That day my wife checked on flights to Formosa, but found no tickets anywhere. Everything was booked. I couldn't figure it out. I was sure we were supposed to go to Formosa. The next morning I thought I'd give it one last try, so I looked through the yellow pages and found a travel agency called Cathay Travel I then telephoned their office and said I was looking for a flight to Formosa. While the travel agent checked on her computer, my wife and I prayed, "Master, if this trip is good for us and if it is what we're supposed to do, please help us."Moments later, the agent came back on the phone and said, "Yes, I have two tickets." They were the only two tickets available at the time!

She said it would be almost impossible for me to find a reasonably priced place to stay because it was Christmas and hotels are terribly expensive in Formosa. She couldn't help me with the hotel but I told her to book the flight anyway. Before I hung up the phone, the agent said, "Sir, my colleagues can't believe you got two tickets to Formosa. We've been trying to book flights to Formosa for weeks and they've been sold out. You're very lucky."

Therefore I telephoned the Taipei Center and told them about my plans to visit Formosa, and asked if they could help us find a place to stay. That was all we had to do. From that point on, the trip arranged itself through the brothers and sisters in Formosa.

We were looking for Master on this trip and we found Her everywhere we visited. She lives in the beauty of the Hsihu Center and in the hearts of the Formosan disciples. We didn't know why we were supposed to go there, but we followed our inner guidance and took the leap of faith to go. We had a wonderful time and every moment was packed with meaningful experiences. It turned out to be a glorious Christmas present from Master. But to receive the gift we had to act on our intuition and trust in the Master Power.

We stayed there for twelve days and when we left Formosa, we were already thinking that it would be nice to return to Asia to live. Every two years I am allowed to apply for a job transfer, but this was not my year, so I was not supposed to be able to transfer at all. Besides, I apply for a transfer every time it is available and have never gotten one. But this year, something unusual happened. My school announced that they had hired too many teachers and needed two people to volunteer to transfer. I eagerly volunteered but my principal said, "No! You can't go."

We prayed to Master to give us whatever was best for our spiritual growth. If we got the transfer it was OK. If we didn't get the transfer it was OK, too. Weeks went by and so did the deadline for requesting transfers. Then to our surprise, a week before the transfer assignments began, my principal suddenly changed his mind and allowed me to apply for a transfer. I filled out the appropriate papers and listed "everywhere in Asia" as my choice. But it was still a matter of chance - they could have sent me anywhere in the world. I would have to accept whatever assignment they gave me or forfeit my job.

Again we prayed to Master to give us what was best for our spiritual growth. A week later, we got the news. Less than four months after leaving Formosa, I had received a job transfer to Japan!

We are so happy that Master brought us to our present location in Japan. Our center is very active and we are getting opportunities to learn how to serve and grow spiritually. It's very exciting - it's everything we hoped for and more. It's just what we needed.

Once Master awakens the sleeping beauty inside of us, miracles begin to happen and anything is possible.


Postscript: This story was read before a video lecture at the Tokyo Center. After the presentation, two sisters in our group told me that they had been in Scotland on that day two years ago handing out brochures when I received the information about Master's lecture. One of them was standing on the spot where I had received the flyer, so it is likely that she was the one who put it in my hand. That flyer changed my life. Those sisters traveled halfway around the world at their own expense to help spread Master's teachings. Perhaps it is part of Master's plan that I traveled halfway around the world to Japan to tell them just how much that flyer meant to me. I still keep it for my blessing.

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