[Missouri] On Easter weekend in April 2001, the Missouri Center joyfully received a Quan Yin messenger and fellow practitioners from throughout the Midwest for an initiation and video seminar in Rolla. For local and visiting disciples from other states, work and play blurred together as they happily prepared for the event. Thanks to Master's love and bounteous blessings, many new members joined the Quan Yin family after the seminar, and many more people now attend group meditation.

[North Carolina] After initiates from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Ohio helped with preparations, the North Carolina video seminar took place in Chapel Hill. We were touched by the sincerity

Initiates from North Carolina and other states celebrate the success of their video seminar

and commitment of the attendees, as more than 70 percent registered to learn the Convenient Method. One woman who learned the Convenient Method had brought her three young children, all of whom were quiet and watched attentively throughout the entire video. Another woman told us that she had learned about the seminar after being led by the Holy Spirit.

[Michigan] On April 28, the Southeast Michigan Center conducted a video seminar in the main library of downtown Ann Arbor. Brothers and sisters from out of town and out of state came to help in preparing for the seminar, which greatly encouraged us.

Several guests expressed their delight at being able to attend the seminar and they hoped that similar activities would be held in the future. A Russian couple who had already learned the Convenient Method came to the seminar, and both have been attending the Center's Convenient Method group meditation session each Sunday since. The wife is sincerely waiting for initiation, and the husband is now a full vegetarian At the seminar, they acquired a large quantity of Master's videotapes, and afterwards spent hours with us, enjoying Master's blessings and love. The love in our Quan Yin family truly goes beyond all races and nationalities!

While the Quan Yin messenger was in Michigan, we also held a two-day retreat, which left everyone satisfied and happy. At the end of the retreat, each of us was purified and cleansed and our hearts were filled with Master's Love. Now, the Center is open for four sessions of group meditation each week!

Video seminar in Virginia, USA

[Virginia] On Saturday,May 5, and Sunday, May 6, the Virginia and Maryland Centers joined together to hold an initiation and then a video seminar. Several people were eager to learn more about Master's teachings, and registered to learn the Convenient Method. The concerted effort of the working initiates made possible this great and uplifting event, which was filled with sincere people in an atmosphere of love and joy, and provided an exciting and jubilant gathering of fellow practitioners.