(Minghui.org) This is a story about how Loek, a 78-year-old man from the Netherlands, began to practice Dafa many years after receiving an origami lotus flower from a Falun Dafa practitioner.

Loek from the Netherlands

Loek was on vacation in Canada in 2005 when he saw Dafa practitioners doing the Dafa exercises in a park. He followed along with the practitioners’ movements and was given an origami lotus flower. 

Loek hung the paper lotus flower on his doorknob when he returned home. He saw the words, “Falun Dafa is good” every day and it made him more curious about Falun Dafa. Seventeen years later, he was able to find the local group practice coordinator in The Hague in 2022. With the help of the coordinator, Loek began to read Zhuan Falun, the main text of Falun Dafa, and embarked on his cultivation journey. 

His wife also began to practice Falun Dafa six months later. The pain in her wrist that had been bothering her for the past few years disappeared. Loek and his wife do the exercises, study  Zhuan Falun, and follow the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance in their daily lives. The couple also help more people learn about Falun Dafa, and live a very fulfilling life, with good health. 

Loek described his cultivation experiences: “During the 17 years after receiving the origami lotus flower, there was a voice in my head that kept telling me to search and learn more about Falun Dafa.” 

I heard about this amazing story from this elderly couple in December 2023 after I went to Holland from China. I also had the honor to see the lotus flower. Though the color of the lotus flower has faded a little, it was still exquisite and clean. 

I can’t help but think how compassionate Master Li, the founder of Falun Dafa, is. Master truly cares for sentient beings, and arranges every opportunity to save people. I am also determined to tell more people about Falun Dafa and fulfill my historic mission. I will help more people learn about this wonderful practice, and fulfill their predestined relationship with Dafa. Thank you again, Master!