Not too long ago we got a call from a practitioner who heard that President George Bush would be speaking at the Orange County Convention Center. We had just written invitations to send out for this Fa conference so we made a special package for the president with an invitation, a few Dafa materials, and the video, Falun Dafa--A Peaceful Journey. When we arrived at the convention center and walked inside, most people were already inside the lecture hall and seated. At the desk was a secret service agent. He asked for our tickets and we, of course, didn't have any. There were other people who started to show up that didn't have any tickets either.
I asked our practitioner friend if we should give the package to this agent. "No," she said. "He won't see the president and our package will be lost." So we went exploring. We walked down an empty hall and found a door. We went behind some curtains, and ran into a woman who was watching that area. She asked us what we were doing. We told her we came to see the president, but that we didn't have tickets, so we were looking around to see if we could find a person with some tickets or a way in. She led us up to the area where the secret service agent was, and told us to ask him. He had a line of people asking him the same thing and he was giving everyone the same answer, which was "No," so we walked in the other direction.
Later we ran into a gate with no guards around, so we walked in without any hesitation. Then we came to a second security area where everyone had to put what they were carrying into an X-ray machine. I stepped over to a man with a hand held metal detector who scanned me quickly, then we were in.
Thunderous applause filled the air as the president entered the room. We grabbed some seats in the back while our practitioner friend took pictures. She left for a while to get a better view. She popped up again, grabbed the package from my lap, and shot me a confident look that said, "I'm taking this straight to the president."
President Bush gave a wonderful speech, very inspiring for the entire audience, and then opened the floor to questions. My brother and I sent out our most righteous thoughts.
We had come to the convention center on a noble mission to clarify the truth to the president of the United States, and we knew this would be no easy task. I was amazed at the ease with which we walked into the hall, and I knew that it was not a lack of security measures or any failure on the part of the staff. It was our pure hearts and strong righteous thoughts that had brought us here. We kept sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate the evil.
When the president was answering questions from the crowd, our fellow practitioner held her hand high, hoping for an opportunity to address the honorable president; however, she sat a little too far away to be recognized. A secret service agent saw her package though, and told her he would deliver it to the president on her behalf, but she wanted to clarify the truth to the president in person, so she declined the offer.
A minute later she was face to face with President George Bush and his brother, the governor of Florida, Jeb Bush. She talked briefly with them about Falun Gong, and its principles of "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance." Then she placed the package directly into the president's hands and invited both of them to this conference. The two brothers thanked her, and Jeb Bush even gave her his email address.
This experience made us realize more clearly how powerful Dafa and Dafa practitioners' righteous thoughts are. Everything happened so naturally.
