You, the members of the Unification Church of today, have lived a different lifestyle. It is fundamentally different. We have been living for the sake of others and a greater cause. You have gone out to the countryside to pioneer, and up to now you have been doing things that other could not do. At first people mocked us. At the very beginning they were mocking you. At first people cursed at us that these bastards have come to ruin the village; but this would not put an end to our activities.

People thought that we were just gathering the students together, but then, from women to men, all the intelligent people of the village joined us, and in this way the number just kept on growing. When this took place, people began to develop a different opinion about the whole situation. They were in awe, and they reflected on themselves. They would be thinking, "When I was young I was like this and that, but when I look at them again now, they are truly great." We are great. They would come to repent and regret their past attitude with the attitude, "Just a few months ago, I was trying to chase away these great people." The greater the depth and amount of their repentance, the deeper their respect would become. It would be transformed into respect, and it would make them much more compliant. You have to understand this.

Our women who had only elementary school education went to the countryside to build churches, and alone they endured suffering for one, two, three, and four years. The fact that they were doing things which others were not capable of, no matter how much the whole village put up opposition, cannot be forgotten. Eventually, people came to realize that the women were better than they. People in the village realized that, while they themselves were complaining about their life even when they were living together with their spouses and children, our members had been digesting all the tribulations and enduring for one, two, and three years despite the fact that they were alone and were living a lonely lifestyle out there facing the opposition of the whole village, and that you cannot find such people anywhere else in the world. So this is what they were moved by. When this happened, everyone from old grandfather and grandmother all the way down to the women, men, and teenagers of the village came come to admire them. We have been leaving behind this kind of impressive achievements. (172-91)