(Minghui.org) On the occasion of World Falun Dafa Day, I would like to share with people around the world the stories of how my family and relatives have been blessed by Falun Dafa. I am grateful for everything that benevolent Master Li, the founder of the practice, has given us. I also wish that more people can benefit from Falun Dafa, just like we do.

Persecuted to the Brink of Death, Recovering After Practicing Dafa for One Month

An acquaintance introduced me to watch Master Li’s lecture videos in October 1996. She told me that the practice was amazing and that it had cured his rheumatoid arthritis and leukemia. It sparked my interest because my whole body was ailing, and I was willing to do anything to get well.

I went to watch the lectures, during which I felt light and happy with an incredible sensation! By April of the following year, all my ailments had disappeared. Additionally, my near-sightedness was corrected and I no longer needed my glasses. This practice was truly remarkable!

However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Falun Dafa in July 1999. I was given three years of forced labor in 2001 and endured torture and abuse for upholding my faith.

Five female guards once surrounded me and beat me. After the beating, they dragged me into an empty room and forced me to sit on the concrete floor for four days. They subjected me to the gruesome torture known as “Qin Qiong carrying a sword,” where they pulled one of my hands down from the shoulder, to be cuffed to the other hand pulled up from behind my back. The pain was excruciating. They later changed it to handcuffing me in the front. I began to have blood in my stools as a result. The captain guard later ordered two inmates to drag me to the boiler room and beat me again. They also stomped on my face and stomach.

Torture illustration: “Qin Qiong carrying a sword”

On an occasion when a senior department director visited the labor camp, I seized the opportunity to inform him about the torture I had endured. He turned a blind eye and took no action. In retaliation, more than ten guards beat me after he left. I was bedridden for over 40 days as a result. The persecution took a toll on my health. I became emaciated, with a gaunt face, aching body, and constantly upset stomach. Additionally, due to being frequently dragged around, my legs suffered severe injuries, making it challenging for me to walk.

Fearing that I'd die there, the labor camp authorities informed my family to pick me up. Three days prior to my release, an inmate shared that she dreamed of a fairy in a white dress leaving the camp, with guards on either side watching her as she walked away. The inmate asked me, “Are you going home soon?” Three days later, on the brink of death, I left the labor camp after enduring a year and a half of detention.

In fact, my husband didn’t recognize me when he passed by me. He later told me that he mistook me for an elderly woman, even though I was only in my 40s. He wrapped me in a bed sheet and carried me home. Many neighbors came to visit me, and some couldn’t help but burst into tears, fearing that I had little chance of survival.

Although I wanted to comfort them, I had no the strength to talk. But I believed that as long as I resumed practicing Dafa, I would be fine under Master’s care. I spent all of my time listening to Master’s teachings. When I could sit up after a few days, I started practicing the sitting meditation, and I gradually regained the ability to do the standing exercises. Day by day, my health improved. Twenty days later, the pain in my body vanished, and my appetite returned. In just about a month, I gained some weight, and my complexion looked much healthier.

Without medical treatment, I recovered quickly and grew healthier every day. My neighbors were astonished when they saw me. They remarked on the incredible power of Falun Dafa. From that point forward, whenever the police came to harass me, my neighbors always stood up to protect me.

Now that more than 20 years have elapsed, I remain deeply grateful to those who exposed the persecution in the labor camps. I am also grateful to my fellow practitioners outside of China who called the guards involved in the persecution. Some of the guards had to change their cell phone numbers, but then the practitioners managed to find their new numbers and called again.

Thanks to the collective efforts of fellow practitioners, I was released from the labor camp and survived.

My Husband Unharmed in a Wild Tornado

On February 6, 2021, just five days prior to Chinese New Year, my husband suddenly developed a cough and a persistent high fever. He wasn’t sure if he should go to the hospital, as he thought he may be required to undergo quarantine and not be able to celebrate Chinese New Year at home with our children.

I suggested that he sincerely recite the auspicious phrases of “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” I assured him that Master would take care of him. He agreed to give it a try. Miraculously, his cough and fever quickly vanished.

When the pandemic later swept across China in 2022, my husband regularly recited the auspicious phrases in his heart. Upon returning home after working in another city, he purchased large mangoes as an offering before Master’s portrait, expressing his gratitude for Master’s protection.

During the rice planting season in May 2022, my husband and I found a job planting rice for a family. I planted rice seedlings in the field while my husband rolled up the rice seedlings in the seedling greenhouse.

There were three large greenhouses in a row, each supported by metal poles—69 in total, weighing around 80 pounds each. As my husband was working in the third greenhouse one day, a tornado suddenly appeared, swirling soil and water into the air. The tornado uprooted rows of metal poles from the first two greenhouses, along with their plastic covers. Some poles landed on the third greenhouse. If one of them had struck my husband, it could have been fatal.

The tornado continued its course toward the third greenhouse, and it seemed likely that the poles in that greenhouse would be uprooted as well, potentially carrying my husband away with it. However, miraculously, just as the tornado was about to reach the third greenhouse, it veered off in another direction, sparing my husband from harm.

My husband knew that Master had saved him, and he was filled with profound gratitude.

Upon hearing this incredible story, my children were amazed and astonished. My son-in-law remarked, “It’s truly miraculous. I’ve seen on television that when a tornado occurs, even cars are lifted off the ground, let alone my father-in-law.”

Family Members Survive Disasters

My son-in-law always keeps an amulet with the words “Falun Dafa is good” in his car. In April 2022, while working in a coal mine, a large piece of rock suddenly fell from above. When it was about to hit him, it veered off to the side and landed on the ground. His co-workers were stunned and relieved to see him unharmed. Some of them even asked him to treat everyone to celebrate his survival. He was amazed by his miraculous near miss, too, and attributed it to Master’s protection.

As for my sister, she still carries the amulet that I gave her 20 years ago and always recites the auspicious phrases. Her family used to live a difficult life due to her husband’s gambling addiction. They struggled to make ends meet with his gambling debts of over 40,000 yuan. Feeling hopeless, my sister considered a divorce. I persuaded her not to give up on her husband, but to sincerely recite the auspicious phrases and things would change. She agreed.

Although my brother-in-law had a gambling problem, he has a kind nature and supports Falun Dafa. Sometimes he even helped us distribute informational materials, despite the persecution. His kind deeds were rewarded. Soon after, their life took a turn for the better.

They moved to another city and bought a house. My brother-in-law learned the skill of assembling rice seedling machinery and earned a good income. They quickly paid off the debts and the house mortgage. My brother-in-law also quit gambling and has not gambled again since. With his skill and personality, he gained recognition from his employer. They later bought a car and a high-rise apartment in the city and were envied by many people.

One incident in their family is worth mentioning. Not long after they moved to the new city, my brother-in-law worked with a four-wheeled vehicle, loaded with soil. While he was backing up, the vehicle fell into a deep ditch of over ten meters. Luckily for him, the vehicle did not overturn and it landed on a spot without rocks, although the ditch was filled with rocks. Other vehicles that fell into this deep ditch before were completely damaged, but his vehicle only lost a few screws. He was able to drive it out of the ditch. Everyone who heard about this incident said that he was truly blessed. Since then, both my sister and brother-in-law have an even stronger faith in Falun Dafa.