Speaker 1: Hey, says dad, Mom.
Speaker 2: Come on your story, hours.
Speaker 3: On presenting your story, hour building for a better tomorrow.
Speaker 4: Hello there, this is Aunt Carroll.
Speaker 3: And I'm Uncle Dan, and both of us extend a
Speaker 3: very warm welcome to everyone listening in. So tell me,
Speaker 3: Aunt Carrol, what do you have planned for us today?
Speaker 4: Well, today we have chapter two of the Zamzam Story.
Speaker 3: The Zamzam story. Oh yes, for those of you who
Speaker 3: may have missed our last story, it took place at
Speaker 3: the beginning of the Second World War, before the United
Speaker 3: States had joined the war effort, and the Zamzam was
Speaker 3: a ship that was heading across the Atlantic toward Africa.
Speaker 4: Right, it was a neutral Egyptian ship, which means that
Speaker 4: it was not owned or operated by either side involved
Speaker 4: in the war. And as a neutral ship it should
Speaker 4: have enjoyed safe passage and not come under attack by
Speaker 4: the opposing forces.
Speaker 3: So true. Now, aboard the Zamzam were two hundred and
Speaker 3: two passengers, most of whom were missionaries headed for the
Speaker 3: mission field in Africa.
Speaker 4: And some of those were children.
Speaker 3: Don't forget yes, And when our last story ended, the
Speaker 3: Zamzam had been fired upon by a German warship, and
Speaker 3: everyone had taken to the lifeboats.
Speaker 4: Except some of the boats had been riddled with shrapnel
Speaker 4: and were full of holes.
Speaker 3: Yes, which meant that their occupants were dumped into the
Speaker 3: ocean with the sharks. So here's the scene. Dozens of
Speaker 3: people were floating in the water, including Missus Danielson and
Speaker 3: her six children.
Speaker 4: And some were in lifeboats or rafts, like Jim and
Speaker 4: Carol and Russell and their baby Janet. Worse yet, the
Speaker 4: German warship that had shelled them was now bearing down
Speaker 4: upon them with machine guns aimed in their direction.
Speaker 3: A very scary situation, Aunt Carrol.
Speaker 4: Yes, and yet the missionaries held on to their faith
Speaker 4: that whatever happened, God was with them. In fact, and
Speaker 4: I didn't quite get to this last time. They began
Speaker 4: to sing as they floated on the waves. Gee, and
Speaker 4: now I think, Uncle Dan, yes, it's time to continue
Speaker 4: our story.
Speaker 3: Good idea, Aunt Carol. We called this story the prison Ship.
Speaker 4: Cross. As the survivors afloat in the Atlantic Ocean apprehensively
Speaker 4: watched the German raidership draw near, their uncertainty over the
Speaker 4: situation increased, and then, amazingly, over the water, they heard
Speaker 4: a voice calling out to.
Speaker 5: Them, Captaina, you will come aboard the temting come alongside,
Speaker 5: Come alongside.
Speaker 4: The Tamis's crew lowered a rope ladder and also launched
Speaker 4: motor boats to pluck survivors from the water. Once all
Speaker 4: were on board, everyone dried off as best they could
Speaker 4: under the circumstances, and were soon assembled on the deck
Speaker 4: for roll call, some just wearing the towels that had
Speaker 4: been dispensed by the German crew, some still wearing the
Speaker 4: clothes that they had worn in the water. Soon, the
Speaker 4: officers of the Tamisis began to call the names on
Speaker 4: the Zamzam's passenger list, obtained from Captain Smith.
Speaker 6: David Sherman, President the Eugene Johnson. Here, Frank Vikovari.
Speaker 7: Think, sir, he is one of the wounded us.
Speaker 6: Oh, yeah, several of the Zamzam passengers have been seriously
Speaker 6: wounded and are in the ship's hospital. Let's continue. Jim
Speaker 6: and Caroline Russell on Infant Janet. All three present, Lilian Danielson,
Speaker 6: six children present. Come Vorred frou Danielson.
