(Clearwisdom.net) Many of Sophia's family members are Dafa practitioners. When Sophia's mother began to take her to exercise sites in 1999, she was just a young girl.

She loves practicing the exercises and reading Dafa lectures. Aside from schoolwork, she also enjoys participating in Dafa activities and is healthy and happy.

What is more astounding is that, these last five years have seemed like only a day to Sophia. Her heart is forever focused on Dafa. Whenever there is a Dafa activity, she's always there to support it. During the summer, while the other children go out to play, she becomes more and more diligent. Whenever there is something that needs to be done, she happily volunteers. In her mind, there is no such thing as my business or your business, or what I have to do and don't have to do.

Sophia has a very noble character. She's unafraid of hardships or fatigue. One day it was very cold and snowy, and the snow on the ground nearly reached our knees, which made walking very difficult. Despite this, she still walked with us for quite a distance to pass out newsletters at train stations. At the time she was only 11 years old and was able to carry a stack of newsletters that weighed about seven to eight pounds, and now she's able to carry two such stacks.

For the past the five years, Sophia's every word and action has been a golden Dafa particle. She is a genuine Dafa practitioner.

Sophia is 13 this year and attends seventh grade. She is a great student and gets excellent grades.

There are many young practitioners just like Sophia all around the world. They are what Teacher calls "Lotus Flowers." Some of them are in China, including some whose parents have been persecuted to death. Some are in Russia, Taiwan, the United States, Canada, Australia, and throughout the world.

11/13/2004