Speaker 1: Hey, says dad, Mom.
Speaker 2: Come on Your Story Hours on presenting your Story Hour
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Speaker 3: Hello there, one and all, and welcome to another Your
Speaker 3: Story Hour program.
Speaker 4: I'm Uncle Dan and I'm Aunt Carol.
Speaker 3: Say, Aunt Carol, A little bird told me that you
Speaker 3: have another exciting story already for us.
Speaker 4: Well, Uncle Dan, I'd say that little bird is exactly right.
Speaker 3: Uh huh, So tell us what's your story all about?
Speaker 4: Actually, it'll take two stories to tell you about this adventure. No, yes,
Speaker 4: they're both about a ship and a voyage and a miracle, well,
Speaker 4: maybe several miracles, to be exact.
Speaker 3: I see anything more that you'd like to say about it?
Speaker 4: Well, I guess that. As I tell the story, I'll
Speaker 4: focus on several people who are part of the exciting events.
Speaker 4: Most of them are missionaries, although there were some other
Speaker 4: folks involved.
Speaker 3: As Wellaries on a ship, Yes, on a ship headed
Speaker 3: to Africa. To Africa, Well, then I can't wait to
Speaker 3: hear more. What do you call your first story?
Speaker 4: I call it Away from Safe Harbor. Our story opens
Speaker 4: just at the beginning of the Second World War. On
Speaker 4: March eighteenth, nineteen forty one, an eager crowd gathered by
Speaker 4: the gangplank of an Egyptian passenger liner called the Zamzam,
Speaker 4: which was moored piered just across the Hudson River from
Speaker 4: New York City at Hoboken, New Jersey. Milling about in
Speaker 4: the group were more than one hundred and forty missionaries
Speaker 4: and their children, representing twenty denominations. Also waiting to board
Speaker 4: were seventeen Catholic priests, twenty four members of the British
Speaker 4: American Ambulance Corps, six men in the tobacco business, and
Speaker 4: several other passengers, all of whom were sailing to various
Speaker 4: places in Africa. Of course, the dock was also crowded
Speaker 4: with well wishers who had come to see their friends
Speaker 4: and family off, as well as dock workers and crew
Speaker 4: members were bustling about to prepare for the moment of
Speaker 4: boarding and launching. Among the group of missionaries were Jim
Speaker 4: and Carolyn Russell and their five month old daughter Janet,
Speaker 4: who was to be the youngest passenger on board.
Speaker 3: Lord Annette, loa, loah, that's good.
Speaker 5: Make way great coming through.
Speaker 6: Oh what careful, Caroline, We need to move.
Speaker 7: Aside, all right, ssh, Janet, I'll be glad when we
Speaker 7: can board. Oh. Look there.
Speaker 6: He must be one of the crew, probably one of
Speaker 6: the stewarts. Long flowing white.
Speaker 7: Robe, impressive red hat fez.
Speaker 6: I believe they're called. Obviously Egyptian, and he's in sandals
Speaker 6: in this weather.
Speaker 7: I hear most of the crew is Egyptian and somewhat inexperienced.
Speaker 6: Well, fortunately Captain Smith has some years at sea. We
Speaker 6: have quite a mix Scottish, captain, English first engineer.
Speaker 7: Besides our crew ambulance drivers, I hear we have mostly missionaries,
Speaker 7: is fellow passages.
Speaker 5: Well, then we'll be safe with all those sky pilots
Speaker 5: as some people call them.
Speaker 7: Yes, but some of our fellow passengers actually think it's
Speaker 7: a bad omen the captain for one.
Speaker 2: But not me.
Speaker 7: Well, I agree with you.
Speaker 8: With that many missionaries on board, God will never let
Speaker 8: anything bad happen to this ship.
Speaker 2: Let's open right.
Speaker 6: Besides all the people on board, we also have twenty
Speaker 6: very expensive ambulances, is cargo A couple I even last up.
Speaker 9: There, so I see right on the deck.
Speaker 2: I guess there wasn't enough room in the whole. That's me.
Speaker 1: See what did I tell you?
Speaker 5: We're gonna be fine?
