The Words of the Hwang Family
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The Words of the Hwang Family |
Brothers and sisters, thank you so much for this opportunity to introduce myself and explain some aspects of my new mission. I spent thirty-three years in overseas missions, since 1980. Just last March I returned because True Parents called all Adam national messiahs to Korea, my home country. I have mission experience in the United States, from 1980 until December 1985. In 1985, I went to China with my wife as an English teacher in a college. I lived in China for twenty-seven years, thirteen years in Beijing and in Harbin and then fourteen years in Hong Kong: The year after we arrived there, China took over Hong Kong.
The Korea I left behind thirty-three years ago is a totally different country now. I feel as if I am a foreigner in Korea. I came to Korea to do the new tribal messiah mission, which True Parents gave to all national messiahs. Soon after returning, my wife and I got the mission of helping to translate the new Cheon Seong Gyeong from Korean into English, the initial translation. Last September True Mother gave me this mission with the world mission department. That's why I am here, to work with you. Many of you are familiar to me, even though we have never had much chance to talk personally. I am always happy to see you.
I have witnessed the expansion of the heavenly kingdom, Cheon Il Guk, over the last thirty-three years. Cheon Il Guk is consistently growing from one's heart, on the individual level, to the social level and the national level. This is our destiny. All those in the world, without knowing Divine Principle, are blind. We are opened-eyed. Without knowing Divine Principle, ignorance, losing one's eyesight, is inevitable. This means that fallen people have all been blind, since Adam and Eve lost their eyesight, but now when we understand the Divine Principle, we can see the way to go. That's why we are so grateful all the time.
We are the first generation in history that can say to our children, "You must follow me, go the way that I went." This is our standard; if we lose this standard, we are losers, but if we are on track, centering on the Principle, we are the only people that can say this to our children with absolute confidence, which we learned from our True Parents' unwavering understanding and conviction. I am not here to preach to you. This is my personal feeling, and I'm sure you understand and share that feeling.
I feel that my new mission came out of the blue. It was God-given. Seeing you is my joy and happiness. I always think about how I might help and serve you from my office. I will try to be humbly supportive.
Participants
and staff of World National Leaders Assembly 2014, holding
photographs given by True Mother, after breakout sessions on the
final day of the assembly. Two hundred and seventy members from
ninety-nine nations participated.
True Parents and the Environment
"Let us become true owners of Cheon Il Guk who practice true love in resemblance to our Creator, the Heavenly Parent." Mother walked into the room and opened with these words. True Mother is the one person that can say this very naturally. It fits her character and her nature. Whenever I see her, True Mother -- with her whole heart, spirit and mind -- is facing God. No person, no feeling, no one's agenda can come between her and God. The wave flowing between God and True Mother is genuine.
We have heard Mother speak of the creation of the environment many times since Foundation Day, a year ago. I have often wondered what it means. Even to this day, I wonder. I understand somewhat, but I ask myself why Mother emphasizes the environment so much.
When True Mother assigned me on September 23, what she said shocked me. She said that the Unification Church had been a heartistic community once upon a time, but these days she described it with the Korean word meaning "dry, a wasteland, desolate." I feel very sorry about this. Mother said that we have to restore our original heart and the early church heart, when we were happy just knowing Divine Principle, seeing our new members and embracing them with our whole heart. We dedicated ourselves to restore every individual with absolute love and faith. We enjoyed our activities. Nowadays it is not like this, and True Mother feels uncomfortable in this environment. This is my interpretation when Mother speaks about the environment. We have to repent for the situation being like this, if Mother feels this way. This is my honest feeling.
When I saw Father when he was younger and when he was ninety-two years old, he was the same person, with the same mind, same spirit, same heart. I am sure you witnessed the same things and that you have the same heart as Father. That is why we are here today. We cannot forget this; we cannot discard this precious feeling for our eternal life, for our children's eternal lives. This is the absolute faith foundation. That is why we are here, to protect this. The faith of all humanity depends on it. Since we have such a strong sense of responsibility, we are here. No matter what kind of situation we face, we are here because we know the Principle and we know the ideal, which created a burning fire in our hearts that nobody can extinguish. True Parents are the answer. Mother keeps saying this: True Parents are the answer. If people knew True Parents, the world would be saved. The world would be so happy and the world would be the kingdom of God. To Mother it is real, and we understand. If humanity receives True Parents, every problem will disappear in a moment.
