(Minghui.org) I am 75 years old. I started to practice Falun Dafa on September 1, 1997. I used to be in poor health and suffered from bronchitis since I was a child. I was far-sighted and couldn't see clearly. My feet would crack and bleed in the winter. I recovered from all these illnesses after I started practicing Falun Dafa. I don't need to wear glasses now and can see small letters clearly.
I used to be very competitive and aggressive. I fought for fame and personal gain. But Falun Dafa has changed me and I have become considerate, tolerant and unconcerned about those things. Master has saved me several times from the verge of death, scooped me up from hell and cleansed me to let me become a Dafa disciple on a divine path. No words can express my gratitude for Master's saving grace. I will do my best to harmonize with what Master wants with a pure heart.
Setting Up a Materials Production Site Under Difficult Circumstances
Setting up materials production sites is a solemn responsibility. Before February 2006 about 30 of us practitioners got materials from the city production site once a week. The quantity was decided by the practitioner there, but that practitioner passed away at the end of February. We didn't have materials or Minghui Weekly. I discussed the situation with two other practitioners who had full-time jobs. I was retired and had the time, but I was computer illiterate.
With Master's help, I went to the computer center and saw a shop assistant playing on a computer. I asked him if he could sell me the computer that he was using because I didn't have a lot of money. I figured that this computer was good because he was playing with it. He asked for 3000 yuan for a second hand computer. I bargained with him and got it for 2500 yuan. The shop assistant taught another practitioner some things about the computer before he left, but I still didn't know anything.
I then went to the city and asked a practitioner with technical experience to copy the materials onto my USB, and I printed them out at home. I bought an internet card so that I could browse the internet myself, but I had difficulty getting on it because I didn't know enough. I had to turn my computer off and on many times before I managed to download something. Sometimes I had to ask other practitioners for help.
Eventually I bought a laser printer and a color printer. But the color printer was often clogged. I had to ask for help from my son and his wife, who were taxi drivers. They took me to the shops for materials and also to repair the color printer. They were busy and didn't want to be bothered. I clarified the truth to them and told them that they would be blessed if they helped Dafa. Sometimes I took the printer for repair by bus and had to transfer twice. Other times I asked my husband to take the printer on his bicycle and I took the bus to the repair shop.
I bought the materials with money donated by local and city practitioners, and I also contributed some if the cost was high. I used every cent that practitioners donated for the materials and had an accounting book recording every donation and every expense. I reported the accounting to practitioners once a month and produced a statement once a year. I paid the electric bill myself. In 2012 I overcame my fear of persecution and had broadband internet installed. It saved money and it was convenient.
With Master's protection, our materials production site has run smoothly, though we have weathered some storms and hardships. Other than making truth clarification phone calls, we have covered all Dafa projects. Our materials production site provides materials to local and other practitioners, especially those who don't have regular supplies from other production sites.
Experience Sharing in a Detention Center
I was reported to the police and was illegally arrested when I was telling people the facts about Falun Dafa in October 2009. They confiscated my Falun Dafa books and audio recordings and videos, Shen Yun Performing Arts DVDs and some other DVDs. I was sent to a detention center. I clarified the truth to the inmates and three or four of them withdrew from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliates. Group Leader Ma, who already knew the facts of Falun Dafa, was kind to practitioners and helped us pass around Master's articles and Falun Dafa books.
Zhang, who had just graduated from police school, was rude to practitioners. I wrote a letter to him and he began to understand the truth about Falun Dafa. One day I told him that there was no hot water in the cells. He asked me to bring my cup to his office, where he gave me some hot water. I took the opportunity to clarify the truth to him further.
I told him that Falun Dafa practitioners try to be good people according to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and that the Tiananmen Square Self-immolation incident was staged, and explained some of the inconsistencies. I asked him not to beat or curse practitioners any more, because that is a sin and he would be punished. I also asked him not to prevent inmates from learning Falun Dafa, and that it would be good for him to allow that. He understood and agreed.
I asked the group leader Ma if we could hold an experience sharing meeting. He said: “How can I possibly not agree if you request it. Okay, you can do it.” I asked if I could ask the male practitioners to come as well. He said: “No, I am only in charge of female inmates. I don't have the final say. Which cell should it be? You can nominate one.” I said: “This one.” He agreed. So I notified the practitioners and more than 20 came.
We talked about how to study the Fa and send forth righteous thoughts and how to become determined not to be transformed. The meeting lasted two hours and helped the practitioners reinforce their righteous thoughts and improve their cultivation. Those who had not been diligent in cultivation also changed.
It was nearly Chinese New Year's Day, when I asked Ma again: “Can we have another meeting?” He agreed. We had the meeting in cell number four. Practitioners had a lot of sharing and discussions. Then another group leader Zhang shouted at me: “Get everything ready and go home.” I said goodbye to the practitioners and left without taking any of my belongings. Zhang knew that I would be sent to a brainwashing center and asked an inmate to pack up my things. She took them for me and sent me to the car.
There were five people in the brainwashing center. They wanted us to watch videos and read materials that slandered Falun Dafa, but I refused to watch or read. I clarified the truth to the deputy director and asked her not to commit any sins. She said to the group: “I try to transform her, but instead she tries to transform me.”
I shared with the practitioners that we shouldn't be transformed or write the so-called three statements. I clarified the truth to those who tried to transform us, and to whomever I met. Master saw my determination and helped me. I fell ill and was released. The next day was Chinese New Year. I did my shopping and cooking without any sign of illness.
With Master's protection I have managed to walk on the cultivation path through various tests and tribulations up to today. It has not been easy. Without Master I could not have made it through. No words can describe Master's saving grace. I will be diligent in studying the Fa and sending forth righteous thoughts and try my best to save sentient beings and fulfill my prehistoric vow to return home with Master.
