Blessing in Korea February 2014: Information for Second Generation Candidates

Family Federation for World Peace and Unification European Blessed Family and Education Department www.esgd.org

To: National Leaders, Community Leaders and all Blessed Families From: Geros Kunkel Refer: Blessing in Korea February 2014: Information for Second Generation Candidates Date: 18th July 2013 Pages including this front page: 3

Dear Blessed Families,

We would like to inform you about the upcoming Blessing in 2014. It has already been announced that around the anniversary of Foundation Day in early February 2014 there will be a Blessing in Korea. This Blessing will be open to all matched 1st and 2nd Generation couples and will also include a matching by True Mother for 2nd Generation CIG-Standard candidates. Details will be announced later, but we want to inform you of the approximate date well in advance, so that we can start registrations for those who wish to attend.

All 2nd Generation who wish to attend this Blessing, either as a couple matched by parents, or as a CIG Matching candidate, can already register with the 2nd Generation Blessing Department, so we can prepare and inform you about details coming up. All Second Generation Blessing participants must register that they wish to participate in this Blessing with the Second Generation Blessing Department. All Blessing participants must complete the full Blessing Application and in the case of Parents Matching, they also should hand in the Matching Report Form.

Requirements to attend the Blessing for ALL Second Generation Candidates: All Blessing candidates must fulfill the general requirements for the Blessing of 2nd Generation. You will find forms and information here: www.bfdeu.org  Blessing application form  Family Introduction Form  Blessing Interview  Blessing Pictures  AIDS test  Health Certificate  7 day Fast  Blessing Preparation WS (no more than 2 years old)  21 day DP WS (or 21 day mob, Settlement Age WS, ODP+ WS, 40 day CP WS, 7 day Original Divine Principle WS, DONE or 1 year STF)  At least 18 years old. For CIG candidates minimum age is 20 years old.  Blessing fee (1400 USD / 1100 EUR for Europe, 600 USD / 500 EUR for East Europe and Re-blessing candidates, if they paid their original Blessing fee). This fee includes the Blessing donation, the participation fee in Korea, Meals and Accommodation in Korea during the Blessing Program. The Blessing fee should only be paid to the European 2nd 1

Generation Blessing Department and be paid before attending the Blessing. You can pay the money in cash in Korea or wire it at least 1 week before the Blessing. Details will follow.

Please send all Blessing Application materials, by mail or email here (Pictures need to be in print and in color, otherwise we will charge 10 Euro a page for Color photo prints of digital files): Geros Kunkel Walter-Hesselbach-Str. 214 60389 Frankfurt Germany

If you have any questions, please contact Geros Kunkel directly.

Information regarding those candidates who are matched by their Parents: Please make sure both sides complete their Blessing application in their region (Europe) in time and that both Blessing Departments (in case matched to a candidate in another region) have been informed about the match (Matching report form).

Information regarding those candidates who wish to be matched by True Parents: Please make sure to complete your Blessing Application in time and register with the European Second Generation Blessing Department. Only candidates who complete the application in time and qualify for True Parents matching will be able to participate in True Parents matching. Invited to participate in this matching are all Second Generation who meet the Cheon Il Guk Standard and are over 20 years of Age. True Mother at the last Blessing asked to raise the age limit, therefore only candidates over 20 will be admitted to the coming matching. The exact cutoff date will be announced later.

Cheon Il Guk Standard: a. Those who are receiving the matching and blessing for the first time. (A person who has been matched by True Parents or who has been matched by their parents before may NOT participate.) b. Purity: Those who have had absolutely no girlfriend / boyfriend relationship. c. Those who have absolute faith to accept True Parents’ match without question and who are resolved to not break it. d. Those who are willing to receive an international Blessing (with a person from any nationality). e. Those who have no particular physical or psychological problems.

Please remember only qualified candidates who have completed the Blessing Application in time and received approval from the European Second Generation Blessing Department will be able to attend. If you are not sure or have questions regarding your personal situation please contact Geros Kunkel personally.

There will be a Workshop for Applicants of True Parents Matching in Korea before the Blessing and the matching by True Parents will take place during this time. Only people who are physically present will be able to participate (no picture matching). Therefore applicants for True Parents Matching are expected to arrive in Korea earlier. Details will follow.

Further Information for ALL Blessing Participants

Concerning Travel: Please wait for further detailed announcement of schedule before booking flights.

Blessing Workshops: We will hold the next European Blessing preparation WS in Germany October 3. – 6. 2014. We will also have another European Blessing Preparation WS in UK in January 2014. These will be the last 2 European Blessing preparation workshops before the February 2014 Blessing.

If you have any questions, please feel free to be in touch with us.

Yours sincerely,

Geros Kunkel European Second Generation Blessing Department