The film begins with Gladys trying to become a missionary in China, but the missionary society rejects her due to her lack of education. It was adapted from Alan Burgess' biography The Small Woman, a title the film could not use due to statuesque Ingrid Bergman being cast in the lead role. The series also includes the stories of Betty Greene, Betsey Stockton and Corrie ten Boom.The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is a 1958 Biopic about Gladys Aylward, a British missionary in China before and during World War II. The Do Great Things For God series, written by Laura Wickham, explores the lives of amazing Christian women and will enthuse young children about the great things they can do for God. Gladys Aylward’s story has been turned into an inspiring children’s biography. But her heart was still beating for China, so, in her late fifties, she travelled to the island of Taiwan, where she opened another orphanage. Life in China had become very dangerous for Gladys, and she had to go back to England. Gladys adopted a few children and opened an orphanage-a home for children with no family. Her faith in God helped her on many occasions when it looked as if there was no hope. When the Japanese attacked China, Gladys worked very hard at keeping people safe. The Chinese emperor wanted to put an end to the tradition of binding little girls’ feet in order to keep them small. The mandarin, a very important man, became one of Gladys’s best friends, and he offered her a job as “foot inspector”. She helped Jeannie to run a guesthouse for tired travelers, where they would read them stories from the Bible every night. Though she wasn’t welcome at first, with time Gladys earned the trust of those around her. With a big smile on her face, she boarded the train.Īfter a long and rather scary journey involving trains, ships, wolves and angry men, Gladys arrived in China. She also had a saucepan and a kettle tied to the bag. On October 15th Gladys packed two suitcases-one for her clothes and the other for tins of food, biscuits, tea, coffee and hard-boiled eggs. And every penny she got she would put towards her train ticket. Gladys worked as a housemaid and picked up any extra job that she could find: sewing, waitressing, cleaning and more. Jeannie agreed, provided that Gladys would pay for her journey there. When she heard that Jeannie Lawson, an elderly missionary in China, needed a young woman to help her, Gladys offered to go. Sadly, she didn’t pass her theology exam and was told that she couldn’t go to China after all.īut Gladys knew in her heart that she had to go. While Gladys was attending church in her twenties, she felt called to serve God in China.ĭetermined to follow her dream, Gladys enrolled at missionary school. They lived in north London, where they led a simple but happy life. Gladys Aylward was the daughter of Rosina and Thomas Aylward. This beautifully illustrated book can be read to young children aged 4-5 and read by children aged 6 or older. The following text is the full biography featured in the back of the new children’s book about Glady Aylward’s inspiring life by Laura Wickham. The Garden, the Curtain, and the Cross Series.
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