(Soon-ae Hong—Mrs. Moon's mother—speaks) Mother was born in the village named Sinli of Anju district in what is now called North Korea at 4:30 a.m. on January 6, 1943 [by the lunar calendar] when I was 30 years old.
(Soon-ae Hong—Mrs. Moon's mother—speaks) Mr. Han was my husband, and Hak Ja Han's father, but things did not go as smoothly as I would have liked.
(Mrs. Moon speaks) I would like to talk for a few minutes on the background of my birth.
(Soon-Ae Hong —Mrs. Moon's mother speaks) When Mother was six years old, she and I were arrested by the communist regime in North Korea.
(Mrs. Moon speaks) At the time of the Korean War, many Koreans suffered a lot, but thanks to my uncle, I had relatively less trouble fleeing from the war.
(Soon-Ae Hong —Mrs. Moon's mother speaks) I took her to Jeju Island, where we lived a very simple life—a life of prayer.
(Mrs. Moon speaks) The first time I met Father, he looked at me and asked, "what is your name?"
(Rev. Moon speaks) When Mrs. Hong first began attending our church, she lived a very faithful life in Chuncheon [a city located east of Seoul] and raised her daughter strictly.
(Mrs. Won-pok Choi speaks) The Heavenly Blessing took place on April 11 by the solar calendar at the Cheongpa-dong Church.
(Rev. Moon speaks) Mother was very young when she was blessed, and she said that she had had no experience with men.
