April had a temper (see April's Storm Part 1). She also could be stubborn. Being stubborn troubled her throughout her life. But characteristics considered negative can function in positive ways. 

After the United States lost control of Saigon, refugees fled from Vietnam and found their way to America, April became part of a special task force that reunited members of fleeing families. Some of these families had a son in one country, a mother in another, a father in a third, and so on. 

April had lost her mother to cancer when she was five. This loss fueled her desire to unite these refugees with their families, no matter what. It was her goal that no refugee child would be without her mother. When she hit a snag, she would chant Daimoku until she thought of another way to help. She was totally stubborn; she would not give up until each family was together. There is no doubt that the world would be a colder place if not for the efforts of April, her stubbornness, and her Daimoku. The young woman who made it rain, now united families and restored hope around the world. 

April met Janet at the special task force. Janet did not get along with anybody, so April introduced her to Nichiren's Buddhism. (I once told April that difficult people trained us to be better people. April thought that Janet would make great instructor.) 

Janet was legally blind. This made learning Gongyo difficult. Janet lived in a different state but April made sure that members (I was always one of them) went down on the weekends to help Janet learn Gongyo. 

Janet did Gongyo only when the members visited. Janet could read large type. April wanted a Gongyo book with letters large enough so Janet and others with impaired eyesight could do Gongyo. She pushed me to get NSA to publish a Big Gongyo Book. I raised this issue each time I encountered anyone who would listen and could help. When our Joint Territory leader went to Los Angeles for leaders' meetings, we insisted that the Big Gongyo Book Issue was raised each time. April reminded me and I reminded them. 

In time, parents with small children, older people, farsighted people, and those related to them joined us in asking for a Big Gongyo Book. 

It took us more than three years of stubbornness to get the Big Gongyo book published. By that time Janet had moved. I did not know how to contact her. I called her district chief (she drove him nuts; training, ne?) and asked where she was, he wasn't sure. He thought she was living on a farm that had no phone. 

One day, Janet called me out of the blue. I told her the Big Gongyo Book had finally been published, expecting her to be overjoyed. She didn't care. She didn't need one because she could read the small one now. She had overcome her impaired eyesight. She had just called me to tell me she was going to get a driver's license. 

Watch out world! There is a person on the road training others to become better people.