A Report on Tours of Spreading Falun Dafa in Middle- and Small-Sized Towns of Texas

After we read the reports of spreading Falun Dafa in Guatemala by California practitioners and in South Africa by Sweden practitioners on Minghui net, we have been deeply moved by their sincere enthusiasm. Being also Falun Dafa practitioners, we have realized that we should take the holy responsibility of spreading Falun Dafa as well. Hence, a group of practitioners from Austin, Houston, San Antonio, and other parts of Texas voluntarily carried out a series of activities for spreading Falun Dafa around middle- and small-sized towns in Texas. People in those cities without practitioners thus got opportunities to study and understand Falun Dafa.

In reference to the experiences of spreading Dafa in other areas, we passed the information of Falun Gong workshops to some cities in Texas through various kinds of channels, such as TV's, newspapers, public libraries, seniors centers, etc. We have successively held a couple of workshops in New Braunfels, San Marcos, Corpus Christi, etc, respectively. In every workshop, the number of people coming to study Falun Gong ranged from less than 10 to over 20. No matter how many people came, we tried without pursuit to teach them hand by hand until everyone learnt the five sets of exercises.

Besides, the local CBS TV station in Corpus Christi interviewed us on site and televised it in the program of evening news that day. The persons who got interviewed included an American practitioner from Waco. Corpus Christi's newspaper CALLER-TIMES and New Braunfels newspaper HERALD-ZEITUNG covered our activities and introduced Falun Dafa and the truth of Falun Dafa related events as well. Before our practitioners left each city, we donated the books and videotapes of Falun Dafa to the local public libraries, letting more people have opportunities to access to and know Falun Dafa. We also left some pieces of Chinese newspaper <> in Corpus Christi and other towns where there are hundreds of Chinese people.

During the activities in these cities, we met many people who have predestined relationship with Falun Dafa. At a workshop in a public library of San Marcos, an American felt that Master Li came from a secret space when she saw the appearance of Master Li in the videotape. She hoped to follow Master Li to get there. After the workshop in the public library of New Braunfels, an American there called us to request for the exercise videotape. He had been looking for it really hard and even wanted to drive to get it right away. At a workshop in a public library of Corpus Christi, Mr. Tom studied exceptionally seriously. Actually, he came to study Falun Gong from a small town over twenty miles away after taking and switching several buses.

The closest city to Corpus Christi is San Antonio that is a bit over one hundred miles away. Practitioners from Austin, Houston, and other places had to drive for more than three hours to arrive in Corpus Christi. It is worthy to note that a practitioner from Denver and a practitioner from Australia also participated in our activities. The practitioner from Australia even postponed the date of going back home because of our activities.

Looking at the earnest faces of people who came to the workshops to study Falun Gong, we deeply felt the grand benevolence of Master Li: "As to the great law that I am teaching today, it is taught not only to Eastern people, but also at the same time to Western people. Their good-natured people should also be saved. All nationalities that should enter the next, new historical era will obtain the law and improve as a whole." Being Falun Dafa practitioners oversea, is there anything preventing us from devoting ourselves to promoting Falun Dafa while practitioners in China have developed such a good environment for spreading Falun Dafa using their lives and blood? Let more people have opportunities for finding us and attaining Falun Dafa, who have not come into the cultivation of Falun Dafa but have the predestined relationship with Falun Dafa. Falun Dafa is the everlasting home for their lives!

In addition, our practitioners spread Falun Dafa in our local areas as usual. San Antonio's practitioners held a workshop to the local "International Alliance" at the end of February. During the nine-day classes in Austin and Houston, there were new students who had their heavenly eyes opened and saw the Law Body of Master Li. A reporter of university newspaper in University of Houston covered the workshop on the campus and the truth of the crackdown of Falun Gong in Mainland China.

While taking care of our local activities, the group of our practitioners will continue to spread Falun Dafa around cities in Texas. We have arranged schedules of workshops in other cities. There are many people with predestined relationship with Falun Dafa are waiting for our coming.

Falun Dafa practitioners in Texas (Submitted on March 8, 2000; Translated on March 12, 2000)