(Clearwisdom.net) I am 69 years old and have cultivated in Falun Dafa for 15 years. Whenever I think about Teacher's grace, I cannot hold back my tears. I want to take this opportunity to report to Teacher my cultivation experiences.

I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when I was one and a half years old. I couldn't stand up until I was eight. I could walk only by leaning on a stick and moving slowly. This prohibited me from going to school. When I was 18, I still couldn't do any work. After I got married at 20, I managed do a little bit of housework. But at 29, when I gave birth to my daughter, I was almost paralyzed. My knees swelled, and I had to lie in bed all day. It was quite a challenge for me to go outside the room even with a stick for support. I tried a lot of medicines and all kinds of techniques, but none were effective. I suffered from the pain for more than 50 years. It wasn't until 1996, when I was 54, that I saw hope.

In the spring of that year, people practiced Falun Dafa in our village. My husband learned it first. He kept saying that Falun Dafa was good and that it could heal any illness without medicine. I was eager to learn it, so I asked him to teach me. But he said, “You can't read Chinese characters. How can you read the book? You can't even stand up. How can you do the exercises?” After I asked him repeatedly, he borrowed the tape with Teacher's Fa lectures from an assistant. I listened it over and over again. The more I listened to it, the more I liked it, the more comfortable I felt, and the better my body became.

Then I started learning the exercises. My husband taught me the movements while I sat on the edge of the bed. After doing the exercises for a few days, I could stand up. Within 10 days, not only was I able to stand up without much difficulty, but I could also do all four standing exercises. My legs were no longer swollen. I could walk like a normal person. I was so excited. I told everyone about the miracle that had happened to me, but before I could say a word, my tears came out. I threw the cooking pot for Chinese medicine and other medical devices away, announcing, “From now on, I will never take any medicine!” I had never been so happy in my entire life. I used to be depressed and angry, but since then I've experienced the comfort of being free from illness. I became cheerful and peaceful. I could walk like the wind when going up a hill. I could take on any work and didn't feel tired.

After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started persecuting Falun Dafa, I was sent to the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp in Liaoning Province. However, I held on to my firm belief in Dafa and kept clarifying the facts about Falun Dafa after I was released. I first told my relatives, friends, and neighbors. When I met people who suffered from illnesses and told them about Falun Dafa, they really listened. To help them understand that Falun Dafa is good, I shared with them the pain that I had suffered and the miracle that I experienced through Dafa cultivation.