All Stories
You can look under specific sections under Missions or Special Times or at this page where all stories and testimonies are gathered in the order they were submitted. Here you find the whole jar of jelly beans mixed together. Enjoy the different flavors, and then share yours!
Teacher, looking for room with garden
by Sam Harley March 4, 2018 Did you ever have an experience like this? Where you could only do one thing, but somehow it was enough? Six years ago, when my blessing broke up and we lost our house, I had to find a room to stay in. A blessed couple who lived in the same...
read moreMy first God’s Day
by Walter Lowe February 19, 2018 The first major holiday was quite different for me. Jan 1st, 1977. I was in Miami, Florida with Larry Ross, learning to do the ginseng business. The church center there had only three members: an 1800 couple (Mr and Mrs Midorikawa), we...
read moreAfter going to Korea writes article in newspaper
by Robert Brown February 25, 2018 Robert went to Korea in 2003 for two weeks when Father asked for 1200 Americans to work for reunification of Korea. At the time he worked for the main newspaper of Ventura, California, the Ventura County Star. He was given permission...
read moreSpent several days in jail, foreigner past her visa
by Caroline Cecile February 25, 2018 Caroline shares how she was caught as a foreigner here past her visa of two weeks and went to jail. She share her stew with another jail mate and felt Father's heart. She was almost deported several times but remained to this day,...
read moreI was just about to punch him
by Jose Fragosa February 25, 2018 Jose, as a new member was on the Los Angeles witnessing team under Rev. Paul Warner. One day he had a bad headache and didn't want to get out of his sleeping bag to go out witnessing. He almost got in a fight with Rev. Warner's son...
read moreSleeping under the stars
by Caroline Cecile February 25, 2018 Caroline shares how she was the only sister on a fundraising team so she slept in the van while the brothers slept in a motel room. But she felt special sleeping under the stars.
read moreNice coat you have there
by Jose Fragosa February 25, 2018 Jose shares how he was sent to deliver something to Boston, but on arriving there, is told he is staying here and joining a fundraising team. He is told his stuff will be sent later, only to later see his former coat on a new...
read moreCain is our savior
by Jose Fragosa February 25, 2018 Jose shares some experiences that show that Cain and Abel is most challenging and that we are saved, not by the Messiah, but rather by Cain.
read moreSelling frozen roses
by Sam Harley, Robert Brown, Caroline Cecile and Jose Fragosa February 25, 2018 The group discusses selling frozen roses out on flower stands, perhaps a new Olympic winter sport.
read moreBrother fundraising in rain while team goes to the movies
by Sam Harley February 25, 2018 Sam shares how one brother on MFT was left out fundraising in the rain while the team went to a movie. But he had a powerful experience with God, so when he was picked up he felt sorry for the members who saw a movie...
read moreBeginning the new year in prayer
by Sam Harley February 25, 2018 Sam shares what it was like waiting for the God's Day prayer, comparing the holy atmosphere inside with the loud crazy scene on the streets of New York outside the New Yorker.
read moreWhat are your memories of holy days?
by Sam Harley February 17, 2018 When I first joined, holy days were a welcome relief from the lonely front line battlegrounds. It was such a joy to be with brothers and sisters from all over the world, together as a family with our True Parents. God’s Day was the only...
read moreHitchhiking to a spiritual community
by Sam Harley February 4, 2018 40 years ago today, I was standing on a streetcorner in LA, wondering why I couldn't move my feet, when a guy in a 3 piece suit walked up to me and asked if I was traveling. I said "Yes, I'm hitchhiking up north to find a spiritual...
read moreIndemnity or Indumbnity
by Sam Harley February 2, 2018 Indemnity is a word that is familiar to most of us old Moonies, ahem scuse me, Unificationists. Usually it means something like paying sincerely to make up for past sins or failings, whether it's our own, our ancestors' or just...
read moreSome memories of the 1275 Couple Blessing
by Sam Harley January 13, 2018 ARRIVAL We arrived in Korea in the middle of the night, and boarded a bus to take us to the McCol factory in Yongin. We arrived in the quiet of the early hours, and the seminary brothers were shown to a large hall at the top of the...
read moreWhen God’s Day was January 1st
. Shared by Sam Harley December 31, 2017 Sam looks back when Father began a new year exactly at 12 midnight and that began God's Day. How special it was to spend that time with True Parents and begin the new year in a Holy way.
read moreProtecting Father and his newspaper
Shared by Susana Ginze December 31, 2017 Susana shares about working for Noticious del Mundo in New York. One Cuban man who was the Director of Advertising tried to take over the newspaper so that he could target news against Castro in Cuba. Susana reported this...
