Aylward shorter biography for kids
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Gladys May Aylward was born in in London, England, to a poor Christian family. When she was 14, Gladys dropped out of school to work as a maid for a wealthy family. She borrowed books from her employer’s library and learned about China.
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She’d heard of missionaries going to serve those people, and she wanted to join them.
Twelve years later, when she was 28, Gladys applied to go to China as a missionary with the China Inland Mission. But she was turned down because she was too old, and the mission board didn’t think she would be able to learn the difficult Chinese language.
Gladys decided if they wouldn’t take her, she’d go by herself.
Gladys heard about an elderly missionary in China, Jeannie Lawson, who needed another missionary to come work with her. So she saved what little money she had, bought a one-way train ticket to China, packed some food, a blanket, and an orange coat, and set off for China.
It was a dangerous trip due to a war, but she made it to China and found Jeannie