I went to North Korea with True Parents and I witnessed the luncheon meeting between Kim Il-sung and True Father. After the luncheon, Father raised Kim Il-sung's hand and said, "We are brothers, now, aren't we?" This is what Father declared. At that moment, do you know what I felt? All of a sudden, all of the enemies disappeared. Kim Il-Sung had tried to kill Father so many times, and as long as he viewed us mainly as the enemy, we were not safe. The communists could come south at any time. If they managed to occupy our country-, they could smash us, wipe us out immediately. They are merciless. Yet, at that moment, I felt that the enemy had become a true brother and the world had changed all of a sudden. Such an amazing feeling filled my heart. Great relief I felt. That was Father's effort to create a new environment, by getting rid of the enemy and ridding the world of that sinful environment.
Universal
Peace Academy cadets helped staff World National Leaders Assembly
2014, bringing a bright, youthful spirit to this year's assembly.
Mother's Attention to Our Young People
True Mother's teachings are raising young leaders. Those in the second generation are the bearers of True Parents' victorious legacy. They must be the rock upon which True Parents can build the eternal heavenly tradition. Is our second generation doing well, healthy, safe? These are True Mother's concerns and True Mother thinks deeply about how to raise those in our second generation. That's why Wonmo Pyeongae Foundation invested in our young people, inviting them to study in Korea on full scholarships. In Sun Moon University, we have sixty people studying Korean on a scholarship. Brazil sent twenty-three people. I wonder why more people aren't there. The Brazilian team is working hard.
From now, how can you make best use of the Wonmo Pyeongae Foundation? It is a good opportunity. This is not only for your children; we would like to invite potential national leaders to Korea on a full scholarship. Please use our office to find the best way to utilize the Wonmo Pyeongae scholarship program. Please pay attention to it.
From True Mother's guidelines at the conclusion of 2013, I selected the Korean word meaning "distinguished royal family member." Here, all of us, you and I, belong in this category. We are Heavenly Father's distinguished royal family. Do you feel that? If you feel that, you are. That's for sure.
Once when I met Father, he asked, "Do you know that Chinese people love me?" Father thinks that Chinese people love him. Why? Because he loves Chinese people and in his heart, there is no question that since I love you, you should love me. There is no other way. I realized after thinking about it that this is Father's feeling. Even though he was the Victor Over Communism leader, when the opportunity came, and China opened up, he invested in his biggest project, Panda Motors. When the China Spring happened in 1989,' all the foreign businesses pulled out of China, but when China opened to us, Father invested in his biggest project, the Panda project, an automotive venture. It did not work out well, but Father had no hesitation. He mobilized all our resources.
I heard Father's prayer at the opening ceremony. I was standing behind him. Father prayed, I want to make this place, the heart and the center of automobile technology in Asia and I want to bring an equal level of technology for humanity centered on this automobile factory.
Father prayed like that. His intention was sharing his love and wanting to do something for the Chinese people. I was always amazed that Father was an anti-communist leader but when the chance came, he wholeheartedly embraced the opportunity and invested whatever he had, one hundred percent.
He also sent leaders of the International Highway Project to meet Chinese leaders to explain the project to them, because that highway would be a way to break down barriers between countries. In 1985, Japanese leaders, including Kajikuri sensei, went to China to meet China's vice-president to explain the international highway concept.
So, Father absolutely no doubt that Chinese people loved him. It must be true; he did not doubt it. His long life was like this. We met True Parents, and True Parents blessed us, so we know the way to go. We have no more questions.
Mother's final word is on productivity and having creative minds.
Since we know the Divine Principle, we have everything we need. Now we have to take initiative and use our own creativity to carry out our responsibilities and bring results. As mature, responsible beings, we need to practice what we pledge every day.
We pledge every day. We must fulfill our pledge. Finally, I want to express my feelings. Whenever I meet Mother, I feel that Mother is very strong, like Father. Mother has maintained the same heart, mind and spirit alongside True Father for more than fifty years. Mother is not different from Father, which is how she could complete the Coronation Ceremony of God's Kingship with True Father, and open the substantial era of Cheon II Guk on Foundation Day.
Mother is very strong and because of Mother, we can keep going. We are marching on, no question about it. Father's foundation will continue to flourish.