She would be able share Bible stories with the people she worked among. Gladys accepted the job, with one condition. It was custom in China for parents to wrap the feet of their daughters, so that they would have small feet, which was seem as attractive. He wanted her to be the foot inspector for him. There was no way she could pay the taxes for The Inn of The Eighth Happiness. Lawson died, Gladys did not know what to do. Gladys could not understand why no one had helped her and when they got to the hospital, it was too late Mrs. She had fallen off the edge of a two story building. She took another two-day journey to another village, where she found Mrs. Gladys took the two-day journey to YangCheng only to find out Mrs. Lawson had been badly injured and there were rumors among the muleteers that Mrs. While at Tsechow, Gladys got a letter explaining Mrs. Lawson got angry and the chef encouraged Gladys to go back to Tsechow. Gladys refused to, wanting to spend extra time learning Mandarin. Despite the fact the chef did not know what he was talking about, many people came to Christ through the stories and others simply spread the stories to other llama caravans as they were traveling. 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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