The United States was supposed to meet the Messiah and fulfill its providential responsibility

Hak Ja Han
January 13, 2013
Universal Peace Academy graduate students
Las Vegas, Nevada
HC 12.13

Because Father loved the world and humanity, a process by which all fallen human beings are restored as citizens of Cheon Il Guk was needed to perfect and complete God's providence. Centered on the history of Christian civilization, the United States was supposed to meet the Messiah in the end and fulfill its responsibility within the providence. That is why Father left Korea, Japan and Asia in the early days and conducted the providence in the Western Hemisphere. I am not sure whether you have heard of this or not, but the providence of restoration through indemnity has continued to unfold ever since the Fall. Humanity plunged into ignorance but continued to pursue goodness through the actions of the conscience; however, the atmosphere of the fallen world did not leave the people alone. It was difficult. Heaven should not have had to experience this man-inflicted sorrowful past. Through the manifestation of True Parents, True Father could liberate Heaven, comfort Heaven and complete the providence of restoration through indemnity. True Father attended God as the Heavenly Parent. He even conducted the Coronation Ceremony for the Kingship of God. True Father could restore the position of our Heavenly Parent. Our Heavenly Parent could find his position through the True Parents alone at only one time in humanity's history. You can imagine how hard God had to work throughout this immense history, as six thousand years passed.

You are in the second-generation realm within this Cheon Il Guk era, which True Parents began. Isn't that right? You are in a position in which you must learn well and carry out your responsibilities. II

True Parents on Jeju Island in the winter of 1983

What was the motto I gave you this time? [Let us become true owners of Cheon Il Guk who practice true love in resemblance to our Creator, the Heavenly Parent!] Yes. Becoming ' true owners... Without meeting True Parents, one cannot become a true owner. You can be in the position of owners in front of humanity because of True Parents. You have been set up in a position where you can be infinitely precious, proud of yourselves and shine down through history. However, while you are still alive, you must open the way so that the seven billion people on Earth can also be in the same position as you; this is your responsibility. One world or one culture centered on the Heavenly Parent.... You are in a position through which you must save the seven billion people, which is why it is a good thing that you have traversed through America. In the early days, to be more accurate, in 1972, True Father began the providence in the United States, and in 1975, he unfolded the providence on a worldwide scale in earnest.

When he first came to the U. S. and toured the fifty states, what did True Father say? I have come as a doctor because America has become ill; I have come as a firefighter because families in America are collapsing and are on fire. In those days, upper-class society greatly welcomed Father. That was a time when family break-ups, juvenile problems, drugs and communism threatened American society; the future seemed quite hopeless to them. Those were days when America was truly waiting for the Messiah.

However, though the Christian foundation was prepared to welcome the Messiah, Christians became jealous instead.

Think about what happened two thousand years ago with Israel, as the background to this. For four thousand years, Heaven worked on separating the chosen people of Israel from Satan. Literally, it is said to have taken four thousand years, but it might have taken longer. How difficult would that have been for Heaven?

Universal Peace Academy students with True Mother in Las Vegas; To True Mother's left is Principle Dong Woo Kim; Standing at the back, right to left: Dong Woo Kim's son and Jae Hyun Kim

When you read the Old Testament, you find that God had set up people in charge and that many such figures were appointed to conduct the providence. Yet every single time a person was appointed, he could not succeed. The central figure failed to fulfill his responsibility, and the resulting prolongation of the providence reached four thousand years. After they went through the four thousand years, Heaven promised to send them the Messiah.

Israel was then under the control of the Roman Empire. It is said that Rome in those days extended to all corners of the world. They had a foundation equivalent to that of America today. This is how thoroughly Heaven had made preparations. The people of Israel were to welcome the Messiah, reform the Roman Empire and unfold God's providence through the Roman Empire. If they had done so, the world would have become one centered on Jesus in those days.

What happened instead? He died on the cross without even being able to carry out God's will fully. Jesus could not teach everything about how to welcome the returning Lord in the future during his three-year public course, which I believe might have been less than three years. A few hundred years later, Christianity was formed. However, how great was the damage inflicted on Heaven and people as a result?

Enormous sacrifice followed because an individual nation failed to fulfill its responsibility. They were unaware of indemnity. True Parents have opened a new era without indemnity; however, those in the first and second generations did not fulfill their responsibilities. The seven billion people on Earth are still waiting for True Parents. Only by restoring everyone, can we move on to an era without indemnity for real.

True Mother visited a plot of land covering 12,540 square meters in south Las Vegas, acquired in 2011, where workmen have begun construction on a palace

What must be done to achieve that? Every single one of you carries the tremendous responsibility of being able to save a nation, the world and humanity. This is necessary to ensure that our descendants live in an era without indemnity. The returning Messiah.... Jesus said that he was coming back after he died on the cross. Two thousand years have passed as Christianity waited for the returning Lord.

Meanwhile, in the sixteenth century the scripture known as the Bible became well known to many people. One thousand six hundred years had passed. You must consider this. That is why this nation came to be formed through the Puritans and Protestants. Without knowing God's will, people of this fallen world cannot see the general picture no matter how hard they try. That is why Heaven allowed religions to appear around the world to save people. Among them, Christianity is the central religion. Yet, when we look at Christianity, too, did the Catholic Church fulfill its responsibility? Protestantism appeared and the United States as a nation could be set up in a position where it can fulfill its responsibility vis-a-vis the global providence because of that. Hence, the United States must and should have attended the Messiah.

Heaven's providence works in mysterious ways; toward the end of World War II, the victorious countries helped the defeated countries. Even though Japan did wrong, the victorious countries did not ask Japan to indemnify the damages caused; instead, they helped Japan. Do you know why? It was because True Parents had appeared and all nations are sibling countries under True Parents.

True Father appointed the United States as the eldest-son nation within the providence. In orientalism, the oldest son is supposed to take all responsibility; thus, instead of the parents doing so, he must embrace all his siblings. The oldest son must guide all the siblings to the parents. Isn't that right? That is why the eldest son idea is highly regarded within orientalism in Korea. Responsibility follows. Father once gave an example about a family with many siblings. lie said that what matters is who lives for the sake of others the most; hence, if the youngest sibling lived for the sake of everyone else in the family, more so than even his oldest sibling, that youngest sibling would become the central figure of that family. Heaven is fair; Heaven gives blessings to those that try to live for others' sake.

What do you think of our present Unification family today? It is on a firm foundation. No one can have a free hand on the foundation that I have made now. You are indeed blessed in this new era of Cheon Il Guk. You should become one with True Parents and become proud, devoted children and patriots in setting up this tradition.

You have been given everything. The new scripture will also be given to you all soon -- Cheon Seong Gyeong, Pyeonghwa Gyeong and Chanymmo Gyeong. The Bible alone was the textbook Christianity used for two thousand years. In the future, these teachings will he gems for eternity. There will be nothing higher.

