(Clearwisdom.net)

Tianjiao

One day in 1991, while travelling on a train, a team of medical personnel heard a cry coming from underneath a seat. A baby girl, whose umbilical cord was still intact, was found in a cardboard box. After getting permission from relevant authorities, Mrs. Lu Changlan adopted the child and gave her the name Lu Tianjiao. Tianjiao was then left in the care of Lu Changlan's parents, Lu Qingzhai and Shi Shengying who were more than happy to be her grandparents.

In the spring of 1996, Grandma Shi was badly injured in a car accident. The sixth and seventh vertebrae of her spine were broken, and it was believed that she would most likely have to be bedridden for the rest of her life. Three months later, someone recommended Falun Gong to her, a cultivation system known to have given miraculous healing results. She was given a copy of the book, Zhuan Falun. A few days after reading the book, something unexpected happened to Grandma Shi - she managed to sit up in bed. About two months later, she even managed to walk again. All of the people who knew her found it to be a most remarkable recovery.

Grandma Shi was indeed grateful to have been introduced to Falun Dafa. To show her respect, one day she hung Teacher's portrait on the wall. An amazing thing then followed - little Tianjiao walked into the room, saw the portrait, and immediately kowtowed to Teacher on her knees - a traditional gesture of utmost respect to someone. At age six, Tianjiao was a playful girl. For a child who has not been brought up in the old traditions, to follow a ritual commonly rejected as old-fashioned in this generation, Tianjiao's behavior was an amazing sight to behold.

"What are you doing, Tianjiao?"

"Isn't this our Teacher? Isn't it proper to pay respect to our Teacher?" Tianjiao answered.

Some days later, Tianjiao said, "I saw Teacher last night. He was dressed in the same garment, but his hair was curly and blue. He even taught me to recite passages from Zhuan Falun."

After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, Tianjiao fell ill. Her body temperature was high and she was admitted to the hospital. Examination revealed that the lower lobe of her right lung had collapsed. Surgery to remove it could only be carried out after autumn. Grandma Shi brought Tianjiao home and encouraged her to do the Falun Gong exercises regularly. Miraculous things then started to happen. Every time after practicing the exercises, Tianjiao coughed up a lot of sputum. One day, the little girl told Grandma Shi that she had been hearing a voice that said, "Don't be afraid, your lung will be all right soon." Sure enough, a month later, she recovered completely without taking any medication.

On October 15, 1999, Grandma Shi was arrested in Beijing for protesting the persecution of Falun Dafa. Two days later, her second daughter Lu Changliang, also a practitioner of Falun Dafa, was also arrested in Beijing and sent to a detention center. Seeing Grandpa Lu's worried face, little Tianjiao began to cry. "Grandpa, will they come back?" she asked. Six months later, after having been tortured, burned by electric batons, and paying a fine of 2,000 yuan, Grandma Shi was allowed to go home, whereas her daughter Lu Changliang was sentenced to a year of forced labor at the infamous Masanjia Forced Labor Camp.

Six months after her release, Grandma Shi was arrested again. This time, she was sent to Masanjia Forced Labor Camp, where, for the first time since her first arrest, she met her daughter again, who was so badly beaten that she could not walk and had to be carried.

Tianjiao missed Grandma Shi so much that she called out her name day and night. Tianjiao had learned to be very patient and understanding with Grandpa Lu; she never brought problems home to worry him and she was careful not to make him upset. Occasionally she missed Grandma Shi so much that she would quietly ask, "Grandpa, when is Grandma coming back?"

Grandma Shi was tortured to the limits of her endurance before Masanjia Labor Camp finally released her. Since her return, Tianjiao followed her almost everywhere she went. She could not bear to lose her again. One day, while Grandma Shi was preparing lunch for Tianjiao who was about to come home, a group of officers from the 610 Office came and arrested her again. She had hardly recovered from the previous tortures when they took her away to a labor camp. Three days later, those people came back and took Grandpa away as well. Tianjiao was now completely alone.

After about a month of physical and mental torture at the brainwashing classes, and being driven to the limits of her endurance, Grandma Shi was finally released. On November 30, 2004, while trying to expose the atrocious persecution and clarifying the truth in a park, Grandma Shi was again arrested. This time she was sentenced to four years of forced labor in Shenyang Prison.

The last few years of persecution have drained the Lu family financially. Grandpa Lu, now 70 years old, has to find work to support the family. Tianjiao is now 13. Every day, she brings food to Grandma Shi as well as money to pay for her stay in the prison. Moreover, they are still under constant pressure from the 610 Office, as well as from the people in the neighborhood, who have not understood the reasons behind Grandma Shi's arrest.

With this article, we hope to expose the atrocities and implore the public to give their generous support to this young girl called Tianjiao who has now become a victim of the persecution as well.