Meeting the True God

I was raised by my grandparents who were missionaries. Naturally, my life was filled with the faith in God. Jesus Christ was the hero of my life and I thought that I could do nothing without Him. I believed that if I prayed to Jesus—our God and Savior—about my worries and even something so trivial, He would always answer me.

I studied hard at school by day, and when I got back home, I helped my grandmother with the housework. And at night, I studied hard. For my every effort, God helped me much, that I could be on the top of the line at school. God also blessed me with so many talents such as singing, sports, and writing, and so I won many awards in them. After graduating from the school, I was easily hired no matter what company I applied for. After that, I made up my mind to do something meaningful with young adults who believed in Christ; we visited our neighbors in need, delivered the words of God to them, and collected donations through cultural programs to help them.

Then, I got married and went to Jaipur, the state capital of Rajasthan. There I worked for public schools of India in different places as an English teacher for twenty-two years. At every lecture, I started with the words of God from Proverbs and moral values. I tried to display the glory of God, which earned me the Best Teacher Award and a Minister’s Award as well.

One day, a thought came to my mind.

‘God always blesses me and hears my prayers, but I spend too little time for God.’

I always kept in mind the words of Matthew 28:19, “Go and make disciples of all nations, teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” So I decided to work full time for God and started it in earnest. I was really happy that I could deliver Christ’s love and sacrifice.

As time passed by, however, I felt heavy to observe fights, conflict, and rivalry to take a higher position in church. I was really sad to feel the worldly and political atmosphere at the church.

Though I tried to be consoled by reading the Bible and many books, I could not get the answers I wanted and no one could fill my soul, thirsty for the truth. I prayed to God in grief: ‘Oh, God! The place to worship You must not be like this. Please help me and lead me to the church that worships You in truth.’

God answered my prayer and sent His angels to our home: When I returned from church, my son was talking with two men. My son said to me in surprise, “Mom, I’ve never heard this before. The words these people are delivering are so amazing.” Without changing my clothes, I greeted the guests right away and heard their preaching. At their words of truth such as God’s commandments, Zion, and God the Mother, I was stunned. The more I heard the words, the more I wanted to know quickly. On the other hand, I felt guilty and ashamed when I realized that I had never kept God’s commandments before. When I heard about Heavenly Mother, I was really shocked because nobody on earth had told me about Her before.

Since then, I kept studying the words of the Bible and became confident in the truth more and more. I was finally baptized in about fifteen days. Zion, the place of God’s feasts, was the very place that I had been looking for to worship God in truth. Heavenly Father and Mother saved me and led me to Zion, breaking the chain of the evil.

After receiving the truth, I followed other members to preach the gospel. People welcomed us at first, but later close their door when we were about to deliver the words. They said, “If you come again here to share some food or to talk, you’ll be welcome. But, don’t preach to me.” I was surprised to see them reject the truth of the Bible.

“I can’t leave my church. I shall be buried here, and my children will have their weddings, here.”

Later, I came to know that they didn’t listen to our preaching in fear of being kicked out of their church and losing their livelihood. I tried to convince them that eternal life is more important than the place where their bodies would be buried after death, but they were not willing to listen. Seeing them reject the truth no matter how hard we preached, I was really sad.

We were sometimes threatened by people while preaching the words, but we were thankful for the fact that at least they had heard about Father and Mother. What was more thankful was that we found our members among such people!

At present, my son and my first daughter are working as gospel workers, and my husband and I are taking care of a house church. I had been praying to God that my house would become God’s dwelling place. That prayer, too, God answered. These days, I earnestly pray that my second daughter will return to Zion quickly.

I’m so happy now to worship and praise the true God, living in God’s dwelling place. I sincerely give thanks to Father and Mother for giving me the forgiveness of sins, eternal life, and the hope for heaven. God Elohim who listens to my prayer when I earnestly seek is truly my God. I hope that I will be able to preach the gospel while dwelling in Zion until we enter the kingdom of heaven.