My Reflections during the Ecumenical Fellowship with Bishop Winny Cayme

Last Sunday July 21 (2013) for a long time we could be able to start again our Busan English Sunday Fellowship again through our Lady Bishop Winny Cayme. Although we could not gather many members, about 15 came to listen to the sermon entitled God is our Parent. She said that even we felt like we were denied and dumped even by our church leader we should not feel discouraged and affected because God is our Father and he will never abandon us as long as we are doing our individual responsibility for the providence. We should welcome suffering and overcome it because we are sharing the pain of heaven to share the glory of God. But once we complain and give up and start to criticize the situation we are blocking a greater blessing that may come to us.

For the past weeks and months I could feel a very low and dry spirit in our membership maybe because of the change of leadership and new adjustments or maybe because we did not have our regular monthly English service for a long time. We focused on many external activities and I could feel that less and less members are coming to the church every Sunday. There is a lack of enthusiasm in my sisters’ faces maybe because I lost some enthusiasm too. So I asked Bishop Winny to come and give us some revival spirit even though I knew that she didn’t recover fully yet from a major operation. I felt that through her as the instrument of God we could receive inspiration and new power to go on with our mission, taking care of each other and witnessing to new and old members.

The night before the service I dreamt of True Mother giving a sermon to many people. Although I did not hear exactly what True Mother was saying I just felt that I was happy because True Mother went to visit us. Earlier that day together with Sister Roselyn we prepared the hall and in my heart I prayed to allow that room to be a place where people who will come to the service will receive guidance, inspiration, hope and determination. The next day I came much earlier than the regular Sunday service time and pray the same prayer as we were cleaning. There were few members who came and we have international members from India, Sri Lanka and one from Kazakhstan and our Church regional secretary-general who is now in charge of our Hanfil families. Rev Park Nam Wooh, couldn’t understand English very well but he testified with tears that he could feel a strong power in the sermon and found hope that with this kind of activity we could revive the spirit of not only our Hanfil families but other nationalities as well who understand English messages. Even him could not understand why his tears are flowing as we were singing the holy song, ‘He has called me.’ He was very inspired and agreed to have this service at least once a month. A brother from India said that they need Bishop Winny to go to their country as she is the only one who could wake up the people there with her powerful sermon. A brother from Kazakhstan, who is also a church leader was also inspired with the sermon.

After the service I felt there is revival and new inspiration. I hope we could gather more people to attend and receive Heavenly Parents as well as True Parents grace and love next time.