The Missionary Who Crossed the Mountains with a Hundred Children

In 1940, as Japanese forces advanced through China's Shanxi province, Gladys Aylward faced an impossible choice. The small English missionary had been caring for nearly a hundred orphans in the city of Yangcheng. Staying meant certain danger. Fleeing meant crossing mountain passes on foot with children as young as four. She chose the mountains. For twelve days, Aylward led her caravan of orphans over rugged terrain, through rain and bitter cold, with almost no food.…