1) Rev. Won Pil Kim

I restored three women (Seung Do Chi, Sae Yeon Ok, and Dal Ok Chung) and one man (Won Pil Kim). Without this foundation, the providence for restoration could not be fulfilled. (19-273)

Everyone, all of you know the head of the financial department, right? When I first met the head of the financial department, Won Pil Kim, he was a nineteen-year-old young man with disheveled hair. After four years had passed he became 23; but what was there that he could do? So I had him do all sorts of things, such as being a waiter in a restaurant. I ate the meals that he used to bring me, and I had the experience of eating nu-rung-ji for lunch. But this does not mean that I did it to get something to eat. I had all kinds of similar experiences. They were extreme, impressionable, and interesting. (26-68)

When I was living the life of a refugee in Pusan, when Won-Pil was painting pictures it was I who made the preparations, such as making the frame and the lines. I made many comments that had great influence. As long as he just painted a nose on the face, I painted the clothes and the like. I did it without sleeping at night. Starting at twelve at night, in one night we would paint up to 40 pictures. Do you understand what I am saying? [Yes]

In order to paint all that, you have to hold onto the string and draw a line. When he brought forty paintings, I drew the lines, so we painted according to the lines. I drew lines in all of them. How much was one painting? It was three dollars each, three dollars per one painting. Going to the residence of the American soldiers... What present did they have to give to their wives when they returned home? Because they knew that the best present was giving the portrait of their wives, we took advantage of that idea. Nowadays, it would probably cost thirty to forty, or even three hundred dollars a piece. What I mean is that if it were here in America.

Accordingly, what this meant was that every night one person had to paint at least twenty paintings on the average. So, do you think that this was possible? Therefore, I had no choice but to do it all by myself. I did it without sleeping at night. So when Won-Pil came back from the company late in the evening, I would go out half way to greet him there and come back with him. This is the time that I was writing the first draft of The Divine Principle.

For this reason, when we were fleeing from the war, he abandoned his mother and family to come with me. Even when I told him to stay there, he followed me. You have to understand that because of this kind of strong bond of heart, many members in Korea are shedding tears as they think of me because I have not gone back for a long time. There are sons, grandsons, and old men, and all of them shed tears... Do you understand what I am saying? [Yes]

You bear this kind of responsibility. When I moved around at night, if I had something to eat, then I tried to save it to share it with others, and no matter what, I tried to bring harmony and resolve conflicts, and if there were some difficult task then I tried to pioneer it. This is why people like me. This is the reason that they follow me, even when they are receiving persecution, even when everyone in the village and surroundings are making fuss about it, and even when the national government is trying to chase us out. This was the atmosphere that we used to have in the past. When someone joined, then people would come to visit every day to see the new member, because they missed him. (96-143)

All of you here know Mr. Kim, right? You, Won Pil Kim, When we were taking refuge from the war and you were working, as you left for work I walked out with you, and when you came back I went out to meet you on the road; yet I could not do this for my own children. At that time we painted portraits of American soldiers, and we got three dollars per painting. We painted up to 35, 40 pictures a night. In order to do that, I had to make all the preparations. I did it staying up all night. I was more industrious; I worked harder than you. (laughter) Except for the face, I did everything from the hair to the clothes. With the money that we earned in this fashion, I financed witnessing activities, and this is the way that I have pioneered everything. (97-222)