Speaker 1: Yes, officer, how.
Speaker 6: Many of your children survived, Frau Danielson, All.
Speaker 8: Of them, sir, allus all six non verdunt.
Speaker 1: Thank God he has saved us.
Speaker 6: All I I see, well then, thank you, that's all
Speaker 6: Charles Charles Niffy.
Speaker 4: As the roll call came to an end, the officers
Speaker 4: and captain of the Tamisis were astounded to discover that
Speaker 4: all of the passengers of the Zamzam had survived. The
Speaker 4: Tamasis raider had already destroyed sixteen ships at sea in
Speaker 4: the previous weeks, but never in their experience had they
Speaker 4: found the entire list of the sunken ship's roster to
Speaker 4: have survived. Not only that, but the raider had fired
Speaker 4: fifty five shots at the Zamzam and only nine had
Speaker 4: actually hit the ship, which still lay listing in the
Speaker 4: water not far off. This lack of accuracy was also
Speaker 4: very highly unusual. But even these facts didn't portray the
Speaker 4: entire picture of God's protection.
Speaker 9: Can you imagine what would have happened If even one
Speaker 9: shell had hit the fuel in the cargo hold, The
Speaker 9: entire ship would have blown. We might all have been killed.
Speaker 10: Not only that, Captain Roga said that had the Zamzam
Speaker 10: issued and sos, he would have utterly destroyed us in
Speaker 10: an instant.
Speaker 11: With a torpedo.
Speaker 9: The missionaries, they said it was God who caused the
Speaker 9: first shell to.
Speaker 1: Hit the radio antenna.
Speaker 9: It was completely taken out even before an SOS could
Speaker 9: be sent. And it was finally our captain signaling the
Speaker 9: Tamasus with his flashlight that saved us. He signaled that
Speaker 9: there were women and children aboard, and that's when can
Speaker 9: ROGGI stop showing us.
Speaker 4: For the rest of the morning, the crew of the
Speaker 4: Tamisis made repeated trips back to the dying Zamzam to
Speaker 4: salvage whatever supplies they could. About two o'clock in the afternoon,
Speaker 4: the Zamzam's passengers gathered at the rail of the raider
Speaker 4: and watched as timed explosives placed by the crew of
Speaker 4: the Tamasis detonated and sank the ship that had been
Speaker 4: home to them for a month.
Speaker 9: Well, Carolyn, that's the end of the Zamzam, Oh Jim.
Speaker 12: With all of our supplies, supplies for years in the
Speaker 12: mission field, she's gone now with.
Speaker 13: All twenty other ambulances, millions of dollars worth of equipment
Speaker 13: and supplies all gone.
Speaker 7: Praise God, he has saved our lives.
Speaker 4: Captain Roga along with the Raiders crew members seemed somewhat
Speaker 4: apologetic for the actions they had taken against the Zamzam.
Speaker 8: I am sorry this had to happen, but by traveling
Speaker 8: at sea during this time of war, you have assumed
Speaker 8: many risks. While you are aboard z the Temasis, you
Speaker 8: are my guests, not prisoners, but you will need to
Speaker 8: conform to certain measures to assure the safety of this ship. Someday,
Speaker 8: perhaps we can meet under better circumstances.
