My Nephew's 800 Yuan

My nephew, Xiao Kai, is in his first year of high school, 18 years old. Three generations in his family practice Falun Gong.

When he was in the fifth grade in elementary school, his father was persecuted and extorted with fines by the CCP (chinese communist party) because he did not want to give up his belief . On November 7, 2004, my nephew witnessed the CCP kidnapping his father when his father was on leave at home from work. When I asked my nephew, "Your father was arrested, was he at fault?" He said firmly, "My father believes in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. He is at no fault for being a good person and it is the bad deeds of the CCP." My nephew has never complained about his father. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance has been rooted deeply in his little heart.

Even though the academic work at school was quite heavy, he always makes time for himself to study Master's poems and new articles. When dealing with his classmates, he always follows the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. His academic grades are good and he has benefited a lot from the Fa.

In 2008, he scored third place at school for his final test. He was awarded with 80 yuan as a prize. In the beginning of 2009, the school issued him 80 yuan and he took the money home. His father spoke to him happily, "You could save 50 yuan for school supplies like pens and pencils, and use 30 yuan to buy the lunch tickets." My nephew said seriously, "Dad, I wanted to add 20 yuan from my savings to this money to make it 100 yuan and give it to the truth-clarifying material (explaining the facts about the illegal persecution of Falun Gong in China) centre to save more people." His father looked at his son, tears wet his eyes.

My nephew grew up in a poor family. My little sister's health condition was not good. My brother-in-law worked for a public office and since he was injured at work, he was only able to do some small things at work. His monthly salary was about 500-600 yuan. In order to reduce the financial burden at home, my nephew used his lunch hour to work at school. During the lunch hour, he helped to scan the lunch cards so they waived his lunch fee.

One after another, his neighbours have moved to a new building. However, they still live in a 40 square meter room of an old building. Their family's clothes have all come from their relatives. Even under these circumstances, my nephew sent 500 yuan that he saved from his new year's gifts to the truth-clarifying material site. Every day he saved pennies from his dad, mother and grandma. In 2007, he sent 200 yuan to the truth-clarifying material site.

My nephew's 800 yuan would not mean a lot to some children, but it's a huge amount for him. Only one of Master's little disciples can think of others while suffering himself.
Published on March 3, 2009