Some people are thoughtless and foolish. You, however, are tremendously happy people with True Parents still alive. I usually say that happiness grows the more you share it. Only by doing so can the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth be realized. Isn't that right? After realizing the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth, your next destination would be the Kingdom of God in Heaven. Do not forget that you are in the most important central position and do not think of studying as being hard. For people to be able to be reborn through you, you need to go through this compulsory period. You must go through it because you have to teach people.

Principal Kim, you must work hard. Jae Hyun, you have worked hard. Let us all work hard! You are lucky indeed. You will be watching Michael Jackson's show, which I myself have not seen yet.

God's Providence in the Western Hemisphere

Hak Ja Han
January 13, 2014
To Universal Peace Academy graduates
Las Vegas, Nevada

January 7, 2014 - Cheon Hwa Gung, Las Vegas, Nevada

Because Father loved the world and humanity, a process by which all fallen human beings are restored as citizens of Cheon Il Guk was needed to perfect and complete God's providence. Centered on the history of Christian civilization, the United States was supposed to meet the Messiah in the end and fulfill its responsibility within the providence. That is why Father left Korea, Japan and Asia in the early days and conducted the providence in the Western Hemisphere. I am not sure whether you have heard of this or not, but the providence of restoration through indemnity has continued to unfold ever since the Fall. Humanity plunged into ignorance but continued to pursue goodness through the actions of the conscience; however, the atmosphere of the fallen world did not leave the people alone. It was difficult. Heaven should not have had to experience this man-inflicted sorrowful past. Through the manifestation of True Parents, True Father could liberate Heaven, comfort Heaven and complete the providence of restoration through indemnity. True Father attended God as the Heavenly Parent. He even conducted the Coronation Ceremony for the Kingship of God. True Father could restore the position of our Heavenly Parent. Our Heavenly Parent could find his position through the True Parents alone at only one time in humanity's history. You can imagine how hard God had to work throughout this immense history, as six thousand years passed.

You are in the second-generation realm within this Cheon Il Guk era, which True Parents began. Isn't that right? You are in a position in which you must learn well and carry out your responsibilities.

What was the motto I gave you this time? [Let us become true owners of Cheon Il Guk who practice true love in resemblance to our Creator, the Heavenly Parent!] Yes. Becoming true owners… Without meeting True Parents, one cannot become a true owner. You can be in the position of owners in front of humanity because of True Parents. You have been set up in a position where you can be infinitely precious, proud of yourselves and shine down through history. However, while you are still alive, you must open the way so that the seven billion people on Earth can also be in the same position as you; this is your responsibility. One world or one culture centered on the Heavenly Parent…. You are in a position through which you must save the seven billion people, which is why it is a good thing that you have traversed through America. In the early days, to be more accurate, in 1972, True Father began the providence in the United States, and in 1975, he unfolded the providence on a worldwide scale in earnest.

When he first came to the U. S. and toured the fifty states, what did True Father say? I have come as a doctor because America has become ill; I have come as a firefighter because families in America are collapsing and are on fire. In those days, upper-class society greatly welcomed Father. That was a time when family break-ups, juvenile problems, drugs and communism threatened American society; the future seemed quite hopeless to them. Those were days when America was truly waiting for the Messiah.

However, though the Christian foundation was prepared to welcome the Messiah, Christians became jealous instead. Think about what happened two thousand years ago with Israel, as the background to this. For four thousand years, Heaven worked on separating the chosen people of Israel from Satan. Literally, it is said to have taken four thousand years, but it might have taken longer. How difficult would that have been for Heaven?

When you read the Old Testament, you find that God had set up people in charge and that many such figures were appointed to conduct the providence. Yet every single time a person was appointed, he could not succeed. The central figure failed to fulfill his responsibility, and the resulting prolongation of the providence reached four thousand years. After they went through the four thousand years, Heaven promised to send them the Messiah.

Israel was then under the control of the Roman Empire. It is said that Rome in those days extended to all corners of the world. They had a foundation equivalent to that of America today. This is how thoroughly Heaven had made preparations. The people of Israel were to welcome the Messiah, reform the Roman Empire and unfold God's providence through the Roman Empire. If they had done so, the world would have become one centered on Jesus in those days.

What happened instead? He died on the cross without even being able to carry out God's will fully. Jesus could not teach everything about how to welcome the returning Lord in the future during his three-year public course, which I believe might have been less than three years. A few hundred years later, Christianity was formed. However, how great was the damage inflicted on Heaven and people as a result?

Enormous sacrifice followed because an individual nation failed to fulfill its responsibility. They were unaware of indemnity. True Parents have opened a new era without indemnity; however, those in the first and second generations did not fulfill their responsibilities. The seven billion people on Earth are still waiting for True Parents. Only by restoring everyone, can we move on to an era without indemnity for real.

What must be done to achieve that? Every single one of you carries the tremendous responsibility of being able to save a nation, the world and humanity. This is necessary to ensure that our descendants live in an era without indemnity. The returning Messiah…. Jesus said that he was coming back after he died on the cross. Two thousand years have passed as Christianity waited for the returning Lord.

Meanwhile, in the sixteenth century the scripture known as the Bible became well known to many people. One thousand six hundred years had passed. You must consider this. That is why this nation came to be formed through the Puritans and Protestants. Without knowing God's will, people of this fallen world cannot see the general picture no matter how hard they try. That is why Heaven allowed religions to appear around the world to save people. Among them, Christianity is the central religion. Yet, when we look at Christianity, too, did the Catholic Church fulfill its responsibility? Protestantism appeared and the United States as a nation could be set up in a position where it can fulfill its responsibility vis-à-vis the global providence because of that. Hence, the United States must and should have attended the Messiah.

Heaven's providence works in mysterious ways; toward the end of World War II, the victorious countries helped the defeated countries. Even though Japan did wrong, the victorious countries did not ask Japan to indemnify the damages caused; instead, they helped Japan. Do you know why? It was because True Parents had appeared and all nations are sibling countries under True Parents.

True Father appointed the United States as the eldest-son nation within the providence. In orientalism, the oldest son is supposed to take all responsibility; thus, instead of the parents doing so, he must embrace all his siblings. The oldest son must guide all the siblings to the parents. Isn't that right? That is why the eldest son idea is highly regarded within orientalism in Korea. Responsibility follows. Father once gave an example about a family with many siblings. He said that what matters is who lives for the sake of others the most; hence, if the youngest sibling lived for the sake of everyone else in the family, more so than even his oldest sibling, that youngest sibling would become the central figure of that family. Heaven is fair; Heaven gives blessings to those that try to live for others' sake.

