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2. “The Garbage Pickers”

For an elderly person, it had become increasingly difficult to survive. I had to rely on a kind of barter system where I traded things of value for things I needed, like food. Scrounging through garbage to glean items that have enough value to be traded had become the unofficial occupation of the non-compliant aged. This further stigmatized us in the community as being those dirty “garbage pickers.” This means of degrading us into submission proved to be a very effective and convincing way of getting those accustomed to having a better lifestyle to willingly accept a New World Order chip rather than live in such abject poverty.

Some Christians felt it was shameful to have to associate with other fringe members of society like drug dealers, prostitutes, thieves, and the gangs that prosper in the underworld of the “garbage pickers.” But I was faithful to give them the Word I knew, and many received it with gladness. That’s how I became a leader of the “garbage pickers” and helped to spread the message of salvation. The authorities didn’t break up our meetings, as we were simply there to glean garbage. The way it worked was that I would say a verse or passage from the Bible and the person next to me would repeat it and pass it on. I got the idea one morning after I had memorized a section of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. I said the first verse aloud while reviewing them in my head, and to my surprise the person next to me repeated it and wanted to hear more. Others were also eager to hear, and they loved to hear verses like “Blessed be you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. Blessed are you when men hate you… your reward is great in heaven. But woe unto you who are rich!”³ The word soon spread that I was giving people the Words of God and many more came to our garbage heap the following day just to hear the Word.