Speaker 2: War or noble?
Speaker 6: Well, Carolyn, our adventure is about to begin.
Speaker 4: On the night of March twentieth, the Zamzam finally pulled
Speaker 4: away from the pier at nine point thirty. Passengers lined
Speaker 4: the rails to watch the skyline of New York City
Speaker 4: begin to slide away, and to gaze upon a stunning
Speaker 4: sight just across the water.
Speaker 6: Look there, Carolyn, the noble Lady stands guard over the harbor,
Speaker 6: her glowing torch reflected across the water.
Speaker 7: Oh, Jim, just think it will be a long time
Speaker 7: before we see the Statue of Liberty again.
Speaker 6: Lonesome already.
Speaker 7: A little six years might bring some drastic changes our families.
Speaker 7: You just never know if we'll see everyone again.
Speaker 6: I know, dear, we don't know what lies ahead. But
Speaker 6: we are willing to go anyway, aren't we.
Speaker 1: Yes, Yes, for sure we are.
Speaker 7: God has called us to serve Herry.
Speaker 1: Mamma, hurry, Oh, I see Eleanor the statue.
Speaker 10: You of Liberty.
Speaker 1: She's so pretty.
Speaker 11: God bless you America until we return home.
Speaker 7: Hello Eleanor is it hello?
Speaker 2: Yes?
Speaker 11: This is Eleanor, my oldest girl, and I'm Lillian Danielson.
Speaker 1: Happy to meet you.
Speaker 7: I'm Caroline Russell and my husband Jim.
Speaker 6: Nice to meet you so, Eleanor, you're the oldest girl.
Speaker 12: Yes, and I have three sisters and two brothers, six children.
Speaker 7: We only have one child to look after on this voyage,
Speaker 7: our baby girl.
Speaker 6: You and your husband will certainly have your hands full
Speaker 6: on this voyage, Missus Danielson, Oh.
Speaker 11: I'm traveling alone with the children. Oh my, We almost
Speaker 11: didn't make the voyage. We were only notified a week
Speaker 11: ago of the possibility. It was almost a miracle that
Speaker 11: we could get our passports and paperwork in.
Speaker 1: Order in time. We're going to Africa to be with
Speaker 1: my daddy.
Speaker 9: He's already there and we miss him.
Speaker 1: We're miss she marries and so are we well, Eleanor,
Speaker 1: Missus Danielson.
Speaker 7: May God watch over us all.
Speaker 4: The Zamzam sailed from New York to Baltimore, Maryland, where
Speaker 4: more cargo was loaded and new passengers were added. It
Speaker 4: then headed south towards Trinidad, where it was to make
Speaker 4: a stop. After a brief opportunity to go ashore and
Speaker 4: see some sights, the passengers reassembled on board and began
Speaker 4: settling in as the ship pulled back out to sea.
Speaker 7: Byby, It's okay, close your eyes, go to sleep.
Speaker 12: That's right.
Speaker 1: Oh, Jim, there you.
Speaker 6: Are still not asleep almost. Look what I found a
Speaker 6: cardboard box. It will make the perfect little bed for her. Wonderful.
Speaker 7: Just put it there beside our bunks and line it
Speaker 7: inside with her blanket.
Speaker 6: Guess what I found out? The Zamzam used to be
Speaker 6: a troop ship for the British. Really well, first it
Speaker 6: was a luxury liner, and then the British pressed it
Speaker 6: into service as a troop ship. I guess it has
Speaker 6: a very distinctive configuration of its masts. Anyway, Eventually the
Speaker 6: Egyptians bought it and named it after a famous well
Speaker 6: oh well, yes, one visited by pilgrims. It's supposed to
Speaker 6: give them holy water.
Speaker 2: There.
Speaker 6: Now, Janet's new bed is ready.
Speaker 7: I'll just lay her down.
Speaker 4: It's perfect.
Speaker 7: Look, she already has her eyes closed.
Speaker 6: Let's just slip outside for a moment.
Speaker 7: Oh, it's nice to be in the fresh air.
Speaker 6: Look at the gulls and look off the bow porpoises.
Speaker 7: We're lucky that our cabin opens directly onto the deck.
