[Minghui Net]

On the evening of February 2nd, after 6 hours of driving, 14 practitioners from Vancouver arrived at a small city called Vernon in western Canada. The next morning, some practitioners went to the biggest shopping mall in the city to spread Dafa to the public, while other practitioners went to crowded areas around the city to practice exercises and give out Dafa Readers to people. Many people gladly accepted the Readers. Some people stayed and had long conversations with practitioners to learn more about Dafa, showing great interest.

In the afternoon, we joined the local practitioners to participate in a winter parade. About 150 local organizations participated in the parade, and more than 80 percent of the population came to see it; the streets were packed with people. Many people applauded for us as soon as they saw the banner with "Falun Dafa" in gold and with the words "Zhen Shan Ren [Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance]," written on it. Many people expressed their support by giving us a thumb's up. We could feel the excitement, sincerity, and praise from these people. After the parade, many passengers in cars waved to us. Many came to us and asked for Dafa Readers. When some of them received our Readers they said with great excitement, "I saw you in the parade! I think you guys were great!"

We set up Dafa introduction classes in the public library of the city after the parade and later that night. We played the introductory tape and "The Real Story" for the people. We had practitioners who came here to visit from Mainland China. They talked about their personal experiences, the persecution, and how the Mainland practitioners demonstrated great Compassion and Forbearance under the brutal persecution. The results of the classes were very pleasing. A lady that came to our evening class said to us, "This is what I am looking for; now I've found it!" That night, she brought her two children to the class. She said, "I want my kids to learn it too! It's not just for me." During the introduction class, we talked sincerely, and we answered the audience's questions. They expressed their concerns about the practitioners in Mainland China, and wanted to do something to help. We thanked them and used the example of Zhang Kunlun's early release to explain to them that various nations support our great encouragements to Mainland practitioners and are also helpful in diminishing the severity of the persecution. All those who came to the introduction class learned the five movements; some even joined our morning practice the next day.

Thus the two-day Fa promoting activity came to an end. Although we had to drive a long way to get there, we didn't feel tired after the activity. We feel glad that so many people in Vernon now know about Falun Dafa.

Vancouver Practitioners