- 8 months ago
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:09To be continued...
00:36Are you sure about this plan?
00:40We have no other choice. It's only a matter of time before the Japanese soldiers are upon us.
00:45I must take the children to safety.
00:48But it is over 100 miles to Siam.
00:52And a hazardous journey. It will take you weeks to get past those mountains.
01:00Then we must waste no time.
01:02We are ready.
01:03Then let us be going.
01:07Come, children. Gather round.
01:10Children, I know you are tired, but we must leave as soon as possible.
01:15We must be very brave and help each other along the way.
01:19Now come, children. We have a long journey ahead.
01:22But God shall take care of us.
01:25He shall take care of us all.
01:33We have a long journey ahead.
01:33We have a long journey ahead.
01:39We have a long journey ahead.
01:41We have a long journey ahead.
01:42We have a long journey ahead.
01:43We have a long journey ahead.
01:43We have a long journey ahead.
01:43We have a long journey ahead.
01:44We have a long journey ahead.
01:45We have a long journey ahead.
01:45We have a long journey ahead.
01:45We have a long journey ahead.
01:46We have a long journey ahead.
01:46We have a long journey ahead.
01:47We have a long journey ahead.
01:47We have a long journey ahead.
01:49We have a long journey ahead.
01:56We have a long journey ahead.
02:13Are we nearly there?
02:15We still have a way to go, Chuen.
02:17But it has been five days since we started our journey.
02:21I am tired.
02:23I know, dear, and I am tired too.
02:25But the war is spreading, and I need to get all of you as far away from it as possible.
02:31The city of Sham is a safe place.
02:33Maybe if we sing a song, it will help us not to feel so tired.
02:40Good idea.
02:55Run, children!
02:57Run!
02:58Run to the trees!
03:00No!
03:01No!
03:17It's all right.
03:18They're heading away.
03:20I'm scared.
03:22No, no.
03:22It's all right, dear.
03:24I want to go home.
03:26Me too.
03:29We all want to go home, children, and I do too.
03:32And we will soon find a new home for all of us.
03:35Will the Japanese soldiers get us, Ai Wei Da?
03:39Will we be all right?
03:41Jesus has promised to be with us always, Chuen.
03:44And you know what, children?
03:46He will see us through.
03:48Jesus will take care of us.
03:50Are you certain?
03:51Oh, very certain, my dear.
03:53Why, he has seen me through many difficult times.
03:56Many, many difficult times.
03:59Shall I tell you about it?
04:00Oh, please do, Ai Wei Da.
04:02Well, ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be a missionary in China.
04:08When I was finally old enough to be one, I was told that I didn't have what it takes,
04:13that China would be too difficult a place for me.
04:16But you are here.
04:18You're right, Chuen.
04:19But all the things I had to go through to get here.
04:23Even though the missionary society did not accept me, I felt God wanted me to come anyway.
04:29And so I did.
04:31All alone.
04:33I didn't have much money, and so I found the cheapest way to get here was by train.
04:39What I didn't expect was that war between Russia and China would force my train to stop in the middle
04:44of nowhere.
04:45I was alone and scared.
04:48It was freezing cold.
04:50I've never been so cold.
04:52I didn't think that I would make it.
04:54I walked all night to the nearest town, where I was promptly arrested.
05:01Arrested?
05:02Yes.
05:02The Russian authorities thought I was a machinist rather than a missionary.
05:07It was only through the help of a young Russian woman and a fishing captain that I was able to
05:12escape in the middle of the night.
05:14One month later, and with only a few coins left in my pocket, I finally arrived at a little village
05:20in the mountains.
05:22Can you guess where that was?
05:24Yang Chang!
05:26Yes, that's right.
05:29You were much too young to remember.
05:32But before I came to Yang Chang, someone else was already there.
05:37Jeannie Lawson.
05:38She and her husband had been missionaries in China for many years.
05:42When her husband died, Jeannie continued their work.
05:45She was getting old and had been praying desperately for help, poor dear.
05:49And so, who do you think God sent to help her?
05:54Mrs. Lawson!
05:55Oh, Mrs. Lawson, at last I'm here!
05:58Oh, my dear, you made it!
