(Clearwisdom.net) I became a Falun Dafa practitioner in October 2003 under the influence of my wife. I was 67. My wife's health had been very poor before she started practicing Dafa. She was so weak that she couldn't even swallow vegetables after chewing them. She would fall when walking up the stairs due to dizziness. Not only was she unable to take care of herself, but her medication cost me a year's salary. Fortunately, my wife learned Falun Dafa and after practicing for several days, she completely regained her health. All her illnesses disappeared, and she started to do all of the housework. Having witnessed the significant changes in my wife, I became a practitioner as well.

I used to suffer from serious heart disease and periarthritis humeroscapularis, but they disappeared after I learned Dafa. I was running a small home electronics repair service. When I was ill, climbing up a ladder to repair air conditioners was particularly tiring, but now I felt light and energetic, as if I were a young man again. I was able to handle work all day long without feeling tired.

However, I encountered a serious test last year. It was the evening after the 2011 Lantern Festival. When I stepped out of the shower, I thought I smelled gas, but neither my wife nor my daughter, who was visiting us and is also a practitioner, smelled anything. In fact, there was no gas leak. Nevertheless, I felt lightheaded and lost my balance. Then I went to bed. Around midnight I got up to use the washroom, but fell and lost control of my bladder. I wondered what was happening to me. My wife woke up and reminded me immediately: “Don't worry. Master will save you, but your main spirit must be clear.” She called my daughter to come over to send forth righteous thoughts with us. The incontinence continued the next day. I also lost all feeling in my body and could not move my right side. That morning several fellow practitioners came over to help me send forth righteous thoughts and reminded me to be clearheaded. After sending forth righteous thoughts, my stomach started to ache and I threw up; then I felt a little better. But I was still tired and had no appetite. Seeing that I was still not well, my wife and other practitioners insisted that I should not go to bed but keep sending forth righteous thoughts. However, unable to stay awake, I slept frequently. In the evening, I was able to eat a little congee but threw up afterward.

On the third day, my wife and our practitioner friends helped me sit up on a chair to send forth righteous thoughts. In order to prevent me from falling asleep, they then helped me stand up, but I fell and bruised my back. I realized that I must have a strong will to stand up by myself and eliminate the control of the old forces. So, I stood leaning against a closet and tried to do the exercises with the other practitioners. At that time, I could not remember any of the exercises, and my body fell to the right every time I tried to do them. The practitioners then played the video of Master teaching the exercises for me, but I could not see clearly. My wife and other practitioners had to teach me the movements as if I were a new student. However, I forgot the moves as soon as I learned them. They patiently taught me and helped me stand up again and again. Slowly, I finished doing all five exercises. In the afternoon the practitioners told me to read the Fa, but I could not see clearly. I could see the words in Zhuan Falun sometimes but not at other times. Practitioners helped me read word by word, but it took us a long time to read just 30 or 40 words.

On the fourth day, my wife and I got up early to practice the exercises and send forth righteous thoughts. I knew that I must trust in Master and the Fa to overcome this tribulation. I finished the exercises, but it was a struggle. Then I listened to Master's lecture on an MP3 player. I was feeling better day by day and recovered in two weeks. Soon I was able to resume group study and practice at a practitioner's home.

I am grateful that Master gave me a second life and saved me from the old forces' interference. I am aware that my extended life is for my cultivation, so I want to be diligent in Dafa cultivation. My wife and I get up at 3:30 a.m. every day to do the exercises.

I am deeply moved by the power of Dafa and want to thank our esteemed Master once more for his merciful salvation. I am determined to cultivate diligently until consummation.