By a Swiss practitioner

(Clearwisdom.net) I had the immense good fortune to be able to join the trip to America in October and I'd like to share how this came about.

I am a mother of four children and the only one in the family who practises. As I live in Geneva, I am able to join in the activities taking place here, but when it is a question of travelling farther away, it becomes very difficult for me because of my family responsibilities. Therefore, when I heard about the trip to America, I did not really pay attention. But later my husband talked about taking "autumn holidays" and when he mentioned the dates a little voice within my head began to speak: "Are these not the same dates as those for the trip to America?" So I began to think about it. Since I did not have the courage to face my husband, I talked to my second daughter about this trip, but she said to me: "You must talk to daddy about it." At first it was proposed to leave on Tuesday and return on Sunday, which corresponded exactly with the vacation dates that he could take. I began to talk about it with him, but there was a strong opposition. When I discussed it again with my daughter she said to me: "You know, Mummy, if in your heart you feel very strongly that you must go there, then you must go, and money is not a problem, I can lend you as much as you need."

The financial aspect was indeed an important issue because my husband had had to accept a salary cut in order to keep his job. Consequently, our budget was very tight. But my daughter is a student and works every Saturday, and she offered to lend me the necessary money.

So I talked to my husband. He did not understand why I wanted to make such a journey and asked me the real reason for this trip. I told him about the evil forces and about the righteous thoughts, and how the closer we could be to the evil the more effective our righteous thoughts would be. He understood the reasoning and agreed that I should go. At that moment he was so pleasant. I think it is because he has positioned himself well with regard to the Great Law.

There was still a small test before my departure as the departure time was moved to an earlier time on Sunday morning, and there was no one to look after my youngest children on Monday. I decided not to worry about it as if I was meant to go, I would go. My husband then announced on the preceding Friday that he had been able to take day off on the Monday also, since he had been able to finish his work earlier.

I am immensely grateful to our Master to make this journey possible for me because it was enriching in so many ways. I hold within myself the very precious memory of that day spent at Crawford close to the Bush's ranch, where all the practitioners were able to feel the solemnity and sacredness of what we were doing and how we were one body.

This journey was a rich learning process at every moment and I thank my fellow practitioners for sharing such moments with them.

Posting date: 12/25/2002
Original article date: 12/25/2002
Category: Fa-Rectification Stories
Chinese version available at http://search.minghui.org/mh/articles/2002/12/16/41078.html

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