SERVANTS OF THE GLORY A CHRONICLE OF FORTY YEARS OF PIONEERING Dempsey and Adrienne Morgan © Adrienne and Dempsey Morgan 2017 ii © Adrienne and Dempsey Morgan 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS Early Years ................................................................................................................................. 1 Military Service ..................................................................................................................... 1 Post-War Endeavors ............................................................................................................... 2 New Horizons in Southeast Asia ............................................................................................... 4 Vietnam .................................................................................................................................. 5 Teaching Progress .................................................................................................................................... 5 Indigenous Elections ............................................................................................................................... 7 A Sample of Corruption .......................................................................................................................... 7 Politics and Narratives ........................................................................................................................... 7 On To Thailand ...................................................................................................................... 9 Thai Culture and Traditions ................................................................................................................. 9 Dealing with Thieves ............................................................................................................................ 12 Some Eastern Beliefs And Customs ................................................................................................ 12 Translations and Deepening ............................................................................................................. 14 Reviving The Faith In Cambodia ......................................................................................... 17 Jubilee - Interlude in Israel ................................................................................................................ 18 Changes and Progress .......................................................................................................................... 19 Last Days of Phnom Penh ................................................................................................................... 22 Pure Souls .................................................................................................................................................. 24 Point of No Return ................................................................................................................................. 24 Frustration in Laos ............................................................................................................... 24 Growth of the Faith in Indonesia ......................................................................................... 25 Changing Places ....................................................................................................................... 27 Impressions of India ............................................................................................................................. 27 Making Ends Meet ................................................................................................................................. 28 A New Challenge – Africa ....................................................................................................... 29 A Fortuitous Arrival .............................................................................................................................. 29 Teaching and More Teaching ............................................................................................................ 31 Side Trip to Rwanda ................................................................................................................ 33 The Chadian Venture ............................................................................................................... 34 First Encounter ....................................................................................................................................... 35 Getting Settled ......................................................................................................................................... 36 Building the Faith ................................................................................................................................... 36 A Plea for Help ......................................................................................................................................... 37 Visitors ........................................................................................................................................................ 39 Convention in the Central African Republic ............................................................................... 40 The Chadian Convention ..................................................................................................................... 41 Attempts to Incorporate ..................................................................................................................... 42 The Dispersion ......................................................................................................................... 43 Back to Cambodia .................................................................................................................... 44 The Ban is Lifted ................................................................................................................. 44 Return to the Americas ............................................................................................................ 46 A Month in Martinique ........................................................................................................ 46 iii © Adrienne and Dempsey Morgan 2017 South Carolina ..................................................................................................................... 47 No Mass Teaching? ................................................................................................................................ 48 Renewing Declarations ........................................................................................................................ 48 Madagascar .............................................................................................................................. 50 Entree to Antanarivo ............................................................................................................ 50 Meeting with the NSA ......................................................................................................... 51 Local Impressions and Practices .......................................................................................... 51 A Brief Respite .................................................................................................................... 52 Memorable Bahá’ís .................................................................................................................. 52 Mírzá Ali Kuli Khan ............................................................................................................ 52 Enoch Olinga ....................................................................................................................... 52 Collis Featherstone ............................................................................................................... 53 Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum ........................................................................................ 53 ‘Alí Akbar Furútan ............................................................................................................... 53 ‘Alí Muhammad Varqá ........................................................................................................ 53 Back To Africa – Zaire ............................................................................................................ 54 Mbuji Mayi .......................................................................................................................... 54 North to Butembo ................................................................................................................ 55 Wool Clothes for the Equator? ............................................................................................ 56 A Change of Plan ................................................................................................................. 60 Asia Revisited ...................................................................................................................... 62 Central America ....................................................................................................................... 63 South to Belize ..................................................................................................................... 63 Strange Happenings ............................................................................................................. 63 Looking Back ..........................................................................................................................