by Robert Brown | Apr 15, 2019 | How I joined the church
Osamu and Elsa Tsuchida, a Blessed as a couple in 1989 in the 1,250 Couple Blessing in Korea. Osamu felt called to play music, base guitar and joined a band in Japan. He heard a voice telling him to go to New York and finally he had enough money. But three years in...
by Robert Brown | Apr 15, 2019 | How I joined the church, Korea, Matching
Osamu went to seven day workshop but was having trouble praying. He was told he has to be so serious to pray, just like when you have to go to the bathroom and give your whole effort. After an elder Japanese sister shared her testimony he started to see from God’s...
by Robert Brown | Apr 15, 2019 | Blessing, Challenging Times, Korea, Matching
(due to technical difficulties, not all her testimony was videotaped) Elsa’s family worked closely with the three missionaries to Nicaragua, and Elsa joined at 14 years old. She moved into the center along with her sister. Twelve years later she was to go to the...
by Robert Brown | Apr 7, 2019 | With True Family
by Joe Kinney Stories from my years with True Family Belvedere 1973, East Garden 1974 to 1978, Korea 1978 to 1981 Introduction I was very fortunate to spend most of my first five years in the church close to True Parents. I saw Father for the first time at 10:00 am on...
by Robert Brown | Apr 7, 2019 | Challenging Times, With True Family
by Joe Kinney Stories continued Grandmother: her humility, working in the kitchen, working in the garden These days we hear testimonies from the members who attended the Chung Pyung Lake workshop. The central person in these workshops is known as Daemonim. The...