By a Dafa Disciple in Germany, Shi Hui

(Clearwisdom.Net) My younger sister-in-law is a westerner. After she heard about Falun Dafa and read only a few pages of Falun Gong, without looking into it very deeply she arbitrarily decided it was something bad and attempted to persuade me to give up my practice. Half a year later, after Jiang gave the order to ban Falun Dafa in China on July 22, 1999, the only available reports from overseas TV and radio quoted the Jiang regime's propaganda attacking Falun Dafa, giving one side of the story.

The persecution of Falun Dafa by Jiang's regime has been escalating without end. However despite this, I not only didn't give up my cultivation practice, but I also helped my family members improve their understanding and they in turn helped me distribute truth clarifying literature and talk to the public in all types of weather. When my younger sister-in-law learned of my family members support, she rebuked me loudly: "Falun Gong is banned in China. Why do you still practice it? If you don't consider yourself, you should at least consider your family! ......?" No matter how I explained, she just would not listen. So, I thought in my mind: "You should be quiet because slandering Dafa is wrong!" Just as I expected, her voice became lower and lower and finally she went away by herself.

After that day, my younger sister-in-law began to suffer a series of hardships that affected her body and her livelihood. First, she was found to have gallstones, which belonged to the type that was not cured with out undergoing surgery. According to her condition, it should have been a very small operation. However, one week later, she began to suffer from symptoms that were not part of her original diagnosis. After further examination by her doctor, it was discovered that the gallstone had not been completely cleared and she had to undergo another operation. Several months later, she again underwent an simple operation to excise a lipoma. A few days after she left the hospital, her doctor informed her that she was diagnosed as having a well developed uterine cancer. She was told that she should have a hysterectomy. In addition to feeling panic, my younger sister-in-law was really puzzled. She had just gone through an examination for gynecologic cancer less than two months ago. The results indicated everything was fine. How could it be so soon that the cancer was already well developed? It was extremely painful for a woman who had not even given birth to have her uterus removed. However, in order to save her life my younger sister-in-law suffered silently.

Three months after the surgery, my younger sister-in-law went back to work at her company even though her body was not fully recovered. Suddenly, some unsatisfactory things began to happen to her one after another. Her immediate superior began to intentionally blame her for shortcomings. My younger sister-in-law was under so much pressure that she finally resigned from the work she used to enjoy so much and became unemployed.

After that, she experienced much difficulty finding a new job. The first words she heard at the Labor Bureau were a shock. They told her, "You are so old (actually she was only 40 years old). It will be very difficult for you to find a full time job. Now, there are so many people unemployed. You might have to wait for several years." After great difficulty, my younger sister-in-law finally made an appointment for an interview with a company. However, the first question of the interview made her feel uncomfortable for quite a few days: "Why did you resign from your previous job? How would it be for a person like you, with such a high level of education, to join our company? "

Another thing that depressed my younger sister-in-law was that the unemployment assistance was very small because she resigned from her job on her own initiative. Moreover, the unemployment was only given for one year while other unemployed receive assistance for two years. The money was just sufficient for her basic monthly expenses forcing her to cut back extensively from her previous lifestyle and shop at the cheapest stores.

Regarding to those misfortunes, my 77-year-old mother-in-law could do nothing but silently watch her daughter's suffering to the point she was unable to eat or sleep well. In those days, everyone in the family was worried and had a bad temper. It was not unusual that family members quarreled over the phone with each other.

My younger sister-in-law had plenty of leisure time. She felt very bored at home and therefore frequently drove to my home to find something to do. It gave me a good opportunity to clarify the facts about Falun Dafa to her. By then, I had already discovered the reason that she was against Dafa. Hence, I introduced Dafa to her from various aspects and different perspectives that she could accept. My younger sister-in-law worshiped modern science, I then introduced to her atoms, molecules and existence of other dimensions. Since her body was not in a good condition, I then told her the stories of healing with qigong and Chinese traditional medicine; She was interested in Buddhism, I then talked with her about the relationship between gain and loss and reincarnation. I also gave her a few flyers that clarified the truth and played Dafa music for her. Gradually, she changed her manner of talking about Dafa and talking to me. Sometimes, she even asked me to show her the movements of the exercises.

One month later, we had a family gathering. Someone suggested our whole family go to Beijing to watch the Olympic game in 2008. But my younger sister-in-law said: "I am not going." "Why?" I asked. "Your government is persecuting you. They will arrest you. The persecution is now escalating. I would not like to see you arrested and put in jail." I was amazed inwardly at her change of attitude.

My younger sister-in-law always pays attention to the reports of Falun Gong being persecuted in China. As the evils in other dimensions are unceasingly eliminated, overseas media gradually has started reporting the truth of the persecution of Falun Gong. My younger sister-in-law has changed her attitude toward Dafa and started to have a kind attitude toward Dafa. I really feel happy for her in my heart.

Since then, the fortune of my younger sister-in-law had a dramatic turn. Her former company fired her previous immediate supervisor and asked her to come back to work for the company at her regular salary. A week later, she happily returned to her previous post and starting her "new" job.

When receiving the first month's salary, my sister-in-law was so excited that she made phone calls to every one of us. She also told us that she had remitted 30 Euros to the people in the disaster area who were suffering from the flood since she had first hand realized how difficult it was for people when they are suffering from hardship. I knew that she had already started her brand-new life.

Dear friends, I hope you can learn a lesson from my younger sister-in-law's experience and believe that good actions will meet with good returns and evil actions will meet with evil. I also sincerely hope that every friend can bravely learn about Dafa and treat Dafa with kindness so as to create a glorious future for yourself.

Posting date: 12/24/2002
Original article date: 12/23/2002
Category: Truth Clarification
Translated on 12/18/2002
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2002/12/15/41031.html

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