3-4 grade lesson

The 3-4 grade kids have been learning about True Father's life course.  We just learned about the first church that was built on Beomnetgol in Pusan.  True Father and Won Pil Kim made the house out of mud bricks and cardboard ration boxes from the U.S military base.  This is where True Father finished the first draft of the Wolli Wonbon and began witnessed to early members.  The kids built their own church out of cardboard boxes together read the following excerpt from True Father's autobiography:

    Eventually, he [Won Pil Kim] and I climbed up to Beomnetgol in Beomil-Dong and built a house.  Because this area was near a cemetery, there was nothing nearby except a rocky ravine.  We had not land we could call our own, so we leveled a section of the steep slope and built a home there.  We didn't even have a shovel!  We borrowed a small shovel from somoen's kitchen and returned it before the owner realized it was missing.  Won Pil Kim and I broke rocks, dug the earth and carried up gravel.  We      mixed mud and straw to make bricks, then stacked them up to make the walls.  We go some empty ration boxes from an American base, flattened them out, and used them as the roof.  We laid down a sheet of black plastic for the floor. 

    Even simple huts are built better than this.  Our was built against a boulder, so a big piece of rock stuck up in the middle of the room.  Our only possessions were the small desk that sat behind the rock and and Won Pil Kim's easel.  When it rained, a spring would bubble up inside our room.  How romantic to hear the sound of the water flowing beneath us where we sat!  In the morning, after sleeping in this unheated room with a leaking roof and water still flowing below, we would arise with runny noses.  Even so, we still were happy for our small space where we could lie down and put our minds at ease.  The surroundings were miserable, but we were filled with hope from living on the path of God's will.

The kids really enjoyed making the church