(Minghui.org) I have practiced Falun Dafa for four years and have experienced the persecution firsthand. The authorities looked for me in September 2013 to take me to a brainwashing center. That made me dare not clarify the facts about Dafa or hand out any Dafa informational materials at work for some time.
Then I changed jobs and worked in a restaurant. I got along well with the owners. I understood that this opportunity was arranged by Master, so I could tell people the truth about Dafa.
After working in the restaurant for two days, I was very tired because of the long hours. I wanted to quit, so I went to see the owner's wife. Before I opened my mouth, she suggested that I take some time off if I needed to take care of things. I did not quit, because I did not want to disappoint her.
During our group Fa study, another practitioner asked me if I had talked about Dafa to anyone at my new job. I had to admit that I was too afraid to.
“What's there to be afraid of? You could just say, 'I am a Falun Dafa practitioner. Please remember that Falun Dafa is good, and you will be blessed,'” she said and gave me a Shen Yun DVD to give to the owner's wife.
I went back and forth in my mind, wondering if the owner's wife would accept the Shen Yun DVD and listen to me explain about Dafa. I knew it was my fear at work, so I decided to give it a try no matter what.
At the end of the next day, I was going to give her the DVD, but as soon as I saw her, my fear surfaced again. She was not alone, so I decided to go home. But after I left the restaurant, I decided to send forth righteous thoughts.
Then, I went back into the restaurant and said to her, “Ma'am, do you have a DVD player at home? I have a Shen Yun DVD for you. Please remember, 'Falun Dafa is good', so you will be blessed and your business will prosper.”
She took the DVD and told me that when someone had offered her one, she was too afraid to take it. I told her that Falun Dafa was very good and that I would never lie to her.
From then on, she often asked me questions about Dafa, and I gave a truth-clarification gift to every employee in the restaurant.
One day at the dinner table, the owner said that, when he visited Thailand, he saw people out walking with banners that said, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good.” It looked like the Thai people were all very supportive of Dafa.
Once everyone understood the facts about Dafa, things at work really improved.
The restaurant hired a new chef who was against Dafa. I always sent forth righteous thoughts when I was near him. He told me that he had killed a police officer but was not arrested because he had connections. He also told me that he had his drug-addicted nephew locked in a drug rehabilitation center for three years. He seemed to threaten me.
At the dinner table when the owner and his family began to talk about Dafa with me, the chef said that he would call the police if I talked about it. He also said that his friend was in charge of persecuting practitioners.
After I said that Dafa was good, he asked the owner's wife to turn down the music so he could make a phone call. He told the person on the other end of the line that he had run into a practitioner who offered him Dafa informational materials and asked the person to come arrest her.
The atmosphere suddenly became very tense. The owner's sister-in-law urged me to leave. However, I send righteous thoughts. In fact, I told myself as soon as he dialed the number, “I'm not afraid of you. Master has the last word.”
The person on the other end of the phone said, “How come you're messing with Dafa? I'm busy today. I'm in Wuhan City, and I can't come over,” and hung up.
I told the chef, “See, your friend knows Falun Dafa is good, and he no longer arrests practitioners.”
Master said, “Good or evil comes from that instant thought.” (Lecture Four in Zhuan Falun)
Because of this incident, I have come to more deeply understand that, as long as we believe in Master and the Fa, Master will protect us, because He is right next to us!