See new testimonies below: Eight new testimonies from David Stadelhofer, Hil Llanto, Maryse Gallagher, Susana Ginze, Stan Paczynski, Sam Harley and Robert Brown
“We were there” is a site dedicated to record the experiences of the first generation on the front line and attending True Parents. This site is a repository of stories and photos and is a gift to the second generation and all future generations. We encourage all brothers and sisters to share your own special stories, testimonies, or memories with the world so these treasures won’t be lost. Please send in your written, audio, or video stories and photos. In the menu above, click on Share your story page to share your testimony or email it to testimoonies@gmail.com.
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Nancy’s parents disowned her, she needed True Parents
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...
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Experience what True Mother is with her own son
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...
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So different from her husband
Nancy Makowski tells how different she is from her husband, Don Makowski. She has always done witnessing in the church, where her husband did the fish business, MFT, loves playing the guitar. But he has a deep heart. Her children don’t know how they could make it...
read moreWe made an introductory video for our local “We were there” chapter in Los Angeles. Several members have shared their deep experiences in the movement.
In the video are Jose Fragosa, Caroline Cecile, Robert Brown, Hil Llanto, Susana Ginze and Sam Harley.