by Robert Brown | Aug 7, 2024 | MFT and Fundraising, Sam's Weekly Thought, With True Family
By Sam Harley I come from Presbyterian ancestry, whose attitude is summed up in a joke my father used to tell: A Scottish minister had two churches to preach in, on either side of a loch (lake). Every Sunday he’d preach in one, then walk the road around the lake to...
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...
by Robert Brown | Apr 7, 2019 | With True Family
by Joe Kinney Stories continued The big scolding after six months of difficulty, accepting it, than getting victory. Father called for the bus, and then we went to Chinese, movie, and the beach. July or August 1977 A great privilege of working at East Garden was...
by Robert Brown | Jan 27, 2019 | Blessing, Challenging Times, With True Family
Nancy Makowski shares how she came from her home country of Ecuador to New York in 1976 at the request of her parents who were already in the country. She met a Japanese sister and started hearing the lectures. Soon she quit her job and college which made her parents...
by Robert Brown | Jan 27, 2019 | Challenging Times, Children, With True Family
Nancy Makowski shares a struggle with one of her sons who struggles with the church and with True Parents. She feels her struggle is the same as True Mother with her own...