(Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioners visited more than a dozen cities in the Togolese Republic in West Africa from February 21 to 24, 2022. They promoted Falun Gong and raised awareness of the ongoing persecution of practitioners in China.
People in markets, public squares, and near hotels ran into practitioners introducing the principles and the health benefits of the practice. Practitioners also gave out fliers with information about the persecution in China.
The practitioners traveled more than 400 kilometers (250 miles) from the south to the north of the country, starting with the capital city Lomé. They stopped in Aného, Tabligbo, Tsévié, Notsé, Atakpamé, Anié, Blitta, Sotouba, Sokodé, Bafilo, Kara, Mango, Dapaong, Cinkassé, and Kpalimé.
Practitioners traveled from the south to the north of the country to introduce Falun Gong and tell people about the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
A practitioner tells the host of a local radio station in Anié about Falun Gong on February 21.
Practitioners set up an information table in Sokodé on February 22 to promote the practice and tell people about the persecution in China.
Getting ready to leave Sokodé and drive to Dapaong on February 22
Promoting the practice and telling people about the persecution in China in Dapaong on February 23
Practitioners promote the practice in Kpalimé on February 24 and tell people about the persecution in China.
Promoting the practice and telling people about the persecution of practitioners in China on the streets and at a market in Kpalimé
People showed an interest in Falun Gong, accepting fliers and listening.
The practitioners set up an information table in the cities of Sokodé, Kpalimé, and Dapaong and offered the locals Falun Gong books and fliers. They introduced the principles and health benefits of the practice and demonstrated the five exercises. They also told people about the persecution of the practice in China.
A man who was curious about the Falun Gong said he had tried different practices before and did not find them useful. After practitioners explained the principles and the benefits of Falun Gong to him, he said it sounded like an honest and good practice. He bought a copy of Zhuan Falun, the main teachings of the practice, and said that he would definitely read it.
When the practitioners arrived in Kara, they ran into a Chinese man and gave him a flier. “Ah, Falun Gong!” the man appeared pleasantly surprised to find people promoting the practice in Togo and expressed his appreciation.
A woman agreed with Falun Gong’s principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance and said that she would go to Lomé to learn Falun Gong and the exercises.
During their four-day journey, the living conditions were hard and their car broke down, but the practitioners overcame their difficulties and completed what they set out to do. In the future, they plan to visit the neighboring countries of Bénin and Ghana to spread the blessings of Falun Gong.
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