WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.519 --> 00:00:07.040 Hey, says dad, Mom. 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.320 Come on your story, hours. 3 00:00:10.039 --> 00:00:16.559 On presenting your story, hour building for a better tomorrow. 4 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:19.519 Hello there, this is Aunt Carroll. 5 00:00:19.359 --> 00:00:22.120 And I'm Uncle Dan, and both of us extend a 6 00:00:22.239 --> 00:00:25.679 very warm welcome to everyone listening in. So tell me, 7 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:28.120 Aunt Carrol, what do you have planned for us today? 8 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:31.160 Well, today we have chapter two of the Zamzam Story. 9 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:34.520 The Zamzam story. Oh yes, for those of you who 10 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:37.439 may have missed our last story, it took place at 11 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:40.359 the beginning of the Second World War, before the United 12 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:43.439 States had joined the war effort, and the Zamzam was 13 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:46.600 a ship that was heading across the Atlantic toward Africa. 14 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:49.679 Right, it was a neutral Egyptian ship, which means that 15 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:52.359 it was not owned or operated by either side involved 16 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:54.880 in the war. And as a neutral ship it should 17 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:57.719 have enjoyed safe passage and not come under attack by 18 00:00:57.719 --> 00:00:58.840 the opposing forces. 19 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:02.439 So true. Now, aboard the Zamzam were two hundred and 20 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:06.200 two passengers, most of whom were missionaries headed for the 21 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:08.079 mission field in Africa. 22 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:09.000 And some of those were children. 23 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:12.760 Don't forget yes, And when our last story ended, the 24 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:16.719 Zamzam had been fired upon by a German warship, and 25 00:01:16.840 --> 00:01:19.799 everyone had taken to the lifeboats. 26 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:21.760 Except some of the boats had been riddled with shrapnel 27 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:22.920 and were full of holes. 28 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:26.239 Yes, which meant that their occupants were dumped into the 29 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:30.439 ocean with the sharks. So here's the scene. Dozens of 30 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:33.719 people were floating in the water, including Missus Danielson and 31 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:35.239 her six children. 32 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:37.319 And some were in lifeboats or rafts, like Jim and 33 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:40.560 Carol and Russell and their baby Janet. Worse yet, the 34 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:43.400 German warship that had shelled them was now bearing down 35 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:46.079 upon them with machine guns aimed in their direction. 36 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:48.560 A very scary situation, Aunt Carrol. 37 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:51.560 Yes, and yet the missionaries held on to their faith 38 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:55.120 that whatever happened, God was with them. In fact, and 39 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:57.879 I didn't quite get to this last time. They began 40 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:11.759 to sing as they floated on the waves. Gee, and 41 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:15.120 now I think, Uncle Dan, yes, it's time to continue 42 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:16.039 our story. 43 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:21.319 Good idea, Aunt Carol. We called this story the prison Ship. 44 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:30.759 Cross. As the survivors afloat in the Atlantic Ocean apprehensively 45 00:02:30.800 --> 00:02:34.520 watched the German raidership draw near, their uncertainty over the 46 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:40.080 situation increased, and then, amazingly, over the water, they heard 47 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:41.319 a voice calling out to. 48 00:02:41.319 --> 00:02:48.919 Them, Captaina, you will come aboard the temting come alongside, 49 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:50.439 Come alongside. 50 00:02:53.639 --> 00:02:57.039 The Tamis's crew lowered a rope ladder and also launched 51 00:02:57.039 --> 00:03:00.479 motor boats to pluck survivors from the water. Once all 52 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:03.199 were on board, everyone dried off as best they could 53 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:06.400 under the circumstances, and were soon assembled on the deck 54 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:09.439 for roll call, some just wearing the towels that had 55 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:12.400 been dispensed by the German crew, some still wearing the 56 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:15.400 clothes that they had worn in the water. Soon, the 57 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:18.199 officers of the Tamisis began to call the names on 58 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:22.240 the Zamzam's passenger list, obtained from Captain Smith. 59 00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:34.960 David Sherman, President the Eugene Johnson. Here, Frank Vikovari. 60 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:39.120 Think, sir, he is one of the wounded us. 61 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:45.520 Oh, yeah, several of the Zamzam passengers have been seriously 62 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:50.719 wounded and are in the ship's hospital. Let's continue. Jim 63 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:59.360 and Caroline Russell on Infant Janet. All three present, Lilian Danielson, 64 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:07.520 six children present. Come Vorred frou Danielson. 