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True Father in NJ for Mother's St. Petersburg Speech
Annie Gagne
May 29, 2000
I was at the Liberty Marina in Jersey City with True Father and 200 brothers and sisters from NJ & NY to support Mother's speech in St. Petersburg. As usual, it was wonderful just being there.
Father arrived at the marina on a boat and went straight to the main building of the marina. The members were gathered at a hangar next to this building. We were connected to the event in St. Petersburg, but Father didn't join us until Mother's speech started.
After Mother's speech ended and it was time for the entertainment, a few groups/individuals sang from each side. Those singing from Russia were young and the music was quite youthful. It was inspiring to see so many young members there. Most of those singing on our side were from the 40's and older generation. Halfway through, though, Father asked how many Koreans were in the audience. He then asked the 20 or so to come up front and sing a song. This song was led by Dr. Yang. There was a delightful spirit throughout the entertainment.
When the entertainment ended, Father went back to the main building for about 10 more minutes. We were all waiting outside to say good-bye. As we were waiting, a few sisters (including myself) started singing "Happy Heart". We couldn't remember all the words so we just sang it the "la, la, la...." way. When Father came out he smiled and did a little dance to our song. As he was walking back to the boat, we kept singing and, at one point, stopped and danced some more. Then he turned to all of us and waved good-bye. It was such a wonderful way to end our meeting with Father!
NJ has been so blessed! Father came 4 times already--3 times at the marina and another time at the True World Group building in Little Ferry. All this in less than a week!
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