Several folks requested and I promised more testimony about Mrs. Won Pak Choi.

One point that I learned about her life is that the strain of attending True Parents is so severe.

Imagine that for 20 years you had to be quite literally at the beck and call of another human being. You couldn't plan anything or make any schedule. How could you shop, go to the Doctor, and get your hair cut?

Mrs. Choi had to retire after Father and be up before Farther to greet Father when he awoke. She could never even once show any sign of fatigue, impatience, or any kind of disharmony with Father. All the while she had to mentor a younger less educated woman and raise her to a position higher than herself.

Because she had this kind of pressure all the time she really appreciated my support in being able to buy things for her and run other errands for her. She was so generous in her expressions of gratitude that was beyond anything I deserved.

I found her level of personal discipline and precision of life style amazing. She was so punctual and so courteous and considerate, yet she had a huge weight to bear. She studied English so carefully because at the time, the words of True Father issued from her mouth in English. She couldn't countenance the thought of mistranslating Father's words.

Because she was so precise and took her responsibility so seriously some times she could put a lot of pressure on me to get things done right and on time. Yet she never dumped on me. I could always feel her motivation was to serve True Father absolutely and I was just the errand boy that she used occasionally.

One of the activities that we did together was to take the Evelyn Woods Speed Reading course (twice). Mrs. Choi's motivation was to be able to pore through all the correspondence and reading she had to do faster in order to serve Father better. This was at the age of 60.

She always deprecated her self, saying her eyesight was failing and that her mind was slowing down. Still I would get so tired staying in her room late at night that I was practically falling over. Mrs. Choi would mercifully and graciously dismiss me, yet often when I went to her room early the next day her bed hadn't been slept in.

Imagine a 60-year-old woman getting along on 2 hours of sleep every other night. This implies the greater difficulty of the schedule that she had in the early days.

She explained sleeping one meter from True Father and Mother with only a wood and paper sliding door separating them. She referred to the fact that she could hear even the faintest sound from Parent's chamber while having to maintain silence even in her sleeping time.

I know that Dan remembers Belvedere in 1973 when Mrs. Choi made her self accessible to older members like him self. My spiritual mom used to feel that it was normal to go through Mrs. Choi to get advice from True Father. Through correspondence she continued to counsel members through out the world. She was fluent in Korean Japanese and English and I believe one or two more European languages. She would bring important matters directly to Father.

Mrs. Choi was universally loved by EG staff and when I visited her residence and her office at Little Angels school the devotion of those that attended her reflected such love and affection. It was easy to see why, because I felt the same way.

Again even 10 years after we both left East Garden she would call me when she visited her sons in the NYC area and even blessed our home by having dinner with us one time. Who could have such gratitude to a servant after so long?

I guess someone who loved even a servant as their own child.

Joe K

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