06:00Oh, you made it!
06:02Good for you!
06:03Forgive me!
06:04But since my husband died, I've been the only other foreigner here.
06:09Oh, it's good to see you!
06:11Come in!
06:13Come in!
06:13What took you so long?
06:15What took me so long?
06:17Oh, if you only knew if...
06:20Oh, I'm sure you have stories to tell and we'll have ample time for that.
06:25But for now, we've got a lot of work to do before we open this old inn.
06:30Inn?
06:31But I aim to save souls, no to runnin' in, am I right?
06:36Listen, girl, this is China we're in, no London.
06:41People here didn't take to outsiders like us.
06:45Sometimes they even call us foreign devils.
06:49They find it difficult to understand our beliefs.
06:52And so the way we live, the way we serve them,
06:56that, my dear, is the way we must reach people here.
07:00And stories.
07:02Stories?
07:04Oh, the Chinese, oh, they love stories!
07:08When the inn is finished, it'll fill up with travelling merchants.
07:12We'll tell them stories as they eat.
07:15Stories from the Bible.
07:22Oh, it was like a dream for me.
07:26A servant girl finally arriving in China.
07:29Servant?
07:30You were a servant?
07:32I worked as a maid to pay my way to come here.
07:35Were you sad to leave your mommy and daddy, Ai Wei De?
07:40I miss my mommy.
07:42Yes, I was sad to leave my parents.
07:46But I was so happy that God asked me to come to China,
07:49where one day I would meet...
07:55Tell us more, Ai Wei De.
07:57Tell us more, tell us more, tell us more, tell us more.
08:01All right.
08:02Well, about one year later, the inn was teeming with guests.
08:06They loved to stay with us because of the stories we told them.
08:09The Lord also blessed us with some help.
08:12Cheng, our cook.
08:14Very good, Miss Gladys.
08:16Chinese, very good.
08:18I like happy endings of Lazarus leaping from the grave.
08:24Cha-cha, Cheng.
08:25But I have a long way to go yet.
08:27I do hope Mrs Lawson returns from her outreach trip soon.
08:31I don't know that I can keep the inn running smoothly without her.
08:34Miss Gladys!
08:34Miss Gladys!
08:35Mrs Lawson!
08:37She have accident in Ching Shui!
08:40What?
08:40That's past the mountains!
08:42When did this happen?
08:44Four days ago!
08:46I come right away!
08:49She's dying, Miss Gladys!
08:51Need help!
08:53Sadly, Mrs Lawson died and I was left alone.
08:57I didn't know how I'd keep the inn after that.
09:02You must eat, Miss Gladys!
09:05Thank you, Cheng.
09:06But I have no appetite.
09:08You've been this way since Mrs Lawson died.
09:12You worry no money?
09:14You don't have to pay me, Miss Gladys.
09:17I work free!
09:19For God!
09:21Thank you, Cheng.
09:22It's just that without Mrs Lawson's pension,
09:25we can barely make ends meet.
09:27I may have to leave to join others in another province.
09:30No!
09:31You're doing important work here, now!
09:35Please don't worry, Cheng.
09:37Let me take a little time to pray.
09:41Okay, Miss Gladys.
09:44I go.
09:56Miss Gladys, are you praying?
09:59Yes, Cheng.
09:59Well, you stop now!
10:01Answer already here!
10:08Mandarin, it is an honor.
10:11And to what do I owe the honor of your visit, Mandarin?
10:15Your big feet.
10:20Forgive!
10:22My big feet?
10:23I am sorry, Mandarin, but I do not understand.
10:27You are aware that China is experiencing deep change.
10:31I am.
10:32You are familiar with our people's custom of foot binding.
10:36Binding women's feet tightly so they remain small.
10:39I am aware of it, Mandarin,
10:41and especially of the pain it causes the little girls.
10:44And if I may speak boldly,
10:46I have prayed that the custom may be stopped.
10:48Ah, then perhaps your prayers have been answered.
10:52The new government has demanded that all foot binding be stopped immediately.
10:59I rejoice for the women.
11:01Which is why I need you.
11:03Who better to be the new foot inspector than the woman with big feet?
11:11Forgive once more.
11:13Foot inspector?