Speaker 4: The Zamzam passengers later learned that the true name of
Speaker 4: the Tamases was the Atlantis, which frequently changed its name
Speaker 4: to escape identification. That evening, they were fed and then
Speaker 4: taken three decks down to a large, hot, stuffy, dirty
Speaker 4: hole with hundreds of bunks, where they were locked in
Speaker 4: and spent a rather restless night. Especially troubling was the
Speaker 4: midnight blaring of the emergency whistle, which made all of
Speaker 4: them fear that the raider itself was now under attack. However,
Speaker 4: in the morning, they discovered that the Raider had simply
Speaker 4: rendezvous with its supply ship, the Dresden Captain. Roga introduced
Speaker 4: the Dresden's captain to the passengers as Captain yeager. Later
Speaker 4: that day, all Zam Zammers were transferred to the Dresden,
Speaker 4: except for the three men who had been severely wounded
Speaker 4: and were being cared for in the raider's hospital. Sadly,
Speaker 4: one of those men would not survive his injuries, and
Speaker 4: other unhappy news was soon to surface. It was immediately
Speaker 4: obvious that the Dresden, which would soon become known as
Speaker 4: the prison Ship, had accommodations for only thirty five passengers
Speaker 4: and was very ill equipped to house the large group
Speaker 4: of nearly three hundred and fifty unexpected passengers and crew
Speaker 4: members from the Zamzam.
Speaker 13: Egyptian crewmen, you've follows the Guardza to hatch three. Ship's
Speaker 13: officers and mail passengers. Follows this god to forward hatch
Speaker 13: number two. Women and children up the stairs to the
Speaker 13: upper deck amidships.
Speaker 6: Egyptian prisoners follow me or prisoners this hey.
Speaker 14: Women who have children will occupy the cabins two beds,
Speaker 14: they're all in each, but we have no choice.
Speaker 15: You will have to share.
Speaker 1: Missus Danielson, Yes, I'm here this cabin for you and
Speaker 1: your children. We can manage with one bed. Someone else
Speaker 1: may have the other one.
Speaker 13: Yeah, then who will volunteer.
Speaker 11: I don't know if.
Speaker 8: Quickly, who's then I will?
Speaker 4: I come from a large family. I'll share with them.
Speaker 14: Good moving on, next cabin, missus. Let me see here,
Speaker 14: Caroline Russell.
Speaker 4: Each two person cabin was occupied by up to eight
Speaker 4: or nine women and children, and single women were assigned
Speaker 4: to the lounges, where they were squeezed together like sardines
Speaker 4: in a can. Scores of women and children had to
Speaker 4: share a single bathroom since there were a few facilities. Still,
Speaker 4: they fared better than the men, who soon discovered that
Speaker 4: the holes where they were housed were without ventilation, had
Speaker 4: barely enough room for them to move around, and had
Speaker 4: only a single point of entry through a hatch accessed
Speaker 4: by a rope ladder. In addition, there were not nearly
Speaker 4: enough mattresses to go around, and sleeping on the hard
Speaker 4: floor of the hold was not a pleasant prospect.
Speaker 10: And what are we gonna do? The men who came
Speaker 10: down first got all the mattress.
Speaker 11: I don't know unless the Germans let us tear into
Speaker 11: those bales of cotton over there.
Speaker 10: Hey, there's one other guards once he got there.
Speaker 7: You have Muslim bags vnes without mattresses.
Speaker 16: Make your own mattresses with these bags ones of cotton.
Speaker 7: It's the best to we can do.
Speaker 17: Soon.
Speaker 4: Captain Yeager addressed his new charges, whom he definitely regarded
Speaker 4: more as prisoners than guests. His brusque manner communicated his
Speaker 4: less than happy view of the situation.
Speaker 17: We will do the vest we can mids the limited
Speaker 17: provisions on board. I will try to get you to
Speaker 17: a neutral port of ship. But I am also under
Speaker 17: the orders to take the Dresden to France, which Germany
Speaker 17: now occupies. So if you do what you are told,
Speaker 17: then every sink will be all right. If you do not,
Speaker 17: we will take care of that too.
Speaker 4: Although their accommodations were inconvenient and crowded, and in spite
Speaker 4: of being ill clothed and hungry, the passengers of the
Speaker 4: Zamzam tried to cooperate with the orders and routine established
Speaker 4: by the captain's directives.
Speaker 15: Supper for the women, They'll be held into the dining room.
Speaker 15: That room for everyone at once. You will eat in ships. Mothers,
Speaker 15: it's their babies are first. Each man will be issued
Speaker 15: and the doberum cup of boar on soupspot.
