Lucy Chen, a Hsi-Lai devotee, says that when she comes to L.A. from Houston, she just goes to the temple to wait for family and friends to get off work and meet her.
西來寺的信徒陳露西，由德州休斯頓到洛杉磯親友家小住，下機場就先到西來寺拜會師父，再等親友下班後來接她。「這樣的情況在我的朋友間常常有」，陳露西說，也有許多華僑就在這裡舉行婚禮。