Gladys Alward

● Edmonton, London 1902● Two sisters, one brother● Parlor maid at 14● Raised in the Angelican Church but truly

encountered God when she was 18 at a revival ○ "Give one's life over to the service of the Lord"

History

● Several sponsorships ● Applied for the probationary position with

the China Inland Mission Center in London, but ended up failing at the age of 26

● Mrs. Jeannie Lawson was looking for a young hand (30), but Alyward didn't have the means to assist her

Rejection

● four years of saving● Traveled with only her passport, bible,

tickets, and two pounds ninepence ($3.40)● Yangchen, province of Shansi, a little south

of Peking ○ against foreigners

● Running an inn where they caring for mules and being hospitable to drivers at a fair price

● telling stories ○ "kidnapping customers"

● Mrs. Lawson falls ill, mission work changes direction

● focused on unwanted children, but also housed several wounded soldiers

Mission work

● Citizen in 1936○ supported the locals in the arm○ spied on the Japanese

● Bounty for her capture made it unsafe

The war

Gladys Alward

● Edmonton, London 1902● Two sisters, one brother● Parlor maid at 14● Raised in the Angelican Church but truly

encountered God when she was 18 at a revival ○ "Give one's life over to the service of the Lord"

History

● Several sponsorships ● Applied for the probationary position with

the China Inland Mission Center in London, but ended up failing at the age of 26

● Mrs. Jeannie Lawson was looking for a young hand (30), but Alyward didn't have the means to assist her

Rejection

● four years of saving● Traveled with only her passport, bible,

tickets, and two pounds ninepence ($3.40)● Yangchen, province of Shansi, a little south

of Peking ○ against foreigners

● Running an inn where they caring for mules and being hospitable to drivers at a fair price

● telling stories ○ "kidnapping customers"

● Mrs. Lawson falls ill, mission work changes direction

● focused on unwanted children, but also housed several wounded soldiers

Mission work

● Citizen in 1936○ supported the locals in the arm○ spied on the Japanese

● Bounty for her capture made it unsafe

The war

● Roads or transportation unusable ● 100 miles on foot, 27 days● Typhus, pneumonia, a relapsing fever,

malnutrition, and supreme exhaustion

The journey

● Not fully recovered● Sian, a safer province● Started a church and shared the gospel in

villages, prisons, and among the sick and helpless

● Forced to leave in 1947 when the new Communist regime took control

● 1958, traveled to Taiwan to start another orphanage after 10 years in England

A new location

England, seemingly so prosperous while other countries passed through terrible suffering at the hands of Communist domination, had forgotten what was all important - the realization that God mattered in the life of a nation no less than in that of an individual

● Roads or transportation unusable ● 100 miles on foot, 27 days● Typhus, pneumonia, a relapsing fever,

malnutrition, and supreme exhaustion

The journey

● Not fully recovered● Sian, a safer province● Started a church and shared the gospel in

villages, prisons, and among the sick and helpless

● Forced to leave in 1947 when the new Communist regime took control

● 1958, traveled to Taiwan to start another orphanage after 10 years in England

A new location

England, seemingly so prosperous while other countries passed through terrible suffering at the hands of Communist domination, had forgotten what was all important - the realization that God mattered in the life of a nation no less than in that of an individual