Rancho's house – thelone house in t

Rancho's house – thelone house in the entire valley – was onthe crown of a low hill. From thepinnacle of the hill one could see therapid flowing stream and next to it vastfields of ripe corn in between the redkidney bean flowers. Looking at it onecould predict that it was going to begood harvest but it needed a rainfall,however brief.All through the morning Rancho kept scanning the sky for signs of rainfall and hewas quite confident that it would rain. “You know, woman, now we are finallygoing to get some rain.” His wife, who was busy preparing food, replied: “Yes, Godwilling.”As soon as Rancho's family, his wife and sons, sat for dinner, just as he hadpredicted big drops of rain started falling. In the Northeast huge clouds werecovering the sky like a blanket. The air had the smell of rain combined with thesmell of fresh earth. The atmosphere at that time was absolutely heavenly. Theboys left their food on pretext of getting one thing and another. All they wantedwas to get wet and play in the rain.Rancho was very happy as he looked at his field, “Ah! now my harvest isgoing to be wonderful.” He started dreaming about all the things he will be doingonce he sells the crops. Suddenly heavy winds began to blow accompanied by bigdrops of rain, which looked like huge pearls of ice. “Oh my God! This can't behappening,” he thought. “NO!! NO!! I will be destroyed. This is no rain, it is ahailstorm. I hope it will pass soon.” But in front of his family he kept a strong frontand said, “I am sure it will pass soon, don't worry.”Unfortunately it didn't. The hailstorm lasted the whole night. It destroyedentire field of his precious crops. Everything looked so white as if someone hadthrown sacks and sacks of pearls all over the place.Rancho and his wife were worried to death. Everything they had was destroyedand they had no inkling as to what they will do.The boys asked them, “What are we going to do? Everything is destroyed.We don't even have few pieces of corn or beans. Does this mean we are going to dieof hunger?”Rancho said, “ My sons, nobody dies of hunger. Always remember we haveGod. I am sure he will help us.”All through the night Rancho kept on thinking how to ask for help fromGod. “God knows everything but I think I should write to Him and ask directly what Iwant.”Rancho was thankful for the day his parents had sent him to school. Eventhough he wasn't interested in studies but he had grudgingly learned to read andwrite. So he took out paper and pen and started writing.Rancho LucasThe Violet HillArgentina18 th May 1999Dear GodHi,I am writing this letter to you out of extreme urgency, otherwise Iwouldn't have disturbed you. You know about the recent hailstorm inmy place. Well, it has destroyed me. Everything in my farm wasdestroyed. My corn and kidney beans were almost ready and all itneeded was a rainfall but instead of rainfall came a storm. If it had
lasted for short period it would have been OK, but unfortunately it
lasted for an entire night. It has put me at a serious disadvantage, you
see God, my sole source of income is that farm and now it is
completely destroyed. Nothing is left. If I leave it like this my family
will die of hunger, since we will not have anything to eat. I can't sit
still and do nothing about it. I need 100 pesos to buy the seeds and
resow my field all over again and buy some food till the next harvest.
So dear God, please help me. I know you will not disappoint me.
Sincerely Yours,
Rancho, the farmer

He put the letter inside an envelope and addressed it to “God, 7 Heaven”
and placed a stamp on it and dropped it in the mailbox. The workers at the post
office were preparing the letters to mail when they came across the letter
addressed to God. The postman who came across this letter became curious
because he had never seen a letter addressed to God. He wanted to open the
letter but his job ethics stopped him from doing so. He decided to take the letter to
the Postmaster. The Postmaster was a very nice and kind gentleman. He always
helped people in any way he could. When the postman gave him the letter, he
looked at it and said, “It takes a man with strong faith to start a communication
with God. I wish I had such strong faith.”

After much thought, he decided to read the letter and perhaps reply it. He
opened Rancho's letter. Little did he know that replying the letter would need
more than good intention, pen and paper. Rancho needed a lot of money but the
postmaster didn't have any. Since he had already decided to help Rancho, he
decided to give part of his salary, and he asked his friends and co-workers to
contribute. But it was impossible for him to collect 100 pesos. He was happy that at
least 70 pesos were collected. So he put the money in an envelope and signed it as
“God” and asked the postman to deliver it to Rancho's house.

When the postman arrived at Rancho's house and delivered the letter to
him, Rancho was exhilarated beyond means. And he kept repeating Thank you
God! Thank you God! I knew you wouldn't let me down.

