Distributing the Alternative Living flyer has become a part of our daily lives. In the same way that we meditate every day, we now have the great honor to share our love anytime through giving out these flyers. Whether we are at work, shopping for groceries, picking up parcels from the post office, waiting at the bus stop or just walking down the street, the flyer is always with us, waiting to be shared.

Every day we have interesting experiences. For example, one sister went to pick up a parcel at the Post Office. Although she had been there many times before without much interaction, this time she offered the woman working there an Alternative Living flyer. The woman was very happy and said that she was already a pure vegetarian. The initiate then offered her a sample booklet, which the woman took and looked at. Lovingly holding it, she said, “This is what I have been praying for.”

Other interesting experiences we have had is of people not accepting the flyer, then seemingly in spite of themselves peering over the shoulder of a person who has accepted it to see it. It seems that although their mind may reject it, their inner being is catching it. So, we should never care if people accept or refuse. What is happening in their inner world is perhaps only known to God.

We are reaching people in all walks of life now, discovering that saints are everywhere, in all job categories, selflessly and lovingly serving their brothers and sisters. Vegetarians are also everywhere, and the general interest in vegetarianism is so much higher now than even a few months ago. So many people say that they are interested in vegetarianism, and then look at the flyer intently. In the ESL class that one of our initiates teaches, she is amazed that the students from other countries such as Korea, Japan, Formosa, Brazil and Mexico who come here to learn English are much more open to vegetarianism than ever before. They are eager to go to a vegetarian restaurant to try the food and have even chosen their own essay topics on vegetarianism. Of course, the sister reads the AL flyer together with them, and the students are surprised at the nutritional value of vegetarian food. They also agree that the suffering of animals is not right.

Whenever we distribute the flyers, we feel so happy. We are grateful for this great opportunity to communicate and share with our brothers and sisters, wherever and whenever God chances that we may meet.