Comments on: We Ate the Hottest Food on the Earth! Ode to Andhra Pradesh

By: Davd Clark

Davd Clark — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 10:28:57 +0000

” I LOVE IT” My eyes a watering as I do this. Been waiting ,keeping them coming!!

By: Lyndel Mie

Lyndel Mie — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 15:24:10 +0000

Hilarious. I’d love to hear the story from Dog’s perspective, but maybe he didn’t survive to tell about it. Keep up the good work. We all need the humor! -Lyndel

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 14:36:11 +0000

Lol! Great story! Allie liked the ice cream comment haha

By: Ron Gaskins

Ron Gaskins — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:04:09 +0000

I’ve known Ed for nearly 50 years … since his first wobbling steps as a baby Christian. He was funny then; and I believe God has honed his humor to a keener edge each step of his journey.

What a great story – perhaps, with only microscopic hyperbole. God has used Ed’s humor well and I celebrate with him in this new endeavor in levity. The Lord knows we all need to laugh at ourselves for what I think of as sanity hygiene.

Plus … there are reasons that speakers use humor: It is a psychological truth that an audience (even of one) is much more receptive and responsive to any message delivered with appropriate humor. One’s walls of resistance come down when endorphins are released in our brain through laughter. You’ve all seen it happen when in the heat of an argument; someone drops a humor bomb into the situation and the whole atmosphere changes.

Simply put, the old adages that a ‘spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down’ is true – as is “laughter (the sugar of conversation) is good medicine”. Laughter prepares us to hear a message that might otherwise be resisted. (Credit: Mary Poppins and Solomon – Proverbs 17:22)

This is why public speakers are often preceded by humorists, or they open with their own jokes.

I agree with Del above. Bring it on … Load the wagon high, and unload it often.

God bless our hurting sides and the culprit who brings the hammer.

I love you, Ed and Jan Landry. Who could have ever dreamed of the adventures God has brought your way? Certainly not this simple country boy who was a part of privileged audience in your first few steps of faith. Hallelujah!!!

Indeed! Bring it on!

By: Del

Del — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:36:24 +0000

I repeatedly laughed out loud as I read this story. I’m Ed’s son-in-law, so I’ve heard him share the story live and in person. I think I laughed more, while reading it…he’s a creative writer. Ironically, I’m typing this, while I’m on a mission trip to Accra, Ghana and Nairobi, Kenya. I’m not as adventurous as Ed…I’m eating the blandest food I can find, while I’m here (smile). In any case, I look forward to the next addition from Ed & Janet’s crazy adventures. We can all use more laughter, so bring it on!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:41:58 +0000

I’ve known Ed Landry for nearly 12 years and have heard him tell this story a couple of times before. I laughed until I cried. I read this story again and laughed until I cried. Ed is a funny man, a great writer, and a phenomenal missionary (back then and now) who has all of his ducks in line. To know Ed Landry is to love him. He is infectious.

By: Raoul

Raoul — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 23:50:02 +0000

You’re a funny guy, Ed. I can just imagine how you felt. When I was courting my wife a mutual Indian friend of ours invited us to dinner. He asked what kind of food we wanted and we innocently told him to prepare an authentic Indian dish. When we arrived, the smell of the cuisine was all over the place. He cooked a whole pot of the stuff. My friend took a bite and went to tears and did not eat anything after because her taste buds were shot. I dutifully ate the bowl but I cried all throughout.

We remained friends but he never invited us to dinner again.

Great story. Looking forward to more of your adventures.

Raoul