What do you think of our present Unification family today? It is on a firm foundation. No one can have a free hand on the foundation that I have made now. You are indeed blessed in this new era of Cheon Il Guk. You should become one with True Parents and become proud, devoted children and patriots in setting up this tradition.

You have been given everything. The new scripture will also be given to you all soon -- Cheon Seong Gyeong, Pyeonghwa Gyeong and Champumo Gyeong. The Bible alone was the textbook Christianity used for two thousand years. In the future, these teachings will be gems for eternity. There will be nothing higher.

Some people are thoughtless and foolish. You, however, are tremendously happy people with True Parents still alive. I usually say that happiness grows the more you share it. Only by doing so can the kingdom of heaven on earth be realized. Isn't that right? After realizing the kingdom of heaven on earth, your next destination would be the kingdom of God in Heaven. Do not forget that you are in the most important central position and do not think of studying as being hard. For people to be able to be reborn through you, you need to go through this compulsory period. You must go through it because you have to teach people.

Principal Kim, you must work hard. Jae-hyun, you have worked hard. Let us all work hard! You are lucky indeed. You will be watching Michael Jackson's show, which I myself have not seen yet.

It is sheer joy to have this time with one another, sharing our true hearts

Hak Ja Han
January 13, 2014
HC 12.13
Las Vegas, Nevada
To Japanese business members

True Mother met and spoke to this group of Japanese members that have been investing their effort into business-related missions.

Everyone watches a video of True Mother's December 15, 2013 speech: www.tparents.org/Moon-Talks/HakJaHanMoon-13/HakJaHan-131215.pdf

I am the one who gave that speech, but seeing it again, I realize that I speak well. Didn't you understand? Did you understand everything said in the video? Are most of you here Japanese members? [Yes] Everyone on this side speaks Japanese while those on the other side speak English. Is that right? Those on the English side please be seated. Well then, what did you feel after watching the video? Do you feel grateful to have Mother sit here at this time? Please keep an unchanging heart of gratitude and be determined to make good on the sacrifices of our Heavenly Parent at all costs while True Mother is still alive. Whenever you are in charge of a field and achieve something, you are lucky that you still have Mother to whom you can report and share your joy with. Have you experienced that?

It is sheer joy to be able to have this time to share joy with one another by closely conversing and by sharing our true hearts during our lifetime on earth. I am over seventy years old now and there is no guarantee that I will live up to a hundred in good health. How old do I look to you? Do I look young?

True Parents visit a church training center on Jeju Island, on May 9, 1983

This is not only your hope but also the hope of those prepared people on earth that still don't know of God's will. Whether or not they know of God's will or God's providence, mankind must ultimately know of our Heavenly Parent and must attend him. What is the motto for 2020 that I gave you this time? I would like to hear it from you. [Let us become true owners of Cheon Il Guk who practice true love in resemblance to our Creator, the Heavenly Parent!]

Whether consciously done or not, the actions of the conscience within all the people in the fallen world are certainly guiding humanity toward Heaven. You, the blessed families, _ are the first among them. God's hope is to make all fallen people into citizens of Cheon II Guk; hence, as the first chosen people, how much we cooperate for this hope will decide whether we are remembered in history.

Just as you saw through the video, I spoke about Joshua and Caleb as an example to the leaders of the second-generation realm in Korea. Ten other people were sent spying with Joshua and Caleb. Upon their return, the ten people reported that it would be difficult to take the city. Those ten that said it would be difficult were excluded from history and were not remembered. Only Joshua and Caleb, who remained faithful to Heaven and Moses, were remembered in history. In other words, they became the central figures. You are such beings today.

Receiving the blessing through True Parents alone makes you into historic people. However, its importance would greatly differ depending on whether you love and live for yourselves and your family or for a greater good and for God's will. That is why I said that we must become true owners. What is a true owner?

A true owner is a person in a position where one fulfills the hope of our Heavenly Parent and the True Parents of Heaven, Earth and Humankind. It is your responsibility to obtain the authority to keep this universe, earth and world, which were created by our Heavenly Parent, steady.

This is how big our hopes are; yet, the world today, which is ignorant of God's will, is continuing to collapse, descend and go through destruction. Nature is also being destroyed as a result of fallen people. We should not become blessed families that let such things happen without taking any action.

Let us all mobilize based on what True Father showed us and taught us for the past sixty years and change the wrong direction of the world today. We have a clear purpose. We must save humanity in order to reach that purpose. Always remember that this is not only for the nation you live in but for the world. Do you understand?

And God's Will will certainly... What will happen to the world if this big, big whirlwind passes through it? There will be devastation but we will be able to see one goal and one purpose. When a whirlwind rages through, nature may be destroyed but people would be able to see one purpose. Do you understand? It appears as if you did not grasp what I just said. If you see the direction that the tornado rages through, we become one.

That is why you must learn Korean. For a child not to know the language spoken by his or her parents is embarrassing.

People are not perfect. As people that live in a time when you attend True Parents and work with them, especially when considering your descendants.... Yes? Aren't we all moving forward with the goal of one world under God? There cannot be different languages in God's world. When I speak in Korean, you must be able to understand everything; however, you can only listen through translations here and there. There is no perfect translation. That is why people place importance on the original manuscripts and the native language. Do you understand?

You are young. Don't you want to challenge yourselves to do something like that? Why are your answers lukewarm? Even out there in the world, when parents reach a certain age, like this, children should be able to mature, attend them and make the parents comfortable.... Yet, True Parents have no comfortable time until the day they go to the spiritual world. I came here to have some rest, but now, things that keep me from oversleeping continue to take place.

You are probably happy because you can see me every day. Isn't that right?

Seeing me every day is important, but you must also fulfill your responsibilities. Particularly, do everything in your power within your range of responsibility. This is a big problem. Shouldn't we be able to report about putting a lot of effort and being able to yield fruit and results? Do you understand?

I had to come to Las Vegas in order to decide and conclude the work Father had conducted here. Do you understand?

What Makes One's Existence Valuable?

Hak Ja Han
January 7, 2014
Cheon Hwa Gung
Las Vegas, Nevada

January 7, 2014 - Cheon Hwa Gung, Las Vegas, Nevada

I hope you have all been doing fine. Are those here today members of the church in Las Vegas? The number of members has increased a lot. Are you new members or members who have moved here? How many people are here today -- about fifty to sixty members? [Yes, around fifty.] That's many.

Do you all remember the yearly motto I gave you during New Year's Day of the Gregorian calendar? Please tell me what it is. Have you made the determination to become true owners? This is not about something you resolve to do in the future, but something you must become. When we look at today's world, we cannot say it is one of peace and joy. We find problems within the individual, society and nation. This is not the ideal world our Creator, the Heavenly Parent, originally created. The damage brought about by the Fall not only affected mankind but also the creation. For instance, the United States is a democratic nation that represents free nations. Yet, it is unaware of God's providence. Even though it is a central Christian nation that has been waiting for the Returning Lord, it is pouring all its energy into developing weapons and waging wars that bring about destruction to humans and the natural world, when it should be looking for the Messiah instead.