read moreThe New California Times newspaper in L.A. area
Shared by Robert Brown December 31, 2017 Robert shares how he was invited to do the entire production work for a newspaper started in Los Angeles area, the New California Times, that was originally meant to compare with the Washington Times. The paper was a 40 page...
read moreMaking a film about the Blessing
Shared by Stephen Goldberg December 31, 2017 Stephen shares how he was approached by WFWP leader, Emma Reed, to make a film about the Blessing.
read moreI love this church
Shared by Merce Goldberg December 31, 2017 Merce shares how she loves this church and how she and her husband, Stephen, live by faith.
read moreSam Harley’s second Blessing
Shared by Sam Harley December 31, 2017 Sam was Blessed a second time to a sister who was also in Performing Arts, as he was, though he didn't remember her until they were Matched.
read moreSam Harley’s first Blessing to a Welsh sister
Shared by Sam Harley December 31, 2017 Sam shares about his first Blessing to a Welsh sister in the 1982 Madison Square Garden Blessing. She left the church but he was ready to stay with her and welcome her back until he was Blessed again.
read moreChanneling Heung Jin Nim after 1275 Blessing in Korea
by Sam Harley December 9, 2017 A day or two after the 1275 Couple Blessing ceremony, Jenny Tanabe arranged a bus to Heung Jin Nim's won jeun. On the way there, Marilyn Kerins stood up in front of the bus of seminary students, and asked if anyone felt moved to be a...
read moreNuns write the Lord of Second Advent is Sun Myung Moon
Sharing by Stan Paczynski December 3, 2017 Stan shares how he lived on a farm near a small town in Canada. He went to a Catholic school and one nun, Sister Leona, would write on the blackboard that the Lord of the Second Advent was Sun Myung Moon. This was a direction...
read moreMeeting family, fear of being kidnapped
by Sam Harley December 2, 2017 Nowadays we go to church, dressed up nicely. If anyone doesn't like our church, they might give us a look. How different that is from the early days. The week that I joined the church, my spiritual father was kidnapped by deprogrammers...
read moreFirst person to join in Iran
Sharing from Mohammed (Matt) Jam December 3, 2007 Mohammed shares about being the first person to join in Iran in the 1970s. Susan Fefferman was instrumental in witnessing and keeping everything going in Iran. Other missionaries came from Germany and Japan but had...
read moreHelp young people live a life of faith in Christ
by Matthew Goldberg November 27, 2017 I decided to join the Unification Church in San Francisco, California. It was late summer of 1976, shortly after my 28th birthday. Within less than a year I found myself fundraising in Michigan with a Mobile Flower (sic)...
read moreReaching the zero point
by Sam Harley November 25, 2017 When we were in our separation period (remember those?) I was lecturing in Washington, DC and she was touring Russian students around the States. We would see each other every three months or so, which was normal for that time. So...
read moreDefends Japanese sister in bar
by Randall Lay Tin November 19, 2017 Night life meant going to pubs and restaurants selling flowers or whatever. At a restaurant, a guy didn’t like us and I asked why. “You’re all brainwashed on low protein diets.” I pulled out a spare chair at his table and said, “Oh...
read moreCrawling in a fancy Italian restaurant
by Gregory Davis November 11, 2017 There was no normal. When it came to the late night “blitz”. We were “commandos”. Brazen fearless. Whatever it took to “do” the place. I remember one “classy place” Italian I think, in Philadelphia. (all my best stories seem to come...
read moreMoonie Normal
by Sam Harley November 19, 2017 Theme: “Fallen world normal” and “Moonie normal” We were determined not to do anything to the 'fallen world standard'. So our normal was not everyone else's normal. When I first did a mall booth at Christmas for Original World Products,...
read more9 Years in Russia, Pt 1
Jules Hack shares about working in Russia for nine years, many in Chechnya in dangerous situations.
read moreChallenges to permission to fundraise
Robert Brown shares two entries from journals, one from 1978, one from 1980 on challenges to fundraising.
read moreCARP fighting the communists
Jose Fragosa fought with communists and ended in jail twice.
read moreHome Church and working with our newspapers
Jose Fragosa shares about working in Home Church and how much he loved the people. Then he started delivering our newspaper in New York. The opportunity came to join Washington Times from the very beginning.
read moreAn important mission, IOWC
Jose Fragosa shares about being chosen for IOWC and working in South Carolina.
read morePt. 2 Court case to allow us to stay in Russia
Jules Hack shares about a court case where some tried to have church kicked out of Russia.
