes for reasons we do not know, the authors of testimonies choose to keep their name secret. This testimony was written in…
Germany: Reunion of the Foreign Missionaries from 1975
By Hildegard Piepenburg, FFWPU Germany The atmosphere was electric. Breaks were forgotten and the meeting finished later than planned. It was as if time had stood still, when 19 of the original 80 German…
Members Welcome True Parents to Their Center in Canada
... The next morning, December 13, True Father rose early and woke everyone at 6:30 a.m. Shortly after breakfast he and his party visited the United States Consulate on University Avenue in Toronto. His purpose…
Confirmation of the Son of God
Barbara (left), as a very new member, with Father at a historic site in Rome, Italy during his First World tour in 1965 By Barbara Burrowes Van Praag Barbara Van Praag (née Burrowes) joined in…
An Ancestor of Faith for a Nation
With other missionaries and members in Hong Kong (3rd from left) Tomoyuki Shirao as a young missionary By Tomoyuki Shirao Tomoyuki Shirao was the original missionary to Vietnam when True Parents sent missionaries around…
How Things Bring Us to Change for the Better
1978: The original three missionaries to Dahomey (Benin) with early members. Kathy is in the middle. By Kathy Harting Rigney Kathy Harting Rigney was one of the original three missionaries to Dahomey (now Benin).…
How Much God Loves Each of Us
Sylvia was the German missionary among three missionaries who went to Mexico in 1975 By Sylvia Dick Witnessing When the first members moved into our center, we had to establish the tradition…
The Unity Factor as a Basis for National Restoration
Rev. and Mrs. Kenichi Ito in their early missionary days By Kenichi Ito Rev. and Mrs Ito remained in Burkina Faso until 1996 when they accepted the National Messiah mission to the Marshall Islands.…
Faith to Move Mountains
Mary Johnson (standing at left in the pink blouse) with other missionaries and Central African Republic members By Mary Bizot Johnson Missionary to the Central African Republic I knew that the spirit world…