Isaiah 2:4 mentions that a world of peace will come when swords are beaten into plowshares. I am saying that we should all get rid of killing weapons and return to nature. We must return to the days when God made his creation. Do you understand? Imagine if everything that is being made to reinforce the immense military power - - including weapons, planes, and other equipment -- were used instead for the process of being reborn into true people through the actions of the original mind or conscience. What do you think would happen?

First of all, you have met the True Parents, who are what humanity and God have hoped for. Through True Parents, you are standing in a blessed position. You are blessed families; however, that does not mean you know everything about God's providence and about True Parents. You must continue to learn. In order to get rid of the bad and false habits that have been ingrained over the past six-thousand-year history, as mentioned in the Bible, you must learn. From Heaven's point of view, blessed families cannot be regarded as being perfect or complete.

In light of that, how long would Heaven wait for the seven billion people on earth? You should be able to expand your surroundings and there is only one method -- you must witness.

Human beings are like orphans without knowledge of True Parents. You must let them know about True Parents. Only by expanding the environment through which people can come to understand True Parents can Heaven and humanity's hope of realizing the ideal world -- the kingdom of God on earth -- be fulfilled. You are not that young anymore. You have met True Parents and have established blessed families that True Parents have educated. Hence, you carry some responsibilities. One gains the term "owner" through one's own efforts. People do not just call you an owner and serve you. Do you understand?

Please ensure that you are in the position of having fulfilled God's will before you die, because only by doing do so can you be called a true devoted son or daughter. Let us say you have set up the position of a true child. Responsibilities will follow the setting up of that position.

How much have you contributed to God's providence during your lifetime? How much have you loved others and restored them to the non-fallen people and creation God originally formed? It is true that you are now in a position where you can fulfill this precious responsibility.

I work on too many things because I am one of the True Parents. I have the significant responsibilities of harvesting the fruit of the blood, sweat and tears that True Parents have shed for the restoration of the world and of setting it up on a strong foundation.

It is true that Heaven made many preparations around the world for the providence. However, the providence depends on blessed families to yield results. In other words, if blessed families were in a position where they had fulfilled their responsibilities, this could happen at a faster rate. However, because you have not been in such positions, True Parents had to unfold God's will in all details themselves. There were many such cases in the providence. Therefore, what I am trying to do is to distinguish them and carry out the responsibility that must be set upon on the rock.

For instance, let's take the Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, the soccer team. No prominent soccer team existed in Korea in the days when this team began its existence. The Ilhwa Chunma soccer team can be seen as having played a key role in the development of soccer in Korea. Furthermore, the Chunma Ilhwa soccer team greatly contributed to the hosting of the 1988 Olympics in Korea. Our soccer team received seven stars. They were champions seven times in twenty-five years. Now, we have big conglomerates like Samsung and Hyundai that own many soccer teams. However, because the soccer team requires a huge amount of money to cover its operations every year, I gave the Chunma Ilhwa soccer team to the city of Seongnam. The reason I am saying this is… The soccer team could have been preserved, but I did it for you. To spur the worldwide missionary work, I decided to halt outside activities. Do you understand?

To be able to find one more life as quickly as possible and to bless you, I stopped such outside activities. As of now, I am investing everything in the development of the church through the Holy Spirit and the truth.

Witnessing is being conducted actively within the Asian region in countries such as Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Nepal and other nations. However, the United States is the problem in the West. You must wake up. I did not plan to come to Las Vegas, but I had reasons that made it necessary. Wongu, which was founded by Father…. Which Wongu was that? Wongu University of Oriental Medicine... I cannot help investing a tremendous amount of money into Wongu University of Oriental Medicine; hence, you must conduct activities with a serious heart of responsibility. Taking into consideration not only the health of the people in the United States but also that of people around the world, the Wongu Oriental school must be developed according to the reforms Father has carried out. Since I have to invest here what I had planned to invest in missions worldwide, I had to come to Las Vegas.

Who is the president of Wongu University? Tony, I will free you from your responsibility as the senior pastor here. I want you to focus on your tasks as the president and be responsible, including for the development of the school and for the establishment of good relationships with the federal government and state government. Raise this school into a strong one. We also need to promote the school. Please do what you are good at, using either the internet or other means in that direction, to recruit many students and develop the school.

I have provided you with all the support I can give you. From now on, you are responsible for it. Please do everything you can with a sense of ownership to ensure that this school is on a firm foundation. Please become one with the teachers and do not expect that anyone will help you again.

God's creation started from nothing. However, I have provided you with the right environment and conditions to be able to do what you have to do; hence, not developing the school is inexcusable. Do you understand Dr. Guerra? [Yes, Mother] Please work with the determination of developing the school at the risk of your life.

Do so with the heart that you are witnessing to the students. The pastor of Las Vegas is Rev. Doo… Su-yeon Doo, Rev. Ken Doo, you are responsible from now on. Please unite with Kwon Jin nim. Do you understand? [Yes]

What was the name of your university? [UNLV] I heard it has many students. You and your wife must witness on campus. Do you understand? [Yes] We must raise young leaders.

The American Family Church is old now. It must become younger.

I said that you should become noble families. Do you know what a noble family is?

Father set up the "top guns" in America and educated them; however, these top guns have no second-generation that took after them; in other words, the noble family line has been cut off. They could not set up their second generation. They did not fulfill their responsibility in setting up the second- and third-generations. We must come to our senses from now on. Do you understand?

I set up a second-generation leader as the president of FFWPU Korea this time. Before doing that, I conducted a top-gun workshop in which forty leaders partook. I initially planned to make it into a forty-day workshop, but because there was not much time, it ended up being a twenty-one day workshop. I chose him from among these forty participants.

During the twenty-one-day workshop, they completed reading Cheon Seong Gyeong once. I asked all members to finish reading Cheon Seong Gyeong before the New Year, but because the English Cheon Seong Gyeong has not been completed, you have not been able to do that. I feel this condition will be completed fully probably before the second anniversary of Foundation Day. Korea and Japan are already doing this condition; unfortunately, you are always one-step late.

That is why you must come to your senses. When Father told you all to study Korean, why did you just sleep and play? If you go to the spiritual world without knowing Father's language, do you think you can become one in heart with Father? Do you understand?

From now on, the Las Vegas Family Church should also become young. I went on a tour of Japan too while conducting the top-gun workshop with the forty leaders. After everything was concluded, those top-gun participants each wrote a reflection on the workshop. I read every single one of them. They touched my heart; I felt that if they moved forward with such determination and became one, they would have such power that no one would be able to stop them wherever they go. They were even capable of persuading peace ambassadors to go through a two-day workshop in Chung Pyung. But what is more important is that they have changed. This is how much a person's determination and actions can change the person. That is why America too…. Rev. Doo, you must strongly move forward. I asked that the top-gun participants' reflections be translated into English and have brought it with me. Please read it every day. Please invest everything in fostering second- and thirdgeneration members into leaders. They are our future.

