Kenneth is back home at last after six weeks on evangelistic tour. He and Margaret were so excited to get together again that they couldn't sleep. Kenneth talks about the children growing up and learning well. He recalls with amusement having a…
Kenneth recalls a big meeting in the market place in Ban Don during which he encountered opposition for preaching that the soul that sins will die (Ezekiel). This reaction gave him the opportunity to engage the crowd, because this kind of reaction…
Kenneth continues to read about his third evangelistic tour in which he gave the Gospels to the district chief who made sure that each home in the district receives a copy of the Gospel. The people who did it were all volunteers and probably happy to…
Kenneth wrote home about their move to Trang. Margaret and the children had gone first and he was left behind moving the furniture. He hired freight cars for the move. The climate was better in Trang and there was some sort of port.
Kenneth visited Chun Pon and preached two or three times a day. He was working to get the Gospels to some 5,000 villages, and it took a lot of walking and traveling. He preached the gospel the "apostolic way" and distributed a lot of literature.…
Kenneth was gone for an evangelistic tour and visited an awful town where there was a murder about every week and bad women and men skylarking all over the place.
Kenneth wrote a letter to his parents about his preaching on the street. He was going around with 2,000 Gospels, had preached the night before to a very large crowd, and handed out a great profusion of the Gospel of Luke.
Kenneth reads a letter he wrote about his concern for Margaret mental state, his desire to see her do something outside the home, expressing the need for her to get back to writing again and doing other things beside run the home every day.
Kenneth tells of his preaching in Bangkok to his fellow missionaries, challenging them for their lack of zeal. Most of them, he though, were living too soft a life. The response wasn't very enthusiastic.
The Landons discovered that their best cook, Ah Chuan, was deceiving them about money for the groceries. It got to the point where their monthly bill was much higher than that of other missionay families that had more people to entertain. Kenneth…
The Landons went on a vacation, each to a different destination. Kenneth wrote Margaret about his vacation and all the fun he was having while preaching the gospel as well. He tells about the songs he was learning every day.
Margaret stopped her language study because the strain had become too much. Kenneth went on and took his second year exam. He passed all the tests, but he was downgraded because the teachers had to grade him on the basis of two years in the country…
The Siamese in Bangkok had tried to keep the Landons there but other missionaries were resentful of Kenneth's ability with the local language and culture. The mission sent him to one of the worst fields in Nakhon, on the east coast. This turned out…
Kenneth's Siamese teacher taught him the high, scholarly Thai language of the Bible, and this turned out to make him sound funny when speaking the language in ordinary conversation. He was told that he spoke Siamese like the Bible.
Kenneth describes a normal day for the Landons at the beginning of their missionary life. They would wake up at 6:30, exercise, have breakfast, wash and play with baby Peggy, spend the rest of the morning studying Thai, have lunch, and go to school…
Kenneth reads a letter to his mother about Peggy's birth and his mother's health. He wrote to her, "I can tell from your letters, Mother, that you do not feel sure of seeing me again in life here."
Al Seigle and Kenneth went to register Peggy's birth both at the American Legation and the local police station. Both men did not speak Thai, and the police officers did not speak English, but they were able to communicate about the registration of a…
Kenneth attended a civil Chinese wedding. Mrs. Seigle played the wedding march. It was quite a feast, with plenty of food that Kenneth enjoyed. The heat in Thailand was affecting him: he had gone from 140 to 131 pounds since arriving there.
Kenneth began taking long evening walks. He was getting used to walking several miles at the time, seeing but Siamese and Chinese, visiting shops, and talking with people. This gave him an opportunity for street evangelism.
Kenneth played basketball with a group of young Siamese boys. He had a good time with them and the leader of the group offered him some tekal buttons, the real, old-fashioned ones.
Kenneth and Margaret had dinner with a family named Elder. After dinner, as he was turning the car the wires on his horn broke and almost immediately were on fire. Kenneth got a few burns but the car was fine. This was a miracle.
Brad was most alarmed when Kenneth retired from the mission field. He thought Kenneth and his family were going to come back and be a charge on him. He was planning to sell the house and prevent that from happening. This, of course, was the last…
Kenneth learned about the death of Margaret's father right at the time when a group of young people were ready to join the church under his leadership as a newly appointed pastor. Reluctantly he decided not to attend the funeral in order to care for…
Kenneth tells how he was saving money for marriage while pastoring the church in Columbus, NJ. He figured he could get up to $600 by the spring, which would give him enough money for his wedding in June