Ken, who is now Dean of Columbia Biblical Seminary in South Carolina, allowed their oldest daughter to paint his toenails with bright red fingernail polish.
Many parents allow their children to do similar things in the privacy of their home.
While a missionary's life is dedicated to the serious sharing of the Gospel, moments of humor and even hilarity do occur. Language errors are the most common source of humor on the field according to reports from missionaries around the world, but cultural differences and just plain misunderstanding often contribute to embarrassing if not humorous moments. Of course, he didn't mean that. He was just trying to say that he was embarrassed. But, not all humor on the mission field is language-driven.