Do you know that I am raising many talented people through the Wonmo Pyeongae Foundation? Did you hear the news that some of the UPA students are traversing America?

Those children…. They are on America's east coast, experiencing the traces of the blood and sweat that Father shed there over a long time. Their experiences have moved them. They are now on their way to the west coast.

The children of all of your blessed families should be such second-generation members. Only by having such second-generation members can we see the traces of our lives. Do you understand?

Please make suitable determinations and resolutions. From now on, we must put everything into practice and must become productive. I am saying that without results, there is no value to our existence. Aju.

We should get rid of weapons and return to nature

Hak Ja Han
January 7, 2014
Cheon Hwa Gang (Palace of Heavenly Harmony)
Las Vegas, Nevada
HC 12.8

I hope you have all been doing fine. Are those here today members of the church in Las Vegas? The number of members has increased a lot. Are you new members or members who have moved here? How many people are here today -- about fifty to sixty members? [Yes, around fifty.] That's many. Do you all remember the yearly motto I gave you during New Year's Day of the Gregorian calendar? Please tell me what it is. Have you made the determination to become true owners? This is not about something you resolve to do in the future, but something you must become.

When we look at today's world, we cannot say it is one of peace and joy. We find problems within the individual, society and nation. This is not the ideal world our Creator, the Heavenly Parent, originally created. The damage brought about by the Fall not only affected mankind but also the creation. For instance, the United States is a democratic nation that represents free nations. Yet, it is unaware of God's providence. Even though it is a central Christian nation that has been waiting for the Returning Lord, it is pouring all its energy into developing weapons and waging wars that bring about destruction to humans and the natural world, when it should be looking for the Messiah instead.

Isaiah 2:4 mentions that a world of peace will come when swords are beaten into plowshares. I am saying that we should all get rid of killing weapons and return to nature. We must return to the days when God made his creation. Do you understand? Imagine if everything that is being made to reinforce the immense military power -- including weapons, airplanes, and other war equipment -- were used instead for the process of being reborn into true people through the actions of the original mind or conscience. What do you think would happen?

First of all, you have met the True Parents, who are what humanity and God have hoped for. Through True Parents, you are standing in a blessed position. You are blessed families; however, that does not mean you know everything about God's providence and about True Parents. You must continue to learn. In order to get rid of the bad and false habits that have been ingrained over the past six-thousand-year history, as mentioned in the Bible, you must learn. From Heaven's point of view, blessed families cannot be regarded as being perfect or complete.

True Mother, Yeon Ah (Choi) nim (left), Hoon Sook nim and their children on January 1, 2014

In light of that, how long would Heaven wait for the seven billion people on earth? You should be able to expand your surroundings and there is only one method -- you must witness.

Human beings are like orphans without knowledge of True Parents. You must let them know about True Parents. Only by expanding the environment through which people can come to understand True Parents can Heaven and humanity's hope of realizing the ideal world -- the Kingdom of God on Earth -- be fulfilled. You are not that young anymore.

You have met True Parents and have established blessed families that True Parents have educated. Hence, you carry some responsibilities. One gains the term "owner" through one's own efforts. People do not just call you an owner and serve you. Do you understand?

Please ensure that you are in the position of having fulfilled God's will before you die, because only by doing do so can you be called a true devoted son or daughter. Let us say you have set up the position of a true child. Responsibilities will follow the setting up of that position.

How much have you contributed to God's providence during your lifetime? How much have you loved others and restored them to the non-fallen people and creation God originally formed? It is true that you are now in a position where you can fulfill this precious responsibility.

I work on too many things because I am one of the True Parents. I have the significant responsibilities of harvesting the fruit of the blood, sweat and tears that True Parents have shed for the restoration of the world and of setting it up on a strong foundation.

It is true that Heaven made many preparations around the world for the providence. However, the providence depends on blessed families to yield results. In other words, if blessed families were in a position where they had fulfilled their responsibilities, this could happen at a faster rate. However, because you have not been in such positions, True Parents had to unfold God's will in all details themselves. There were many such cases in the providence. Therefore, what I am trying to do is to distinguish them and carry out the responsibility that must be set upon on the rock.

For instance, let's take the Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, the soccer team. No prominent soccer team existed in Korea in the days when this team began its existence. The Ilhwa Chunma soccer team can be seen as having played a key role in the development of soccer in Korea. Furthermore, the Chunma Ilhwa soccer team greatly contributed to the hosting of the 1988 Olympics in Korea. Our soccer team received seven stars. They were champions seven times in twenty-five years. Now, we have big conglomerates like Samsung and Hyundai that own many soccer teams. However, because the soccer team requires a huge amount of money to cover its operations every year, I gave the Chunma Ilhwa soccer team to the city of Seongnam. The reason I am saying this is... The soccer team could have been preserved, but I did it for you. To spur the worldwide missionary work, I decided to halt outside activities. Do you understand?

To be able to find one more life as quickly as possible and to bless you, I stopped such outside activities. As of now, I am investing everything in the development of the church through the Holy Spirit and the truth.

Witnessing is being conducted actively within the Asian region in countries such as Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Nepal and other nations. However, the United States is the problem in the West. You must wake up. I did not plan to come to Las Vegas, but I had reasons that made it necessary. Wongu, which was founded by Father.... Which Wongu was that? Wongu University of Oriental Medicine... I cannot help investing a tremendous amount of money into Wongu University of Oriental Medicine; hence, you must conduct activities with a serious heart of responsibility. Taking into consideration not only the health of the people in the United States but also that of people around the world, the Wongu Oriental school must be developed according to the reforms Father has carried out. Since I have to invest here what I had planned to invest in missions worldwide, I had to come to Las Vegas.

True Mother, with Kwon Jin nim by her side, is warmly welcomed in Las Vegas

Who is the president of Wongu University? Tony [Guerra], I will free you from your responsibility as the senior pastor here. I want you to focus on your tasks as the president and be responsible, including for the development of the school and for the establishment of good relationships with the federal government and state government. Raise this school into a strong one. We also need to promote the school. Please do what you are good at, using either the internet or other means in that direction, to recruit many students and develop the school.

I have provided you with all the support I can give you. From now on, you are responsible for it. Please do everything you can with a sense of ownership to ensure that this school is on a firm foundation. Please become one with the teachers and do not expect that anyone will help you again.

God's creation started from nothing. However, 1 have provided you with the right environment and conditions to be able to do what you have to do; hence, not developing the school is inexcusable. Do you understand Dr. Guerra? [Yes, Mother]

Please work with the determination of developing the school at the risk of your life.

