Yesterday the World CARP video crew was in town filming our witnessing activities and getting ready for today's county-wide rally that will close out our local activities here in Cheonwon-gun, Chungbuk-do. So, although we had basically finished our witnessing we went back to Munui-myeon to follow up on one of the leaders who came to the rally a couple of days ago and interview him about his response on camera.

However, Heavenly Father always has bigger plans than us. We all arrived at the little country office and sat down in a circle on the bare linoleum floor. As we began to speak, another man joined us and said, "Oh, Moon Sun Myung, I don't have anything good to say about him!" Then he repeated this claim, but this time he said "Moon Sun Myung Hyung Nim," calling Father his older brother and referring to himself as "Tongsaeng" or younger brother. It turned out that this gentleman was also a member of the Moon clan, so he had to at least call Father his Hyung or elder brother, even if we would prefer Abonim or Father.

So we patiently spoke to him about what Father is doing for North-South Unity. He wanted to know why Father was not giving more humanitarian aid to North Korea, so we explained how Father really wanted to help North Korea to change, which was why he is establishing businesses there. North Koreans are proud people and don't just want handouts. They need jobs and investment. Really, we said, who invests in North Korea to make money?

But our new Moon friend was not so easily deterred. 'How come I never read anything about this in the media or see it on TV?' he demanded 'and I only hear bad things like Danbury, etc.' Well, we had an answer for that one too. Meanwhile, his friend, the leader we had actually come to see, was busy filling out a membership form for Mr. Moon and suddenly asked him for his birthday so the form could be complete!

As the conversation progressed we learned that Mr. Moon had in fact once been a family member or 'Shikku' in a local village. However, when a nearby dam was completed, the whole village was submerged under a new reservoir, taking down with it our little church, and somehow Mr. Moon's faith went underwater as well. But now, through the Cheon Il Guk activity, there is hope for resurrection for the whole of Korea and all of our long lost brothers and sisters!

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