A Hand That Used to Hold a Hoe Is Now Using a Little Mouse 一輩子拿鋤頭的大手也拿起了小鼠標

(Jennifer's note: When the Chinese Communist Party launched an overwhelming crackdown on Falun Gong in 1999 with all the might of the nation, they believed that Falun Gong could be wiped out from the world within 3 months. However, things didn't go as they had expected.  Why? Because they didn't understand that money and power can never beat people's hearts. Maybe this excerpt from an article of a Falun Gong practitioner in China can give us a perfect example. )

(曾錚注：當中共頭子1999年開動整部國家機器發起對法輪功鋪天蓋地的造謠攻勢及空前絕後的殘酷鎮壓時，許多人都相信法輪功會在三個月之內從地球上消失。爲何這個「預言」並未實現呢？也許這兩段短短的來自遼寧一名法輪功學員的樸素文字，能夠給出一點點解釋。）

The materials production center in our area was destroyed in 2008, and it became hard to find truth clarifying materials. After Teacher's lecture, “Fa Teaching Given at the Fa Conference Marking the Tenth Anniversary of the Minghui Website's Founding” was published, three of us older practitioners, who are 85, 79, and 69 years old, got together to buy computers and learn how to use them.

零八年，我地區的（法輪功）資料點被破壞，找到資料很困難。在師父明慧十週年法會講法後，我們三個老年人（現年一個八十五歲，一個七十九歲，我最小六十九歲）湊一起買電腦，學電腦，弄了三個電腦，我們分別出去學，回來再互相學。在同修們幫助下，很快就學會上網，又學會打印，就開始打印週刊和真相資料。

We took separate training courses, and then trained one another how to use the computers to access websites and print. From there, we began to print Minghui journals and other truth-clarification materials.

For the past few years, we have provided materials for over a dozen Fa-study groups in our area. I have accumulated some experience and managed to handle problems with printers and computers by myself—so as to lessen the burden for practitioners with technical backgrounds.

I began Falun Dafa cultivation as someone who was illiterate, as one who had only used a hoe his entire life. I can now read, and am able to operate a computer. On top of that, I run a Falun Dafa materials production site. It is only because I practice Falun Dafa that these events have transpired in my life.

幾年來，為我們地區十幾個學法小組的資料提供了方便，現在基本能自給不靠外援了。特別是經過幾年的摸索，打印機、電腦的一般故障我也能自己處理了，盡量不給技術人員增加壓力。我這一個大字不識，拿一輩子鋤頭的大手，拿起了小鼠標，學會電腦，開了一個資料點的小花，不都是學大法出現的神蹟嗎？ ！

A Falun Gong banner says "Falun Dafa is Wonderful" in China. (Photo credit: en.minghui.org) 中國大陸某城市的「法輪大法好」橫幅（圖片來源：明慧網）