Do so with the heart that you are witnessing to the students. The pastor of Las Vegas is Rev. Doo... Su Yeon Doo, Rev. Ken Doo, you are responsible from now on. Please unite with Kwon Jin nim. Do you understand? [Yes]

What was the name of your university? [UNLV] I heard it has many students. You and your wife must witness on campus. Do you understand? [Yes] We must raise young leaders.

The American Family Church is old now. It must become younger. I said that you should become noble families. Do you know what a noble family is?

Father set up the "Top Guns" in America and educated them; however, these top guns have no second-generation that took after them; in other words, the noble family line has been cut off. They could not set up their second generation. They did not fulfill their responsibility in setting up the second- and third-generations. We must come to our senses from now on. Do you understand?

I set up a second-generation leader as the president of FFWPU Korea [Kyung Seuk Lu]. Before doing that, I conducted a Top-Gun workshop for forty leaders. I initially planned to make it into a forty-day workshop, but because there was not much time, it ended up being a twenty-one day workshop. I chose him from among those forty participants.

During the twenty-one-day workshop, they completed reading Cheon Seong Gyeong once. I asked all members to finish reading Cheon Seong Gyeong before the New Year, but because the English Cheon Seong Gyeong has not been completed, you have not been able to do that. I feel this condition will be completed fully probably before the second anniversary of Foundation Day. Korea and Japan are already doing this condition; unfortunately, you are always one-step late.

That is why you must come to your senses. When Father told you all to study Korean, why did you just sleep and play? If you go to the spiritual world without knowing Father's language, do you think you can become one in heart with Father? Do you understand?

From now on, the Las Vegas Family Church should also become young. I went on a tour of Japan too while conducting the Top-Gun workshop with the forty leaders. After everything was concluded, those Top-Gun participants each wrote a reflection on the workshop. I read every single one of them. They touched my heart; I felt that if they moved forward with such determination and became one, they would have such power that no one would be able to stop them wherever they go. They were even capable of persuading peace ambassadors to go through a two-day workshop in Chung Pyung. But what is more important is that they have changed. This is how much a person's determination and actions can change the person. That is why America too.... Rev. Doo, you must strongly move forward. I asked that the Top-Gun participants' reflections be translated into English and have brought it with me. Please read it every day. Please invest everything in fostering second- and third-generation members into leaders. They are our future.

Do you know that I am raising many talented people through the Wonmo Pyeongae Foundation? Did you hear the news that some of the UPA students are traversing America?

Those children.... They are on America's east coast, experiencing the traces of the blood and sweat that Father shed there over a long time. Their experiences have moved them. They are now on their way to the west coast.

The children of all of your blessed families should be such second-generation members. Only by having such second- generation members can we see the traces of our lives. Do you understand?

Please make suitable determinations and resolutions. From now on, we must put everything into practice and must become productive. I am saying that without results, there is no value to our existence.

Aju.

We have to re-awaken, teach the Divine Principle and bear witness to True Parents

Hak Ja Han
January 7, 2014
Las Vegas, NV
Unofficial notes: Ki Hoon Kim

After hearing the New Year’s Motto, have you committed yourself to become a True Owner of Cheon Il Guk? Rather, not only to become the True Owner, but to actually be the True Owner now?

If you think about it, in today’s world, no one would say or believe that our current world is a happy one. There are so many problems from the level of the individual, the family, the society, and the nation. This is not God’s ideal world; the world God planned before creating the universe and human beings. The fall of humankind changed everything. Humanity is fallen, and that has affected everything, including the creation. Let’s take a moment to reflect on America.

Unificationists believe this is God’s chosen nation, but we lost God’s presence here and the sense of God’s providence of restoring humanity to God’s original blueprint. Think about the founding fathers who came to this country to create a God-centered nation and what they must think about this country now. Instead of seeking peace, America is engaged in wars. It has failed to seek—and find—the Second Coming of the Messiah.

In my speech on December 15th in Korea [http://www.tparents.org/Moon-Talks/HakJaHanMoon13/HakJaHan-131215.pdf], I said that the time had come to turn towards peace, to fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah 2:4 of turning our swords into plowshares. We all need to give up our weapons and our armament for the sake of God’s original ideal.

Almost every nation in the world is spending a big portion of its budget on weapons, including tanks and planes. What if that money were to be invested for the sake of humanity’s future, and for the sake of restoring the environment? We need to create a nation and a world where the Heavenly Parent and True Parents can make their home.

How fortunate you are to meet the True Parents! You are the first people on earth to do so, the first ancestors. This time never came before in history. We are so chosen, so blessed. Yet, even though we are Blessed Central Families, how well do we really know True Parents? We must continue to study them and their words every day.

According to Biblical history alone, the history of fallen humanity is over 6,000 years old. How many bad things have been done in history and how much of that is still in us? We must wake up and understand the will of God and the will of True Parents, by working harder and harder in our daily activities towards world peace.

In God’s eyes and in True Parents’ eyes we are not yet perfected—or restored to God’s original blueprint for creation. We don’t understand well enough yet, but compared to the other seven billion people on earth, we are so fortunate.

From left to right: Rev. Ken Doo, Senior Pastor of the Las Vegas Family Church, Dr. Michael Balcomb, President of FFWPU USA, Dr. Ki Hoon Kim, FFWPU USA Continental Director for North America, Dr. Michael Jenkins, CFO for FFWPU USA, and Dr. Chang Shik Yang, Chairman of the Universal Peace Federation International pose for a photo with True Mother.

I have always emphasized the importance of creating a new environment. To do that, we have to witness. We have to let all people know the True Parents as their own parents. Again, we have to re-awaken, teach the Divine Principle and bear witness to True Parents. This is our primary mission. We may not be young physically, but we have to make an effort to give new spiritual life to ourselves and everyone in the world.

We have a big blessing and a big responsibility because you met True Parents; we’re educated and have been blessed. We have to share that blessing.

How do we become a True Owner? Can we just tell people “I am the owner, so you must respect me!” No, we have to earn respect and we do that by becoming true representatives of True Parents. We become true sons and daughters of filial piety even by risking our life to fulfill our responsibility. True Parents laid all the foundation for a world of peace, and on that we have to fulfill our responsibility. We must think about this every day of our life.

Think about the life of True Parents; they shed so much blood, sweat and tears for their public mission over the last 60 years. Think about the heavy burden now on my shoulders for the sake of our Heavenly Parent and all humanity. Think about how precious every second must be. Consider ,also, how much Heavenly Parent has done already for the sake of humankind, yet, no matter how much Heavenly Parent and True Parents do, without all of us also fulfilling our portion of responsibility, True Parent’s life course will become heavier and heavier. Still, as True Mother, I lay down the foundation for all future generations.

