(Minghui.org) My husband doesn’t practice Falun Dafa as I do. But he supports Dafa very much and also understands the importance in raising awareness about it. With his expertise in technologies, he helps me maintain the material production site at home. Below is his story.
Help Me Take Up Falun Dafa
It was back in late 1998. I had trouble walking due to the joint pain. My sister, who had taken up Dafa, introduced the practice to me and said it might help me recover when modern medicine couldn’t treat me. I decided to give it a try.
A month later, some local practitioners planned a trip to the suburbs to promote Dafa. I was concerned that I couldn’t ride a bike for over ten miles. They encouraged me that all my joint problems have already recovered and with Master’s protection, I would be fine. So I joined the trip. When we returned around lunch time, my husband asked if I was tired. I was surprised to find that I had no discomfort with my joints and I didn’t feel tired at all. I was so happy!
When the persecution started in 1999, I lost the cultivation environment and became disheartened. I rarely did the exercises or studied the books. To encourage me, my husband did the exercises with me. With his help, I resumed my daily practice routine. But it was a pity he stopped doing the exercises after that.
Managing the Material Production Site
Due to the communist regime’s demonizing propaganda, many people developed deep misunderstanding and hatred against Dafa and the practitioners. It’s our responsibility to let the world’s people know that Dafa is nothing like what’s said on TV. To do that, many practitioners spend their own money to print materials and risk their lives to distribute it. Everyone does something within their capabilities. For me, I took on the task of printing materials at home.
As none of us had experience in mass printing, we learned the techniques little by little. My husband helped me with binding, cutting, and buying supplies. With extensive use of the machines, there comes the issue of repairing it when things go wrong. My husband also helped a lot with that. When he was taking things apart, I would make notes of how to put things back to the right spot. There was one time we were unable to start a machine. We called a technical practitioner, but he couldn’t figure out what was wrong either. My husband was very worried. Then he got an idea and tried to fix it, and the machine came back on! We both thanked Master for giving him the hint!
Another time a practitioner bought an inkjet printer, but didn’t know how to add ink to the cartridge. She teased me that I had a technician at home and gave the printer to me. My husband indeed helped me figure out how to refill the ink cartridge and the printer became a very important tool of mine.
Later on, to make printer repair easier, all local practitioners bought the same model, so when we need any parts, we can take that from the broken machines. But it’s easier said than done. In the beginning, we didn’t know how to take the printers apart. It was when our child was only eight months old and we also had to care for my mother-in-law in her late 80s. Still, my husband took time to study it on his own and eventually became an expert.
My husband doesn’t only repair our own machines, but also repairs other practitioners’ machines. When they come to our home to learn the techniques, he always teaches them step by step with great patience. He pays attention to practitioners’ safety and doesn’t even share with me practitioners’ addresses when he had to go to their homes to repair the machines for them.
With my husband’s strong support, our machines were well maintained and we saved a lot of money not having to buy new machines.
As a family member of a Falun Dafa practitioner, my husband knows first hand the beauty of Dafa. He and our children have also been blessed with good health for their support of Dafa. We are all deeply grateful to Master. We will persist in spreading information about Dafa and we hope more people can benefit from Dafa like we do.
(Selected submission in celebration of World Falun Dafa Day on Minghui.org)
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