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  • Tags: Kenneth Landon in Siam 1927-1950

Ah Peh was clearing out the pineapples behind the house, under Margaret's direction. There were hundreds of them, making a haven for cobras and vipers. As Ah he worked, a viper struck him in the lower leg, and he became very sick. Kenneth rushed him…

While visiting in Palestine, Kenneth eased himself down into the Sea of Galilee, and swam out a quarter of a mile from shore in the moonlight. There he lay over on his back and floated in the water. He became aware of a typewriter going, looked…

The guide and Kenneth toured around Cairo, sometimes by taxi, usually by tram cars, and Kenneth paid for everything. The man seemed to be enjoying himself, though he was bemused. Then he took Kenneth out to ride on a camel to visit the pyramids and…

From Egypt, Kenneth went over to Jerusalem and stayed with a resident American community there. There were riots between the Jews and the Arabs, and the Armenians were caught in the middle. Kenneth fell in with a young Armenian who was driving an…

On his trip, he came first to Egypt, hoping to tour around Cairo and see something of Egypt. He was walking along the street when a very tall Arab in a long gown, with a fez on his head, came up to Kenneth, spoke to him in English, "Good Morning,…

The ship Kenneth boarded passed through Greece. He still remembers sliding through a narrow channel in Greece. It was eerie because there were sheer walls of granite in those straits. "You could reach out off the side of the ship and touch the walls,…

When the Landons went on furlough in 1931, Kenneth traveled around the world one way, on his own, while Margaret traveled around the other way with the children. She went east, and he went west so as to travel to the Holy Land. One memorable…

Kenneth tells the story of two nice rugs he bought in Damascus. On his way to New York he passed through Marseilles (France) and was required by customs to pay $100. Eventually an American shipping company representative offered to ship them to New…

John, Kenneth's guide in Beirut, had some friends there, and he learned that they were fresh out of a hotel manager. They made Kenneth a proposition, that he become the manager of the hotel. John would run the taxi business, and the other fellow…

One night Kenneth woke up suddenly and heard two men walking by and talking about him. One urged the other to come listen to Kenneth's preaching because it might be true and they needed to know.

Margaret gave a tea on Kenneth's birthday because that was the day that Wattana had its commencement, and they all had to go. Margaret explains the missionary work in girl education in the region and how these girls later were in high demand for…

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…

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 and Dr. Bulkley had an exotic dinner with tiger, crocodile, elephant, monkey, cobra, and rat meat. They decided that the cobra meat was the best; it tasted like chicken.

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…

Dr. Bulkley had a passion for animals. He really wanted to be a doctor for animals, not human beings. Kenneth tells the story of his first visit to the Bulkley's house. He noticed many tiger skulls sorted from smallest to biggest. He hunted them…

Kenneth tells about a life-insurance plan he bought in Bangkok. The plan was to have 11,000 worth policy by the time he was 52. They ate up that money during a year long unemployment (Margaret believes they kept part of it). Kenneth and Margaret talk…

A story from the Thailand years. The Landons had a leper who used to come and beg. He would come once a week to the Landons' house and stand under the veranda, begging. The man came weekly for several years, never any more than once a week. One day…

Kenneth met a lot of people he knew while on evangelistic tour in Pnang. He talks of the books of Scripture he memorized (he was hoping to memorize the New Testament), his encounter with the governor who took him on a day long tour in a Sussex…

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.

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…

The Danish Legation held an auction and Kenneth bought Margaret a China set there, the kind called Royal Copenhagen, for only $30 US gold (it was probably worth $300). Years later they sent it home to the US. 

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.

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 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.…
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