I had been waiting for this workshop which would cleanse all my sins and provide me an opportunity of a new beginning. My husband went to Chung Pyung to attend the workshop a week before the Chicago workshop. He would miss the Chicago workshop because either (one of us) had to take care of our daughter who had suffered from serious illness for many years. After he came home he shared that Hoon Mo Nim was slightly sick due to a 10,000-bow condition. I was so surprised to know that she made such a hard condition so many times to help people like us who did not know deep enough about her heart and even the value of the grace she was offering to us all. That story made me more serious to prepare for this special workshop.

At a holy song session, when Dr. Yang walked by me, I strongly felt the presence of Dae Mo Nim and Heung Jin Nim. At that moment I found myself burst into tears. Suddenly Dr. Yang stopped and gave my son Ansu. I felt that he received it from Dae Mo Nim and Heung Jin Nim directly.

It was an amazing grace for my family and I. Now we are making best efforts to make good conditions everyday and trying to get rid of our old habits and the old way of our past thinking. It is a challenge but we feel that this is the way we can return joy and beauty to Dae Mo Nim and Heung Jin Nim. Thank you very much for this new beginning.

I usually do not pay attention to dreams so much but this time this dream was so real and it vividly stayed in my mind, probably this dream was to be shared with brothers and sisters so that we can understand what Dae Mo Nim is doing.

After a week of the conditions that my wife and I offered together, I had this dream:

I went somewhere with someone who had authority but I could not see that person. We went down and down in the pitch dark and climbed on the dirty slimy green moss or grass. And there was dirty gluey and muddy water. The only light that came was from us. Then we appeared to some kind of prison. It looked like a Roman fortress which was made of old age cement or brick. It wasn't an unpleasant look. When I was standing in front of a gate, the gate would open as if it was supposed to, because either I or the person who was with me had an authority to do so. Each prison had so many people in it. We went through many gates until we got to one cell. Prisoners were tightly packed in the cell yelling and screaming. But out of all those people, we went straight to pick a particular person there. Without any hesitation, and with precision off we went... out of the prison in the flesh....

From this dream, I think DMN is doing this when she picks up our ancestors in the very low and dangerous places filled with unwanted noises. I want to thank True Parents, Dae Mo Nim and Heung Jin Nim from the bottom of my heart

First of all our eternal gratitude to Heavenly Father and our True Parents. I joined the Family on April 16th, 1978, and ever since, I have been given thousands of blessings by our True Parents. I became engaged/blessed with my wife Mayumi in 1988, and we have 7 most beautiful and healthy children.

Throughout my life of faith I have strived to witness to my physical family and in some ways I have failed in bringing them closer to True Parents. My biggest surprise came on Sunday, February 18th, when I called my family in Mexico and California to share about the total forgiveness given by God through our True Parents of our sins of the past and the fact that there would be no stains or records in the spirit world. (Some of my closest relatives have received the blessing already including my parents.)

Some of my relatives in Mexico and California have now pledged to listen to Divine Principle lectures and have now repented for not believing in what I have said throughout the years. I feel completely different now. It is amazing the confidence that I have gained after the forgiveness ceremony! I feel finally free from accusation!

I was honored to be asked to organize the Chicago Chan Yang Team. The last visit of Heung Jin Nim and Dae Mo Nim was easier because Chan Yang members were still fresh from a Chung Pyung 40-day summer program and many of them were living in Chicago. This time the most of them had gone to STF or college. We have only one girl who went to Chung Pyung last summer. I called everywhere all the way to Nebraska, Kentucky, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin. We practiced 3 Saturdays before the event.

But then 3 days before Heung Jin Nim and Dae Mo Nim came, I received phone calls with all kinds of problems. For example, one individual got in an accident and two sisters said separately they became pregnant. Moreover, the national headquarters was looking for a national Chang Yang person to travel with Heung Jin Nim and Dae Mo Nim. So I had to give up my best force Mrs. Akemi Nguyen. She received the position with grateful heart. While I was feeling that I was not able to bring out a Chang Yang team for this event, I remembered a Dae Mo Nim's speech, "you will be tested and you must pass the test." Suddenly I got a fighting spirit and I called whomever I could include on both days of the event. It turned out to be a great Chan Yang Team with all experienced 40 days second generations. They made a special condition by offering 50 bows for 3 days just like when they did in Chung Pyung. Actually they did a great job in the workshop!

On the day of the workshop, I had a wonderful experience. When a holy song session started, I felt the energy push me to get up and go around the room to inspire brothers and sisters for ansu. While I was walking, I had a strong feeling that these were my brothers and sisters and I wanted them to do their best to get rid of all sins they could. The room became so small and I could walk from one end to the other with no effort. The actual grand ballroom was so long but on that day I did 2 rounds in a short time. It's amazing to me. Thank you True Parents, Heung Jin Nim and Dae Mo Nim for this wonderful experience.