Speaker 6: Here, let me pull over a couple of deck chairs.
Speaker 7: I'll grab these steamer blankets there.
Speaker 6: Now, let's just settle in and enjoy ourselves. Lots of
Speaker 6: other passengers are out on deck too, enjoying the sunshine.
Speaker 7: At least it's warmer now. Janet's diapers dry more quickly
Speaker 7: out here on deck, and the water pipes have unfrozen,
Speaker 7: so it's easier to keep her things washed up.
Speaker 6: The Zamzam was built for the tropics. It seems it
Speaker 6: does take to the waves just fine, even if it
Speaker 6: isn't exactly in the best repair.
Speaker 1: I just hope we.
Speaker 7: Don't run into trouble, you know, with the war going on,
Speaker 7: you never know when German submarines could be lurking under
Speaker 7: the water, or if we'll come across a German raidar.
Speaker 6: At least the United States isn't in the war yet,
Speaker 6: so you and Janet being Americans, aren't at war with Germany.
Speaker 7: But niz and Canada and you're Canadian.
Speaker 6: What if?
Speaker 4: Now?
Speaker 2: Now?
Speaker 6: Now, don't worry anyway. The Zamzam is traveling as a
Speaker 6: neutral ship. It's Egyptian and Egypt isn't at war, and
Speaker 6: we're supposed to be staying away from the war zones
Speaker 6: when we cross the ocean, so everything should be fine.
Speaker 7: I guess we should just try to relax, enjoy the
Speaker 7: ocean breezes, survived the food.
Speaker 6: Ah, Yes, if the Germans don't attack us, we may
Speaker 6: die anyway from the greasy, spicy Egyptian food on board. Oh.
Speaker 6: By the way, I discovered that the forward lounge serves
Speaker 6: nothing more dangerous for snacks than cookies, coffee, and tea.
Speaker 6: The one aft of the ship with alcoholic beverages is
Speaker 6: turning out to be a gathering place for the ambulance drivers,
Speaker 6: the tobacco men, and some of the other passengers. I see, well,
Speaker 6: I don't know about you, but I opt for the cookies.
Speaker 4: The days aboard the ship were generally pleasant, with much
Speaker 4: free time available to the passengers to chat, read, play games, sleep,
Speaker 4: or simply relax. As time passed, the various groups aboard
Speaker 4: ships seemed to separate themselves more and more. The missionaries
Speaker 4: always extended invitations to the other passengers to join them
Speaker 4: for their evening prayer gatherings and weekend warship services, hoping
Speaker 4: to be a witness to them and the Muslim crew,
Speaker 4: but the other groups tended to go their own way. However,
Speaker 4: one thing seemed to bother all of the passengers, much
Speaker 4: to their surprise. After they left the port in Trinidad.
Speaker 4: Crew members appeared on deck with buckets of black paint.
Speaker 2: Black paint.
Speaker 12: What's he doing painting over the windows? And look there
Speaker 12: are other members of the crew doing the same thing. Ah,
Speaker 12: even though portals are being covered, I don't wonder what's
Speaker 12: going on.
Speaker 13: Looks like blackout tactics to me. They don't want lights
Speaker 13: to be shining out at night.
Speaker 6: But we're supposed to be a neutral ship. Neutral ships
Speaker 6: don't travel in blackout.
Speaker 13: This puts us all in danger. We look like we're
Speaker 13: trying to evade detection, and only warships do that.
Speaker 12: I'm going to the captain and see what I can
Speaker 12: find out. Well, the captain was quite definite. All windows
Speaker 12: are to be covered. No lights are permitted on deck
Speaker 12: at night, not even navigation lights. But why he's not
Speaker 12: saying Maybe he'll make an announcement later.
Speaker 7: Jem, I wonder if the captain is going to make
Speaker 7: an appearance.
Speaker 6: Look here he comes.
Speaker 5: Now, quiet, vise quiet. I haven't a known. Henceforth, the
Speaker 5: Samzam will be traveling in complete blackout conditions. This means
Speaker 5: that there will be absolutely no lights at night. No
Speaker 5: light is to be visible from any window, and no
Speaker 5: flashlights are to be used on deck. And this includes
Speaker 5: those of you who smoke. No lighthurst, no matches, no cigarettes.
