This issue: February 2006 True Parents' Birthday Speech True Sons Speak in Korea Britain Has a Change of Heart Seventy Thousands for UPF Farewell Mrs. Choi Won-pok Developments in Africa           ... and more in the magazine

The Model Ideal Family and Kingdom – True Father
The Fall frustrated the ideal of God at the time of the Creation to establish a true family in that first generation through Adam and Eve, a family through which He could establish His eternal lineage. The only way to relieve His sorrow is to restore and establish a true family unrelated to the lineage of Satan. Herein lies the reason every one of us needs to establish a true family, which was God's ideal at the Creation. Herein also lies the fundamental object and purpose of the founding of the Universal Peace Federation.

Hyun-jin Moon Speaks to Leaders
That is why the path of walking the course of true love is a path riddled with challenges of the most intimate kind. Do you think these lessons, these challenges, these experiences, can be learned from a textbook? Can they be learned from just hearing speeches? They have to be learned and earned through life experience of true love, walking the path of true love. The
reason I mention this is because the time of Cheon Il Guk, or the vision, is for two to become one. This is rooted not in the philosophy, not in the ideal, but in the reality of true love, in the substantiation of true love. That is the only way you are able to give true validation to humanity and be able to move the heart of Cain.

Kook-jin Moon Speaks to Leaders
We have to become universal. We should be able to embrace our brothers and sisters without discrimination. Father has said this many times, and at this point he is giving the blessing to the entire world. This is a time when all the world’s people inherit True Parents’ blessing, not just us. We should be happy that our brothers and sisters do not have to go through the courses that we walked. That is our pride, That’s our accomplishment.

Hyung-jin Moon Speaks to Leaders
Who will be able to end the battle between good and evil? Neither God nor Satan can do that. Who can? Without a master of true love whose starting point is true love, who carries true love with him and whom all humanity can follow, the battle between God and Satan cannot end. Unless we are free from this conflict, peace will remain an impossible dream in this world and in history. So God sends a representative of true love. The mainstream philosophy can be called the philosophy of the Messiah, the Savior.

Spirituality and Government – Dr. Kwak
The broken relationships among religions need to be healed if we are to build a world of lasting peace. Also, the unhealthy relationship that exists in many nations between religion and government needs to be healed. In reality, religion and government have complementary and overlapping concerns. Religion and government are alike in being dedicated to serving the well-being of humanity and creating a good society. Both are grounded in universal principles, and both require leaders who apply those principles and who embody virtues such as love, compassion, wisdom and courage.

Farewell Address at the Seung Hwa Ceremony of Mrs. Choi Won-pok, given by Mrs. Kang Hyun-shil
Professor Choi trod the way of indemnity as a Cain-type mother in the fallen world shouldering a cross representative of every suffering, sorrow, grudge and vice of mankind. I had opportunities to talk to her about all those memories from past days and shared many experiences with her. I recall once telling her that a thief had broken into my room and stolen all my belongings. She had such a look of sympathy on her face as she gave me what amounted to ten times what had been taken from me. I still feel grateful for her abundant kindness.

True Parents’ European Breakthrough: By Mark Brann
Under the guidance of Rev. Song Yongcheol, the continental director, European members resolved to do everything possible to ensure that these barriers were finally dismantled before True Parents had to leave Europe, so that they would be able to speak in at least some of the blocked nations. There was a shared conviction that based on the foundation painstakingly laid over so many years, one last final intensive effort could surely bring about the desperately needed breakthrough. Thus, even as True Parents began their “progress” around Europe from venue to venue, an intense spiritual, political and legal battle to allow this to happen was raging in many nations.

Spotlight on Africa
Then, next—Africa. I was so surprised. What was going to happen in Africa? I never imagined Father would be speaking about me. I had already experienced African life, but just for six months. I was a beginner missionary in Africa, so it was unexpected.

Spotlight on Africa is a series of articles including:
 

- Burundi: Restoration in Real Time
- Bridging the Congo River
- Eye of the Storm

- Color-blind for the sake of Peace
- One Zambia, One Nation
- Benin in Bloom

Experiencing Disaster and Friendship in Guatemala - Naomi Aoto
I thought at the beginning that I would be living alone in that room at the school, but after a few days I already had flies sharing the room with me. That was horrible. I always thought mosquitoes were terrible, but flies are a whole lot worse. After one week of suffering, I somehow got rid of them. I had all kinds of “wildlife” in my room, from flies to mice, to big spiders, to huge flying grasshoppers and once even a big, black, scary scorpion. But I’m still alive.
 

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