11:15But I couldn't possibly.
11:16I have the interim.
11:18There will be good payment for your labor.
11:20Teeth?
11:21Mandarin, most generous, especially to foreign guests.
11:29I accept your generosity,
11:31knowing the kind Mandarin will allow me to share my faith in the villages that I will visit.
11:36It is the law that I am concerned about,
11:40and not religion.
11:43That I leave up to you,
11:45my foot inspector.
11:47I am your humble servant.
11:51Miss Gladys Guard,
11:54always answer just in time.
11:56Three minutes ago,
11:58no money,
11:59and now,
12:00official foot inspector.
12:03How beautiful are the feet of those that bring good news.
12:14My feet hurt.
12:16I know, dear,
12:17I know.
12:18I wait up.
12:19We're running out of food.
12:22We must ration what we have.
12:24Some of the children's feet are bleeding.
12:27Mine too.
12:28We shall rest for a while,
12:30but then we must go on.
12:31God will see us through, children.
12:34He is always with us.
12:35Let's remember that.
12:37What do you say I tell you more about my time as foot inspector?
12:40Yes!
12:41Well,
12:42a few months after I began working as the Mandarin's official foot inspector,
12:47I was at a mountain village when I had an unexpected visitor.
12:51And Jesus said,
12:53I will always be with you.
12:55I will never leave you.
12:58I wait up.
12:59I wait up.
13:00The virtuous one.
13:02An appropriate name for one who is obviously loved so much.
13:09A happy people reflect their caring Mandarin.
13:13But truly,
13:14the people reflect your good work.
13:17They have come to know God, Mandarin,
13:19and his love has added to their happy lives.
13:22See?
13:23It's been wonderful to see the little girls run and play with their unbound feet.
13:27They are so happy.
13:30Perhaps one day her feet will be as big as mine.
13:33Truly,
13:34your success is remarkable.
13:37Rumor has it,
13:39even the bandits respect you.
13:42Oh,
13:42I have God to thank for that.
13:44He has promised never to leave us or forsake us.
13:47That is precisely what I wanted to hear.
13:51It is not by chance that I happened upon this village.
13:55I need your help.
13:58There is a riot at the men's prison.
14:02Many of the inmates are killing the gods as well as each other.
14:06I want you to put a stop to the killing.
14:11Me?
14:12But Mandarin,
14:13how?
14:14I am only a small woman.
14:17Did you not say that God is with you?
14:21It is not a small woman I sent to this prison riot,
14:25but rather a small woman with a great God.
14:41Dear Jesus,
14:43you have said,
14:46greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
14:49I trust you now.
14:52Help these men,
14:54too.
14:56Stop!
15:02Ai, waiter!
15:07Put.
15:09That.
15:10Down.
15:15Ai, waiter!
15:17You are the woman that speaks about God.
15:21We have heard much about you.
15:23Ask the men to stop the fighting and killing now.
15:26I have come here to help you.
15:48The men wish to speak with me.
15:51They inform me they have not had adequate food in weeks.
15:54The warden has kept it from them.
15:56They are also idle and wish to be of use, to do some work.
16:01I will go back in.
16:02I will attend to their wounded.
16:04I will listen to them.
16:06Mandarin, they will not riot again.
16:31I wonder, Aweida, are you sorry you came to China?
16:37There are so many of us to care for.
16:40Are we a burden to you?
16:44I can only be thankful for China.
16:47It is where God called me and it is here that he has blessed me with each one of you.
16:58When the war began, many people in the surrounding villages suffered and some of you were left without parents.
17:05God knew you needed someone to care for you and I always wanted a family.
17:11Soon, the inn was filled not only with travelling merchants, but with many little children.
17:16Aweida!
17:17I'm glad you came back from the market, Cheng.
17:20We need to get dinner started for the muleteers.
17:23What did you get?
17:23Well, more than I bargained for.
17:28Another child left at our doorstep.
17:31Who's a poor little thing.
17:34That made ten poor little things.
17:36And you and me, that twelve poor little things.
17:41How we feed all.
17:42Oh, Cheng, these children need our help.
17:45I'm sure God will help us.
17:48Baby is cute, Cheng.