Speaker 5: Not the tiniest flicker, even the smallest glow of light
Speaker 5: could give us away.
Speaker 12: But Captain, why who has ordered this?
Speaker 5: This is an Egyptian ship traveling under British orders. I
Speaker 5: am following those orders.
Speaker 13: How can we navigate around the deck chairs and other
Speaker 13: obstacles on the deck in the dark the cable That's
Speaker 13: almost impossible.
Speaker 5: You'll just have to do the best you can.
Speaker 12: Oh.
Speaker 5: Yes, Now, when you leave your cabins at night, make
Speaker 5: sure you turn out the lights inside before opening the door.
Speaker 5: Is that understood? That's all carry on?
Speaker 8: I say, this is dangerous business.
Speaker 4: I know.
Speaker 2: It makes me wonder just what we might be carrying
Speaker 2: in the cargo hole.
Speaker 13: Yeah, all of us missionaries were assured that Zamzam was
Speaker 13: a neutral ship when we signed up for passage.
Speaker 12: That's right.
Speaker 8: I would never have brought my family on board if
Speaker 8: I'd known we we'd be traveling in blackout.
Speaker 7: Jim, When we get back to the cabin, we need
Speaker 7: to make preparations, tack some emergency items, especially some things
Speaker 7: for Janet.
Speaker 6: Here good idea. It never hurts to be prepared. Somehow,
Speaker 6: I don't think that Zamzam is traveling as neutral as
Speaker 6: we were led to believe.
Speaker 3: Well, well, then, Carol, I hate to even break in here,
Speaker 3: since I'm sure everyone is eager as I am to
Speaker 3: discover just why the captain has ordered up black paint
Speaker 3: and blackout conditions. I can't really blame the Zamzam passengers
Speaker 3: for being a little nervous about it. I know.
Speaker 4: I'm sure I would have been a bit worried about
Speaker 4: those developments myself. So anyway, Uncle Dan, what's up?
Speaker 6: Well?
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Speaker 3: Right and well, I was going to talk about the adventures,
Speaker 3: but time is ticking by, so maybe we'd better get
Speaker 3: back to your story.
Speaker 2: Aunt Carol.
Speaker 4: Good idea. But once again, our web address is your
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Speaker 3: Now let's find out what happens next. In Aunt Carol's
Speaker 3: story for today, called Away from Safe Harbor.
Speaker 4: April ninth, the Zamzam stopped at Resifi, Brazil, where many
Speaker 4: passengers went to shore briefly for shopping and sightseeing. Two
Speaker 4: more passengers boarded, both of whom were associated with well
Speaker 4: known national magazines, and then the Zamzam headed out to
Speaker 4: see again, this time steering southeast across the Atlantic Ocean
Speaker 4: towards Cape town, South Africassengers quickly became accustomed to the
Speaker 4: nightly blackout routine, inconvenient though it was, and they continued
Speaker 4: to carry out their usual daytime activities, which even included
Speaker 4: several hours of class work for the school aged children aboard.
Speaker 4: All seemed to be going well. Easter Sunday services on
Speaker 4: the thirteenth, complete with singing accompanied by a violin and trombone,
Speaker 4: were an encouraging experience. The next afternoon, however, passengers were
Speaker 4: surprised as the zamzam suddenly made a wide turn in direction.
Speaker 2: That's strange. Look, we seem to be turning around.
Speaker 7: Look there's the captain up on the officer's deck.
Speaker 6: I wonder what can be happening. Look, Carolyn, the captain
Speaker 6: has his binoculars trained towards the east, and.
Speaker 7: We're turning back west towards South America. Jim, I see
Speaker 7: someone way up on the mask.
Speaker 6: I see him too, also with binoculars and looking east.
Speaker 6: They must have spotted something.
Speaker 7: Everyone is trying to figure out what's happening. Here comes
Speaker 7: missus Danielson with all her children.
Speaker 1: What's happening, Mama? I'm not sure eleanor, but will be fine.
