(Minghui.org) Ms. Zhang Lixiu, who lives in Jinan City, Shandong Province, was arrested for practicing Falun Dafa on May 12, 2018.
Ms. Zhang’s husband is a fortuneteller. His meager income made it necessary for Ms. Zhang to find work as well. Ms. Zhang was then hired as a caregiver for an elderly woman with Parkinson's disease in 2012.
Soon after settling into her job, Ms, Zhang found a copy of the book Zhuan Falun in the woman’s house. After reading it through, she was excited to start practicing Falun Dafa. Soon, she stopped complaining about how hard her life was, and her health improved dramatically. Living by Falun Dafa’s principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, she quickly became healthy in both mind and body.
Ms. Zhang cared for the elderly woman wholeheartedly and treated her as her own mother. She always made sure that she was well-fed and as comfortable as possible. Every day, she carried her to her wheelchair and took her outside to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air. She took care of all the household chores and shopping as well.
One day the elderly woman’s son said, “Sister Zhang, you’re like my mother's daughter!”
Ms. Zhang replied to him, “Don't think of me as just a nanny. Your mother and I are bound by fate. Maybe I was her daughter in a past life.”
Ms. Zhang cared for the woman seven days a week. She did not even take time to visit her relatives during the Chinese New Year. Though her salary was very low, she was grateful and did not complain. She said, “My job is a blessing of Falun Dafa! It allows me to support my child's college education and provides me with food and accommodation.”
With the compassion cultivated through practicing Falun Dafa, Ms. Zhang let go of her resentment toward her parents, who gave her up for adoption when she was little. She often talked to others about the goodness of Falun Dafa and the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of the practice.
Despite Ms. Zhang Lixiu’s attempts to live an honorable and humble life, however, she was taken away by police on Wangguanzhuang Square in Jinan City on May 12, 2018. The police also went to the elderly woman’s home and confiscated many of Ms. Zhang's personal belongings. She is currently held in the Jinan Detention Center.
