Busan, Peomnetkol
Hey everyone!! Welcome to day 7 of our blog!! This was the final day of our official pilgrimage in visiting historical sites of our movement. We started our day at the CheongHae Garden, after getting an amazing night’s rest and waking up to a beautiful view of the ocean.
We then departed on a 3-hour bus ride to Busan, where we visited the Busan Church Center and the Holy Ground Peomnetkol, where Father Moon built the first church center in 1951. This center was not a normal building however—Father built it out of mud, stones, and cardboard and lived here for one-and-a-half-years. We learned from our guide that it was from these humble beginnings that he offered intense devotion for the future of our movement. One of the places where he prayed most frequently was called the Rock of Tears, and we took a short hike to visit that as well. It coined this name because of how many hours Father spent crying in prayer, comforting and resonating with our Heavenly Parent’s sorrowful heart.
We offered a unison prayer and individual devotions as well. Many GPAers had deep and tearful experiences in prayer, myself included, resonating with the spiritual power that lays in this holy ground. Below is a snippet from my personal testimony of my experience:
The second I touched the Rock in front of me, I found myself uncontrollably crying, tears and snot coming down my face without any recognition of what was going on around me. I could really feel the depth of Father’s heart in comforting God, this feeling that he was the only man on earth crying for God with this love and deep empathy for Him. Our God was so sorrowful. Father did so every day just to comfort our God, our hurt and suffering Parent. After facing rejection after rejection from his disciples and those that were meant to follow him, Father understood the pain that God felt, this pain of thousands of years of rejection. Father being the only one on earth who truly felt the heart of our God. He then built the foundation of our movement from scratch, paying the price of pain and suffering to make up for those that couldn’t take responsibility. I am in awe, so thankful for True Father. For taking responsibility and comforting God with such a pure and sincere heart. Thank you for going through this so that I can experience the joy of life. The joy of living in CheonilGuk and in living a life where I can find joy with God.