Speaker 11: Remember Jesus is always with us.
Speaker 2: Now, don't you worry, little girl.
Speaker 5: We're just turning around to go get my hat.
Speaker 2: I forgot it back there in Brazil.
Speaker 6: What a nice man trying to make her feel more
Speaker 6: at ease.
Speaker 7: Let's hope it's only for his hat that were turning around.
Speaker 4: No word came from the captain that evening, and many
Speaker 4: were upset that they weren't informed about the reason for
Speaker 4: the change in direction. All night long, the engines strained
Speaker 4: as the Zamzam raced westward. In the morning, however, the
Speaker 4: sun's position made it obvious that they were back on
Speaker 4: course eastward towards Africa.
Speaker 13: Did you see the posting by the captain? It said
Speaker 13: the change of course yesterday was precautionary because of a
Speaker 13: suspicious vessel in the area.
Speaker 6: What suspicious vessel? That's what I want to know.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Later the details were learned the Zamzam had picked
Speaker 4: up a message from a near by Norwegian ship. It
Speaker 4: was being chased by a German raider on a course
Speaker 4: which would have brought them directly across the Zamzam's path.
Speaker 4: The captain's quick action had fortunately steered the Zamzam away
Speaker 4: from danger. The following two days were smooth sailing, however,
Speaker 4: and when passengers learned they were now only four days
Speaker 4: from Cape Town, where many of them would disembark, they
Speaker 4: began to make preparations in anticipation.
Speaker 12: It won't be long now. My wife already has our
Speaker 12: bags packed.
Speaker 1: I'm going to wave this handkerchief at the rail. My
Speaker 1: daughter will be on short Cape Town waiting for me. Mama.
Speaker 1: I'll be so glad when we get to Africa.
Speaker 6: I can't wait to see Daddy.
Speaker 4: That night, always careful to be prepared for any eventuality,
Speaker 4: Jim and Carolyn laid out their clothes for morning and
Speaker 4: double check their emergency kit wrapped in a blanket, which
Speaker 4: also so included diapers and canned milk for Janet and
Speaker 4: Jim's Bible. And like all the passengers, they had been
Speaker 4: issued kapok filled life vests. In fact, missus Lillian Danielson
Speaker 4: had spent some time repairing the rather ragtag vests that
Speaker 4: she and her children had been issued, and had trimmed
Speaker 4: the straps of the full size vests to fit her children. Anyway,
Speaker 4: Jim and Carolyn fell asleep that night, trusting in Jesus's
Speaker 4: care and happy that they would soon see Cape Town,
Speaker 4: located at the tip of Africa, appear on the horizon. However,
Speaker 4: they would continue with the Zamzam around the tip of
Speaker 4: Africa to the eastern coast, since they were headed for
Speaker 4: Tanganika at any rate. At five forty five the next morning,
Speaker 4: their hopes and plans, along with those of all their shipmates,
Speaker 4: came to an ear splitting halt.
Speaker 6: Carolyn, wake up, I'm awake.
Speaker 1: What was that, Jim. We're being shelled.
Speaker 6: We're under attack. Quickly get down.
Speaker 9: Lord, please help us, protect us and bless us all
Speaker 9: save us if it be thy will, but if not,
Speaker 9: help us to be ready quickly, Carolyn, get dressed.
Speaker 1: It's a good thing we said on our clothes last night.
Speaker 6: Yes.
Speaker 9: Uh oh another shell, get down, hit the floor.
Speaker 6: Oh no, that last shell has wounded some of the passengers.
Speaker 7: People are running for the lifeboats.
Speaker 13: The first shell hit the radio antenna. We couldn't even
Speaker 13: send an US HOS wrong our life.
Speaker 9: Boat another Carolyn.
Speaker 6: Stay down, who that one missed?
Speaker 1: That's why. Now, that's why, life completely smashed.
Speaker 6: Quickly, get into your life best Okay.
Speaker 7: I got it, Helen, here's yours. It's Okay please o hell, oh.
Speaker 1: Jim, they'll sink us. What should we do?
Speaker 6: We'll have to run for our lifeboat. If we stay here,
Speaker 6: we could be trapped for it by the next shell.