Speaker 8: Then you are done eating.
Speaker 16: Take you your tensil upside and wash them at the
Speaker 16: seawater hydrants.
Speaker 13: Each woman aboard will be allotted just one liter of
Speaker 13: fresh water in Zimmani and one in the evening.
Speaker 16: Men will be allowed on the lower deck during the daytime.
Speaker 16: Only at sunset you will be required to return to
Speaker 16: the hole. There you will be under lockdown. As you know, men,
Speaker 16: there are no lavatories in the hote.
Speaker 15: We are bringing you some wood and supplies for you
Speaker 15: to construct whateven facilities you can.
Speaker 4: And so it went. The captain, realizing that his new
Speaker 4: arrivals would be with them for some time, had no
Speaker 4: choice but to ration the supplies on hand such as
Speaker 4: they were.
Speaker 10: Well, fellas I see we have a little extra protein
Speaker 10: in our bread.
Speaker 14: Yes, bugs, but since they're.
Speaker 10: Cooked, I know, I know, they won't hurt us. I
Speaker 10: just won't look when I take a bite.
Speaker 7: We just have to think of it as a nice
Speaker 7: nutritional addition to our soup.
Speaker 8: If you want to call them soup, do three peas
Speaker 8: and let me see here four small flecks of potato.
Speaker 4: Qualified this is soup.
Speaker 10: I have a feeling none of us is going to
Speaker 10: have to worry about excessive weight gain on this voyage.
Speaker 4: It was immediately obvious to everyone that the food on
Speaker 4: board the prison ship would be well terrible. It consisted
Speaker 4: of bad tea bread with bugs, thin soup, and a
Speaker 4: mixture that resembled wallpaper paste, which soon earned the name
Speaker 4: of glop. In addition, Carolyn Russell, along with the other
Speaker 4: mothers who had very young children, shared another dilemma milk
Speaker 4: for their little ones.
Speaker 12: Please, my baby is hungry and I have no milk
Speaker 12: for her. I brought a few cans from the Zamzam,
Speaker 12: but they're gone now. And ice this.
Speaker 13: This situation is very difficult, but surely there are many mouths.
Speaker 1: But please, she needs milk.
Speaker 12: We are Americans and we are not at war.
Speaker 2: Please.
Speaker 4: Fortunately, a few hours later, Carolyn received a case of
Speaker 4: carnation milk with a message.
Speaker 12: This is all you can have, no more, Thank you Lord.
Speaker 12: If I use one canidate, it will last for twenty
Speaker 12: four days. Surely by then we'll be on land.
Speaker 4: But would they be on land by then? Would they
Speaker 4: ever reach land and safely? Or would this ship be
Speaker 4: attacked by the Allies opposing Germany, and would they all
Speaker 4: once again be cast into the forbidding waters of the
Speaker 4: Atlantic Ocean or worse yet killed. At this point, none
Speaker 4: of them really new for sure.
Speaker 3: We'll get back to our story in just a few moments,
Speaker 3: but first I want to let everyone know about the Adventures.
Speaker 4: Good idea, Uncle Dan, go for it.
Speaker 3: Well. For those of you who don't know, the Adventures
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Speaker 3: our program. But now, Aunt Carol, let's get back to
Speaker 3: your story for today. Called the prison Ship.
Speaker 4: The passengers and crew of the Zamzam continued to wonder
Speaker 4: what their fate would be. The committee was formed to
Speaker 4: make requests of the captain on behalf of the prisoners,
Speaker 4: and as much as he could. Captain Yeager complied. For
Speaker 4: a week or so, the Dresidents seemed to sail about
Speaker 4: in circles and then surprisingly at rendezvous again with the Raidar.
Speaker 4: Soon after that, the Dresden tracked on a northward course.