read morePt. 3 Working in desolate Mongolia
Jules Hack shares about working in Mongolia, only paved roads in the cities, all others dirt roads or having to take a jeep cross country. Yurts, horses, people who look very much like America's native peoples make up Mongolia.
read morePt. 4 The Russian People
Jules Hack shares about about the Russian people, how they respect leaders who are strong.
read moreDisciple for Christ
Wolfgang Schawaller's Biography: Disciple for Christ I use the words „Disciple for Christ, because I have accepted the Unification Principle, the religious teachings of the Unification movement and Rev. and Mrs. Moon who are the founders in October of 1974 in Germany....
read moreBlessing cleans up nightmares
by Sam Harley October 27, 2017 Some dreams don't come true, some nightmares get worked out and never return. This is a story of how that worked in our blessing. Part I When our first child was born, it was a big moment. I had dreamed of it, prayed for it and it had...
read moreFather challenges guests with blunt talk
Sam Harley shares about bringing ministers and other guests to hear Father speak in Los Angeles.
read moreFree at last
Stephen Goldstein shares about reaching out to churches, comparing a dry Lutheran service to a spirited black congregation.
read moreChallenged by Divine Principle
Robert Brown shares about bringing two ministers to Korea and Japan in the 80s.
read moreSinging holy song to the fishermen on Christmas
Mackay Holmes shares about working in the fishing business in Alabama. It was very hard work, sleeping little out on a ship for two to three weeks straight. They couldn't witness for fear of jeopardizing Father's business so one Christmas Mackay sang a holy song at...
read moreHow I learned about the Lord of the Second Advent
Hispanic woman shares how she was witnessed to and how her heart was moved.
read moreChant: Become a child of True Parents
Keith McCarthy shares how he didn't know much about the Matching, but once there was open to whatever God wanted. He saw his future wife, and first thought, "she's white", than "she's really...
read moreHave I Told You Lately that I love you?
by Gregory Davis October 20, 2017 It was, I believe, in the mid 90s. TM was in the middle of her “world speaking tour” and TF was in EG and the Tri-State area membership was invited during some evenings to listen to “live” speech and subsequent phone conversations...
read moreFather whacked me with the photo
Patrick and Machiko Erlandson share about their photo matching. Father whacked Patrick in the head with Machiko's photo and Machiko received a black and white xerox of a fax of a photo. All she could see was a big...
read moreUnconditional love
Simon and Daniela Voelker share how they were matched, to Simon it was love at first sight, to Daniela it was a direction from Father to be Blessed with...
read moreAll joy is sitting next to you
Don Makowski shares how Father said at the Felt Forum after the Blessing that joy comes from your spouse.
read moreShouting Divine Principle in every room
by John Doroski October 19, 2017 In the Philippines in almost every new city we pioneered we could not find a place to rent for a center, everything taken by a large population, then it always occurred we would finally fine a vacant house and we set up a church center...
read moreRespect and love for others
by Wolfgang Schawaller October 25, 2017 From my 21 years mission experience I want to say what I learned most: It is to respect and love other fellow-human-beings, because everyone is a child of God. Where I worked and lived, people always looked different from me,...
read more21 years foreign missionary
Testimony by Wolfgang Schawaller 21 years foreign missionary Born in Frankfurt a. M., Deutschland, on 14-01-1951. German citizen. Joined the Unification Movement in Frankfurt a. M., October 1974. Spiritual Father: Udo Frisch, later adopted by Paul Werner. Blessing...
read moreForeign Mission to India from 1976 until 1979
by Wolfgang Schawaller October 25, 2017 Two and a half years passed since I first came to India. I went there in 1976 as a foreign missionary of the Unification Church. Our centre and home were located outside the city of Bombay. Every day it took me one hour by...
read moreMoral education in Russia
by Wolfgang Schawaller October 25, 2017 In 1992 I went to Russia and worked there for 4 years. Russian people are nice and deep hearted people, and most of them hated the communist regime anyway. I worked in Kaliningrad, former “Königsberg”, which belonged to German...
read moreApples received by Heaven
by Sam Harley October 20, 2017 In the early 90s, when I was state leader of South Carolina, I got a phone call from a church sister. She told me about her younger sister Rebecca, who had joined the church, struggled a lot and left. Since then she had been married and...
read moreFell asleep at Matching in front of Father
Seiji Tanaka shares how at the matching he fell asleep and was awakened by Father grabbing his hair, then thrusting him at his future wife by the neck.
read moreAsked God to give her someone who can lead people
Darlene D'Silva shares how she is not good at crowds or leading people, but asked God to give her someone is good at that, and she will support him...
