Kenneth tells of two paintings he acquired from Mrs. Yipintsoi. He found her painting outside and recognized her style of painting as reminiscent of Matisse. He told her this, and recommended she go to Paris and study with him. Years later, he found…
Kenneth learned that a Chinese Christian community was divided over the issue of baptism: sprinkling, one-time immersion, three-time immersion. He gather the group and asked them to sit silently and think about the matter for about five minutes. Then…
Kenneth tells again of his experience with the phosphorescent sea off the coast of Thailand. It was the Gulf of Siam. Kenneth was traveling on a moonlit night for twenty-five to thirty miles. He describes the sea and the strong impression that the…
Kenneth comments on Peggy's "grandpa dress," her beautiful spirit, her sense of cleanness, and her constant desire to help either Kenneth or Margaret. "She's such a darling. You don't have to say things twice for her to understand them. She has a…
Kenneth recalls the story of Norm and Betty Hanna visiting. They greatly admired the paintings by Mrs. Yipintsoi and remarked that they were quite rare and expensive.
Kenneth wrote about troubles on the mission field, talking about modernism as opposed to fundamentalism. Most of the missionaries lived in large cities where they could have a good social life with the slightest amount of business effort. The Landons…
In his parish, there were at least two million people, and a substantial portion were Chinese working on rubber gardens and tin mines. They had no Chinese schools for their children. Kenneth had the bright idea that perhaps he could interest them in…
Margaret cared for the children during the day, but Kenneth was always the one who put them to bed at night. They counted on this, and they always wanted him to tell them stories. He made the stories up as he went, continuing stories that went on and…
The Lord Lieutenant, the province governor, was named Phya Si Thammarat. "Lord Lieutenant" was a very high rank. He was over three provinces, with three governors under him, and he controlled the country from the Songkhla area north all the way to…
Kenneth tells again the story of Ken Wells and the buffalo, near Hua Hin, where the King had a palace. He had come down on the railroad to be with Margaretta and the rest of them, and being impatient to get to the beach, he had taken a shortcut…
Kenneth had some bad teeth and went up to Bangkok in early September to have them fixed. While there, he did some shopping for the family. Cloth for dresses. Other articles to wear. The Sunday he was in Bangkok, he preached on the Holy Spirit.
Kenneth was sending out his letter once a month, at the first of the month, in all three languages. He explains the process of doing this and his need for more mimeograph supplies at a reasonable cost.
Every day Kenneth reviewed four chapters of Scripture that he had memorized, and memorized one new chapter. Every day he read at least two chapters of German and learned thirty new words. Every day he studied Greek and Hebrew for three hours after…
Kenneth tells of his appendicitis that he discovered while on a tour. He tested himself and came to a conclusion on his own diagnosis before rushing back to Bangkok for medical attention. He was operated on there and the appendicitis was removed.…
Kenneth was very much interested in young people. He mentions his work with the youth at the Columbus, New Jersey, church. In Bangkok, this carried over. He organized many young people and played several sports with them before he began his bicyle…
Graham Fuller was the designated missionary to the Chinese, and he became very angry at Kenneth's ability in the Chinese language. He resented Kenneth's success with both Thai and Chinese, although he was an otherwise gentle person. Many years later…
Kenneth tells of how an elephant was dousing him and Ngiap Seng and filling their car with water when they were on an evangelistic tour. The two men were driving along the road when they saw an elephant coming the opposite direction, with a mahout on…
The officials in southern Thailand were mostly Chinese, so Kenneth began to learn the Chinese language from them. He used cards on which he had the Chinese phonetic word on one side and the English meaning on the other. He later got the Chinese…
On the railroad, on the east coast of the Thai peninsula, there was a town, Chumphon, where Kenneth arrived with Ngiap Seng on one of his evangelistic tours. They got off the train, and there was a very handsome Chinese man who persuaded them to stay…
Kenneth sums up his work in Thailand. During his years there, he started five or six Chinese schools and churches. He preached and evangelized in all the major population centers of his parish, and many small villages. He published a monthly journal…
The hospital was built on low pillars, and Kenneth needed to get the cartwheels that were under it. He went under it at night with his flashlight, and suddenly came face to face with a black panther. He thought he was dead, but eventually realized…
While on an evangelistic tour Kenneth met a Chinese Christian who asked him to come preach at a rubber plantation where some thirty Christian coolies were working. Kenneth accepted and discovered that the manager of the plantation was a graduate of…
Kenneth writes to his father that he had received the will he had written and was keeping it in a safety deposit box. He talks about his mother's death and how he wondered about his father's bills. He mentions that Margaret's mother never shared her…
Margaret reads about a letter concerning Kenneth and the inspiration he had given to the Buddhist priests. The Lord Lieutenant had studied him in detail and wanted the Buddhist priests to learn from Kenneth in their own religious endeavors. He held a…