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  • Tags: Kenneth Landon in Siam 1927-1950

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…

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…

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 dengue fever. Margaret roasted a small chicken for him and he ate the entire chicken. Peggy had whooping cough at the same time. Margaret did not got the fever until later, when Kenneth had recovered. 

The very next day after he arrived in Bangkok, Kenneth began taking steps toward getting a driver's license. 

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 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 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…

There were two Chinese Christian men that were on opium. They had tried to quit opium but could not. Kenneth arranged with them that they should go to the chapel at the time they were to smoke their opium pipes and sing and pray, sing an pray, and so…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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.…

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 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.

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 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…

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…
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