Character traits of Lencho: 

i. Firm believer of God – After the destruction of his cornfield by the hailstorm he rested his hope only on God. Therefore, he decided to write a letter to God asking for his help. Another instance that validates our understanding of his strong faith is that he was not at all surprised to see the money in the envelope because he was sure that God will help him. 

ii. Optimistic – His optimism can be seen when he wrote a letter to God and did not sit in the house and sulk. He wrote a letter to God asking for his help and went to the post office the following week to check whether there was any mail for him. This shows that he was optimistic that God would reply. 

iii. Did not trust anyone/doubting – He did not really trust anyone with important tasks. When he wrote the letter to God, he himself took it to town to post it. He also did not trust the post office employees as he thought they could have removed the money. He didn’t even reason out that maybe God sent him less money, but jumped to a conclusion that the employees were crooks. 

iv. Hardworking man with a good physical built – In the story it is mentioned that he was an ox of a man, which means he had a good physical built and was very hardworking because he worked like an animal in the fields.

v. Determined – After the hailstones destroyed his field, he was sorrowful but did not give up. He was determined to sow the crops again. 

vi. Naïve – He is naïve because no matter how much one believes in God he/she cannot be stupid enough to write a letter to God. He will rather pray and look for other means of earning at the same time. But Lencho out of his naiveness wrote a letter to God. 

vii. Short-tempered  Lencho loses his temper upon receiving the envelope, which contained only seventy pesos. He immediately sits down to write another letter asking God to send him the remaining amount and tells Him to send the letter through other means. He doesn’t bother to thank God for the money received.