I joined in 1973. The way I heard it from Father was that the Japanese came in the Mother position to raise up Americans and prepare them to unite with the Father position leaders -- i.e. Koreans, who also were to raise up Americans to "take the elder son position." There was no talk of "failure", but rather unity. Remember? We use to sing "Tong-Il" after every service, prayer, or meeting. The Point of all the nations coming to America was not power, but rather Unity of Heart. America was to be the place where all these cultures could meet and unite, thus creating a condition for World Unity. Father used to say that America represented the World because every nation and race is represented here. Since the unification "experience" in America ( and I use the word experience since we have not been an "American movement" since the mid-to-late 70's) has apparently not achieved a unity of heart between the three main Providential nations (Korea, Japan, and America), does this mean our goal now has changed to Korean leadership over all nations, or are we still trying to achieve a unity of heart? Personally, I haven't seen a whole lot of "raising up" of Americans over the last 20 years. I would call it more of a "domination".

Once the Japanese and Koreans came , Americans were automatically in a "Cain" position for Providential reasons. If I remember correctly the biggest mistake that Abel made was arrogance and "not understanding Cain's heart". Cain was to overcome his Fallen Nature and submit to Abel. I believe Americans gave it our best effort. The Japanese and Koreans made all the decisions, had personal access to Father, and had control of the money. Please! To say there were American "leaders" means we had American "figureheads".

Another "Cain" in history was Esau. If you ask me, he had every right to be really ticked off at Jacob. After all, Jacob betrayed him royally. If you read the Bible, you will see that the reason that Rebecca wanted Jacob to inherit the birthright was because Esau married some Moabite women -- therefore tainting the lineage. Jacob was successful in creating an avenue for Esau to heartiscally surrender because he understood Esau's suffering, gave him all his wealth, and "bowed down" to him, demonstrating his love and humility to his brother. I don't believe Jacob ever called Esau a failure.

In the early 70's there were many, many dynamic faithful American leaders, who believe-it-or-not brought many members, and they were talented, successful people. I believe that many of them left over the years because they could not hide their "light under a bushel", and they felt betrayed by the leadership(and MANY times they were!). Personally, I think one of the reasons I'm still around is because I'm not that talented, and I don't allow myself to get under anyone's thumb -- along with the fact that I believe that this is where God wants me. Not because it's so wonderful to "be here". Father, himself, said that the people who joined the Unification Church were seekers of love. He said that actually in the Unification Church, you will find only Satan. Home Church is where you will find God, True Parents, Jesus, and True Love. So if many people "left" because they were under the illusion that they would find love in the Unification Church, then I can't blame them. I just feel sad that they did not understand.

I think the Japanese in America were fairly successful. Many people have fond memories of MFT (which Father called the "backbone" of the Yankee Stadium - Washington Monument campaigns) and the Japanese were eventually able to somewhat understand Americans. Americans inherited a great deal from the Japanese. Yankee Stadium and Washington Monument were pretty much under Kamiyama's leadership. When the Japanese came to America, they worked side-by-side with Americans; sleeping where we slept, eating what we ate, etc. Their standard of hard work and sacrifice was truly inspirational --and still is for that matter. I feel there is a seed of unity between Japanese and Americans that will continue to grow. Remember Father proclaimed a couple of years ago that we had begun a new 40-year course. It isn't over, yet. I would just love to see the Koreans make half the effort to understand Americans as we make to understand them. Maybe "unification" could be accomplished as opposed to "domination".

Let's not write off the American "Unification" experience, yet. We still have about 37 years left on this course. America still has a role in the North American-South American Providence. Besides, Father proclaimed this is the time for the Second Generation since EVERYONE blew it (yes, Koreans and Japanese, too). I think we need to learn from our mistakes and look forward to the future -- with confidence not blame -- instead of lamenting over our failures! There have been some battles won and some foundations made. God! I feel if I hear anymore about what pitiful failures we are, I might as well throw in the towel say the "battle" is lost with that kind of defeatist attitude. Everyone made mistakes -- get over it! The war is not over yet!

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