Rancho had very strong faith in God. He was not surprised when he
opened the envelope. But as he was counting the money he became very angry.
God couldn't have made mistake in sending the money. So he took out paper and
wrote to God again. Then he placed a stamp on it and put it in the mailbox. When
the postman took the letter out, he immediately took it to the postmaster. The
Postmaster quickly opened the letter and everyone in the post office gathered
around him wanting to know what Rancho wrote to God.

Rancho Lucas
The Violet Hill
Argentina

20th May 1999
Dear God
I am really grateful to you for sending the money. I knew you wouldn't let my family
go hungry. Of the money you send me I only received 70 pesos. Please send me the
rest. I really need the money. But, this time please, God don't send it through the
mail, because the people working here in this post office are all a bunch of thieves.

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Rumah Rancho - thelone rumah di seluruh lembah - adalah onthe mahkota bukit rendah. Dari thepinnacle bukit orang bisa melihat therapid mengalir sungai dan di samping itu vastfields jagung matang di antara bunga-bunga redkidney kacang. Melihat hal itu onecould memprediksi bahwa itu akan begood panen tetapi membutuhkan curah hujan, namun brief.All melalui pagi Rancho terus memindai langit untuk tanda-tanda hujan dan hewas cukup yakin bahwa itu akan hujan. ". Kau tahu, wanita, sekarang kita finallygoing untuk mendapatkan beberapa hujan" Istrinya, yang sedang sibuk menyiapkan makanan, menjawab: "Ya, Godwilling." Begitu keluarga Rancho, istri dan anak-anak, duduk untuk makan malam, seperti ia hadpredicted tetes besar hujan mulai jatuh. Dalam awan besar Timur Laut werecovering langit seperti selimut. Udara memiliki bau hujan dikombinasikan dengan thesmell bumi segar. Suasana saat itu benar-benar surgawi. Theboys meninggalkan makanan mereka dengan dalih mendapatkan satu dan lain hal. Semua mereka wantedwas untuk mendapatkan basah dan bermain di rain.Rancho sangat senang saat ia menatap bidangnya, "Ah! sekarang panen saya isgoing menjadi indah. "Dia mulai bermimpi tentang semua hal yang ia akan doingonce dia menjual tanaman. Tiba-tiba angin kencang mulai meniup disertai bigdrops hujan, yang tampak seperti mutiara besar es. "Astaga! Hal ini tidak bisa behappening, "pikirnya. "NO !! NO !! Saya akan hancur. Ini ada hujan, itu ahailstorm. Saya berharap itu akan berlalu segera. "Tapi di depan keluarganya ia terus frontand kuat berkata," Saya yakin itu akan berlalu segera, jangan khawatir. "Sayangnya tidak. Badai berlangsung sepanjang malam. Ini destroyedentire bidang tanaman berharga. Semuanya tampak begitu putih seolah-olah seseorang karung hadthrown dan karung mutiara seluruh place.Rancho dan istrinya khawatir sampai mati. Segala sesuatu yang mereka miliki adalah dihancurkan, mereka tidak punya firasat untuk apa yang mereka akan dilakukan.Keluarga anak laki-laki bertanya kepada mereka, "Apa yang akan kita lakukan? Semuanya destroyed.We bahkan tidak memiliki beberapa potong jagung atau kacang-kacangan. Apakah ini berarti kita akan dieof kelaparan? "Kata Rancho," Anak-anak saya, tidak ada yang meninggal karena kelaparan. Selalu ingat kita haveGod. Saya yakin dia akan membantu kami. "Sepanjang malam Rancho terus berpikir bagaimana untuk meminta bantuan fromGod. "Tuhan tahu segalanya tapi saya pikir saya harus menulis kepada-Nya dan bertanya langsung apa yang Iwant." Rancho bersyukur untuk hari orangtuanya mengirimnya ke sekolah. Walaupun ia tidak tertarik dalam studi tetapi dia enggan belajar membaca andwrite. Jadi dia mengambil kertas dan pena dan mulai writing.Rancho LucasThe Violet HillArgentina18 th Mei 1999Dear GodHi, saya menulis surat ini kepada Anda dari urgensi ekstrim, jika Iwouldn't telah terganggu Anda. Anda tahu tentang badai baru-baru ini inmy tempat. Yah, itu telah menghancurkan saya. Segala sesuatu di peternakan saya wasdestroyed. Saya jagung dan kacang ginjal yang hampir siap dan semua itneeded adalah hujan tapi bukannya hujan datang badai. Jika telah
