Reflection of Hyo-yul "Peter" Kim's Autobiography

Ever since I learned that my spiritual grandmother, Phyllis Kim, was blessed to Peter Kim, I had a rather personal reason to admire and trust Peter Kim for more than 40 years.

Being able to attend many events with True Parents, and having witnessed Mr. Kim attending them directly, sometimes under difficult situations, I had asked Phyllis to try and get Mr. Kim to write his autobiography. He would be able to share some insights into the lives and hearts of our True Parents that we all could learn for generations to come. She was finally able to help him write his testimony while he was ill in the last few years.

I ordered the book immediately and read it every night until I was able to finish it. Many of the events he described I either photographed or had heard reports about from other leaders.

The first few chapters related to what I think he considered the most important event that True Parents experienced, and that was their visit to North Korea in 1991 to meet Kim Il Sung.

The main point that I learned from this particular testimony, and all the other events he describes, is how much he felt that he was not attending True Parents as a filial son or that he was not fully understanding the heart that True Parents’ have for Heavenly Parent in fulfilling the goals of the Providence.

Throughout those events, he kept repenting and desired to do more to attend True Parents in the most filial way. No matter how close we are to True Parents, no matter how long we have tried to serve and love True Parents in our daily lives, we must always be humble and repentant, and always strive as filial sons and daughters to make our True Parents happy.

I believe strongly that this is one of the most important and historical autobiographies that every member for generations to come must read and understand.