The New Jerusalem Temple has become a meeting place for the heavenly family who are scattered all over the world, as the Mount Geumgang in Korea has become a place for the families dispersed over the North and South Koreas. Into this temple some distinguished visitors flew into. They were from the Churches of New York, L.A., Chicago, San Diego, Mumbai in India and Auckland in New Zealand. They stayed in Korea for 11 days from the 11th of April to 21th. Especially, 3 members from New Zealand Church visited Korea with fluttering hearts and made the Korean members' hearts flutter too, for the New Zealand Church has been growing surprisingly since the missionary was sent there on October 4, 2004.

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Mother welcomed the members with open arms who came from the nations to seek the grace of God, and expressed Her thanks for their labor and also asked after other members in the Churches. Mother said to them, "Just as 2,000 years ago a great light dawned on Galilee of a destitute and poor circumstance, now the spiritual light of the truth is shining from this place, where everything lacked when Father came." Mother encouraged them and told them to receive the grace of God's word and the blessings of the Holy Spirit abundantly.

The overseas members had spiritual awakening more and more by focusing on the Bible study and the preaching practice in the Head Office and the Training Institutes. On the evening of April 14th, they had a meeting with over 100 Korean members, who have the will for the overseas mission, in the New Jerusalem Temple. Whenever the overseas members preached God's truth earnestly and told about their gracious experiences of preaching, the Korean members clapped and applauded them unsparingly. The Korean members had a talk with the overseas members. They said, "Most of the overseas members came, holding their fruits' hands. Some members who had visited Korea before preached to their family when they returned and led them to the truth, and their family members visited Korea this time together. It is very gracious." Saying this, they bore in their minds the will for the overseas mission to 'go and preach the gospel to Samaria and to the ends of the earth.'

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Throughout their stay in Korea, the overseas members received a lot of grace and blessing in Mother's arms. Mother cared for them a lot so that they could feel the love and sacrifice of Father even in their tight schedule.

Especially seeing a video which describes the gospel work of Father, they realized the love of Father who came to this earth and sacrificed for the sinners. They said, "I didn't know how great Father's suffering and sacrifice were when I just heard it. But now I realized a little bit of it." They repented with tears and pledged themselves to try harder to find their brothers and sisters with a thanksgiving heart.

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This year, the blooming time was later than usual. It seems to be Father's care for the overseas members. They walked with Mother the road full of flowers, which blossomed as if they had been waiting for them. A flower of smile also blossomed on their faces. While they had photos taken with Mother in a sunny spring day, they looked happy and peaceful like the chicks following their mother hen.

10 days passed too quickly. On the last day of their visit, the overseas members' hearts were very sad for it was time to part from Mother for a bit longer. Mother let them remind the hope for eternal heaven and blessed them to be great workers of the gospel. The members were determined to put into practice the love of God that they learned in Korea, saying, "Through this visit, I realized how much Father and Mother love us."

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Sister Michele from San Diego Church said with delight, "I prayed every day to let me preach the gospel boldly with the power of the Holy Spirit, and I've received the answer in Korea. The love of Mother will be a great encouragement for me to seek my lost brothers and sisters." Brother Ray from New York Church said, "When I first came to Zion, I was very impressed by the love of the brothers. Now I've realized in Korea that the love was Mother's love," and showed his will to preach the gospel and put into practice the love of Father and Mother and do his best to save the souls.

The missionaries, who are sent overseas, say that once the members visit New Jerusalem, their faith become mature and they are changed into love and set good examples for the brothers and sisters there and also bear abundant fruit. Just as they said, a gracious fragrance of Zion was sent here only after 2 days of their departure. It was that a member who had visited Korea this time preached the gospel with a burning heart and her sister received the truth and kept the 2nd Passover. The members of Zion bear in their minds the love God which is poured endlessly and produce the fruit of love, sending forth the aroma of Christ to the whole world.