17:50I do believe God's supply.
17:54Oh, but I worry, Aweida, hear a rumor about Japanese coming.
18:00Many villages bombed.
18:03Let's not worry about that.
18:05What would the Japanese want with a little place like Yang Cheng?
18:08I...
18:33We had nowhere else to go.
18:36The village has been attacked over and over again.
18:39We have had to evacuate.
18:40You are most welcome here.
18:44We have children with us.
18:45Not only those I have adopted, but with the attacks, more children have been left without parents.
18:51They've come looking for help.
18:54Cheng had to go back to help his family.
18:56I have come alone.
18:58How many children did you bring?
19:01Sixty-five.
19:02I have brought sixty-five children.
19:04Sixty-five children.
19:07Then we shall prepare food.
19:09You must rest, Aweida.
19:12I will help the children settle for the night.
19:15I must go down early tomorrow morning.
19:17There are many wounded, and they need help.
19:28Watch and change the bandage often.
19:30It should heal.
19:31Thank you, Aweida.
19:33Japanese soldiers.
19:34The children.
19:35I must get back to them.
19:37Go!
19:38Go!
19:40Go!
19:41Go!
19:44Go!
19:48Go!
20:06See you!
20:09Go!
20:10Yes, but thankfully the bullet only grazed my shoulder, so I wasn't hurt very badly.
20:17Because the Japanese were nearby, I had to lie very, very still until nightfall.
20:22I realised then that God wanted me to take you further away from harm as soon as possible.
20:28Late that night, I made my way back to the mountain village, arriving early at dawn.
20:43I'm alright. The children?
20:46They are well, and they have been asking about you, but I must tell you that...
20:51The Japanese soldiers have taken over our village. It will be a matter of time before they come here.
20:56Yes, and...
20:57I have decided to take the children with me.
20:59Take them?
20:59We must try and reach safety. There is an orphanage at Shan.
21:03That is a two or three week journey. Perhaps alone you may go, but with the children? How?
21:09I'm not sure how, but I am sure of God. He will help us. All 66 of us.
21:16No, not all 66 of you. When you were gone, more children came. There are over 100 children here now.
21:29And not one will be left behind. We will need to leave first thing tomorrow.
21:34Ah, my foot inspector. Thinking of others as always.
21:40Mandarin, how pleased I am to...
21:42Careful!
21:47Look, it's beautiful, isn't it?
21:51Who would have thought it would come to an end?
21:56I must bid you farewell, Ai Wei Da.
22:00Mandarin?
22:03I am to leave this province for now, as I see you are to do the same.
22:08But before I go, there is something I must let you know.
22:15Ever since you came to Yancheng, I have kept an eye on your mission.
22:22You were considered a foreign devil.
22:25The people were afraid of you and insulted you.
22:29Yet you showed them great patience.
22:32I watched you care for my people.
22:35I have seen you serve them in time of peace and sadly, in time of war.
22:42And now, I see you taking their often children under your care.
22:48God loves these children, Mandarin.
22:50I only reflect His love for them.
22:54And that is why I wish to ask you, Ai Wei Da.
22:58Will your God accept this lowly Mandarin's heart?
23:04For I have seen Him so, so clearly in you.
23:08May your God be my God, Ai Wei Da.
23:13And may He watch over us.
23:24And that is how the Mandarin came to know Jesus and how God brought us all together.
23:29And how He has kept us all these long, long days as we make our way to Shem.
23:34It's been 15 days since we started walking.
23:38And God continues to see us through.
23:40Like Moses and the children of Israel.
23:43Yes, I suppose so.
23:46Then He will see us through to safety.
23:48Just like Moses.
23:51Look!
23:52A river!
23:54A river!
23:55A river!
23:57A river!
24:06It's the Yellow River.
24:08Oh, children, we are nearly at our destination.
24:11We are nearly there.
24:14Now all we have to do is get across it.
24:20No bridges anywhere, Ai Wei Da.
24:23And the river is too deep for us to cross.
24:26What are we going to do?
24:28I don't know.
24:32Now, now, children.
24:35Ai Wei Da.
24:38Do you remember when God helped the children of Israel to cross the Red Sea?
24:44Yes, of course.
