Of all the different kinds of human relationships, perhaps the most difficult is the relationship between a mother and daughter-in-law. This is particularly true in the Asian cultures. Therefore, the Korean Adventist Women’s Association (KAWA), under the Korean Union Conference Women’s Ministries, began to hold seminars for mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law for the first time at the KAWA Happiness Center last May and June.
The meetings were presented for eight weeks; a weekly program which in all totaled 16 hours. The seminar leader was Young Ja L. Nam, Counsellor and Director of KAWA Happiness Center. Over the course of the weeks and months, many people started to show interest in this seminar.
The Pusan KAWA held their own four hour intensive seminar under the subject, "Making a Happy Family for Mothers and Daughters-in-law" at the Pusan Central Church on November 17th. Around 40 women and one gentleman (a father-in-law) participated and received training.
A number of women shed many tears as they opened their hearts, and shared their life stories. They acknowledged that their experience was encapsulated in the Word of God found in Psalm 32:3. "When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. By the end of the seminar, they vowed to make a greater effort to be happy with their in-laws. We hope and pray that the Pusan Adventist women will obtain a higher level of happiness than ever before through this seminar.