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Remarkable experience of Congolese SGI member

Last weekend (Easter weekend) I was Keibi again at SGINL Cultural Centre at Zeist. During the Gohonzon receival ceremonies a Congolese man received his Gohonzon at SGINL. this man became the 5th SGI member in Kongo with a Gohonzon. This man told that he was introduced by a young woman who lived in Netherlands, but is French. After starting chanting he got the assignment from his Congolese National SGI director to put down the statues of the organisation and start the process of getting SGI Congo recognised as an official religious organisation. Which happened within 24 hrs after he took up this task. Shortly after this the Civil war in Congo started. He and his family was trapped in the house and they fled to the bathroom, where he started chanting for protection of his house and family members. His oldest daughter called from boarding school that the school was under attack by soldiers. Killing teachers and students. After a while the Congolese army liberated the school and sent them home. After this, this man fled with his family to Netherlands. His sons both started practicing on their own. And now received Gohonzon. This experience got a standing ovation from the members who attended the ceremonies.
After the ceremonies everybody wanted to talk to this man.