(Clearwisdom.net) On Saturday and Sunday, September 18th and 19th, the Santa
Cruz County Fair took place in Watsonville. Falun Dafa practitioners were
scheduled to perform the Falun Gong exercises on both days for 20 minutes. On
Sunday, the exercise demonstration was even longer then 20 minutes. During the
demonstration, practitioners shared with the audience about Falun Dafa and the
benefits of the practice, about the persecution taking place in China, and about
the courageous and peaceful appeals that practitioners are staging
worldwide. Several people expressed much interest. The organizers have already
invited us for next year, expecting an even larger participation.
  Exercise demonstration |
  American children learning the exercises |
Later the same day, practitioners went to the city of Capitola, a beach
resort city close to Santa Cruz and about 80 miles south of San Francisco, right
on the shore of the Pacific Ocean. That day a big "Arts and Wine" festival was
taking place in Capitola, with thousands of people walking around the city and
on the beach. Practitioners stopped at the beach, and started doing the
exercises. We had three large posters and some banners with us, to let people
know about Falun Dafa and the persecution. While some practitioners were doing
the exercises, other were handing out flyers. Many people were interested to
learn more about Falun Gong, and several kids, including a 3-year-old, wanted to
learn the exercises. More and more cities in California are getting to know Dafa,
to see practitioners, and to learn the Falun Gong exercises. As Teacher said in
his recent article, "Let Go of Human Attachments and Save the World's People":
we are
"...bringing it [the truth] to every field and valley, mountain and hill, not
omitting a single area where there are people."
Practitioners are reaching out further and further to clarify the truth, and
people are more and more interested in learning Dafa.
