Gladys Aylward had worked as a London housemaid since she was 14. The China Inland Mission turned her down after she failed their exams. She went anyway, arriving in Yangcheng in October 1930 as an independent missionary. She helped run the Inn of Eight Happiness and became a mother to orphans. In the spring of 1938 she learned the invading Japanese had listed her as a spy. With only one assistant, she led more than a hundred orphans over the mountains toward safety. One morning, hopeless, she cried, “But I am not Moses.” A 13-year-old girl answered, “Of course you aren’t, but Jehovah is still God!” When you feel too small, remember who God is.
