I wasn't God's first choice for what I've done in 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. '
Everybody has some dysfunction in their families.