The Small Woman Who Carried a Hundred Children
In 1930, Gladys Aylward stood before the China Inland Mission board in London and received their verdict: rejected. She lacked the education, the language aptitude,...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Ephesians 3:20.
In 1930, Gladys Aylward stood before the China Inland Mission board in London and received their verdict: rejected. She lacked the education, the language aptitude, the pedigree they required. All she had asked God for was a chance to serve Him in China. She was a parlor maid from Edmonton — nobody's idea of a missionary. So Gladys saved her wages, coin by coin, and bought a one-way train ticket across Europe and Siberia.…
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