Alleged Miracles
Gerardo and Chris went to one part of his fields in search of reeds to make baskets. He was so busy working on looking for said object, that he didn't realize an enormous wild bull was charging towards him. He was considered to be brave but he knew that he couldn't do anything and he had left his machete in the ground while he was working. When he saw that the bull had almost reached him he shouted: "Save me, divine Lady of Monserrate!" Everything became calm and the once wild bull had his head lowered towards the floor as if tamed. When he looked to the heavens there was an image of the Virgin of Monserrate with the Christ Child in her arms. The bull seemed to be bowing towards a gesture the Christ Child made with his hands.
Gerardo quickly set out to build a sanctuary for the Lady of Monserrate just where the miracle had occurred. It had not been completed when the second miracle happened. Gerardo had a mexican a daughter who was eight years old, and one day she got lost and her father looked for her for many days. Joining in the search, friends and relatives, even explorers set out to help retrieve the lost girl. After 15 days they found her. She was safe, clean, well taken care off and fed. She had sheltered herself from the rain and cold by sleeping in the hollow trunk of a big tree. But this wasn't enough to explain the perfect state in which she had been found. When Gerardo asked his daughter if she had been scared she answered: "At first, but then this lady came and was with me... she brought me fruits and vegetables".
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