Gladys Aylward

The Journey No One Thought She Could Make

In 1932, Gladys bought a one-way ticket to China using her life savings. She traveled by train across Europe and through Siberia on the Trans-Siberian Railway — alone.

The journey was dangerous. There were military conflicts in Russia at the time, and she faced language barriers, delays, and even threats of being sent back. But she pressed on.

She was traveling to meet an elderly missionary named Jeannie Lawson in Yangcheng, a remote town in northern China. Together, they planned to open an inn called “The Inn of the Eight Happinesses.”

The inn would serve traveling mule drivers. But it wasn’t just for rest and food — it was a place where Bible stories would be shared.

Gladys arrived exhausted, but she had made it. Against all odds.

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