Gladys Aylward

GladysAylward

February 24th, 1902 – January 3rd, 1970

"If God has called you to China or any other place and you are sure in your own heart, let nothing deter you. Remember, it is God who has called you and it is the same as when He called Moses or Samuel."

LEGACY

During the Japanese Invation I have to escaped with 100 children in a twelve-day journey from Yangchen to The Yellow River.

EPOQUE

London, England

New Taipei, Taiwan

Dispite I was born in the Uniter Kingdom, I moved to China in 1930. Which means, I lived between the Japanese invation to China

ANECDOTE

Once, the Mandarin called me to be foot inspector because the foot binding of young girls’ feet had been banned

When we arrived to our destination, I kept working preaching the Gospel.I returned to England, but in 1949 I moved to Taiwan and founded the Gladys Aylward Orphanage and the Gladys Aylward Children’s Home.

BIBLIOGRAPHYFOR MORE INFORMATION

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By keila martínez gutiérrez

Between Yangchen and Sian (the Yellow River) there is a distance of approximately 550 Km

The Incredible Journey. (2020, November 28). Gladys Aylward – The Little Woman who Won China [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9KZnZvxAnk

• Kiefer, J. E. (n.d.). Gladys Aylward, Missionary to China. Retrieved August 30, 2024, from http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/73.html

• Finlayson, L. (2023). Who was Gladys Aylward, Ligonier Ministries. Retrieved August 30, 2024, from https://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/missionary-gladys-aylward

• Spoelstra, M. (2024). Gladys Aylward: Faithful and Flawed. Melissa Spoelstra Ministries. Retrieved August 30, 2024, from https://melissaspoelstra.com/2024/03/gladys-aylward-faithful-and-flawed/

In China I was known as艾偉德 [Àiwěidé];in English: 'The Virtuous One'