65 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:10.800 Yes, officer, how. 66 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:15.280 Many of your children survived, Frau Danielson, All. 67 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:20.759 Of them, sir, allus all six non verdunt. 68 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:23.800 Thank God he has saved us. 69 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:32.680 All I I see, well then, thank you, that's all 70 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:37.639 Charles Charles Niffy. 71 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:42.920 As the roll call came to an end, the officers 72 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:45.920 and captain of the Tamisis were astounded to discover that 73 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:49.720 all of the passengers of the Zamzam had survived. The 74 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:53.360 Tamasis raider had already destroyed sixteen ships at sea in 75 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:56.639 the previous weeks, but never in their experience had they 76 00:04:56.720 --> 00:04:59.839 found the entire list of the sunken ship's roster to 77 00:04:59.879 --> 00:05:04.000 have survived. Not only that, but the raider had fired 78 00:05:04.040 --> 00:05:07.319 fifty five shots at the Zamzam and only nine had 79 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:10.199 actually hit the ship, which still lay listing in the 80 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:13.959 water not far off. This lack of accuracy was also 81 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:18.000 very highly unusual. But even these facts didn't portray the 82 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:19.959 entire picture of God's protection. 83 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:23.360 Can you imagine what would have happened If even one 84 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:25.759 shell had hit the fuel in the cargo hold, The 85 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:29.399 entire ship would have blown. We might all have been killed. 86 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:33.680 Not only that, Captain Roga said that had the Zamzam 87 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:37.839 issued and sos, he would have utterly destroyed us in 88 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:38.759 an instant. 89 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:40.000 With a torpedo. 90 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:43.160 The missionaries, they said it was God who caused the 91 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:43.839 first shell to. 92 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:45.240 Hit the radio antenna. 93 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:48.600 It was completely taken out even before an SOS could 94 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:52.319 be sent. And it was finally our captain signaling the 95 00:05:52.399 --> 00:05:56.680 Tamasus with his flashlight that saved us. He signaled that 96 00:05:56.720 --> 00:06:00.240 there were women and children aboard, and that's when can 97 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:01.839 ROGGI stop showing us. 98 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:09.319 For the rest of the morning, the crew of the 99 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:12.800 Tamisis made repeated trips back to the dying Zamzam to 100 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:17.040 salvage whatever supplies they could. About two o'clock in the afternoon, 101 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:20.199 the Zamzam's passengers gathered at the rail of the raider 102 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:23.720 and watched as timed explosives placed by the crew of 103 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:27.040 the Tamasis detonated and sank the ship that had been 104 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:28.360 home to them for a month. 105 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:46.600 Well, Carolyn, that's the end of the Zamzam, Oh Jim. 106 00:06:46.399 --> 00:06:49.839 With all of our supplies, supplies for years in the 107 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:53.079 mission field, she's gone now with. 108 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:57.480 All twenty other ambulances, millions of dollars worth of equipment 109 00:06:57.519 --> 00:06:59.279 and supplies all gone. 110 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:02.480 Praise God, he has saved our lives. 111 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:09.600 Captain Roga along with the Raiders crew members seemed somewhat 112 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:13.160 apologetic for the actions they had taken against the Zamzam. 113 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:16.439 I am sorry this had to happen, but by traveling 114 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:19.160 at sea during this time of war, you have assumed 115 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:22.600 many risks. While you are aboard z the Temasis, you 116 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:26.600 are my guests, not prisoners, but you will need to 117 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:31.720 conform to certain measures to assure the safety of this ship. Someday, 118 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:34.720 perhaps we can meet under better circumstances. 119 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:41.560 The Zamzam passengers later learned that the true name of 120 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:45.199 the Tamases was the Atlantis, which frequently changed its name 121 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:49.839 to escape identification. That evening, they were fed and then 122 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:54.279 taken three decks down to a large, hot, stuffy, dirty 123 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:57.439 hole with hundreds of bunks, where they were locked in 124 00:07:57.839 --> 00:08:02.160 and spent a rather restless night. Especially troubling was the 125 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:05.399 midnight blaring of the emergency whistle, which made all of 126 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:09.439 them fear that the raider itself was now under attack. However, 127 00:08:09.600 --> 00:08:12.160 in the morning, they discovered that the Raider had simply 128 