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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Moral 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 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.
