A short Unification Church life biograpy

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Photo: New York 1996, True Parents awarded all 21 years
foreign missionaries

Dear fellow Unification Church members,

I joined the movement 30 years ago - 1974 in Frankfurt/Germany.
Sorry guys, I'm not perfect yet. Need a little more time and a lot of help.....

My age is a little bit over 30 years.......
Religion: I'm a protestant.
See the movie Martin Luther and you understand the protestant mentallity even better.

With 6 month in the UC movement, I was dispatched as a foreign missionary to Hong-Kong, together with an American and Japanese national.

I had the privilege to work in many countries. After Hong-Kong my next mission was Thailand, India, Afghanistan, Bahrain, N. Yemen, Cyprus, Greece and Russia.
In 1992 TP's called all missionaries to Kodiak/Alaska and we all got a new assignment to the CIS. I worked 4 years in Kaliningrad/Russia. It's the birthplace of my mother.

In 1996 True Parents awarded all 21 years foreign missionaries (see above picture).
The same year in June, all former foreign missionaries and their wife's were called to go for 40 days to CP. My wife and I picked the NM mission to the Philippines. I was there 6 times so far, and spent a substantial time with the Philippine movement.
I love the Philippines!
It's a country I really fit in.

I was matched to my beautiful wife Brigitte (Austria) in the end of 1979 and where blessed in 1982, Seoul.
We have 4 beautiful children:
2 boys (18 and 16)
Two girls: (14 and 6)

THANK YOU Heavenly Father and True Parents for my precious family!

Warm wishes,
Wolfgang Schawaller

Additional:
Joined Unification Church October 26, 1974 in Frankfurt, Germany
Missionary training from October 1974 until March 1975 in Frankfurt
Foreign missionary to Hong-Kong from April 1975 until December 1975
Foreign missionary to Thailand from January 1976 until May 1976
Foreign missionary to India from June 1976 until June 1979
Foreign missionary to Afghanistan from June 1979 until January 1981
Foreign missionary to Yemen from February 1981 until July 1981
Foreign missionary to Cyprus from August 1981 until September 1982
Foreign missionary to Greece October 1982 until December 1992
Foreign missionary to Russia from January 1993 until August 1996
Church administrative work in Vienna, Austria 1999 until 2001

Other training:
1974 Theological course in Frankfurt, Germany
1980 Course in Journalism with the “New York City Tribune” in New York, USA
1981 Business administrator in Nicosia, Cyprus
1983 Attended International Leadership training with the Unification Church in New York , USA
1986 Photo Journalist with the ”Middle East Times” paper in Greece
& “The World & I” Magazine in Washington DC, USA
1987 Production Manager for the “Middle East Times” news paper in Greece
1991 Attended International Training course in Frankfurt, Germany
1995 Training course in lecturing Unification Principle in Moscow, Russia
1992-1996 Worked with the “International Education Foundation” in Russia

Since 1996 NM to the Philippines.

2001 - 2005 Aministrator with the
U.S. Overseas Processing Entity Vienna, Austria
providing refugees from Iran with legal guidance to
immigrate to America