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:16.959 rendezvous with its supply ship, the Dresden Captain. Roga introduced 129 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:21.040 the Dresden's captain to the passengers as Captain yeager. Later 130 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:24.399 that day, all Zam Zammers were transferred to the Dresden, 131 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:26.920 except for the three men who had been severely wounded 132 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:30.240 and were being cared for in the raider's hospital. Sadly, 133 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:33.840 one of those men would not survive his injuries, and 134 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:37.360 other unhappy news was soon to surface. It was immediately 135 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:40.320 obvious that the Dresden, which would soon become known as 136 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:44.559 the prison Ship, had accommodations for only thirty five passengers 137 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:47.600 and was very ill equipped to house the large group 138 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:51.840 of nearly three hundred and fifty unexpected passengers and crew 139 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:55.120 members from the Zamzam. 140 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:58.639 Egyptian crewmen, you've follows the Guardza to hatch three. Ship's 141 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:01.919 officers and mail passengers. Follows this god to forward hatch 142 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:05.159 number two. Women and children up the stairs to the 143 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:07.440 upper deck amidships. 144 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:12.240 Egyptian prisoners follow me or prisoners this hey. 145 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:20.840 Women who have children will occupy the cabins two beds, 146 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:23.360 they're all in each, but we have no choice. 147 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:25.120 You will have to share. 148 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:30.679 Missus Danielson, Yes, I'm here this cabin for you and 149 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:35.000 your children. We can manage with one bed. Someone else 150 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:36.000 may have the other one. 151 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:38.759 Yeah, then who will volunteer. 152 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:40.120 I don't know if. 153 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:44.559 Quickly, who's then I will? 154 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:47.279 I come from a large family. I'll share with them. 155 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:54.080 Good moving on, next cabin, missus. Let me see here, 156 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:55.840 Caroline Russell. 157 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:02.399 Each two person cabin was occupied by up to eight 158 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:05.840 or nine women and children, and single women were assigned 159 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:09.039 to the lounges, where they were squeezed together like sardines 160 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:12.039 in a can. Scores of women and children had to 161 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:15.960 share a single bathroom since there were a few facilities. Still, 162 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:18.919 they fared better than the men, who soon discovered that 163 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:22.320 the holes where they were housed were without ventilation, had 164 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:24.919 barely enough room for them to move around, and had 165 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:28.120 only a single point of entry through a hatch accessed 166 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:31.399 by a rope ladder. In addition, there were not nearly 167 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:33.919 enough mattresses to go around, and sleeping on the hard 168 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:36.840 floor of the hold was not a pleasant prospect. 169 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.799 And what are we gonna do? The men who came 170 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:41.720 down first got all the mattress. 171 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:44.240 I don't know unless the Germans let us tear into 172 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:45.720 those bales of cotton over there. 173 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:51.240 Hey, there's one other guards once he got there. 174 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:54.360 You have Muslim bags vnes without mattresses. 175 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:57.879 Make your own mattresses with these bags ones of cotton. 176 00:10:58.360 --> 00:10:59.679 It's the best to we can do. 177 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:07.080 Soon. 178 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:10.879 Captain Yeager addressed his new charges, whom he definitely regarded 179 00:11:10.960 --> 00:11:14.840 more as prisoners than guests. His brusque manner communicated his 180 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:16.840 less than happy view of the situation. 181 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:20.159 We will do the vest we can mids the limited 182 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:23.480 provisions on board. I will try to get you to 183 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:26.519 a neutral port of ship. But I am also under 184 00:11:26.559 --> 00:11:29.960 the orders to take the Dresden to France, which Germany 185 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:34.000 now occupies. So if you do what you are told, 186 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:37.559 then every sink will be all right. If you do not, 187 00:11:38.399 --> 00:11:39.960 we will take care of that too. 188 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:47.240 Although their accommodations were inconvenient and crowded, and in spite 189 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:50.080 of being ill clothed and hungry, the passengers of the 190 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:53.799 Zamzam tried to cooperate with the orders and routine established 191 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:55.200 by the captain's directives. 