Mexico: First Fa Conference in Mexico and Activities (Photos)

On August 10th, the first Mexico Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in Mexico City. Practitioners from many countries came to attend. This was the first Fa conference held in Latin America. This area is considered the cultural and economic centre of Mexico, which made this an especially good place for the Fa Conference.

Before the Fa conference, practitioners held a series of activities for one week. Taiwanese practitioners who arrived in advance went out everyday to introduce Dafa and clarify the truth about Dafa to Mexican and local Chinese people. The Mexican people's warm reception of Dafa encouraged all of the practitioners. In each evening, we studied the Fa and shared experiences with practitioners in Mexico.

During the Fa conference, many practitioners from both Mexico and other areas shared their cultivation experiences. Falun Dafa was first introduced to Mexico in November 2001. We were very touched upon seeing that Dafa has been so deeply planted into the Mexican people's hearts in such a short period of time. Many pure and kind-hearted Mexican people have had their lives completely changed through cultivating Dafa.

Many people who have not started practicing Dafa yet also attended the conference. Some of them came with their friends, some with their families. A photo exhibition was also held near the conference hall, which allowed people to view the peaceful journey of Falun Dafa. These photos also introduced to people how Falun Dafa was widely spread in the world in such a short period of time.

The Fa conference was held in a peaceful atmosphere. Of course, we also found that there were many things we needed to improve on in organizing the Fa conference. Some practitioners from the U.S. who had no experience in hosting Fa conferences organized this one. But the success of the conference showed that we are able to do things well through a harmonious unity with everyone doing his or her part of the work well. This provided an excellent cultivation opportunity for each of us.

We are very grateful for this opportunity, and we will do even better in the future.

The following day, some practitioners from Taiwan, Houston and Canada, together with local practitioners, went to promote Falun Dafa at the Zocalo Square, the largest square in Central America and a popular tourist attraction. It just so happened that the Indians held a ceremony for offering sacrifice to their gods that day, and it attracted a large audience. We placed at the centre of the square two banners imprinted with the words, "Urgently rescue Falun Gong practitioners being persecuted in China" and "Falun Dafa" in Spanish. As soon as we started doing the Falun Dafa exercises, many people came up to watch. Most people accepted our flyers and thanked us, and many people learned to practice the exercises on the spot. Some children also earnestly followed our movements. Within a few hours, thousands of Dafa flyers were distributed, and even the police accepted our flyers and read them. In the end, several boxes of flyers were exhausted, but people were still reluctant to leave. We deeply felt the yearning of the people of Mexico for Falun Dafa.

We had to leave the square to catch the night's flight. At the airport, before Taiwan practitioners boarded their flight, an airline employee was given a Dafa bookmark in Spanish. He turned it over and read out loud "Falun Dafa" with delight. We gave him more bookmarks and a flyer with information about local practice sites. He then happily passed out the bookmarks to his co-workers.