Challenging Times

The movement has always been controversial and challenged society’s beliefs and norms. We just did not do things the way others did them. We proclaimed True Father as the second advent, the Messiah, yet he was a man from Korea. Sometimes our challenges were from outside sources, such as; those who were kidnapped, usually with our own family members paying the kidnappers. And of course, our challenges were not just from kidnappings, but our own struggles, Cain and Abel, temptations, struggling with our faith. Some members have left and some have returned. Here we share our challenges, whether we were victorious in our struggles, or are still fighting the fight.

God wanted me in Austria

by Anthony Cooke Selling flowers outside Calvary Chapel in Las Vegas on Christmas Day. Lots of kind Christians bought flowers and me food. Christmas in the U.K. sucked. There was a deep feeling installed that it was wrong to go home or visit your spouse. I really had...

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Running on and on

Derek Denaro shares an experience of running for hours and thinking of Father being tortured. Realizes his own stubborn nature and how hard it is to stop and go the other way. Also in teaching Divine Principle realizes we have to substantiate restoration.

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You’re a Moonie!

by Sam Harley April 28, 2017 It may be hard to understand now what it was like. Walking from door to door in a small town, being watched from behind curtains as if you were green and eight feet tall with one eye in your forehead. People would stare at us as we ate...

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Cold lake condition

Many times when on MFT in Pennsylvania, we would camp out under the stars in a park with a lake.

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A kidnapping in Liege, Belgium 1977

by Caroline Cecile April 27, 2017 Belgium, December 17 1977 At that time I was just a young member. I had joined the Unification Church May 1 St of that year. My parents were very worried because they had heard so many bad things about the Unification church and...

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