192 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:58.919 Supper for the women, They'll be held into the dining room. 193 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:04.440 That room for everyone at once. You will eat in ships. Mothers, 194 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:10.559 it's their babies are first. Each man will be issued 195 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:13.679 and the doberum cup of boar on soupspot. 196 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:15.480 Then you are done eating. 197 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:18.759 Take you your tensil upside and wash them at the 198 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:19.919 seawater hydrants. 199 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:25.840 Each woman aboard will be allotted just one liter of 200 00:12:25.919 --> 00:12:29.399 fresh water in Zimmani and one in the evening. 201 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:35.440 Men will be allowed on the lower deck during the daytime. 202 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:38.840 Only at sunset you will be required to return to 203 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:45.360 the hole. There you will be under lockdown. As you know, men, 204 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:48.000 there are no lavatories in the hote. 205 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:51.399 We are bringing you some wood and supplies for you 206 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:53.639 to construct whateven facilities you can. 207 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:57.840 And so it went. The captain, realizing that his new 208 00:12:57.919 --> 00:13:00.519 arrivals would be with them for some time, had no 209 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:03.679 choice but to ration the supplies on hand such as 210 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:04.120 they were. 211 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:10.000 Well, fellas I see we have a little extra protein 212 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:11.000 in our bread. 213 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:13.879 Yes, bugs, but since they're. 214 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:17.039 Cooked, I know, I know, they won't hurt us. I 215 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:19.200 just won't look when I take a bite. 216 00:13:19.840 --> 00:13:21.559 We just have to think of it as a nice 217 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:23.440 nutritional addition to our soup. 218 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:26.919 If you want to call them soup, do three peas 219 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:31.039 and let me see here four small flecks of potato. 220 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:32.320 Qualified this is soup. 221 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:34.879 I have a feeling none of us is going to 222 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:42.000 have to worry about excessive weight gain on this voyage. 223 00:13:43.080 --> 00:13:45.960 It was immediately obvious to everyone that the food on 224 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:50.639 board the prison ship would be well terrible. It consisted 225 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:54.759 of bad tea bread with bugs, thin soup, and a 226 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:58.360 mixture that resembled wallpaper paste, which soon earned the name 227 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:02.320 of glop. In addition, Carolyn Russell, along with the other 228 00:14:02.399 --> 00:14:05.799 mothers who had very young children, shared another dilemma milk 229 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:06.840 for their little ones. 230 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:11.480 Please, my baby is hungry and I have no milk 231 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:14.919 for her. I brought a few cans from the Zamzam, 232 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:16.879 but they're gone now. And ice this. 233 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:21.279 This situation is very difficult, but surely there are many mouths. 234 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:24.320 But please, she needs milk. 235 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:27.120 We are Americans and we are not at war. 236 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:28.039 Please. 237 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:33.039 Fortunately, a few hours later, Carolyn received a case of 238 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:40.039 carnation milk with a message. 239 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:43.919 This is all you can have, no more, Thank you Lord. 240 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:47.919 If I use one canidate, it will last for twenty 241 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:52.080 four days. Surely by then we'll be on land. 242 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:58.840 But would they be on land by then? Would they 243 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:02.039 ever reach land and safely? Or would this ship be 244 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:05.240 attacked by the Allies opposing Germany, and would they all 245 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:07.799 once again be cast into the forbidding waters of the 246 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:12.240 Atlantic Ocean or worse yet killed. At this point, none 247 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:13.840 of them really new for sure. 248 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:23.000 We'll get back to our story in just a few moments, 249 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:26.000 but first I want to let everyone know about the Adventures. 250 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:27.799 Good idea, Uncle Dan, go for it. 251 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:31.399 Well. For those of you who don't know, the Adventures 252 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:34.399 are a series of stories about Jesus, fifty two of 253 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:37.240 them to be exact. 