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One day I was fumbling around the garbage dump and saw my dog Spike digging up something from the trash. I’m infinitely thanking the Virgin of San Juan for the thing I found was a gold Rolex watch. By selling it, my loyal friend and I ate like king for a good while.

Doroteo Lopez \ Tlaxcala, Mexico

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Humberto Espinosa thank Saint James with this retablo for he’s doing very well collecting plastic bottles. WIth this earning he can pay for his son’s school.

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To the Holy Virgin of Guadalupe and to Saint Jude Thaddeus I offer this retablo so that they would help and protect the scavengers from the Bordo de Xochiaca dump where they bring waste and garbage from all over my city, the biggest in the world. In order to survive, they earn their living with dignity. I understood there’s no undignified job but undignified people. Remember that.

Alfredo Vilchis Roque
Corner of the miracles, Minas de Cristo
Mexico City — September 24, 2009

Rosa Guzman used to scavenge in a trash dump. One day the devil appeared right from the trash and attacked her. She thanks Saint Michael for protecting her.

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The Dioz Duran sisters were coming back from the mess and decided to cut off the path. They went in the dark alley behind the church. They saw two devils there. The devils were siting on garbage cans and were smoking. When the devils saw the sisters, they started to chase them. The sisters were scared that the devils wanted to dishonor them. So they entrusted themselves to the Virgin of Zapopan. When the sisters ran out to a lighted place, the devils stopped follow them and disappeared.

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The teacher Ramona Gonzalez was assigned to a grade in a school filled with insects, animals and garbage. In addition to it, her pupils were stupid and didn’t study at all. The teacher thanks the Virgin of Zapopan because she was transferred to another school where the children are smart and there are no animals and insects.