I participated in the Special Workshop for the New Beginning of Cheon Il Guk Blessed Families in Chicago on Saturday and Sunday, February 17th and 18th, together with my uncle and aunt. My mother and young brother stayed home in Detroit. While the Sunday morning ceremonies were taking place, first my mother saw a lot of people in the living room -- our Ancestors who were already in the Spiritual World but she did not understand why. She was not afraid, and she starting worshiping and praying at that time. She did not move from the living room. She did not tell my young brother, who was resting in his bedroom.

At 10:54 p.m. when we arrived home, she did not even tell us what had happened. As we were tired, we went to bed. My young brother was then alone in the living room. Then he saw the same ancestors as my mother saw, but he did not know who the people were. The next morning he shared with my mother what he had seen the night before, and my mother explained that she had been seeing the same thing since Sunday, approximately after the 10:00 a.m. Liberation Ceremony. We concluded they were our Ancestors after their Liberation.

Thanks a lot to True Parents and Dae Mo Nim.

Here is my brief reflection about three things.

1. My husband's mother was so happy she came to Chicago. Originally I was going to bring the Holy Wine back to her because she is 79 and has a bad knee, but after she read Dae Mo Nim's speeches and Dr. Michael Jenkins' letters she realized she should attend and not send a doctor's note. She brought a cane, but didn't need to use it. She was so happy and grateful to attend everything together with her grandchildren.

2. We realize how much True Parents and Dae Mo Nim wanted to reach out to every member, so now we want to reach out again to all the people we have introduced to True Parents in the past several years with a deeper heart to really save their lives.

3. Somehow now I can remember the way I felt on MFT when I really believed everyday was lived for and with God and True Parents and all I had to do was try to love people. I was crazy about MFT and never wanted to leave. I even wanted to raise my children in a van, fundraising, because I thought it was the best possible life. Of course we didn't do that, but now I want to try to cultivate that spirit in my family where we really love each other and love other people. If God and True Parents can forgive me, I really better start loving people more and teach my children to do the same!

When I first arrived at the workshop my neck kept jerking as if many spirits were trying to get out of my neck. The whole workshop was one of reconciliation for me that I could start a new life to get rid of all my past. After the workshop I could not remember anything about my past, as I if had amnesia. I felt as everything had been erased from my memory.

My son Steven also had some experiences. He wrote, "On the first day I was in a lot of pain, and I said to myself how can I do this. But on the second day I felt I was new again. So I felt like God gave me strength on the second day to get me through until the very end."

The New Beginning Workshop reminded me that the work I do is not enough to complete my life of faith. Besides living in a principled manner, trying to have loving, right and pure thoughts and actions, my spiritual journey also relies upon the aid of God intervening through special people who may have strengths and insights to offer me.

It was difficult to put aside my concerns about work and money this weekend, but through my prayers and other members' encouragement, I decided to just let go of these things and to trust God. I wanted to put my faith in a new beginning! So, I went to Chicago. My matched partner also took a while to decide to come, but he did end up traveling to be there.

While we were participating in the Ansu session the second day, I saw Dr. Yang "ansuing" a person's back and I prayed that if there were something that another person could loosen and heal in me, that they would know that I was open to God's healing through them. This was not a normal prayer for me -- when I visit Pentecostal healing services I always set my mind to block any "suspicious" spiritual phenomena from affecting me. This time, however, I could feel that God was coming to reach us through this workshop. After I prayed, I saw that Dr. Yang walk away from the person he had been near and came in my direction. He walked straight to me and began to "clap" on my back. I felt choked up, so happy and reassured deeply that God was present with me and that He was working through good, spiritual people like Dr. Yang.

I was totally shocked that by the blood, sweat and tears of True Parents, such an amnesty was possible, and the fact that we received it now instead of 2013 is a miracle beyond my wildest dreams! I am freed from prison with no remaining record of all my crimes. I can now live up to my highest potential of true love and absolute goodness. Thank you True Parents from the bottom of my heart, I will thank you everyday for 10,000 years.

Being a member on the outside looking in, I arrived and felt a bit out of place. Seeing friends I haven't seen in 20 years. It all seemed to be going well. The lectures were good but the big day was the next day.

When the Holy Song was finished and we had the Unison Prayer, I felt the weight of the world on leave my shoulders, I felt the love of our Heavenly Father like I never have before.

Being a diabetic, I was unsuccessful at fasting before the workshop, so I decided to fast that day. The next morning I prayed and thanked God again for this great opportunity. I drank the Holy Wine and felt a clarity that I have never felt before. As the days went by I realized that the arthritis in my wrists was gone and my love for my family is deeper than it has ever been.

Thank you True Parents.

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