Speaker 4: In spite of promises to head for a neutral port
Speaker 4: or to offload the Zamzanners onto a neutral ship. It
Speaker 4: was clear that the ship was heading into dangerous war
Speaker 4: zones and probably making for France, which was occupied by
Speaker 4: German forces. Still, life for the prisoners settled into a
Speaker 4: daily routine with a few bright spots sprinkled in.
Speaker 13: Men with families aboard will be permitted to visit with
Speaker 13: zer vibes and children from ten to twelve each morning
Speaker 13: on ze promenade decks.
Speaker 6: You will be allowed desert.
Speaker 16: The luggage rescued Ramsey Zamzam to find some more close.
Speaker 7: Did you hear the captain has granted permission for US
Speaker 7: missionaries to gather for church services. I think its rough
Speaker 7: exterior might just be for show.
Speaker 2: Missus Russell, some of the other women and I want
Speaker 2: to share our fresh water ration with you so you
Speaker 2: can have enough to properly care for in it.
Speaker 17: We have found two sint machines from the items what
Speaker 17: we got from Zazamzan. You women will be permitted to
Speaker 17: use them.
Speaker 1: What do you think, eleanor will your brother like these?
Speaker 18: Oh?
Speaker 8: Mamma, you made him some shorts.
Speaker 1: A couple of the men cut off the bottoms of
Speaker 1: their pants so I could use the material to sow
Speaker 1: some shorts for him.
Speaker 12: Now he won't have to wear that old mattress cover.
Speaker 1: Poor Sonny. If it wasn't for that mattress cover they
Speaker 1: gave him on the Tamisus, he wouldn't have had anything
Speaker 1: to wear. With these shorts and the shoes that the
Speaker 1: captain of the Zamzam gave him. He'll be all fixed.
Speaker 13: Up now, children gays it around.
Speaker 1: Hey, come on, the officer has something for us what
Speaker 1: is it?
Speaker 7: Ay, he's got an orange.
Speaker 13: I saved his arms from my own meal, and I'm
Speaker 13: going to each one if you can have one section.
Speaker 12: Yeah.
Speaker 4: In general, the children of the zamzam accommodated well to
Speaker 4: life on the prison ship. During the day, they had
Speaker 4: a few hours of school, and although they had no books,
Speaker 4: they did enjoy singing. They also played hide and seek
Speaker 4: and enjoyed games like checkers made by their fathers out
Speaker 4: of cardboard. Some of the men made rag dolls from
Speaker 4: the bedding material for their daughters. Others carved toys out
Speaker 4: of small pieces of wood. However, life could not be
Speaker 4: called pleasant. They were always hungry. Dysentery broke out among
Speaker 4: the passengers, and after a couple of weeks, their northward
Speaker 4: track took them from the warm tropics into colder weather.
Speaker 4: Finding enough clothes to stay warm was a challenge.
Speaker 2: Here I found an extra dress of mine and some luggage.
Speaker 18: Maybe if you wear it over the top of yours,
Speaker 18: it will help keep you warm.
Speaker 4: And then in the second week of May, the the
Speaker 4: crew of the Dresden began activities that alarmed the zamzam passengers.
Speaker 4: Sailors began to fortify the bridge the command center of
Speaker 4: the ship with sandbags, heavy boards, and other items. Rumors
Speaker 4: were already circulating the Captain Yeager planned to run the
Speaker 4: British blockade around Europe, which meant that the Dresden would
Speaker 4: soon turn east and try to escape detection from the
Speaker 4: many British ships patrolling the area waters. Already, Captain Yeager
Speaker 4: had instituted a number of practice drills and regulations, and
Speaker 4: now he added new rules to the routine.
Speaker 17: You will keep the life jacket assigned to you met
Speaker 17: you at all times. You will sleep in your clothes,
Speaker 17: even your shoes. We will continue the drill so you
Speaker 17: will get to your lifeboat in less than two minutes.
Speaker 17: I will try to signal any British warships that we
Speaker 17: have women and children aboard, but no British ship will
Speaker 17: be allowed to take Zidresden be ready for the next
Speaker 17: drill at any time.
