Jessie MacKinnon Hartzell arrived in Northern Thailand in 1912, the young wife
of a recently ordained Presbyterian missionary. Thousands of miles lay between
her and her grandparents' farm in Nova Scotia, where she had been born and
raised. But over the next sixteen years, Thailand became her beloved new home.
She was awed by its physical beauty -- the great rivers, the orchid-studded
hills -- and became devoted to its people. Beginning as a nurse, she eventually
directed a small hospital. There she discovered her talent for organization and
hard work. She also found, to her grief, that her work separated her from her
children.Mission to Siam