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    A Letter To God

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    Lencho was a farmer whose crops were destroyed by a hailstorm. With no means to support his family, he wrote a letter to God asking for 100 pesos. The postmaster, moved by Lencho's faith, collected donations from employees and sent Lencho 70 pesos with a letter signed "God." Though angry it was less, Lencho maintained his faith that God would not betray him.

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    Lencho was a farmer whose crops were destroyed by a hailstorm. With no means to support his family, he wrote a letter to God asking for 100 pesos. The postmaster, moved by Lencho's faith, collected donations from employees and sent Lencho 70 pesos with a letter signed "God." Though angry it was less, Lencho maintained his faith that God would not betray him.

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    Lencho was a farmer whose crops were destroyed by a hailstorm. With no means to support his family, he wrote a letter to God asking for 100 pesos. The postmaster, moved by Lencho's faith, collected donations from employees and sent Lencho 70 pesos with a letter signed "God." Though angry it was less, Lencho maintained his faith that God would not betray him.

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    A Letter To God

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    Lencho was a farmer whose crops were destroyed by a hailstorm. With no means to support his family, he wrote a letter to God asking for 100 pesos. The postmaster, moved by Lencho's faith, collected donations from employees and sent Lencho 70 pesos with a letter signed "God." Though angry it was less, Lencho maintained his faith that God would not betray him.

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    A Letter To God

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    (Describe in long questions)
    Lencho was a farmer. His house was located on the top of a low hill. From where
    he could see the entire valley. He could see he river and his fields of ripe corn
    waiting for the rains and flowers. He is desperately waiting for the rain so that his
    crops would survive.
    It rains but the rain soon changes into hailstones and destructed the whole crop.
    Not a leaf remained on the trees. The corn was totally destroyed. The flowers
    were gone from the plants.
    Lencho has firm faith in God. / He is a strong believer in God. So, he decides to
    write a letter to God. In the letter, he described about his loss of crop and asked
    for a sum of 100 pesos in order to sow the field again and to live until the new
    crop comes. He also wrote that if the God will not help him, his family and he
    will die of hunger this year.
    Postmaster and other employees laugh at Lencho’s letter to God. But then the
    Postmaster decides to help Lencho in his problem as he did not want to shake the
    writer's faith in God.
    Postmaster wants every employee to help in this noble deed. He himself gave part
    of his salary.
    Postmaster collects seventy pesos and puts the money in an envelope addressed
    to Lencho and with it a letter containing only a single word as a signature: God.
    He gives the envelope to Lencho himself.
    Lencho gets angry after getting seventy pesos amount as he had asked for hundred
    pesos.
    His faith is still undeterred and he believed that God cannot make such a mistake.
    Lencho calls the postmaster and employees of post office a ‘bunch of crooks’ as
    he thinks that they have stolen the rest of amount.
    Lencho again writes a letter to God to send him rest of the money because He
    doubted the integrity and honesty of the post office employees and that the staff
    at the post office must have stolen the missing amount.
    Lencho has firm faith in the God and God never betrays the trust of a believer.
    What did the postmaster do after reading a letter?
    Answer:
    The postmaster laughed when he read Lencho’s letter but soon he became
    serious and was moved by the writer’s faith in God. He didn’t want to
    shake Lencho’s faith. So, he decided to collect, money and send it to
    Lencho on behalf of God.
    Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why or
    why not?
    Answer:
    Lencho did not try to find out who had sent the money to him because he
    never suspected the presence of God and had complete faith in God. He
    could not believe that it could be – anybody else other than him who
    would send him the money.
    His faith in God was so strong that he believed that he had sent money to
    him for his help in his problem.
    Was Lencho surprised to find a letter for him with money in it?
    Answer:
    Lencho was not at all surprised on seeing the letter because this is what he
    was expecting. Instead, he was angry when he found that the amount was
    less than what he had asked for.
    Who was Lencho? What were his main problems?
    Answer:
    Lencho was a hardworking farmer, who lived on the crest of a low hill. He
    worked like an ox in the fields. Due to the hailstorm his crops were
    destroyed, so he needed money to sow his field again and support his
    family. These were the main problems of Lencho.

    Why did Lencho write a letter to God?

    Answer:

    When.Lencho’s crops were completely destroyed by the hailstorm, he


    wrote a letter to God because he was the only hope in his despair. Lencho
    asked him to send hundred pesos to sow his field again and support his
    family.

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