berlangsung selama waktu singkat itu akan menjadi OK, tapi sayangnya itu
berlangsung selama satu malam. Ini telah menempatkan saya pada kerugian serius, Anda
melihat Allah, satu-satunya sumber saya pendapatan pertanian itu dan sekarang sudah
benar-benar hancur. Tidak ada yang tersisa. Jika saya biarkan seperti ini keluarga saya
akan mati kelaparan, karena kita tidak akan punya apapun untuk dimakan. Saya tidak bisa duduk
diam dan melakukan apa-apa tentang hal itu. Saya perlu 100 peso untuk membeli bibit dan
resow bidang saya lagi dan membeli beberapa makanan sampai panen berikutnya.
Jadi sayang Tuhan, tolong bantu saya. Aku tahu kau tidak akan mengecewakan saya.
Hormat,
Rancho, petani Dia menaruh surat di dalam amplop dan ditujukan kepada "Tuhan, 7 Surga" dan ditempatkan cap di atasnya dan menjatuhkannya di kotak surat. Para pekerja di pos kantor sedang menyiapkan surat-surat untuk mail ketika mereka datang di surat yang ditujukan kepada Allah. Tukang pos yang datang di surat ini menjadi penasaran karena ia belum pernah melihat surat yang ditujukan kepada Allah. Dia ingin membuka surat tapi etika pekerjaannya menghentikannya dari melakukannya. Dia memutuskan untuk mengambil surat kepada Postmaster tersebut. Postmaster adalah seorang pria yang sangat bagus dan baik. Dia selalu membantu orang dengan cara apapun yang dia bisa. Ketika tukang pos memberinya surat itu, ia melihatnya dan berkata, "Dibutuhkan seorang pria dengan iman yang kuat untuk memulai komunikasi dengan Allah. Saya berharap saya memiliki iman yang kuat seperti itu. " Setelah berpikir panjang, ia memutuskan untuk membaca surat itu dan mungkin membalas itu. Dia membuka surat Rancho. Sedikit yang ia tahu bahwa membalas surat itu akan membutuhkan lebih dari baik niat, pena dan kertas. Rancho membutuhkan banyak uang tapi postmaster tidak punya. Karena ia sudah memutuskan untuk membantu Rancho, ia memutuskan untuk memberikan sebagian dari gajinya, dan ia meminta teman-temannya dan rekan kerja untuk berkontribusi. Tapi itu tidak mungkin baginya untuk mengumpulkan 100 peso. Ia senang bahwa setidaknya 70 peso dikumpulkan. Jadi dia menaruh uang dalam amplop dan ditandatangani sebagai "Tuhan" dan meminta tukang pos untuk menyampaikan ke rumah Rancho. Ketika tukang pos tiba di rumah Rancho dan menyerahkan surat itu kepada dia, Rancho yang gembira di luar kemampuan. Dan dia terus mengulangi Terima kasih Tuhan! Terima kasih Tuhan! Aku tahu kau tidak akan mengecewakan saya. Rancho memiliki iman yang sangat kuat di dalam Tuhan. Dia tidak terkejut ketika ia membuka amplop. Tapi saat ia sedang menghitung uang ia menjadi sangat marah. Tuhan tidak bisa membuat kesalahan dalam pengiriman uang. Jadi dia mengambil kertas dan menulis surat kepada Tuhan lagi. Kemudian ia ditempatkan cap di atasnya dan memasukkannya ke dalam kotak surat. Ketika tukang pos mengambil surat itu keluar, ia segera membawanya ke postmaster. The Postmaster cepat membuka surat dan semua orang di kantor pos berkumpul di sekelilingnya ingin tahu apa Rancho menulis kepada Tuhan. Rancho Lucas The Violet Bukit Argentina 20 Mei 1999 Dear God Saya benar-benar berterima kasih kepada Anda untuk mengirimkan uang. Aku tahu kau tidak akan membiarkan keluarga saya kelaparan. Dari uang yang Anda kirimkan saya hanya menerima 70 peso. Kirimkan saya istirahat. Aku benar-benar membutuhkan uang. Tapi, kali ini silahkan, Allah tidak mengirimkannya melalui email, karena orang-orang yang bekerja di kantor pos ini adalah semua sekelompok pencuri.