(Clearwisdom.net) I started practicing Falun Dafa in 1998. Prior to my cultivation, I had serious asthma. I first heard about Falun Dafa from someone in a hair salon. Without much consideration, I asked her to bring me the book Zhuan Falun. As soon as I brought the book home, I started reading it. Even though I didn't know many of the words (I completed only two years of elementary school education), I still had a good feeling about the book. I found a practice site and a place to join group Fa-study. After that, I felt I had undergone a big change - my asthma and allergies disappeared, and my menstrual period, which had stopped for a long time, returned. I was so excited, and my husband said that I looked younger.

At this point, Jiang Zemin's regime started persecuting Falun Gong, trying to discredit Teacher. I really didn't know what to do because of my shallow understanding of the Fa. My husband and other family members wouldn't let me go out, so I felt quite distressed because I was unable to get in touch with fellow practitioners, and didn't understand why I wasn't allowed to continue cultivation and practice this great Dafa. Thus, my days were spent cooking dinners, looking after grandchildren and not studying the Fa.

Coming Across a Fellow Practitioner, Enabling My Return to the Fa

One day, my husband and I were taking a walk when I met a fellow practitioner. Her first words were, “Do you still practice?” I really didn't know how to answer her. I could have said, “No,” but I hadn't actually given it up in my mind. Even if I said “yes,” I didn't act like a practitioner. The fellow practitioner seemed to know what was on my mind, so she said, “Teacher has recently written quite a few new lectures that you might not have read.” I was suddenly awakened and regained my high spirits. I replied, “I'd like to read them as soon as possible!”

The fellow practitioner brought me Teacher's Falun Dafa teachings and lectures published after the persecution of Falun Gong began, and I eagerly read them all without taking a break. The more I read, the more excited I became.

Teacher said,

“Most students have, in various ways, stepped forward to validate Dafa, clarify the truth, and save the world’s people. Some of them have been arrested, beaten, or have died from the persecution; even Master is being venomously attacked by lies. In the face of life and death, students have had the courage to step forward—step forward as they lose everything possible—and do everything that’s magnificent, what a Dafa disciple should do. On the other hand, those who haven’t stepped forward, have hidden themselves, and have sided in their understanding with the evil beings—how could they still be Dafa disciples? (“Teaching the Fa at the Great Lakes Fa Conference in North America” from Guiding the Voyage)

Although I was not on the side of the evil, I was hiding at home when Dafa was faced with danger and Teacher was slandered. Was I still a Dafa practitioner? I felt ashamed of myself. I was determined to step forward to catch up, so I joined the ranks of practitioners in clarifying the truth to save sentient beings.

Saving More People to Make Up for Lost Time

After rejoining Dafa, I strengthened my Fa-study, sent forth righteous thoughts, and distributed and posted truth-clarifying materials and banners. I also started explaining the facts about Falun Gong face to face, advising people to withdraw from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations. I took my own family members as a starting point, but they didn't want to listen and didn't withdraw from the CCP. In addition to their refusal, they added threatening words, “What you are doing is very risky. You'll be getting us involved, and it's possible that we'll lose our jobs because of you.” I was not moved by their words, and replied, “It's dangerous if you don't withdraw. Do you know how many bad things the CCP has done, and how many people the CCP has killed with each movement?” I told them the numbers of people killed during the Anti-right Movement in 1956, and on June 4, 1989. My husband was so surprised that I knew so much about this, and said to our children, “What your mother said is right, I think she wants what's best for us.” Subsequently, the whole family withdrew from the CCP, including our most stubborn son, who also said, “Falun Dafa is good.”

Both my husband and I were born in Henan Province, where there are more people waiting to be saved. I received a phone call from my husband's family, who informed us that his younger brother's wife was suffering from a dangerous disease, lupus erythematosus. She was being treated in the Beijing Union Medical College Hospital. This kind of disease is incurable, and my husband and I decided to visit her in Beijing.

On the train, I was thinking that all the people sitting around me were there due to karmic relationships, and were supposed to be saved. Before I started talking about Falun Dafa, I tried to engage in friendly conversation with them, asking those in the upper bunks to come down and share the lower one with us. Then I talked about how great Falun Dafa is, about the evil CCP, and the fabricated lies about the self-immolation at Tiananmen Square. Finally, I encouraged them to withdraw from all three CCP organizations. They all did, and thanked me for having a good heart. I told them to thank Teacher. I was safe with Teacher's protection, even with the train's police passing back and forth. The train conductor also came to listen and gladly withdrew from the CCP. I was happy that I had saved people, and thanked Teacher in my heart.

After getting off the train, we went to see my sister-in-law in the hospital. Her condition was more serious than I'd expected. With her swollen stomach and inability to walk, she cried, “I'm afraid that I won't live.” I consoled her and said, “If you believe what I say, you'll be okay.” She and her husband both said, “We believe you.” I told her to sincerely and silently recite “Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.”

You wouldn't believe what happened – it was magical. She urinated all night, whereas she wasn't able to prior to reciting those words. Hearing that she wanted to study the Falun Gong teachings, I called home to have someone bring her the book Zhuan Falun. She began reading the great book, and I also taught her how to do the exercises. After she started practicing, her health improved daily. Even her doctors said that it was a miracle. In fact, prior to this, her doctor had already stated that she was terminally ill since her disease was incurable. My husband is also a doctor, and this event made him believe completely in Teacher. Her husband - my husband's younger brother, works in a public security office. I told him that he shouldn't persecute practitioners. He also withdrew from all of the evil CCP organizations.

Before long, my sister-in-law had completely recovered and was discharged from the hospital. Since then, she has been healthy, and everyone said that Falun Dafa saved their whole family.

Fellow practitioners, please kindly correct my errors.