On
November 23, Golden Year 3 (2006), a group of fifteen Chinese
fellow practitioners were preparing to fly to Thailand for
the seven-day seminar. One of the sisters had never traveled
abroad before. Her passport and visa were ready, she said,
and all she needed was a plane ticket.
When we met at the Beijing
airport on the day of our departure, I checked her passport
and found that she did not have a Thai visa. The sister
had assumed that having a passport meant the visa was ready
too. Less than three hours remained before our boarding
time. We were at a loss because it normally took two to
three days to obtain a visa and to get one within such short
period of time seemed impossible. Besides, the airport was
an hour away from the Thai embassy when traffic was light.
With heavy traffic, it would take much longer.
However, this was not a
matter for consideration, I thought. As long as there was
the slightest hope, we should do our best to not leave behind
a fellow initiate who was longing to see Master. Immediately,
I contacted the airport staff, but was told that there was
not enough time to get a visa. We could only pray to Master
for help. I managed to contact a friend who was the manager
of a travel agency for overseas tours. After learning about
our situation, she agreed to help right away. We took a
taxi to the Thai embassy, where she had already arranged
for her staff to be waiting for us.
To our surprise, we did
not meet a single red light on the way and traffic was light.
We reached the embassy and it took us just ten minutes to
get the visa. My friend then arranged for her car to take
us back to the airport as fast as possible. Again, there
was little traffic and it was green lights all the way.
When the fellow initiates
at the airport saw us return, they were overjoyed. “This
is incredible! It is really a miracle,” they said.
We are very grateful for Master' blessings. If it had not
been for Master, how could we have obtained the visa so
quickly?
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