(Minghui.org) My wife is a true Falun Gong practitioner. She suffered from various illnesses before she practiced Falun Gong, and could not look after herself. Whenever her illness recurred, the responsibilities were a great burden, and our family had no peace.
I was therefore always sad and without hope—that is, until Falun Gong changed everything.
A new chapter began in our life in September 1996, when Falun Gong was introduced to my village. Some of our relatives who practiced Falun Gong told us how people benefited so much and experienced improvement in their health. They asked my wife to give it a try.
I did not believe them, as I had seen many things that deceived people, and I doubted that qigong could help people. If it did, I thought, hospitals would no longer be needed.
However, we could no longer pay for my wife's treatments, so she decided to practice Falun Gong.
To my surprise, all of her ailments disappeared after she began cultivating. My family finally lived a harmonious life. Not only my wife benefitted, but also other fellow villagers who had taken up the practice.
I was so grateful to Falun Gong and its founder Mr. Li Hongzhi, who practitioners call Master. I will always remember that my wife returned to good health after practicing Falun Gong, which improved the quality of our entire family life. Falun Gong holds a special place in my mind and heart.
I defend the practice and tell everyone that it is great. Someone once asked me why I don't practice Falun Gong, if I think it is so good.
I respond, “Falun Gong is so great that I feel I don’t deserve to practice it. Falun Gong has high standards and requires people to follow the principles Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance all the way through. I’m a man who is unable to forbear. But it is a true and good practice. I will always say that Falun Gong is great!”
Although Jiang Zemin and his minions began the persecution of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, and spread vicious lies to all corners of China, I never once doubted the goodness of Falun Gong.
My wife was arrested and taken to a detention center on October 17, 2000. I went to the village officer’s home that evening to chat with him about it. “Do you remember the acute illnesses my wife used to suffer?” I asked him. “What law did she violate that gave you the right to take her to a detention center?”
When my brother-in-law found out that my wife had been detained, he also called village officials, demanding her immediate release.
One village official said that she was arrested because she practices Falun Gong. I told him, as well as other officials in my village and town government, that “My wife's many ailments disappeared after she practiced Falun Gong. You guys arrested her just because she practices such a wonderful practice. What law has she violated?”
After she was arrested I visited the village offices, town government building, and the township police department. I told them all about the wonders of Falun Gong.
Sixteen days after my wife's arrest, I went to see the village Party secretary, and asked him to release my wife. He wanted 3,000 yuan and a promise that my wife would renounce Falun Gong.
“We don’t have that kind of money, nor can I guarantee that she would give up the practice,” I said. “My wife practices Falun Gong to be a better person. What law did she break by doing so?” The Party secretary was speechless and released my wife unconditionally.
Still to this day, whenever I see the secretary and town officials, I clarify the facts about Falun Gong.
The police arrested a few practitioners from my village in 2002. The relatives of some practitioners were afraid of the police.
“Don’t be afraid. Your family members practice Falun Gong,” I said. “They are very good people. Remember that they fixed the village road, and they cleared the road into the village during heavy snow so that rice could be delivered into our village and the children could go to school.”
I once went to our town's 610 Office and asked the officers to clarify which law the practitioners broke. They said that it was because they were practicing Falun Gong. So I asked, “Tell me the law that states that citizens cannot have freedom of religion? If you guys would become practitioners and never embezzle public funds, our nation would be much better.”
An officer asked me why I did not practice Falun Gong. I immediately took out a cigarette and lit it. “I don’t deserve it,” I replied. “People practicing Falun Gong are all good people. They don’t smoke, don’t drink. You guys not only arrest good people, you also beat them!”
They asked if I had observed any people being beaten. I told them that I had seen police beat women and children. They were speechless and left the office with me standing there alone.
The practitioners were soon released. After their release, they repaired a broken bridge near my village—a thoroughfare to people's farms—and they did not ask for a penny. All the villagers witnessed this wonderful act.
Several years ago, my family installed a satellite dish that allows us to watch the New Tang Dynasty (NTD) Television broadcasts. This was fantastic because it helped me learn many facts I could not learn from books. I often shared what I learned with friends and colleagues.
I visited a relative in the city during the last Chinese New Year. There, I saw a group of people talking about the history of wars. Some were retired officials who shared the so-called history they learned from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). I joined the conversation and told them the true history, which I had learned from NTD television.
Everyone listened carefully. I also told them that they should quit the CCP and its affiliates so they would not be implicated when the CCP falls. They asked me to come back and tell them more when I had time.
In this way, I hope I can help people realize who is good and who is evil. I hope that practitioners' families and relatives can come to support all practitioners. After all, we should be proud of being related to a practitioner.
Furthermore, those who are involved in the persecution of Falun Gong, I ask you to stop immediately! Don’t bring misfortune to your family.
Although I do not know when the persecution will end, I do believe it will be soon. I advise you to watch NTD television to realize that the day the CCP will fall is not far away.
In closing, for World Falun Dafa Day I would like to send my sincerest greetings to Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong. I hope Master Li will come back to the mainland soon—and I hope that by then I can become a disciple of Master Li.
This has been my wish for years.