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The committee was formed to 276 00:16:46.960 --> 00:16:49.639 make requests of the captain on behalf of the prisoners, 277 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:53.360 and as much as he could. Captain Yeager complied. For 278 00:16:53.440 --> 00:16:55.919 a week or so, the Dresidents seemed to sail about 279 00:16:55.960 --> 00:17:00.000 in circles and then surprisingly at rendezvous again with the Raidar. 280 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.759 Soon after that, the Dresden tracked on a northward course. 281 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:06.640 In spite of promises to head for a neutral port 282 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:10.240 or to offload the Zamzanners onto a neutral ship. It 283 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:12.599 was clear that the ship was heading into dangerous war 284 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:16.160 zones and probably making for France, which was occupied by 285 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:20.400 German forces. Still, life for the prisoners settled into a 286 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:23.559 daily routine with a few bright spots sprinkled in. 287 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:27.799 Men with families aboard will be permitted to visit with 288 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:30.880 zer vibes and children from ten to twelve each morning 289 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:33.759 on ze promenade decks. 290 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:36.039 You will be allowed desert. 291 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:41.079 The luggage rescued Ramsey Zamzam to find some more close. 292 00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:46.319 Did you hear the captain has granted permission for US 293 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:49.799 missionaries to gather for church services. I think its rough 294 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:52.119 exterior might just be for show. 295 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:55.640 Missus Russell, some of the other women and I want 296 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:58.200 to share our fresh water ration with you so you 297 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:00.319 can have enough to properly care for in it. 298 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:06.079 We have found two sint machines from the items what 299 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:10.200 we got from Zazamzan. You women will be permitted to 300 00:18:10.359 --> 00:18:10.799 use them. 301 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:16.440 What do you think, eleanor will your brother like these? 302 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.160 Oh? 303 00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:19.079 Mamma, you made him some shorts. 304 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:21.559 A couple of the men cut off the bottoms of 305 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:24.480 their pants so I could use the material to sow 306 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:25.599 some shorts for him. 307 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:28.160 Now he won't have to wear that old mattress cover. 308 00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:31.960 Poor Sonny. If it wasn't for that mattress cover they 309 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:34.880 gave him on the Tamisus, he wouldn't have had anything 310 00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:37.920 to wear. With these shorts and the shoes that the 311 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:41.559 captain of the Zamzam gave him. He'll be all fixed. 312 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:49.119 Up now, children gays it around. 313 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:53.680 Hey, come on, the officer has something for us what 314 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.400 is it? 315 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:56.480 Ay, he's got an orange. 316 00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:59.599 I saved his arms from my own meal, and I'm 317 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:02.720 going to each one if you can have one section. 318 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:09.200 Yeah. 319 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:12.559 In general, the children of the zamzam accommodated well to 320 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:15.200 life on the prison ship. During the day, they had 321 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:17.759 a few hours of school, and although they had no books, 322 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:20.920 they did enjoy singing. They also played hide and seek 323 00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:23.680 and enjoyed games like checkers made by their fathers out 324 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:26.759 of cardboard. Some of the men made rag dolls from 325 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:30.200 the bedding material for their daughters. Others carved toys out 326 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:33.799 of small pieces of wood. However, life could not be 327 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:38.240 called pleasant. They were always hungry. Dysentery broke out among 328 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:41.160 the passengers, and after a couple of weeks, their northward 329 00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:44.480 track took them from the warm tropics into colder weather. 330 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:48.400 Finding enough clothes to stay warm was a challenge. 331 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:51.359 Here I found an extra dress of mine and some luggage. 332 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:53.599 Maybe if you wear it over the top of yours, 333 00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:57.680 it will help keep you warm. 334 00:19:57.839 --> 00:20:00.039 And then in the second week of May, the the 335 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:04.079 crew of the Dresden began activities that alarmed the zamzam passengers. 