European Assembly 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic presentation: Welcoming and Encouragement Remarks

R espected Rev. Jack Corley, European Continental Especially this year, True Parents’ Birthday was celebrated Director, Rev. An, Special Emissary and National on a grand scale, under the close guidance and leadership of Leaders, all leaders of the providential organizations True Mother, with the slogan, from European mission countries, ‘The light of Hyo Jeong shines forth as hope across the Beloved blessed families and My dear second generation world’. leaders, There were a series of events that presented the history of Good morning? Welcome to Prague again! True Parents in all its glory, from the moment of their birth As we begin the year 2017, the fifth year of Cheon Il Guk, I to their greatest lifetime achievements. These events am truly delighted to see you all again in this beautiful city showed all peoples of the world that True Parents came to of Prague. And also it is my great privilege to give you this earth as the only Begotten Son and only Begotten Daughter welcoming and encouragement remarks with heartfelt of God, that they worked to unfold God’s Will and the wishes of True Mother at this opening session. Truth, and that they opened the way to the salvation of all humankind by being enthroned as the True Parents of We are gathered here after we had participated directly or Heaven, Earth and Humankind, which had been God’s watched internet broadcasting programs at the series of long-cherished ideal of creation. events of True Parents Birthday and Foundation Day celebration held in Korea in early February. The events also displayed the vision of substantial restoration of the world, led by True Father in heaven and Main events were the celebrations for the 97th birthday of True Mother on earth in complete unity. Event after event True Father, the 74th birthday of True Mother and the showed how True Parents encouraged and guided world fourth anniversary of Foundation Day. leaders with love and heartfelt affection, in order to fulfill Of course, there were many other significant and meaningful the ideal and process of the providence of constructing public events, including the ‘2017 World Summit’, the Cheon Il Guk. ‘International Leaders Conference (ILC)’, the ‘Inaugural The musical program performed at the birthday celebrations Assembly of the International Association of depicted the 6,000 years of providential history on the Parliamentarians for Peace(IAPP)’, the ‘Second Sunhak stage. The performance was an impactful masterpiece, a Peace Prize Award Ceremony’, and the ‘International reenactment of an epic story that taught the audience about Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS)’. the wretched history of the providence of restoration 1

through indemnity in vivid detail. The first is the witnessing strategy, the second, the creation The IAPP was also officially launched in the presence of of witnessing environment strategy, and the third, the the highest world leaders and more than 400 raising of future leaders strategy. parliamentarians invited from 120 nations across the world. Now, to apply these three strategies to our field work in This served as a springboard for IAPP to begin its work as Europe, we have to develop our own strategies which can the ‘Abel UN’, bringing to culmination True Mother’s overcome our difficulties and make a breakthrough in efforts of whole year of 2016 in guiding the great journey Europe. of bringing about peace. First, it is true that carrying out witnessing and Blessing In this way, True Parents brought together leaders from all activities is very difficult in the European continent, for parts of the world, centering on the parliamentarians, and various social environmental reasons. However, it is also provided them with the opportunity to hold discussions on true that the three strategies are our given tasks and the realization of peace. Thereupon, all leaders came to missions that cannot be abandoned. The mission as Tribal appreciate the ideal and vision that, rather than pursuing the Messiahs is not a selective mission but our own destiny for interests of their own countries and their own selves, they eternal life. should ‘live for the sake of others’ in order to successfully The Divine Principle we have learned from True Parents is realize world peace. not only the doctrine of the Unification Church, but also the In short, True Mother was victorious in guiding them to basic values for human life and the true values open their eyes to a higher and broader dimension. encompassing the past, present and future of history. At the IAPP Assembly, True Mother appointed the leaders Therefore, it is our duty and blessing as the first- in charge of each region. She also requested the world enlightened members to propagate and spread the values of leaders to uphold True Parents’ ideal of peace and work in Heaven and True Parents by practicing them in our lives. their own nations centering on the idea of ‘One Brethren It is True Mother’s greatest wish to set the standard of under One God’. Finally True Mother asked them to having restored at least seven nations by 2020, and to become Tribal Messiahs for their tribes and National dedicate them to True Father. Messiahs of their own countries. Not every nation in Europe will be able to set this standard. Moreover, True Mother also selected exemplary leaders But if we were to strategically support Albania, the only who have led altruistic lives and practiced their beliefs for nation in Europe to be selected as a special strategy nation, the realization of world peace and love for humankind. She or Romania, where witnessing of youths is being actively presented them with the Second Sunhak Peace Prize, carried out, we could find a way to restore them at the least. acknowledging their lives as examples of practicing the At the European Leaders Conference held in November of peace ideal and true love of True Parents. 2016 in Madrid, each region in the European continent True Mother particularly selected two awardees who have established sisterly ties with each mission center in Albania. devoted their lives to solving the problem of refugees, Thus, the former was able to strategically support the latter, which is one of the most difficult problems in the world and this system has been praised as the most exemplary today. Her selection of two awardees Dr. Gino Strada as system of cooperation at Cheon Il Guk Leaders Conference medical service in Africa and Dr. Sakena Yacoobi as in Korea. In 2017, each region should develop and practice education service in Afganistan, and her presenting them more concrete ways of giving support. with the Sunhak Peace Prize, moved the hearts of everyone Second, in the matter of the strategy of creating a in attendance. witnessing environment, I think the European continent is At the ‘Cheon Il Guk leaders conference’, the most urgent rather blessed in this aspect. Until now, UPF and WFWP tasks in the providence were presented, and reports of the have laid down a wide foundation through their activities achievements and visions of each continent were given. centered on the UN Headquarters in Geneva and Vienna It was a solemn occasion where the participants received and the European Parliament in Brussels. True Parents’ command to follow True Mother’s During the next three years, we will have to expand their providential direction and “Capture the high ground for activities even further to educate others on the essential the restoration of nations”, which is the providential goal values of True Parents, thereby contributing greatly to the of 2017. creation of the witnessing environment. And now, we are gathered here to think again about how we On the other hand, when we consider each individual can realize the earnest heart and hopes of True Mother, nation, we still have a long way to go. Each nation, shown to us after True Father’s Seonghwa, at the very field therefore, should carry out their activities more of Europe. We definitely need to work out a realizable, energetically. future-oriented strategies which can be adoptable in our Third, when we take into consideration the strategy of mission field and productive practically. training future leaders, Europe is truly blessed. Beloved leaders and Blessed families, In Europe, there are many first generation couples who When we first began the seven-year course of Vision 2020, have dedicated themselves with absolute faith to attend True Mother presented us with three clear strategies in our True Parents, and who are raising many young, wonderful providential work. second generations.