24:46Well, can He not help us cross this river?
24:50Oh, my dear.
24:52I am not Moses.
24:55Yes, Ai Wei Da.
24:57But God, He is still God.
25:02Then we shall pray for a miracle.
25:05Gather round, children.
25:07Gather round and let's pray.
25:09Lord, we have come so far.
25:12We cannot cross this river.
25:15You said, when you pass through the waters, I will be with you.
25:19Oh, God, we need you now.
25:25Oh, no.
25:28Please do not harm us.
25:30They are only children.
25:31What are you doing?
25:33You are Chinese.
25:35We are trying to cross the river.
25:37I am taking the children to the orphanage in Shan.
25:40We are from...
25:41All these?
25:42Do you realize that we are expecting a Japanese attack at any moment?
25:48Japanese aircraft patrol constantly.
25:52And you are easy targets.
25:56In any case, we will help you cross right away.
26:00Bring the boats!
26:03God has answered!
26:06God has answered!
26:08He helped His people cross the Red Sea.
26:11And now, He has helped us cross the Yellow Sea.
26:16There is a village on the other side.
26:19There is not much food, but you can scrounge.
26:22You can take a train there.
26:25It will take you close to Xi'an.
26:32Why do we stop?
26:38We cannot go further.
26:41No further?
26:42But we are miles from Shan.
26:45The train lines ahead come close to the river.
26:47The Japanese are on the other side.
26:50They see us, they shoot.
26:51Do you understand?
26:53But what can we do?
26:54What?
26:55Xi'an is ahead.
26:57It will take you two days or more.
26:59We have been walking for weeks.
27:02The children!
27:03There is nothing I can do, madam.
27:04We are in the middle of a war.
27:10Now, children, just another two days and think of it.
27:15A hot meal, a warm bed and a good rest.
27:19You can walk a little further for that, can't you?
27:22I'm sorry.
28:17Oh, Xi'an, we have arrived!
28:25Oh, thanks be to God. Thanks be to God. Come, children. We're nearly in.
28:32Are we there?
28:33No! Stop! Please, stop! You must let us in! You must let us in!
28:45There are no more refugees allowed. The city is swarming with them. We have no food, no shelter to offer.
28:54You must go on. Another city lies ahead.
28:57Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! You must go to other places!
29:01No! Oh, please! No!
29:16Do not worry, Aiweta. God will see us through. He will see us through.
29:26Help! Help! Help me! Help me! Help me! Help me!
29:32Oh, my God.
30:02No. Oh, please.
30:11Please. Please.
30:17Please.
30:27Please.
30:30Welcome to FooFan.
30:34Oh, my God.
30:35Oh, my God.
30:42Oh, my God.
30:46Oh, my God.
31:01Oh, my God.
31:03The children.
31:05Shh, shh, shh.
31:06Relax now.
31:07They are safe.
31:10You've been very ill.
31:12Quite honestly, I have no idea how you survived this trip, Miss Elwood.
31:16But I feel much better.
31:18But I feel much better.
31:19I know.
31:20However, a little rest will do you some good.
31:24Although...
31:24Yes, Doctor?
31:25Well, there is a matter of some visitors who are quite eager to see you.
31:48Thank you, Lord, you have always seen us through.
31:53Thank you, Lord.
32:19Thank you, Lord.
32:21Thank you, Lord.
32:22Thank you, Lord.
32:25Thank you, Lord.
32:27and later in England. In 1955 she travelled to Taiwan where she helped to establish an orphanage.
32:35She continued her missionary work and public speaking until her death on January the 3rd 1970 at the age of
32:4268.
32:43The lives of the children she rescued were forever affected by the love and care of this untiring and courageous
32:51woman who took God at his word.
32:53When Chu En became a teenager he returned to Yangcheng where he fearlessly preached to his countrymen under the threat
33:01of communist rule.
33:03Gladys never saw Chu En again but learned of his success in spreading the gospel through one of his converts
33:10many years later.
33:32To be continued...
33:38To be continued...
33:44To be continued...
33:47To be continued...
33:48To be continued...
33:48To be continued...
33:48To be continued...
33:48To be continued...
33:48To be continued...
33:48You