Kenneth reads a letter to his father in response to news about his mother's death and burial. He tells of his appreciation for the way the funeral was done and talks about Peggy's birthday, and his father's needs.
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…
Kenneth wrote a letter to his mother who had sent him a songbook. He owned several musical instruments. He was in Sengora where he expected to stay for a month or so. It was a very disorderly city. The Chinese were astonished at Kenneth's language…
On August 29, Kenneth wrote to his father about two letters he received from him mailed July 15 and 21, in which his father explained that he had lost all hope for his mother. Kenneth wrote assuming that his mother had already been dead for some time…
Kenneth had his first service in the Chinese language in August 1929. The Chinese were delighted and "could even understand me." It was a strange experience for him to be taken for a "babar" (half Chinese). He was the only white man to speak both…
Kenneth signed a "ministry contract" with Kru Pram Wari to go to seminary training and return to be one of his pastors. Ku Pram was a very personable man, but the plan never worked out. Kenneth does not know what became of the man.
Kenneth talks about the time it took for the mail to travel to its final destination. He recalls visiting the Huiat Church with its variety of people groups and Chinese dialects. He understood quite a bit in each dialect.
Kenneth reads a letter about his mother's health. He learned that the cancer was completely removed during the operation. Victorine Smith had become the housekeeper because of Mae's failing health. Kenneth had problems with the Huiat Church. The…
Kenneth started working with seven evangelists and started firing them one by one. He had caught them lying to him and being dishonest. He remembers one of his evangelists turning at night the church into a "disorderly house." Margaret explains that…
Kenneth reads a letter to his mother, who had told him for the first time about a sore on her breast. He urged her to see a doctor (he later learned that she had an operation). He also advised her to keep for herself the $900 she had inherited from…
Kenneth was in a chapel when a gangster came in to see him, along with two companions. He looked like a coolie but he seemed educated. He told his story to Kenneth, how he ruined his life as a spoiled child of a wealthy father. He worked in a rice…
Kenneth finally found a reliable assistant, by the name of Tan Ngiap Seng, who worked for him for the rest of their time in Siam. He was a fine and reliable man who had come to the area fleeing an economic hardship in his region.
Kenneth had to rush to Bangkok for teeth problems. On his way back home he met a Syrian refugee and an agnostic German who gave Kenneth an inflatable leather pillow. Upon his return Kenneth found that Dr. Bulkley had returned from furlough. Peggy was…
There was an eclipse to which scientists from around the world were coming to observe in South Siam. Kenneth wanted to go there and seize the opportunity to preach the gospel. He was always ready to take whatever occasion was available to him.
Margaret recalls how Kenneth was ill in Chong. He had one of those violent episodes of stomach problems that started while he was in seminary. Margaret had to rush him to the hospital that was 12 miles away. The road was barely wide enough for one…
Kenneth talks about his encounter with a negrito who came to his compound. He ran into them in the mountains and had no fixed dwellings. They could not count to ten and were very primitive. Kenneth wrote a paper for the University of Chicago.…
Kenneth describes Chong, its jungles, snaky vines, agriculture, religious beliefs, and other customs. He remembers the governor cutting down the trees and thus offending the populations because trees were sacred and believed to have a spirit in them.…
Kenneth talks about the Nanhalung show that would run through the night. People would hear the drum and walked in the dark, with torches, to the place where the sound came from and gather for the show. Kenneth heard the drum beat while studying Greek…
Kenneth tells about his beginnings in Trang, how he took time to survey the vast area of some 2,000,000 people in preparation for his evangelistic tours and church planting, the people he met that were helpful, etc. His first goal was to establish in…
Kenneth explains that their cook, Nai Dit, took a day off to build a huge trap to catch a mongoose that was coming into the kitchen at night to eat the food. Kenneth was pessimistic that the huge and complex trap was going to catch anything, but it…
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…
Margaret explains how Kenneth became friend with two prominent Thai figures, an administrative high authority, and a spiritual high authority. She talks about how these two figures, thanks to their friendship with Kenneth, advanced his work in a way…
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…