True Mother’s Message at the Victory Celebration in Albania

Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, affectionately known as True Mother, gave the following address at the Victory Celebration for the Rally for a Hopeful March Forward for a Heavenly Albania held on October 28, 2019 at the Mak Albania Hotel in Tirana.

I see hope for Europe. Though some aspects of the event may have been lacking in Heaven’s eyes, our first- and second-generation youth are the leaders of the future. It is so lovely to see that they are growing up healthy. I am very happy.

In truth, in terms of the providence Europe could be called the first continent. However, looking at the current reality of today, we cannot say they are the first.

It reminds me of a verse in the Bible, Matthew 7:7. Ask! If you ask, what will happen? It will be given to you. Seek! And you will find. Knock! And the door will be opened to you. This is the right Bible verse for Europe today. Don’t you think so?

I have reorganized all the former regions of Africa and Asia, plus also Korea and Japan, into five subregions and divided Europe into six subregions. However, the place with the fewest subregional activities is Europe. Don’t you agree? Did you not have courage? Or confidence? What was lacking? As it says in the Bible, you must ask, seek, and knock. Can you do this?

I am speaking firmly because I do not believe we can achieve good results with the current system.The reason I came to Albania was to wake Europe up even further. Actually, due to my health, I was not in a condition to come here. Many of the leaders said they hoped I would cancel the event in Albania, because the schedule for traveling around the world until 2020 is very tight. They said, “Mother, at your age it is not advisable to ride a plane for so many hours.” This is what they said. Dieter [Schmidt] also said, “Mother, I hope you will live on this earth for a long time!” To do so, should I take care of my health or not? However, I wished to give Europe another chance, so I gathered my courage and came.

In its geography, the Balkan Peninsula is a beautiful peninsula. However, looking at history, in particular European history, it has been very horrific. The wars here were so brutal and terrible during the thirty years since the Second World War began in Europe, following the First World War. Thus, the UN was formed to find a way to world peace, with no more wars in Europe, of course, but also in all the world’s nations. Next year it will be 75 years since the UN was inaugurated. However, what has the UN accomplished? The UN member states all have put their own interests first. They do not yield. They cannot unite. The same is true with the EU. That is why I said to you yesterday that organizations and groups established by people cannot last long.

When we look at the situation of the world today, world leaders will feel that there is a limit to what people can do. Yet, leaders with a lot of greed will try to push it until the end. However, God is alive. Because God exists, there will be no more dictators in the future as there were in the past. Do you understand? Then, what must you do? People must change in order to realize a world of peace. Regardless of rank or position, you must change. That is why the Only Begotten Daughter of God, the True Mother, has appeared for the first time in 6,000 years. It is for the True Parents to lead the world back to the position of having no connection to Satan or sin and to return the world to how it was at the time of its creation.

Coming from fallen humankind, you cannot be in God’s presence without first receiving the grace of True Parents’ Blessing. Heaven has worked hard to prepare for the Messiah that would welcome humankind. However, religion and society have been unable to prepare the environment. In particular, the Christian foundation has been a stumbling block in True Parents’ path. True Parents have given the Blessing all over the world, creating blessed families in some 192 nations. As this takes root, the realization of humanity’s dream, Heavenly Parent’s dream, Heaven on Earth, will come about. Blessed families, can we create Heaven on Earth with our own hands or not.

In this world today, due to people’s ignorance, the future of this beautiful planet Earth cannot be guaranteed. You all know that this is the serious situation we are in, don’t you? Natural disasters and things that should not be happening are occurring all over the world. They have caused many casualties. How can blessed families who have received the Blessing ignore this situation? Our Creator and Heavenly Parent blessed all things of the creation for humankind.

I know that this country of Albania has had a very difficult history and there are many problems requiring a solution. Those who know must take the lead in the healing. Should you just stand back and watch?

In particular, I have heard that in Albania you love your families. What must you do for your family’s future if this Earth on which your beloved children must live is sick? In the position of a parent, we must restore it to its original state, as it was when God, Our Creator, first created it.

Yesterday the first lady said that the youth in Albania are unable to find jobs and are going overseas to make money to take care of their families. She hopes for this nation to become self-reliant and to go forward by any means. What do you all think? I hope the 12,000 couples that received the Blessing yesterday can, through Heavenly Albania, show the world Heavenly Parent’s dream, the desire of all humankind, which is the dream of a peaceful world.

If we save the beautiful natural environment of all the nations on the coast of the Adriatic Sea and cultivate nature so that it can be healthy and not be damaged by tourism, we can create the environment in which all people of the world will want to come to the Balkans, in particular Albania. Then you would not need to worry about how to make a living, right? Aju? As pollution gets worse, people consider their health more and want to maintain it through natural nutrients found in nature rather than in instant foods. When considering this, I feel Albania’s natural environment is very good. What do you think?

Israel was unable to fulfill its responsibility, so its people had to live as a people without a nation for two thousand years. Then Israel gained its independence when it was time for the Messiah to come. Israel is actually mostly desert. It became a rich nation by learning how to farm in the desert. This means if you have a dream and do your utmost, it can be realized. I wish to tell the Albanian people there is a way for them to live well.

So which nation of virtuous men and women will represent the unified seventy and more nations of Europe in front of our Heavenly Parent? As is written in the Bible, you need to ask. You have to ask sincerely. With an earnest heart. You must search with this earnest heart. You have to knock in earnest. You have to wake people up because they don’t know.

Therefore, we cannot make this Albania conference the end of things. I therefore have given a name to the Cheon Il Guk Embassy in Albania, and I have given President Alfred Moisiu a big responsibility. The Heavenly Balkan Peninsula centered on the Heavenly Parent!

UPF’s responsibility in bringing this about is important. UPF Chair [Katsumi] Otsuka, I want you to involve yourself with this and take responsibility. And for Europe, Jacques Marion is appointed UPF president.

And there are many countries there, so we need to add some power. Mark Brann! Is Mark Brann here? Mark Brann has been good at negotiating with world leaders and has carried out his responsibility well, but now I want to name you to a new position and ask you to work harder. I appoint you as vice president of UPF!

And Britain has one of the oldest mission histories and has a lot of Heaven’s assets. The United Kingdom has seen no development in a decade and more. So I can’t allow this to be the situation in the future. That’s why I am boldly assigning Regional Chair [Michael] Balcomb to be headquartered in the United Kingdom and am naming him as the national leader of the United Kingdom. I think the former national leader, who is from our second generation, needs to gain more wisdom with age and more experience. I ask that you, Dr. Balcomb, teach him well in his role as vice president. 

The motivation for people from the European continent to go out on missions around the world began with the translation of the Bible into English by King James of England. Because of that, I will give Britain another chance to finish what it has started, to stand in front of God and have Heaven say you have done well. Also the six subregions must try hard to produce nations of people capable of being qualified as citizens of Cheon Il Guk on the national level, though that has not yet come about.

Africa had been last, but it has now become the first. You must learn from Africa. Isn’t that so? The barriers of religion and race. Europeans must repent for this. All the European Family Federation blessed families must become the people to straighten this out. You will do that, right? If there is anything I’ve missed, we will work on it through the Cheon Jeong Gung Headquarters later. We surely will be victorious!