read moreKidnapped, but in a dream, “It’s time to come back”
by Solange Weiss August 8, 2017 I was only a few months in the church and we lived in a nice center. Father’s poster for Washington Monument was so huge. I joined and I didn’t communicate with my sister and I didn’t communicate with anyone because I had a job. But...
read moreFound a box to sleep in
Susan Felsenthal shares how her captain left her and a brother out all night though their pick up was 9pm. They each found a box to sleep in outside the Piggly Wiggly until the captain finally pulled up at 5am. He had fallen asleep.
read moreHelping children understand Divine Principle
by Gregory Davis September 29, 2017 For a while I taught Sunday school at our local center in Hempstead, Long Island, NY. I tried to think of some way that would simplify the Principle that would make it easy for even the littlest of the lot (8,or 9?) to understand...
read moreSunday School, UTS and Belvedere
by Sam Harley September 29, 2017 Well, back in the day, Sunday School involved whatever whoever wanted to volunteer thought of doing. This was well before we had a curriculum. At UTS, the seminary, I was in a ministry class that required me to do some kind of ministry...
read moreSaeilo for a year
by Robert Brown September 26, 2017 When I graduated from MFT in 1982 I was given a choice and chose to go for a business mission so I was sent to Saeilo in Chicago under David Rendall. Our church believes in on the job training, because I didn’t receive any training...
read moreThe True Story of these Sioux Blessing Couples
by Ron Pine I am the person who invited this group to our Conference. When the Blessing opened for people I convinced them to attend the Blessing ceremony which they did. Shortly afterwards the State Leader Jim Gavin asked Elaine Quiver if they will support a Grand...
read moreSelling laser prints
by Sam Harley Our church started a lot of businesses, some for lofty reasons, some just to make money. There were and are so many of that I can’t do them justice. If you were a part of any church business, would you be willing to record something about what it was,...
read more2nd gen couple share about Matching and Blessing
by Matthew and Gloria Love September 17, 2017 Matthew and Gloria, a second generation couple, each share how they were matched, he from Wyoming and she from Spain.
read moreI don’t want Japanese, they bombed Pearl Harbor
by Derek Derano September 17, 20017 Derek did not want to be matched to a Japanese woman and then he was and are still married today.
read moreMatched by picture, she knew he was the one
by Sara Saberan September 17, 2017 Sara tells how she was matched by picture and had spiritual vision with the photo.
read moreMaking granariums
by Robert Brown September 17, 2017 Robert tells how after getting a hairline fracture in one of his feet, his commander puts him in charge of a creating and leading a granarium factory with challenging members.
read moreChildren parallel Dad’s course
by Sam Harley September 17, 2017 Sam shares how his daughter went on NGA, got inspired and convinced his son to attend her graduation. He walked into Hearst house with a backpack on his back, no money, no job, into meditation, yoga exactly like Sam did 40 years...
read moreLooking for that breakthrough in heart
by Matthew Love September 17, 2017 Matthew tells how he yearned to have a deep experience with True Parents and finally at the Blessing he felt that heart.
read moreMatched to Korean who already has children
by Stephen Goldstein September 17, 2017 Stephen shares how he was matched to a Korean who already had two daughters and would not be able to have any more children.
read moreMusic was my Isaac
by Gregory Davis September 12, 2017 Well, here goes. We've all heard about "the Isaac". Something we love so much that it is like "killing a part of our soul" to "offer it up". For me, first it was my music. During college I had "discovered" the guitar and devoted...
read moreIn my dream Father hit my head with his shoe
by Ronald E. Pine 777 Blessing Couple In 1981 I was the President of Going Up Press and we had a printing company in Belleville, New Jersey. One day I had a dream where True Father was walking next to me down a long dark corridor and he stopped and took off his shoe...
read moreTwo for the Price of One!
How I advanced myself and won the right to be Blessed to Hwa Yeop Kim a 777 sister and inherit a nine year old daughter at the same time! My Story The Autobiography of Ronald E. Pine 777 Blessing Couple My friends know some of the amazing and incredible events in my...
read moreWe Were There, a calling from God
by Sam Harley September 9, 2017 Joining the church back in 1978, there were some things I had to give up. I loved acting, dancing, reading books and being by myself for long periods of time. From the time I joined, there was no reading books except for the Divine...
read morePrayer like being in a Volcano
by Sam Harley September 3, 2017 Sam's first experience of unison prayer near a lake before sunrise, 100 people praying loudly.
read moreThe roof exploded in prayer
by Derek Denero September 3, 2017 When Derek first heard unison prayer he was blown away.
read moreMarching condition in Brussels
by Caroline Cecile September 3, 2017 They would march around Brussels praying until they had a spiritual breakthrough.
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