2. History
● Edmonton, London 1902
● Two sisters, one brother
● Parlor maid at 14
● Raised in the Angelican Church but truly
encountered God when she was 18 at a
revival
○ "Give one's life over to the service of the Lord"
3. Rejection
● Several sponsorships
● Applied for the probationary position with
the China Inland Mission Center in London,
but ended up failing at the age of 26
● Mrs. Jeannie Lawson was looking for a
young hand (30), but Alyward didn't have
the means to assist her
4. ● four years of saving
● Traveled with only her passport, bible,
tickets, and two pounds ninepence ($3.40)
● Yangchen, province of Shansi, a little south
of Peking
○ against foreigners
5. Mission work
● Running an inn where they caring for mules
and being hospitable to drivers at a fair price
● telling stories
○ "kidnapping customers"
● Mrs. Lawson falls ill, mission work changes
direction
● focused on unwanted children, but also
housed several wounded soldiers
6. The war
● Citizen in 1936
○ supported the locals in the arm
○ spied on the Japanese
● Bounty for her capture made it unsafe
8. History
● Edmonton, London 1902
● Two sisters, one brother
● Parlor maid at 14
● Raised in the Angelican Church but truly
encountered God when she was 18 at a
revival
○ "Give one's life over to the service of the Lord"
9. Rejection
● Several sponsorships
● Applied for the probationary position with
the China Inland Mission Center in London,
but ended up failing at the age of 26
● Mrs. Jeannie Lawson was looking for a
young hand (30), but Alyward didn't have
the means to assist her
10. ● four years of saving
● Traveled with only her passport, bible,
tickets, and two pounds ninepence ($3.40)
● Yangchen, province of Shansi, a little south
of Peking
○ against foreigners
11. Mission work
● Running an inn where they caring for mules
and being hospitable to drivers at a fair price
● telling stories
○ "kidnapping customers"
● Mrs. Lawson falls ill, mission work changes
direction
● focused on unwanted children, but also
housed several wounded soldiers
12. The war
● Citizen in 1936
○ supported the locals in the arm
○ spied on the Japanese
● Bounty for her capture made it unsafe
13. The journey
● Roads or transportation unusable
● 100 miles on foot, 27 days
● Typhus, pneumonia, a relapsing fever,
malnutrition, and supreme exhaustion
14. A new location
● Not fully recovered
● Sian, a safer province
● Started a church and shared the gospel in
villages, prisons, and among the sick and
helpless
● Forced to leave in 1947 when the new
Communist regime took control
● 1958, traveled to Taiwan to start another
orphanage after 10 years in England
15. England, seemingly so prosperous while other countries
passed through terrible suffering at the hands of
Communist domination, had forgotten what was all
important - the realization that God mattered in the life of a
nation no less than in that of an individual
16. The journey
● Roads or transportation unusable
● 100 miles on foot, 27 days
● Typhus, pneumonia, a relapsing fever,
malnutrition, and supreme exhaustion
17. A new location
● Not fully recovered
● Sian, a safer province
● Started a church and shared the gospel in
villages, prisons, and among the sick and
helpless
● Forced to leave in 1947 when the new
Communist regime took control
● 1958, traveled to Taiwan to start another
orphanage after 10 years in England
18. England, seemingly so prosperous while other countries
passed through terrible suffering at the hands of
Communist domination, had forgotten what was all
important - the realization that God mattered in the life of a
nation no less than in that of an individual