Speaker 4: On May thirteenth, the Dresden turned east towards Europe and
Speaker 4: began its run through the British blockade. The missionaries all
Speaker 4: prayed earnestly that God would see them through this crisis.
Speaker 4: Everyone could clearly imagine what fate would be theirs if
Speaker 4: they were attacked by Allied planes, a warship or submarine.
Speaker 4: And then suddenly they were struck not by a plane
Speaker 4: or ship, but by a violent storm.
Speaker 17: All hands, possess stations, all passengers to Zaqualtis.
Speaker 13: Towards the lifeboats.
Speaker 16: Go the haaven.
Speaker 12: Lord, please keep us safe through this storm, and please
Speaker 12: protect us from the submarines. We place our trust in
Speaker 12: the comment.
Speaker 8: The next morning, I heard the officers talking about last
Speaker 8: night's storm.
Speaker 10: Everybody is talking about it.
Speaker 8: Well, I guess it was very unusual, a freak storm,
Speaker 8: quite violent that it was.
Speaker 7: And from what I heard, the wind was from the
Speaker 7: wrong direction.
Speaker 10: I heard that too.
Speaker 8: Anyway, according to the officers, it was just the break
Speaker 8: we needed. There was no way the submarines could have
Speaker 8: hit us in such rough seas.
Speaker 7: Praise God, my friends, he sent the storm to get
Speaker 7: us through the blockade safely.
Speaker 4: The Dresden ran the British blockade for nearly a week,
Speaker 4: and between the protective storm and Captain Yeager's evasive actions,
Speaker 4: the ship arrived at Saint Jean Delus and German occupied
Speaker 4: France on May twentieth, nineteen forty one.
Speaker 5: Attention, attention, all the American citizens prepared to disembark please.
Speaker 5: All the other passengers will stay aboard soon, we believe
Speaker 5: for Bordeaux.
Speaker 8: Mama, does that mean we can get off now?
Speaker 1: Yes, eleanor children. Come, Let's go to our cabin and
Speaker 1: get our things together.
Speaker 2: Caroline, good news. You're American. You can get off here.
Speaker 12: Yes, but Jim is Canadian. We have our American birth certificates.
Speaker 12: But we're traveling under his passport.
Speaker 2: Oh, I see.
Speaker 12: I think I'll stay on the ship until we get
Speaker 12: to Bordeaux so I can stay as near Jim as possible.
Speaker 12: Maybe I can persuade the authorities to let him go.
Speaker 18: You know, don't you that once the non Americans get
Speaker 18: to Bordeaux, they'll be shipped off to prison camps.
Speaker 12: I'll be praying that God will intercede for us.
Speaker 2: I'm not sure the Germans will be listening.
Speaker 4: Once on shore in Bordeaux, Caroline and Janet were taken
Speaker 4: with the women to a camp in the city, where
Speaker 4: she requested to meet with the American Council. Sure enough,
Speaker 4: the Germans viewed her as an enemy since she was
Speaker 4: married to a Canadian. About a week later, however, mister Waterman,
Speaker 4: the American Vice Council finally tracked her down and procured
Speaker 4: the necessary paperwork for them so that they could leave
Speaker 4: France for America the next day at the American consulate, mister.
Speaker 12: Waterman, please, do you know where they've taken Jim.
Speaker 11: He's in a camp outside the city with other prisoners
Speaker 11: who are from countries at war with Germany.
Speaker 12: Please, please, can you do anything for him? He's married
Speaker 12: to me an American? Doesn't that help?
Speaker 11: I'm so sorry?
Speaker 12: But please?
Speaker 11: Can you ride a bicycle?
Speaker 1: Well, yes, sort of.
Speaker 11: I'm thinking that maybe you could ride out to the
Speaker 11: camp to see him.
Speaker 12: But how would I manage the baby?
Speaker 11: Yes, well, I well, then let me see what I
Speaker 11: can arrange.
