57th East European 15 Day Divine Principle Workshop in Slovakia

Workshop participants with their graduation certificates – lectures Beatrice Clyburn and Tibor Krebsz

1 4 participants from Sweden, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria attended the 2014 European 15 day WS held July 1-15 in Dunajská Lužná, SK. Our 3 generational group included 8 blessed children age 14-20 plus who Divine Principle teaching competition: each participant was challenged to convey a part which touches their heart. We could experience hope in front of the internal commitment of some blessed children to walk the way of the Divine Principle. graced us with creativity as big as their hearts, 3 Top of the growth stage: repentance lecture, writing mothers, other 1st gens and guest, and our kitchen our repentance from the position of being loved by grandmas aged 83-73 and 60 plus who put their our Heavenly Parent, ceremony of burning them after cooking experience, energy and many prayers into a 6 participants offered a repentance prayer on behalf delicious nourishment. The teachers - 3 national of their nation. It was followed by individual prayer, leaders from HU, SK, Austria, and national messiah of and a lot of singing around the fire as the night was Poland- did not only teach but also shared many falling. Some were repenting in deep tears. Through experiences from their life of attendance. How such practice some met the God of love and wonderful it was to have talented musicians who forgiveness in a way they never had. offered their gifts to bring God’s spirit down into our hearts. We also thank our sports’ sisters who Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses’ course. We invested so our bodies could also receive oxygen, studied passages from World Scriptures 2- Father’s especially after lunch when they wanted to do siesta. profound knowledge of these historical figures made them come alive – Abraham and Jacob even The cool weather made it easier to concentrate, and manifested themselves spiritually- and we could we had a few days of great weather for swimming better contemplate our own parallel course. and being refreshed. Reading from Dr Lee in the spiritual world helped us Some highlights: be moved by their hearts. Abraham and Isaac’s relationship might be what we strive for in blessed We started each day with HDH, and life in CIG. Twice families, “I am grateful for God to choose me as the we held Ahn Shi IL service. offering object. Father, what are you worried about? Becoming an offering object is good. It is a blessing.”

“Father, if you falsely swear before God, I cannot look course concluded with numerous tears. at your face.” Isaac’s heart as an offering moved us deeply, and made us reflect on our own attitude and Some reflections: commitment. Some explained that they had no idea what to We were also studying the Bible and searching for expect, others had not been in a long WS for many the desperate God who was looking for His rebellious years but the content of the lectures blew them sons and daughters throughout the ages of the away; their souls were deeply touched, and they foundation for the messiah. could repent, pray, cry, and spend time heart to heart “Sing Hosannas every more, sing of glory ever more with God in a way they had never done before. They for the Lord has come again!” As the history of this also came out with a deeper appreciation for what song was explained and we sang it again, we had True Parents did for them, and for the world. Some goose bumps feeling the presence of a high level were shocked that they did not realize what Father spiritual world and Jesus himself who went around did to make it possible for Soviet communism to searching in vain for his spiritual children in order to collapse. All made determination to step by step live the life God expects them to, starting with making offer them to Father. We were reminded again and again that the purpose of Christianity was to make changes in their character and their lives. the foundation of faith and substance for the coming “For me the whole 15 day WS was a special of True Parents. We realized that Unificationists are experience. I felt God and for the first time True the true disciples of Jesus Parents so close and so present over most of the True Mother’s course centering on Father’s and her time” 2nd gen young woman testimony. It was explained with deep clarity that we “Until now I was not able to connect repentance with can only understand True Mother when we see her something positive. My concept was more like, “I am as the fruit of the world level foundation to receive so bad, I am a wretched being” But here we were the Second Coming of Christ made in Korea by taught to connect it with gratitude, “Thank you God! I underground Christianity. Our True Mother sits on am sorry.” This gives you a whole new position, not the clouds of these most faithful and devoted as servant of servant but as an adopted child. With a Christian witnesses from 3 Adam type groups and 3 grateful heart I cried many tears while writing my Eve type groups who could not attend True Father repentance letter and I felt that I could really write and are now desperate to do so. with a sincere heart, not with intellect” 2nd gen True Father’s course started in a profound way young man exploring the levels of resurrection, and what the “Sometimes I was feeling bad, so I went to walk in failure of the Christian John the Baptist meant for nature and prayed. It was amazing because nature is him, how his body was in hell and he could maintain so beautiful. I am very grateful for these moments. I his soul in attendance to God- same course as Jesus cleared my life goals. My best friends were my pen on the cross. Both Father’s course and Mother’s and my notebook…” 1st gen This 57th European 15 day WS was offered up in the most special and unexpected way: True Parents’ special emissary, Dr Moon Lan Young accompanied by her husband Dr Pak No Hi came to visit the SK WS center only a few hours after our last HDH. She picked up our foundation of faith and love and many of our tears and offered them to True Parents directly! We offer our Heavenly Parent and our True Parents our sincere and profound gratitude. Beatrice Clyburn, 15 day WS teacher