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Special Angels in Cancun
– the Loving Policemen

By Cancun Working Team (Originally in Chinese)

Towards the end of November, Golden Year 7 (2010), some 200 members of our Association arrived in Cancun, Mexico, to bring the message Organic Vegan Is the Best Solution for Global Warming, and to Pass the Vegan Bill. The local police gave us special permission to set up banners along the road leading to the registration office and to distribute SOS flyers and Master’s new book, From Crisis to Peace – The Organic Vegan Way is the Answer.

The police officers were extremely courteous towards us, even though their working space had become smaller as a result of sharing it with us. Although their assigned traffic control area was often as long as three to four kilometers, the police made an exception for us and permitted us to park our vehicles as close as 100 meters from the entrance to drop off our promotion material. Almost every day, we needed to unload 50-60 boxes of printing material and one time there was an additional 2,000 copies of Master’s book. For fear of obstructing traffic by parking there too long, our members always worked quickly. Seeing this, a police officer once asked one of our brothers, who is petite in physique, to put down the box and follow him to take a deep breath and rest for a moment on the side of the road. However, the police officer did not speak English and our brother did not speak Spanish. While they were trying to figure out what each other was saying, a team of policemen already started to unload the books. They were so helpful and kind to us in the daytime, and even more so on rainy nights. We were truly thankful that they were there to assist us in so many ways.

Knowing that we were receiving help from this group of angels, our kitchen team prepared vegan hamburgers and drinking water for the police officers every day. While serving them the food and beverage, we had the opportunity to answer their questions, such as, “Where are you from?” Why are you offering us food?” “Is this delicious food really vegan?” “How is the plant-based diet related to global warming?” After learning the facts, these officers not only escorted us to pass through traffic control, but also told us, “You are our good friends.” “Vegan food is really wonderful!” Many of them asked for the SOS flyers to share with their relatives and friends. Upon learning that we dared not drink a lot of water, even under the blazing sun because there were no toilets nearby, they allowed us to use the washroom reserved exclusively for them.

An amazing gentleman came to join us every day. He taught us to say words in Spanish in a respectful and friendly manner, such as, “Do you find this information useful?” “Thank you very much.” This improved our success rate of handing out almost 90% of the informative material! Interestingly, many times this man alerted us in advance that some VIPs would be arriving at the venue in a few minutes, thus giving us the opportunity to present the gift bags containing Master’s new book to these important people. From these incidents, we sensed that this gentleman was not an ordinary person.

When we were about to leave Cancun, we gave away some of our white work T-shirts to the police officers, noticing that they were very fond of them. That wonderful gentleman told us sincerely, “I ask for these T-shirts from you, not because I like these material things but because I want to tell people of the world the story of your exemplary love and effort. Every day, I’ve seen you come here all the way from the other side of the world to remind the public to respect life and save the planet. Though your work is very difficult, you are filled with bliss. It’s like what you said, that many think they have to rely on policies and technologies to mitigate global warming, forgetting that the real solution lies in the love and compassion within each of us.” Later, he introduced an officer to us and said, “This is my superior officer and he is also a vegetarian.”

We are very grateful to God for sending us this group of police officers who are like special angels in Cancun. We feel that despite the language barrier they are not strangers but our family members who are also God’s children.

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