Issued by Clearwisdom Net

The Tartars are a minority group in Russia, with a population of seven million. Their features are somewhat like Uighurs of China--light skin color, black hair, black eyes. They are mainly distributed in a few small nations around Kazan, the capital of the Tartarian Republic of the Russian Federation.

Mr. Amir is a Tartarian practitioner from Moscow. He used to be a civil engineer, but now runs a grocery wholesaling business. He has a beautiful Russian wife, Natasha, and three lovely children. In addition to the housework, Natasha also works part-time as an assistant. Their oldest child is an eleven year old boy; the second is also a boy, eight years old; the youngest is a girl, only five and a half. Since each one is a head taller than the other in the family, like a ladder, some practitioners jokingly call them the Amir Echelon.

The Amir Echelon is very active. They were in Moscow and in Saint Petersburg to clarify the truth; they were at the recent experience sharing conference in Russia; they were in the parade of "Supporting the Nine Commentaries and Quitting the Communist Party"; they were also in front of the Chinese Embassy, and in other cultural activities organized by practitioners. The Amir Echelon is almost everywhere! While other married practitioners often come to various events or group study as couples, the Amirs do things as a whole family.

Amir joined the waist drum group. Natasha is gifted in dancing and singing, so she joined the dance troupe to perform the Lotus Dance and Fan Dance. Amir doesn't own a car, but he "drives" his wheelbarrow. He often carries truth clarification newspapers in it. A stack of the newspaper is about 16-17 lbs, and he takes 4 or 5 packs each time regardless of the weather. Their three kids like to distribute the materials, and they are always very energetic when they do so. They can distribute a lot in a little while.

Many local practitioners came to Falun Gong because of health issues, but Amir and Natasha are different. They both were already very healthy. They came to understand the meaning of life. After attending the October 2001 "New Epoch Qigong Exhibition" held in Moscow (in the "New Epoch Qigong Exhibition held from January 7 to January 14, 2001, Russian practitioners won "Awards for Best Practice Performance" and "Award for the Best Booth Design"), the couple started the practice. In that exhibition, they didn't find what they really were looking for until they ran into Falun Gong. They were so excited. Not only does the couple study and practice diligently, but their kids also like Falun Gong very much.

Very few Russian practitioners have ever seen Teacher Li, the founder of Falun Gong, in person. Amir wanted very much to see Teacher Li, and he decided to go to the United States for a Falun Gong conference. But he has three kids and the family is not wealthy. How could he afford the trip? While Amir thought it was the most important thing in his life, Natasha was also very supportive. In the end, he went. He spent a whole week and over a thousand US dollars, and he saw Teacher Li.

Those who have seen Teacher Li tell different stories: some said Teacher Li is tall and handsome; some said they felt so comfortable and happy and didn't even want to leave when they were with Teacher Li; some said Teacher's energy field was so strong that it seemed that Teacher's whole body was glowing light--but Amir said that everyone could feel the field of compassion and harmony even before Teacher entered the conference. Amir could not find any human words to express what he felt. He didn't feel surprised when he saw Teacher, but he simply wanted to cry without knowing why. When he talked about that meeting, his eyes became wet again.

Mr. Amir's whole family practices diligently and actively promotes Falun Gong. They sincerely hope those who are misled by the Chinese Communist regime's propaganda can understand the truth of Falun Gong, have a righteous understanding about the practice and secure a bright future.