Gladys Aylward's One-Way Ticket to Nowhere She Knew
In 1932, a London parlormaid named Gladys Aylward stood on the platform at Liverpool Street Station clutching a one-way ticket to China. She had no...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Genesis 12:1-4a.
In 1932, a London parlormaid named Gladys Aylward stood on the platform at Liverpool Street Station clutching a one-way ticket to China. She had no missionary society backing her. No university degree. No guarantee of what waited at the other end of the Trans-Siberian Railway. What she had was a conviction that God had called her to go. Her own church had told her she wasn't qualified.…
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