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1. Hope in utter desperation

I had all sorts of illnesses before learning Dafa, including heart problems, a brain tumor, and depression. My husband's bad temper and irresponsibility to the family compounded my hopelessness to such an extent that I contemplated suicide. Finally, I decided that I would go to the nearest temple and become a nun.

In the process of doing so, someone introduced Falun Dafa to me in late 1995. Dafa helped me resolve the conflicts I had with my husband’s family. From then on I accepted such misfortune as karma from previous lives. By conforming to the principle of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance in all situations, I gradually elevated my xinxing. The most remarkable surprise was that, within about three weeks, all my illnesses went away. Seeing the improvement in my mental and physical health, my family members were all impressed. Teacher gave me my second life and brought new hope to my broken family.

In no time, my husband and child began to practice Dafa, and my child’s illness also quickly vanished. Later my mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, and sister-in-law all became practitioners and benefited a great deal. I am grateful to Dafa and Teacher from the bottom of my heart for saving me from the deepest pit and letting me know that the purpose of being human is to return to one’s original self. 

2. Cycling to promote Dafa

I was among several practitioners who often rode bicycles to the countryside. In rain, sleet, or snow, our will to contribute for Dafa never wavered. I remember the time we rode more than 20 miles to a farm village and rode back that evening. Despite the over 40-mile round-trip, I did not at all feel tired. Family members were truly impressed and surprised, feeling that Dafa was just miraculous. 

Among us was an assistant who formerly suffered from late stage leukemia. The hospital had refused her admittance as she lay bedridden and dying. It was then that her sister came and told her that only Falun Gong could save her. Upon practicing, she recovered in two months. Another practitioner said that she had been deaf before cultivating Dafa. After practicing, she could hear and speak anew.  

In our city, there were many practice sites, including East Gate Square, South Gate Square, West Gate Square, Shizi Street Business Center Square, Station Front Square, school campuses, stadiums, companies, and many homes. Assistants were very responsible, correcting practitioners’ exercise movements and organizing them to go to the countryside to promote Dafa. More and more people in our area joined Dafa.

3. Life of volunteer assistance

I started a practice site near my home and volunteered to be the assistant to help others. I bought a cassette player and brought it to the practice site every morning for the many who came.

So that practitioners could better study Dafa, we formed a study group to study Dafa in the evenings. We began studying Zhuan Falun first, then went through Teacher’s other lectures. We did the exercises and studied the Fa every day, and established a very good foundation for the Fa-validation activities to come.

New practitioners kept joining us. We played DVDs of Teacher’s lectures periodically. Once, an older lady came with her son. He was sickly and short of breath after walking just a short distance. His mother said that he had just been released from prison because he was dying and spitting up blood. He was unable to sit when he first came, and his mother had to bring a chair from home for him to lie on. She did not expect that he could sit through the lecture, but he did. The next day, they came without the chair since her son told her that he no longer needed it. In the ensuing days, he was able to walk to the site himself. When the nine-day lectures were over, he was like a new person. He came to do the exercises every morning and study the Fa in the evening. He became healthy and was able to open a business.

Another time an older female practitioner found a gold chain in the building where she lived and delivered it to the guard, who helped return it to the owner. Such incidents are quite numerous.

Since the persecution began on July 20, 1999, I have been harassed constantly. Those who come to the practice site have kept telling people the facts about Falun Dafa and working on Fa-validation. Most of us have followed Dafa's requirements, and, we trust history attests: “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”