The Parlor Maid Who Was Expected in Yangcheng

In 1930, Gladys Aylward was a parlor maid in London — small in stature, plain in education, with no theological degree and no mission board backing. When she applied to the China Inland Mission, they rejected her. Too old at twenty-six, they said. Not bright enough for language study. Can anything good come from a servant's quarters? But Gladys had heard a call she could not shake.…