![]() ![]() One time, he talked about Jesus and the ark. The chef did not know the Bible stories well, so he would mix up some of the details. While the guests were eating, the chef would tell them Bible stories. ![]() Eventually it became known for its excellent service and clean facility. At first, Gladys had to kidnap mule trains in order to get the people in. They called it The Inn of the Eighth Happiness. Lawson and Gladys decided to repair the house and make it into an inn. Once Gladys made it to YangCheng, she met Mrs. She had to travel by mule, because the road was too steep for any motor vehicle to travel on. Soon Gladys found out that the missionary she was going to live with was settled a two days’ journey away. It was time to start her ministry in China, or so she thought. Finally, 21 days after leaving London, Gladys arrived in China. In a 2:00 am rescue from her hotel room, she was led to a port where she begged a British captain heading to Japan to take her with him. The Russians mistook her for a machinist and they even scratched out the word missionary and put in machinist in her passport. At the second stop, the train conductor kicked her off, requiring Glady’s to walk to the nearest town. Gladys refused to get off the train, even though all the citizens were forced off. The Russians and Chinese were in an unofficial war. In the middle of the way, the train stopped and a bunch of Russian soldiers got on. ![]() Gladys left from the Liverpool train station on Octoheaded for China. Gladys went back to being a maid and she saved every bit she could to invest in a train trip to China. China Inland Missions also refused to take her and even though Gladys got cut from training school, she was as determined as ever to be a missionary in China. She went to training school and was kicked out for failing her Bible class. Gladys applied to be a missionary with China Inland Missions. After hearing about China in a meeting, Gladys knew that was where God wanted her to go and so she began to read books about China. After a church service in which a stranger confronted her with the Good News, she became a Christian. She only went to school until she was 14, because of family financial problems. She continued to persevere in obeying the Lord, despite all she faced. Alyward saved her money she made from being a maid to go towards a train fare to China. The China Inland Missions thought she was too old and would be unable to learn Chinese, but, Alyward would be a missionary to China no matter what anyone else said. Gladys Alyward, standing at 4’10” was a small woman who did extraordinary things with God’s strength. ![]()
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