Guest Speakers Surprise Global Top Gun Participants

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A few special guest speakers have recently graced the stage in the training room at the Cheong Pyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center, where a group of international young people are transitioning from their first week at the Global Top Gun workshop. In this second week of the workshop, they are shifting focus from deepening their awareness of God to deepening their awareness of True Parents.

This made a surprise visit by Yeon Ah Moon, President of the Women’s Federation for World Peace (WFWP), as well as Rev. and Mrs. Song, early pioneers of the Unification movement, particularly opportune and a highlight of the week, as they could each share unique perspectives on the life of True Parents and the roots of the Unification movement.

Yeon Ah Moon began her remarks with a scriptural reading from True Father, addressing the group as future leaders.

She exhorted them, “Become people who have Heavenly Parent and True Parents first in our souls—you won’t have to think about going the right way, you simply will. You need to learn to love Heavenly Parent and True Parents and you need to learn to love more.

“Love more,” she continued, “but what is love? Love is an action. What do we need to do to fall in love with someone, with God and True Parents?”

Yeon Ah Moon shared many insights into answering this question, but she drew the most memorable example from her time spent with True Parents. “To love a person you must know that person. To know everything about that person you must live with them.”

Citing another speech by True Father about how we can learn to fall in love with our Heavenly Parent and True Parents, she also related that she asks herself three questions every morning, “Dearest Heavenly Parent, has your hope been realized today? How can we understand your situation? Do you stand in a position today where your heart is filled with happiness?” She encouraged the group to adopt this practice, not only with their minds but with their hearts: to live and feel God and True Parents in this way, from the very first moments of their day to the last.

Earlier in the day, they had also met Rev. and Mrs. Song, an elderly Korean couple who joined the Unification movement over 50 years ago. Some participants were moved to tears by their testimony.

Dr. Ki Hoon Kim, Continental Chairman of FFWPU North America, and Dr. Balcomb, President of FFWPU USA, also paid the workshop participants a visit. They spoke to them briefly to congratulate them, share encouragement and wish them well.

“This morning I greeted True Mother,” shared Dr. Kim. “True Mother was very proud of each one of you, over 100 young future leaders from 27 nations. True Mother is thinking of each one of you always, every day. Thank you so much for your coming here, and thank you so much for your heart. It will be great life changing experience.”

To hear more about the Global Top Gun experience, visit the Top Gun blog.