I wasn’t God’s first choice for what I’ve done for China…I don’t know who it was…It must have been a man…a well-educated man. I don’t know what happened. Perhaps he died. Perhaps he wasn’t willing…And God looked down…and saw Gladys Aylward…And God said – ‘Well, she’s willing.'

Gladys May Aylward (24 February 1902 – 3 January 1970, British-born evangelical Christian [1] missionary [2] to China).