In 1972, I was serving as an Itinerant Worker (IW) to assist pioneers in the Plains states just after Father had sent out a pioneer to each state. I had left our two-year-old son, David, in Berkeley with Shirley Stadelhofer, who had volunteered to care for him. At one point, while traveling from one rather lonely pioneer center to another, I became very homesick to see David. Then I had a dream that True Father visited Berkeley, and as Shirley was standing in the crowd with David, True Father came over to her and took David in his arms with a big smile. That really comforted my heart. I wrote Shirley about my dream.
A few weeks later, I received a letter from Shirley, saying that my dream had come true! True Father had visited the Bay Area family, and at some point, he came over to Shirley, who was holding David, spoke to him a little, and gave him a monetary gift. I cried in gratitude when I read her letter, and was able to fully give my heart and energy to my mission as a "mother" to the lonely pioneers. From that time on, I knew that True Father understood the hearts of the IWs as we traveled from state to state.
From Tribute, p. 36.