WMS COG]-Fragrance of Zion

Prophesied Visit, and Awakening Souls

NATION India
NAME Su-jeong Kim

“Did they arrive well in Korea?”“Is there any news from Korea?”“When are they coming back?”The Mumbai Church members asked these questions every day ever since the 13 brothers and sisters left India to visit Korea. How much did they also want to go to the country where Heavenly Father came and Heavenly Mother dwells? I could feel how sad and anxious the members felt, who were unable to join the visiting group due to their difficult circumstances. My heart was broken when I saw them. They all eagerly waited for the visiting group to come back. More precisely, they were waiting for the armfuls of Mother’s fragrance that the visiting group members would bring back with them. “We love you! We love you!”Late at night on June 18, the members finally arrived at the Andheri International Airport in Mumbai. Their faces were shining bright probably because they received the Holy Spirit abundantly. They must have been very tired after following busy schedules in Korea and taking a long flight. Despite their fatigue, they began to share the fragrance of Zion with us as soon as they saw us. “We were greatly moved. Ah, Mother . . .”They looked so happy and continually told us stories, recollecting their time they spent with Mother. Standing there at the airport, we shared God’s grace together for quite some time. On the following Sabbath day, we were busier and happier than usual, hearing the gracious news from the members who had visited Korea and watching the video that Mother granted us.“Although Mother is God, She clothed Herself with flesh and came to this earth. And She hugged us one by one, saying She loves us.”“It is very natural, rather an honor, for us to go see Mother. Nevertheless, She said that She felt sorry to us for coming all the way from such far-off countries. Can you believe it? How come God says to us, sinners, ‘I am sorry’? Mother is love, love itself.”“Before I went to Korea, I prepared many things to say, thinking a lot about what I should tell Mother when I met Her. However, when I saw Mother, I couldn’t remember anything at all. When I was at a loss for words, Mother smiled and hugged me, saying, ‘I love you.’ Me, a sinner . . .”“Mother didn’t even take a moment to rest. She was always with us and listened to the preaching of each and every member. Even through it all, Mother always smiled at us.”“Whenever Mother saw us, She said, ‘I love you. God bless you.’ So I thought to myself, ‘How many times did I tell my brothers and sisters, ‘I love you,’ and ‘God bless you’? From now on, I want to resemble Mother who is love.”Through touching look in their eyes, their tears, trembling voice and words, we could feel how much love they received from Mother. They said they had an amazing realization especially when they visited the Elohim Folk Village. To the people of India, Korea is known as a “rich country,” or a “well-off country.” So they probably thought that Korean houses would all be big and nice. However, they were shocked to see the replica of the house where Heavenly Father lived during His ministry on the earth. “The house was very small and humble. Do you know that in Korea the temperature often went down to -10℃ [14℉] in winter? In that freezing weather, Father lived in a chilly room and spent the winters with only two suits. Can you imagine how cold Father must have been? In such bad circumstances, Father worked hard only for us, preached the gospel . . . But I, I . . .”They said they were able to realize even a little bit of Father and Mother’s sacrifice which they had only heard about, when they saw that Heavenly Father and Mother lived and preached the gospel in the circumstances which were much inferior to theirs. And they also delivered touching emotions they received from the Korean members.“Korean members smile all the time. And they always treat us gently and warmly, saying, ‘Are you okay?’ or ‘God bless you.’ I learned many things from them. They were considerate of brothers and sisters with a humble attitude.”They emitted the fragrance of Zion with a sincerely repentant heart. I believed that all their pleasing aroma must have reached Mother. After sharing the fragrance of Zion, we all watched the video Mother granted us. It was the Biblical play “Act 3: Coronation Ceremony.” Since the play was dubbed in Hindi, the local members were all able to understand it without interpretation, and after watching it we shared our deep emotions. Mother, we truly give thanks to You for Your deep concern for the members in India. The Biblical play was enough to awaken our souls; it showed many types of characters?the one who received much reward by preaching the gospel diligently, the one who received compliments from God for enduring to the end even in persecution and suffering and for displaying the glory of God, the one whose reserved rewards were reduced because he was lazy and didn’t realize the value of the heavenly rewards, and the one who couldn’t even come to that place. Since we knew that this story was all about us, we straightened ourselves out and thought about what kind of attitude we should have toward the gospel.All the members of the Mumbai Zion, including those who joined the visiting group, try hard to repay Mother for Her grace by bearing much fruit. I truly give thanks to Mother for awakening our sleeping souls through the overseas visiting group members. Mother, here in India, we can also feel Your love that is quiet but great. We believe that You are always with us and give us strength wherever we are. Mother, You are our life and life itself. We love You, Mother!