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On March 11, 2012 at 2 p.m., the program opened in a beautiful public meeting room at the historic Mount Tabor Presbyterian Church in Portland, Oregon. Guests were invited to fill out a registration form, enjoy refreshments, and participate in activities that included writing wish papers for peace and/or family, creating colorful water-dragon prints at an art table, folding origami cranes, and purchasing raffle tickets and fundraising items for the WFWP school in Mozambique. Our ladies prepared a round table in the front of the room with two large crystal bowls and two white candles. Guests brought small containers of water from various locations to be added together with water from the Pacific Ocean to connect us with Japan. Behind the water bowls was a presentation board of photos from the Japanese tsunami. At the base of the table were red roses and white lilies in crystal vases.   At 2:30 p.m., Dr. Nadya Hinson, chairwoman of the Cascade Northwest Chapter of WFWP, gave a warm welcome to the special guests who came despite the cold, rain, and change in time due to daylight savings. Dr. Hinson held up a framed photo of Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon speaking in Tokyo for the 20th anniversary of WFWP and explained the tour that Dr. Moon was currently holding throughout Japan. She also described her experience in Moscow in November 1992, assisting with the inaugural address given by Dr. Moon and the startup of WFWP in the former Soviet Union. The startup of WFWP in Russia created the platform that later inspired Dr. Hinson to start a program with WFWP in Seattle to bring children from Ukraine's Chernobyl region to the Pacific Northwest for a health respite. She also explained that she grew up in the area near the Hanford Nuclear Power Plant,…
Published in Oregon/Cascade