I was only a few months in the church and we lived in a nice center.  Father’s poster for Washington Monument was so huge. I joined and I didn’t communicate with my sister and I didn’t communicate with anyone because I had a job. But they found out somehow, I must have sent a card with the church address, because they came to the center. It was my brother and two of my brothers-in-law who came, and I should have had anticipation, why did they come to see me?, with what was going on with the church. They said do you want to come with us? So I went with them and they pushed me into the car. They drove straight for four hours and I was crying and was upset that I was in this situation.

When I graduated from MFT in 1982 I was given a choice and chose to go for a business mission so I was sent to Saeilo in Chicago under David Rendall. Our church believes in on the job training, because I didn’t receive any training on metal cutting machinery. While on MFT I was often sent as a pioneer to a new area or product. I was the first MFTer to go to Alaska, sent in 1976, and then after Alaska was sent as the second team to go to Hawaii. 

I am the person who invited this group to our Conference. When the Blessing opened for people I convinced them to attend the Blessing ceremony which they did. Shortly afterwards the State Leader Jim Gavin asked Elaine Quiver if they will support a Grand Parents workshop and Blessing on Pine Ridge Reservation and they said NO. Then the Regional Leaded called Elaine and asked the same question. And she said NO again.

Our church started a lot of businesses, some for lofty reasons, some just to make money. There were and are so many of that I can’t do them justice. If you were a part of any church business, would you be willing to record something about what it was, and some of your experiences? We need your input on this to tell the story properly. I can talk about my experiences.

Well, here goes. We’ve all heard about “the Isaac”. Something we love so much that it is like “killing a part of our soul” to “offer it up”. For me, first it was my music. During college I had “discovered” the guitar and devoted countless hours to learn a few basic chords. I learned quickly and started performing at coffee houses and small school programs. I started writing songs about my “inner world”. 

In 1981 I was the President of Going Up Press and we had a printing company in Belleville, New Jersey.  One day I had a dream where True Father was walking next to me down a long dark corridor and he stopped and took off his shoe and hit me on the head. That was my dream. Three days later I was at the printing company when True Father came to visit. I was asked to give True Father a tour of the facility. So, Col. Han told me to walk next to True Father and show him the printing company.

Joining the church back in 1978, there were some things I had to give up. I loved acting, dancing, reading books and being by myself for long periods of time. From the time I joined, there was no reading books except for the Divine Principle or speeches, no acting, a little dancing in Oakland and none on MFT. And from the time I joined I was around people constantly, unless I was at a workshop which had meditation time.