Gladys Aylward and the Knock She Almost Ignored

In 1930, Gladys Aylward was a parlor maid in London — small in stature, unremarkable in the eyes of the world. The China Inland Mission had rejected her application, deeming her too old at twenty-seven and too poor a student to learn Mandarin. Most people would have accepted that verdict as final. But Gladys could not shake the persistent, quiet conviction that God was calling her to China.…