Speaker 4: Mister Waterman was able to find a car and a
Speaker 4: German soldier to go along with them for a trip
Speaker 4: to the outskirts of Bordeaux.
Speaker 11: There it is the camp.
Speaker 12: It's huge and there's barbed wire strung all around it.
Speaker 11: We'll pull over here, I'll speak to the guard. Remember,
Speaker 11: they may not let you see him.
Speaker 4: Mister Waterman quickly explained their request to the guard, and
Speaker 4: soon Jim's name was blared over the loudspeaker.
Speaker 15: James Rusher number nine eight five nine zero, report to
Speaker 15: the front gate.
Speaker 4: Soon Jim arrived, very relieved to see his wife and baby.
Speaker 6: Oh Caroline, what a wonderful surprise.
Speaker 2: Jim, are you all right?
Speaker 11: Are you?
Speaker 4: Oh?
Speaker 2: Come here, Janet, let daddy hold you.
Speaker 11: Oh sweet baby.
Speaker 12: I'm fine now, Jim, I have to leave in two
Speaker 12: days to catch up with the other Americans. If it
Speaker 12: wasn't for Janet, I stay here.
Speaker 4: No, no, dear, I understand.
Speaker 1: Isn't there anything that can be done for me?
Speaker 12: Though mister Waterman has been so kind. I know he's
Speaker 12: doing everything he can. And maybe when I get back home,
Speaker 12: I can do more for you there than I can here.
Speaker 12: You know I don't want to leave you.
Speaker 4: I do know, but I want you and Janet to
Speaker 4: be safe.
Speaker 9: Oh Jim, I.
Speaker 12: Love you, Carolyn.
Speaker 15: Never forget that promise.
Speaker 1: I promise, and I love you so much.
Speaker 11: Let's pray together.
Speaker 4: Well we have the chance. Oh father, please watch over
Speaker 4: us all until we can be together again. Please too soon,
Speaker 4: the guard indicated that their few moments of reunion had
Speaker 4: come to an end. The next morning, Caroline and Janet
Speaker 4: boarded the train for Beerittz, France to join the other Americans, where,
Speaker 4: together they travel to Lisbon in Portugal via train through Spain.
Speaker 4: Various ships carried the missionaries and other Americans back to
Speaker 4: the States and into safe Harbor, where they once again
Speaker 4: passed by the stately Statue of Liberty, never dreaming that
Speaker 4: they would have seen the Grand Lady again so soon
Speaker 4: after having departed for Africa. Jim Russell suffered through four
Speaker 4: years in various prison camps, and at his liberation was
Speaker 4: so thin that Caroline didn't recognize him. But God had
Speaker 4: spared his life, and through the following years the Russells
Speaker 4: served God both overseas and stateside. Lilian Danielson was likewise
Speaker 4: not reunited with her husband, a missionary in Africa, until
Speaker 4: nineteen forty five. But considering the great tragedy that could
Speaker 4: have been the result of the singing of the Zamzam,
Speaker 4: the ending was a happy one. All of the passengers
Speaker 4: but one survived. All of the missionaries, their wives, and
Speaker 4: their children lived to tell the story and the miracle
Speaker 4: of how God put his hand over the precious cargo
Speaker 4: of souls aboard the Zamzam lives on in history to
Speaker 4: encourage the hearts of all who hear about it. Until
Speaker 4: this present day.
Speaker 3: Aunt Carol is so comforting to know that no matter
Speaker 3: what befalls us, God is with us.
Speaker 4: So very true, Uncle Dan, and now is promised. Here's
Speaker 4: our mailing address, Post Office Box eight Niles, Michigan four
Speaker 4: nine one two zero. That's box eight Niles, Michigan four
Speaker 4: nine one two zero.
Speaker 3: And until next time, day dry and God bless.
Speaker 6: This has been your story hour building for a better tomorrow.
Speaker 4: This is Aunt Carrol and Uncle
Speaker 3: Dann saying goodbye everyone, see you again next time