On October 12, 1996, Master Li Hongzhi came to Houston
to teach the Fa at the Overseas Chinese Education Center. At the same time,
Master Li was named an “Honorary Citizen” of the City of Houston and honored
as a “Goodwill Ambassador”. That was the first proclamation to honor Falun
Gong in North America. At present, Falun Gong has received more than one thousand
awards throughout the world. At that time, over 600 people were fortunate
to attend the grand historical event.
Now, seven years later, on Sunday, October 12, 2003, more than 1000 Falun
Dafa practitioners, mostly from North America, Taiwan, Europe and Australia
gathered in Houston to attend the 2003 U.S. South Falun Dafa Experience Sharing
Conference to celebrate the seventh anniversary of Master’s teaching
the Fa in Houston.
At least 40 proclamations and congratulatory letters from government officials
of different levels were received for this Fa conference. Texas government
officials from different levels highly praised Falun Dafa, its worldwide spread
and the benefits it has brought to people throughout the world. They also
highly recognized the great compassion and tolerance that Dafa disciples embodied
during the persecution.
About 18 practitioners shared their experiences and understandings during
the process of Fa rectification cultivation. This Fa conference will further
encourage practitioners to do well in truth-clarification.
Posting date: 15/Oct/2003
Original article date: 13/Oct/2003
Category: World News