If we are in an environment where it is difficult to witness should keep pace with this direction of providence. to new members externally, the most effective witnessing I hope that this assembly of European leaders and members work we could carry out would be to raise our second will provide you with ample opportunity to research and generations right, so that they can live within the Realm of discuss how the European continent can comply with True the Divine Principle and follow the direction of the Mother’s three strategies as mentioned above. Then the providence. European continent will be in complete alignment with There is a saying in Korea, “While we follow to catch wild True Parents’ heart, and become the foundation of devotion rabbits, we lost our own house rabbits”. that can induce True Father in the spirit world to work The most promising witnessing candidates in today’s spiritual miracles. Europe are our own children, the second generations. Beloved leaders working in all fields of providential work Guiding them to live within the realm of the Principle is the in the European continent, best way to save their eternal lives and to expand the basis Only three years remain now until the year 2020, which on which we can achieve the growth of our Unification marks the 100th anniversary of True Father’s birth. True movement. Mother expects us to go beyond memorializing the sad I think we have made many strategic mistakes until now Seonghwa of True Father, and to tell the world about the about this area. The time has now come for the continental ultimate direction and goals of God’s providence, the headquarters and each nation to invest everything they have manifestation and achievements of True Parents, and the and put all their efforts into fulfilling this task. construction and settlement of Cheon Il Guk proclaimed on True Mother has devised many educational programs and the foundation of the sacrifices True Parents have made has invested much in her endeavor to train future leaders. If through their lives. European second generations were to take active part in She also expects us Blessed families to lead lives of such programs, I am sure we will see good results. devotion as we march forward toward this goal. As you may know, on 23rd February, the ‘International True Mother has told us that this is ‘the dream of God, the Association of Youth and Students for Peace’ was launched dream of True Parents, and the hope of humanity’. centering on True Mother in Korea. True Mother’s Idea to Let us all resolve once again to practice the heart of Hyo create this new organization will be to integrate all youth Jeong taught us by True Mother in our everyday lives, so and student activities under one big umbrella and make it that we can become proud filial sons and daughters of activate with global networking and solidarity. For this True Heavenly Parent and True Parents as dedicating our Mother appointed Dr. Robert Kittel as international victories of Tribal Messiahship. President. If True Mother made great victory as the year of IAPP last I hope that True Parents Blessing would be always with year, I am sure this year will be the ‘year of youth and you, your families and your mission countries. students’ under direct guide of True Mother. I think Europe Thank you.