This involves making some tough decisions. I’m sure you all know about the Seongnam Ilhwa soccer team, how much True Father (Rev. Sun Myung Moon) loved soccer and how much he gave to establish that team. When Father founded the company Seongnam Ilhwa, it was among the first multi-billion dollar companies (chaebols) with a professional soccer team in Korea. These days, other chaebols like Samsung and Hyundai have their own teams, but Seongnam was the first. They were champions of Korean soccer seven times and became famous all over Asia. Father’s commitment to soccer and sports was an important foundation for the 1988 Seoul Olympic games. With all that history, I still decided to dismiss that investment, and donated the team to the city of Seongnam.

Dr. Ki Hoon Kim, Continental Director for North America, receives a birthday gift from True Mother.

I am sharing these things because I want you to know how deep my commitment is to support missionary work. I am devoting all my resources to that. Even though we may have to end several important projects, I did it to focus on witnessing and outreach activities. It is more important to bring every life to God.

I’m sure you have heard how witnessing efforts in Asia have exploded in countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand. Sadly, America is still far behind. Let’s wake up!

One of the important projects True Parents began here in Las Vegas is the Wongu School of Oriental Medicine. From today, Dr. Tony Guerra will step down from his responsibilities as Senior Pastor here, to focus on his responsibilities as the President of the Wongu School. True Parents have already invested much guidance into this school and it is time for you to fulfill our responsibility. Dr. Guerra will work with the local government and other partners, increase recruitment and develop the school. Wongu’s mission is to serve America and the world as a resource for missionaries and taking care of human health, which is very important.

I will continue to focus more on education and on publishing the Cheon Seong Gyeong (Holy Scriptures) the Pyung Hwa Gyeong (Messages of Peace) , and the Cham Bumo Gyeong.

Think about it. God himself created the universe out of nothing! True Parents laid the foundation, but the development of this project is now your responsibility.

From today, Rev. Ken Doo will be the Senior Pastor of Las Vegas Family Church in unity with Kwon Jin Moon and his wife, Hwa Yeon Chun Moon. You have to be determined to make the Las Vegas Family Church the greatest in the world.

I urge you to bring many new young people. Our American Family Church is already “mature” enough. We need new young people now.

We need to raise up a new “Top Gun” generation here in the USA. The 40 years and older “Top Guns” need to pass on their mission to younger people. But we haven’t raised up the next generation Top Guns yet, have we?

The President of the Korean Family Church is an Unificationist-born member. Before he assumed this role, I called together about 40 Unificationist-born youth for a new “Top Gun” workshop in Korea. They studied together for 21 days at the Chung Pyung Heaven and Earth Training Center in Korea and their focus was on reading the entire Cheong Seong Gyeong during that period. It was from among this group that the new president was chosen.

Dr. Kim blows out his birthday candles.

I already directed all the Korean and Japanese family church members to read the entire Cheong Seong Gyeong by the end of last year, but the English translation is not ready. Still, that is not really an excuse. How many times did Father urge you to learn Korean? If you know your own parents’ language, you can understand their heart. You can then freely enter the Kingdom of Heaven. How serious have we been about that?

I am very proud of the Korean Top Guns and the 21-day workshop they completed. I read their reflections afterward and found them very moving. They really understood True Parents’ heart very well. They also shared their experiences with a group of Ambassadors for Peace in a weekend seminar and it moved them very much. I am suggesting to Rev. Doo that he should lead the Las Vegas members in studying these reflections during Hoon Dok Hae. Let us all totally invest ourselves in educating the next generation in this way. They are our future.

You have all heard about how I created the Wonmo Education Foundation. Another project is the Universal Peace Academy (UPA). There are about 40 students in the first class. 16 of those students are currently here in the United States on a pilgrimage to visit all of True Parents’ foundations here. They have been to New York, to East Garden and Belvedere, historical places for this church. Then they visited the Washington Times, heard about the Universal Peace Federation and the American Clergy Leadership Conference. All these are part of True Parents’ enormous foundation in the United States, and it moved them very much. You must all have UPA candidates from among your own children.

Let us make a new commitment to Victory in 2020 here in Las Vegas and in the United States and the world. Without our actual results and good outcomes, we cannot truly say “I am here today” in front of our Heavenly Parent and True Parents.

True Mother Receives New Years' Greetings in Las Vegas

Michael Balcomb
January 7, 2014
FFWPU USA President

Kwon Jin Moon and Unificationist families greet True Mother at the Cheon Hwa Gung residence, Las Vegas.

On January 7, 2014, True Mother, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, arrived in Las Vegas from Korea at 4pm and received New Year’s greetings from about 70 local church members gathered at the Cheon Hwa Gung residence. Kwon Jin Moon and his wife, Hwa Yeon Chun Moon and Yeon Ah Choi Moon were all on hand for a very enthusiastic welcome. Dr. Ki Hoon Kim, FFPWU North American Continental Director served as emcee.

In celebration of the New Year and the wonderful blessing of having True Mother with them, members prepare and offer a New Year's cake.

“How do we become a True Owner?” she asked. “Can we just tell people, ‘I am the owner, so you must respect me!’ No, we have to earn respect, and we do that by becoming true representatives of True Parents. We become true sons and daughters of filial piety when we are willing to risk our life to fulfill our responsibility,” she said.

A recurring theme of Mother’s first speech of 2014 in America was the urgent need for outreach, especially to young people. She explained how very encouraged she had been by the testimonies given by the 40 “Top Gun” participants at the workshop for young leaders in Korea held late last year. We later received a slim volume of testimonies in English, which will soon be available through hsabooks.com.

Mother spoke at some length on her vision for 2014 and the opportunities that lie ahead. Her address began with a recitation of the New Year’s Motto in English, which reads:“Let us become true owners of Cheon Il Guk who practice true love in resemblance to our Creator, the Heavenly Parent!”

In her final exhortation, Mother urged everyone to make a new commitment to the Vision 2020 project, starting this day in Las Vegas and spreading throughout the United States and the world. “It is time to show our actual results and good outcomes and offer everything we have to our Heavenly Parent,” she concluded.

Have you committed yourself to become a True Owner of Cheon Il Guk?

Hak Ja Han
January 7, 2014
Las Vegas

After hearing the New Year’s Motto, have you committed yourself to become a True Owner of Cheon Il Guk (God’s Heavenly Kingdom)? Rather, not only to become the True Owner, but to actually be the True Owner now?

If you think about it, in today’s world, no one would say or believe that our current world is a happy one. There are so many problems from the level of the individual, the family, the society, and the nation. This is not God’s ideal world; the world God planned before creating the universe and human beings. The fall of humankind changed everything. Humanity is fallen, and that has affected everything, including the creation. Let’s take a moment to reflect on America.

