San Diego

Live in the Moment Sermon, May 20, 2012 Rev. Mark Tengan Good morning, Lovin’-Life brothers and sisters! I would like to extend warm greetings from our Senior Pastor Rev. In Jin Moon, to all the local Lovin’ Life Ministries locations – from Florida to the state of Maine, from Alaska to Hawaii and San Diego, and every location in-between. Good morning again! Also, to brothers and sisters who are attending from different parts of the world, may God truly bless you! In this precious moment and in this historical place, let’s reaffirm that the Spirit and Love of God are here in our midst. Could you tell the person sitting next to you, “The Spirit and Love of God are here with us.” My name is Mark Tengan, I’m the pastor of District 12, the Southwest Pacific area. Many of you might be wondering about me, which nationality I am. Some of you may say, “Tengan; it sounds like tenga in Spanish, “to have,” so he must be Spanish. Or maybe I might look Filipino a little bit. The fact is, I’m all of that. I was born on an island, Okinawa, and I am Japanese. So I might trip between L and R. If you have a question, please see me after service. At this time, let us send our love and greetings to True Parents and our International President, Rev Hyung Jin Moon. They just returned to Las Vegas two days ago. Let’s give a hand for our True Parents! We are so grateful for their love and investment here in America. We are here to bring joy back to them through our living testimonies. Are you a living testimony? You are alive and you have a story, so you are the living testimony. You bring so much joy to our True Parents. Do you know that? Amen. Let’s bring God’s children back to Him, A-men! Right now in Las Vegas, families from across America are gathering to support our True Parents and teach all of God’s children by declaring the breaking news of our True Parents. Let us continue to create a strong witnessing momentum here in America. Do you think our True Parents can feel it? Absolutely. I was supposed to be in Las Vegas yesterday; however, all of a sudden, a heavenly rapture took place, and I’m here now standing at this amazing podium in front of you. Amen. I'll go to Las Vegas next week. Now let us all together send our love to our Senior Pastor of America, Reverend In Jin Moon. This podium is really warmed up; it is really heated up. Somebody paid the price to make this ministry work, to bring it this far. I personally thank God because last Sunday on Mother’s Day we could listen to In Jin Nim’s sermon. She surely has the heart of True Mother. I know that not only the Washington, D.C., area, but all of us nationwide were blessed by her message even as we continue to be blessed by the investment that she is making with each of our families around the nation. It is incredible. Also, we have recently had the opportunity to receive a special True Parents’ life course lecture given by Reverend Yong and Reverend Chung. Maybe some of you were there. These two teachers were instructed by our international president, Rev. Hyung Jin Moon, to come to America and share this very important information with us. The Bay area, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, and the New Jersey communities were truly blessed. A recorded version of it is on the way. That was a great gift from our True Parents to us. Now we are equipped by the words of God. We know how we can prepare ourselves for Foundation Day 2013. Introducing District 12 Now I would like to brag about my district, District 12. You may say, “Reverend Mark, what do you mean by District 12?” I’m glad you asked. First of all, let me say this – none of the other districts in America has an ocean in between the states. District 12 has Hawaii! From California, there is a three-hour time difference to Hawaii. It’s quite a distance. That island reminds me of my hometown. Pastor and Mrs. Ernie Ho are in Honolulu. Someone said, “Who?” It’s Ho, Reverend Ho. Yes, Reverend Ku is in Alaska. We have Reverend Ho: just for clarification. On the Big Island in Kona, we have Pastor and Mrs. Chuck Frumin and all the wonderful families there. Lovin’ Life Ministries is growing stronger on each Island. If you need a vacation and you want to do ministry work at the same time, Hawaii is a good place to go. Just ask Reverend Lamson of Ohio. He can tell you everywhere you must go. Reverend Lamson, I love you. Aloha! In District 12 we have San Diego led by Pastor and Mrs. Walter Frank. They have a powerful community program. They are tight; they maintain a very warm environment. I attended their Sunday Service, and it’s very beautiful. All the parents are working together to raise beautiful children. That’s another great place to go. In Phoenix, Arizona, Pastors Staffan and Jane Berg together with Mark and Dianne Hickler are guiding the community, and they have particularly strong youth programs. Recently Jaga Gavin and Victoria Roomet visited them

• published: 20 May 2012
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