(Minghui.org) I am an elementary school teacher in a village. I am 46 years old and I started to practice Falun Gong in October, 1996. Since then, I have been validating the beauty and miracle of Falun Dafa through my words and actions.
When school started in fall 2012, I was assigned to oversee the school's breakfast nutrition program. It may sound like a nice position, but it is actually a ploy to cheat people.
The school bus accident that killed 21 people in Zhengning, Gansu Province in 2011 brought worldwide attention to the problem of overloading on school buses. In order to appease the people, the Chinese authorities decided to provide breakfast for students in villages within the province. Each breakfast costs about three yuan. However, nowadays China is overwhelmed by imitation, poisonous, and spoiled products. Food poisoning happens frequently among students, and no food is believed to be safe. The locals were very concerned.
The authorities colluded with a local businessman to source the food, and then tried to block the tainted food after the deals were made. Every school was required to have one or two nutritional staff to try the delivered food prior to giving it to students. If there was no bad reaction within four hours, then a certain amount of that food would be provided to the students every day. The purpose was to limit the scope of any potential incident, and have others take the risk.
At the beginning, people didn't know the reason for this position, so everyone wanted to be on the nutritional staff and get free food. The principal gave the position to someone he trusted. Cooked food, such as eggs and pastry, can quickly go bad in the hot summer after they are tested, whether they are tainted or not. You might not be able to tell they're bad from the appearance, but you may feel sick after eating them or get symptoms such as vomiting or diarrhea. Parents of some students protested to the school. The former nutritional staff person resigned because it was a troublesome and dangerous job.
The principal, who supports my practicing Falun Gong, asked me reluctantly, “I find you capable of everything; please be a nutrition staff member.” I refused firmly, “I will do anything else. That job is too sensitive, and I absolutely cannot do it. People's lives are at stake. If there is any problem, people with ill intentions will not only harm me, but also denounce Falun Gong. It would be like the self-immolation incident.” The principal had listened to me clarify the truth before, so he begged me, “We all know you're a good person. If you take the position, miracles may occur!”
Hearing the word “miracles,” I thought that Master must be using the principal's mouth to give me a hint. I am a Dafa disciple, not an ordinary person; I should be able to overcome anything as long as I follow the principles of Dafa. Maybe I could change this bad thing into a good thing in the future. So I agreed.
I went to the warehouse, and found piles of milk, bread, eggs and pastry twists all over the floor. The floor was dirty, and the warehouse smelled. First, I opened the window for ventilation, and then I brought some water, rags, a mop, shovel, etc. I cleaned the space completely, cleared the dust off the packages, then categorized the food and piled the packages neatly along the wall, each stack clearly labeled. I worked through the whole afternoon, and got very tired, but the warehouse was much cleaner afterwards. I have kept the warehouse clean since then, and open the window for ventilation regularly. To ensure that our 200 students can have safe meals, I'm strict about food acceptance and distribution. Expired and leaking packages are not accepted or distributed.
A month after I took the position, illness caused by school breakfast had decreased greatly. I am a Dafa disciple, and I can do anything. I should hold myself to high standards, and not make any mistakes. Being enlightened by fellow practitioners' articles, I communicated with the food, “You are all precious lives, and have come into the space of a Dafa disciple. This is your predestined relationship and honor. Please remember 'Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!' Poisonous ingredients, please leave immediately, so you don't harm people here. Nutritious ingredients will be digested and taken in by children, and utilized on every level.”
After doing this for a while, one day my celestial eye saw that all the food items were clapping and laughing, and saying thank you, giving out a fresh and fragrant smell. Since then, I have this thought every time I accept food: “Let the food become better in nature. Let it become safer and healthier.”
These days, most of the students are the only child in a family, and they are spoiled and picky about food. They throw food away easily, and I am saddened to see this bad habit. I told the students in my class, “Each and every grain of rice is the fruit of the toiling farmers. Being thrifty is a traditional Chinese virtue. Falun Dafa teaches us to always consider others first. From production to processing, and being transported to school, a food product has undergone over 100 procedures. It is a sin to waste food.” Meanwhile, I also clarified the truth of Falun Dafa to the students, and persuaded them to quit the CCP's affiliated organizations. The students are very pure, and most of them are willing to quit. They have also stopped wasting food.
I changed the method of random distribution to regular distribution. The students sit in their chairs, and the class leaders distribute the food to them. The students inspect and smell the food before eating. Any food that is spoiled or smells bad is replaced immediately. They also check for each other, and after the meal, one student will collect the empty packages, maintaining sanitation standards. My method was approved and praised by many teachers, and the principal asked me to introduce it to every class. It was promoted throughout the whole school within a short time. Teachers and students have no need to worry about their breakfast anymore. The principal said happily, “We have all benefited from Falun Gong!”
Receiving breakfast orders is very tiresome work, and distribution is not at a fixed time. I am on call all the time, but I have no complaints. At each delivery, we have to unload between 70 and 100 boxes of food items. I always help the delivery worker, but the nutrition staff in other schools never trouble themselves. Instead, they stand aside to watch, and just make sure they receive the correct amount. My behavior has moved the workers a lot.
For over a year, I have been clarifying the truth of Falun Gong to all of our students and teachers, as well as everyone in the breakfast chain – the suppliers, distributors, workers, and assistants have all learned about Falun Gong.
Through my work on the nutrition project, I became enlightened more deeply about the supernormal power of Dafa. It can change bad things into good things, stubborn people to wise people, and clear away all confusion. Due to the continuous efforts of Dafa disciples, student can eat safely in an environment full of poisonous products, and they also get a lot of spiritual food. The seeds of compassion were planted in their souls, and they are so fortunate to understand the truth about Dafa.
One day, our principal came back from a township school board meeting, and said proudly to the teachers, “The same breakfast got different results. All teachers and students in the township know of our miracle now. Many schools have said that they want to come and learn from us, and I agreed. When they come, I will let our nutrition staff show them what we are doing. It is such a good thing for accumulating virtue!”
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