336 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:07.960 Sailors began to fortify the bridge the command center of 337 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:12.279 the ship with sandbags, heavy boards, and other items. Rumors 338 00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:15.240 were already circulating the Captain Yeager planned to run the 339 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:18.640 British blockade around Europe, which meant that the Dresden would 340 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:21.440 soon turn east and try to escape detection from the 341 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:25.839 many British ships patrolling the area waters. Already, Captain Yeager 342 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:29.599 had instituted a number of practice drills and regulations, and 343 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:32.039 now he added new rules to the routine. 344 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:35.119 You will keep the life jacket assigned to you met 345 00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:38.759 you at all times. You will sleep in your clothes, 346 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:42.839 even your shoes. We will continue the drill so you 347 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:45.480 will get to your lifeboat in less than two minutes. 348 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:49.640 I will try to signal any British warships that we 349 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:53.920 have women and children aboard, but no British ship will 350 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:57.599 be allowed to take Zidresden be ready for the next 351 00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.720 drill at any time. 352 00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:04.720 On May thirteenth, the Dresden turned east towards Europe and 353 00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:08.319 began its run through the British blockade. The missionaries all 354 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:11.279 prayed earnestly that God would see them through this crisis. 355 00:21:11.799 --> 00:21:14.519 Everyone could clearly imagine what fate would be theirs if 356 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:17.759 they were attacked by Allied planes, a warship or submarine. 357 00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:21.640 And then suddenly they were struck not by a plane 358 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:26.119 or ship, but by a violent storm. 359 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:31.000 All hands, possess stations, all passengers to Zaqualtis. 360 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.799 Towards the lifeboats. 361 00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:33.039 Go the haaven. 362 00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:45.240 Lord, please keep us safe through this storm, and please 363 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:49.119 protect us from the submarines. We place our trust in 364 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.559 the comment. 365 00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:57.079 The next morning, I heard the officers talking about last 366 00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:57.799 night's storm. 367 00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:59.880 Everybody is talking about it. 368 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:03.480 Well, I guess it was very unusual, a freak storm, 369 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:05.119 quite violent that it was. 370 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:07.319 And from what I heard, the wind was from the 371 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:08.039 wrong direction. 372 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:09.160 I heard that too. 373 00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:12.599 Anyway, according to the officers, it was just the break 374 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:15.440 we needed. There was no way the submarines could have 375 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:17.359 hit us in such rough seas. 376 00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:20.519 Praise God, my friends, he sent the storm to get 377 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:21.920 us through the blockade safely. 378 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:27.759 The Dresden ran the British blockade for nearly a week, 379 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:31.680 and between the protective storm and Captain Yeager's evasive actions, 380 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:35.359 the ship arrived at Saint Jean Delus and German occupied 381 00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:38.039 France on May twentieth, nineteen forty one. 382 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:44.799 Attention, attention, all the American citizens prepared to disembark please. 383 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:49.240 All the other passengers will stay aboard soon, we believe 384 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:50.200 for Bordeaux. 385 00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:56.279 Mama, does that mean we can get off now? 386 00:22:56.759 --> 00:23:01.359 Yes, eleanor children. Come, Let's go to our cabin and 387 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.599 get our things together. 388 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:06.759 Caroline, good news. You're American. You can get off here. 389 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:11.400 Yes, but Jim is Canadian. We have our American birth certificates. 390 00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:14.359 But we're traveling under his passport. 391 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:16.240 Oh, I see. 392 00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:18.720 I think I'll stay on the ship until we get 393 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:21.920 to Bordeaux so I can stay as near Jim as possible. 394 00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:24.960 Maybe I can persuade the authorities to let him go. 395 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:28.640 You know, don't you that once the non Americans get 396 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:31.359 to Bordeaux, they'll be shipped off to prison camps. 397 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:34.839 I'll be praying that God will intercede for us. 398 00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:37.119 I'm not sure the Germans will be listening. 399 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:42.799 Once on shore in Bordeaux, Caroline and Janet were taken 400 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:44.799 with the women to a camp in the city, where 401 00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:48.440