(Minghui.org) I’m eight years old and will soon be in second grade. This is my first time writing an experience sharing article. My grandma told me that I began reading Zhuan Falun with her when I was very young. Over the years, grandma has been arrested by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) many times. My mom supported her and worked with local practitioners to rescue her.
While my grandma was detained in Shenyang Prison, my mom and dad regularly visited her. Even the prison guard took note of this and commented that she had a good daughter and son-in-law. During the Covid pandemic in 2020, dad stayed home, and he studied Zhuan Falun with grandma and mom. Dad is now beginning to study the Fa on his own.
Shortly after I was born, grandma had a dream in which Master Li handed a baby to her and said, “This is my child and you need to take care of her.” Grandma said that child was me. Master wanted me to study the Fa with her, as it was a mission given to her by Master. She realized it was also her duty. From then on, grandma seized every opportunity to encourage me to study Zhuan Falun.
Striving to Study the Fa and Do the Exercises
I’m now reading Zhuan Falun for the fourth time, and just finished Lecture Five. The first time I read Zhuan Falun, it took grandma and me half a year to finish the book. I followed grandma, reading one sentence at a time, and she wrote down the words I didn’t know and reviewed them with me afterwards. Each time we studied the Fa, that list of words became much shorter.
I can now join the Fa study group with adults. The other practitioners each read one page and so do I. But I still sometimes make mistakes, missing words or reading them out of order. There are six volumes in Hong Yin, and grandma led me to read them three times. She reads a poem first, I then repeat it, and she reads it again. We finished Essentials for Diligent Progress twice in this way as well. I have memorized the first paragraph of On Dafa, and many poems in Hong Yin. Grandma said I needed to memorize more.
When grandma taught me to do the exercises, I was able to hold the Falun Standing Stance for half an hour the first time. My arms did not get tired, but my legs felt sore.
Master Watches Me All the Time
One summer morning when I was in the kindergarten, grandma gave me a short-sleeve shirt to wear. I said, “I don’t want to wear this kind of shirt. I cannot unbutton the buttons in the back when I want to take it off for a nap.” When grandma asked me how I took off my other shirt, I replied, “It was Master helping me. He told me, ‘Calm down. Take your time. Do it slowly.’”
Grandma and I went to the villages the other day to put up posters. On our way back from the mountains, grandma had to carry a lot of vegetables and was unable to carry me. After a while, I told her I was too tired to walk. I had no sooner finished talking when a car came by. The driver knew grandma and offered us a ride back to the city. I knew this was Master helping us. Thank you, Master!
My Fever Suddenly Disappeared
The pandemic had just ended when I was in kindergarten. Many children, including Tangtang, came down with a fever. Tangtang was hospitalized and on an IV for a week. But her fever returned three days later, and she required several more days of treatment. My grandma, who was a pediatric nurse at the hospital, said the hospital was filled with sick children, and was running out of beds. I also had a fever for three days, with my temperature reaching 39.2 degrees Celsius (102.6 Fahrenheit).
When grandma visited our house and found I had fever, she encouraged me to study Zhuan Falun. I then completely recovered. After this incident, my mom’s belief in Dafa strengthened, and she stopped insisting that I take medicine.
One night last August, I felt chilly and needed more quilts. Mom felt my forehead and realized I had a fever, which persisted for two days. When I began to suffer from severe diarrhea, grandma took me to her home to take care of me. We barely slept, as I needed to use the toilet over 20 times a night. Each episode began with a stomachache, which eased slightly after using the toilet, only to return soon after. When I eventually started to discharge blood, grandma gently asked me if I was afraid, and I replied I wasn’t.
The next morning, grandma and I watched the video of Master’s Lectures in Guangzhou. She then took me to the Fa study group in the afternoon, and later downloaded “The World of the Sun,” “Chuanchuan’s adventures,” and other Minghui videos for me to watch. The next day, my diarrhea episodes were much less, and there was hardly any bleeding, which stopped by that evening.
My grandma’s sister visited me in the evening and insisted that I take medicine, but I vomited soon after. The same thing happened with any food I ate. My stomach still ached occasionally, but it felt better after grandma rubbed it. I said to grandma, “Children in Taiwan are lucky. They can study Zhuan Falun in school. I want to go to Taiwan to study too!”
Learning to Think of Others
At my grandma’s house, I’m able to study Dafa, do the exercises, and join others to go to the villages to put up posters. In the mountains, I shouted out, “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good!” to the trees, streams, butterflies, and birds, hoping they would remember my words and be saved. I felt so happy. I was too tired to walk back, so Master arranged for another car to pick us up. Thank you, Master!
During summer vacation, mom arranged lots of homework for me, including math, English, and Latin dance. When I felt tired, I would stop and rest. Math was especially difficult for me, and I made mistakes no matter how hard I tried. I really wanted to get a perfect score, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t achieve one.
Grandma reminded me this was an attachment. I said, “It would be good if I could let go of myself.” I learned this from a story on Minghui about an elder monk asking the younger monk to get oil down from the mountain. Grandma also told me, “One must be true to oneself. Do not do things in order to please others.”
I loved staying at grandma’s house, and never wanted to leave. This made mom unhappy. One night, I insisted on going to grandma’s house. Mom could do nothing but take me there. But grandma wasn’t home, and I was left there waiting. Dad then called me, and said, “Mom feels sad by the way you’re acting.” I had not considered her feelings.
Grandma says I improved fast, but I still do some things that do not follow the Fa’s teachings. I need grandma to accompany me to study the Fa, but I hope to be able to study the Fa more on my own. I also wander around sometimes while grandma is reading the Fa. Although I listen to her reading, it appears I’m being disrespectful to the Fa. I also need to strengthen my Fa study and doing the exercises.
Thank you, Master, for protecting me!
