Join the Pathways to a Sustainable Future Project Paraguay, July 3-19 – A project of UPF and the SNA-SDWP We are excited to announce that on July 3-19th the 2nd International Pathways to a Sustainable Future Project will take place in the Pantanal region of Paraguay. This project, designed for those 18-30 years old and […]
Today we celebrate God’s Day, or more recently named Heavenly Parent’s Day. I think one of the most important things Rev. Moon did in his lifetime was to establish a day when we celebrate God and God’s ideal. The world is full of all sorts of random holidays. This month alone there are more than […]
Project: Leda, Paraguay The 1st Universal Peace Federation (UPF) and South & North America Sustainable Development World Peace USA Corporation, co sponsored a project: “Pathways to a Sustainable Future” . The project was held in Paraguay from July 6 through July 21, with 36 volunteers representing 11 nations. The ambitious project was designed in the […]
Peace has been a dream for humanity for thousands of years. Early writings speak of people’s desire for peace but it somehow seems to escape us no matter how hard we try. How can we theoretically want something so badly and still not accomplish it? It doesn’t make sense in this “dream it and achieve it” […]
The story Malaria Bites takes place in Lira, Uganda and serves to complement the posts The Politics of a Mother’s Heart and Returning Home Malaria Bites When I think back to my time in Uganda, it is mostly fine memories that come to mind. A smile draws across my face as I reflect on the […]
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” —Maya Angelou Healing the Heart’s Hurts The human heart is the most vulnerable part of our being, yet it is this vulnerability that in large part makes us human. Each human heart has carried within it the pain […]
“And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart.” Galatians 6.9 More than a decade has passed since the Religious Youth Service (RYS) did an overly ambitious service project in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The 70 youths who had gathered from […]
Re-posted excerpts from Hyomi Carty’s Tumblr blog WEEK 41 (April 7- April 13, 2014) I received a care package today from home, and was excited to see that the items I had requested for my host parents were included. A few weeks previously, I had been walking to the bus stop (stesh) with Make, and […]
A story by: John W. Gehring Hurricane Mitch’s Knockout Punch Months after Hurricane Mitch ravaged Honduras, forty volunteers from fifteen nations arrived in the capital city of Tegucigalpa as part of a cross-cultural service project of the Religious Youth Service or more simply, RYS. During the following weeks of service the media regularly covered […]
Deep in the heart of every human being is the desire for peace, happiness and a life filled with love. However the path to attain those noble goals has been somewhat illusive. It seems that some people in the world are born into more favorable conditions than others for finding peace and happiness, and I […]