Unificationists believe this is God’s chosen nation, but we lost God’s presence here and the sense of God’s providence of restoring humanity to God’s original blueprint. Think about the founding fathers who came to this country to create a God-centered nation and what they must think about this country now. Instead of seeking peace, America is engaged in wars. It has failed to seek—and find—the Second Coming of the Messiah.

In my speech on December 15th in Korea, I said that the time had come to turn towards peace, to fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah 2:4 of turning our swords into plowshares. We all need to give up our weapons and our armament for the sake of God’s original ideal.

Almost every nation in the world is spending a big portion of its budget on weapons, including tanks and planes. What if that money were to be invested for the sake of humanity’s future, and for the sake of restoring the environment? We need to create a nation and a world where the Heavenly Parent and True Parents can make their home.

How fortunate you are to meet the True Parents! You are the first people on earth to do so, the first ancestors. This time never came before in history. We are so chosen, so blessed. Yet, even though we are Blessed Central Families, how well do we really know True Parents? We must continue to study them and their words every day.

According to Biblical history alone, the history of fallen humanity is over 6,000 years old. How many bad things have been done in history and how much of that is still in us? We must wake up and understand the will of God and the will of True Parents, by working harder and harder in our daily activities towards world peace.

In God’s eyes and in True Parents’ eyes we are not yet perfected—or restored to God’s original blueprint for creation. We don’t understand well enough yet, but compared to the other seven billion people on earth, we are so fortunate.

I have always emphasized the importance of creating a new environment. To do that, we have to witness—or outreach. We have to let all people know the True Parents as their own parents. Again, we have to re-awaken, teach the Divine Principle and bear witness to True Parents. This is our primary mission. We may not be young physically, but we have to make an effort to give new spiritual life to ourselves and everyone in the world.

We have a big blessing and a big responsibility because you met True Parents; we’re educated and have been blessed. We have to share that blessing.

How do we become a True Owner? Can we just tell people “I am the owner, so you must respect me!” No, we have to earn respect and we do that by becoming true representatives of True Parents. We become true sons and daughters of filial piety even by risking our life to fulfill our responsibility. True Parents laid all the foundation for a world of peace, and on that we have to fulfill our responsibility. We must think about this every day of our life.

Think about the life of True Parents; they shed so much blood, sweat and tears for their public mission over the last 60 years. Think about the heavy burden now on my shoulders for the sake of our Heavenly Parent and all humanity. Think about how precious every second must be. Consider ,also, how much Heavenly Parent has done already for the sake of humankind, yet, no matter how much Heavenly Parent and True Parents do, without all of us also fulfilling our portion of responsibility, True Parent’s life course will become heavier and heavier. Still, as True Mother, I lay down the foundation for all future generations.

This involves making some tough decisions. I’m sure you all know about the Seongnam Ilhwa soccer team, how much True Father (Rev. Sun Myung Moon) loved soccer and how much he gave to establish that team. When Father founded the company Seongnam Ilhwa, it was among the first multibillion dollar companies (chaebol’s in Korean) with a professional soccer team in Korea. These days, other chaebol’s like Samsung and Hyundai have their own teams, but Seongnam was the first. They were champions of Korean soccer seven times and became famous all over Asia. Father ’s commitment to soccer and sports was an important foundation for the 1988 Seoul Olympic games. With all that history, I still decided to dismiss that investment, and donated the team to the city of Seongnam.

I am sharing these things because I want you to know how deep my commitment is to support missionary work. I am devoting all my resources to that. Even though we may have to end several important projects, I did it to focus on witnessing and outreach activities. It is more important to bring every life to God.

I’m sure you have heard how witnessing efforts in Asia have exploded in countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand. Sadly, America is still far behind. Let’s wake up!

One of the important projects True Parents began here in Las Vegas is the Wongu School of Oriental Medicine. From today, Dr. Tony Guerra will step down from his responsibilities as Senior Pastor here, to focus on his responsibilities as the President of the Wongu School. True Parents have already invested much guidance into this school and it is time for you to fulfill our responsibility. Dr. Guerra will work with the local government and other partners, increase recruitment and develop the school.

Wongu’s mission is to serve America and the world as a resource for missionaries and taking care of human health, which is very important.

I will continue to focus more on education and on publishing the Cheon Seong Gyeong (Holy Scriptures) the Pyeong Hwa Gyeong (Messages of Peace) , and the Cham Bumo Gyeong.

Think about it. God himself created the universe out of nothing! True Parents laid the foundation, but the development of this project is now your responsibility.

From today, Rev. Ken Doo will be the Senior Pastor of Las Vegas Family Church in unity with Kwon Jin Moon and his wife, Hwa Yeon Chun Moon. You have to be determined to make the Las Vegas Family Church the greatest in the world.

I urge you to bring many new young people. Our American Family Church is already “mature” enough. We need new young people now.

We need to raise up a new “Top Gun” generation here in the USA. The 40 years+ “Top Guns” need to pass on their mission to younger people. But we haven’t raised up the Next Generation Top Guns yet, have we?

The President of the Korean Family Church is a Unificationist-born member. Before he assumed this role, I called together about 40 Unificationist-born youth for a new “Top Gun” workshop in Korea. They studied together for 21 days at the Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center in Korea and their focus was on reading the entire Cheong seong Gyeong during that period. It was from among this group that the new president was chosen.

I already directed all the Korean and Japanese family church members to read the entire Cheong seong Gyeong by the end of last year, but the English translation is not ready. Still, that is not really an excuse. How many times did Father urge you to learn Korean? If you know your own parents’ language, you can understand their heart. You can then freely enter the Kingdom of Heaven. How serious have we been about that?

I am very proud of the Korean Top Guns and the 21 day workshop they completed. I read their reflections afterward and found them very moving. They really understood True Parents’ heart very well. They also shared their experiences with a group of Ambassadors for Peace in a weekend seminar and it moved them very much. I am suggesting to Rev. Doo that he should lead the Las Vegas members in studying these reflections during Hoon Dok Hwe (study of scripture at home). Let us all totally invest ourselves in educating the next generation in this way. They are our future.

You have all heard about how I created the Wonmo Education Foundation. Another project is the Universal Peace Academy (UPA). There are about 40 students in the first class. 16 of those students are currently here in the United States on a pilgrimage to visit all of True Parents’ foundations here. They have been to New York, to East Garden and Belvedere, historical places for this church. Then they visited the Washington Times, heard about the Universal Peace Federation and the American Clergy Leadership Conference. All these are part of True Parents’ enormous foundation in the United States, and it moved them very much. You must all have UPA candidates from among your own children.

Let us make a new commitment to Victory in 2020 here in Las Vegas and in the United States and the world. Without our actual results and good outcomes, we cannot truly say “I am here today” in front of our Heavenly Parent and True Parents.