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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“Wait! You’re a Moonie??!!?”
by Sam Harley May 7, 2017 I went back to college, to get my bachelor's so I could attend the seminary. Told God I wasn't going to advertise my church membership, but I'd be absolutely straight about it when it came up. After several quiet months, a young woman got up...
read moreTesting….testing…..
by Sam Harley February 25, 2017 At the end of my MFT career, somewhere in Minnesota, in the middle of winter....I was experiencing what for me were routine fundraising issues, getting overloaded (emotionally constipated, as one team mother put it) and knowing that no...
read moreOmigod, I talked to a Moonie
by Sam Harley February 28, 2017 It's an interesting experience, talking to someone who is convinced you're a mindless zombie with the strange power to hypnotize them. But it doesn't make for great conversation. I was fundraising a small town in Tennessee, on a...
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.