Speaker 1: I got Janets.
Speaker 2: I'll grab our emergency kit.
Speaker 6: Lord, please help us. Okay, Carolyn, let's go.
Speaker 4: Jim and Carolyn hurried with Janet to their assigned lifeboat position,
Speaker 4: only to discover that the boat had already been lowered.
Speaker 4: In many cases, lifeboats commandeered by the frantic Egyptian crew
Speaker 4: had been prematurely lowered and in some cases cast off
Speaker 4: from the side of the Zamzam without many of the
Speaker 4: assigned occupants.
Speaker 5: You go down rope ladder. Women, children fuss.
Speaker 7: But the rope ladder it's swaying around, crashing against the
Speaker 7: side of the boat. And my baby.
Speaker 5: I go down, take baby for you?
Speaker 7: You follow? Hey, hey.
Speaker 4: Carolyn, clinging to the swaying ladder, carefully but hurriedly, made
Speaker 4: her way down the rope ladder behind the Egyptian who
Speaker 4: was carrying Janet. As she neared the bottom, she was
Speaker 4: almost swept off by a hip high wave, but managed
Speaker 4: to hang on Within a few minutes. Jim, carrying the
Speaker 4: bundle with their supplies joined her. Once everyone was in
Speaker 4: the lifeboat, another problem emerged.
Speaker 13: Cask off, cask off, We can't get the rope undern
Speaker 13: Who has a knife?
Speaker 5: Take the supply kit on ard.
Speaker 12: It's been broken into the zam zam is lasting.
Speaker 8: I think least one of the chill strip water life.
Speaker 8: She's taken on water. If we don't cast off, she'll
Speaker 8: drag us down. Double check everyone, We need.
Speaker 12: A knife here in the supplycat.
Speaker 1: Quick, quick handed here.
Speaker 4: No sooner had the lifeboat been cut free than Jim
Speaker 4: and Carolyn, holding onto Janet for dear life, could see
Speaker 4: that their situation, though precarious, was not as dire as some.
Speaker 8: Oh look that lifeboat, Yes, sag and that one, Oh.
Speaker 6: Jim, dear Lord, shave them all.
Speaker 1: What the lifeboats were shot through with shrapnel.
Speaker 2: They're full of holes.
Speaker 12: They're sinking right from under the passengers. Look, that's dozen
Speaker 12: two people in the water.
Speaker 7: These waters are full of sharks.
Speaker 1: Got helpless if.
Speaker 2: The shark's toll.
Speaker 1: Look, Missus Dannis good at all?
Speaker 12: Oh, they're all.
Speaker 4: It was true. Amidst those who had been thrust into
Speaker 4: the water was Missus Danielson struggling to keep her children together.
Speaker 4: She had her toddler, who had slipped out of her
Speaker 4: oversized life vest, firmly clutched in one arm, and had
Speaker 4: gathered her other five children about her as they all
Speaker 4: bobbed in their life vests.
Speaker 10: Children, trust Jesus.
Speaker 11: He loves you even more than mommy and daddy.
Speaker 1: He'll take care of you.
Speaker 10: Keep your mouths closed so you don't swallow the salt water.
Speaker 10: And pray, children, pray, don't be afraid if we get separated,
Speaker 10: We'll all plans to meet in heaven.
Speaker 4: Clearly, the ordeal of the zamzam passengers was far from over.
Speaker 4: And then when they looked up.
Speaker 2: Look the warship that was showing us is coming this way.
Speaker 13: I hope they don't have the machine guns on board.
Speaker 13: They may try to finish us all.
Speaker 1: Look they're flying a swaster.
Speaker 12: God, I'd rather be shot. I'm taken prisoner by the Germans.
Speaker 6: Yeah, even if they don't shoot us, Carolyn, I'm not
Speaker 6: so sure I want to go aboard my Canadian passport
Speaker 6: means that I'd be a prisoner of war.
Speaker 1: Oh, Jim, what can we do?
Speaker 7: Janet and I are traveling on your passport.
Speaker 6: Too, I know but you can prove you were born
Speaker 6: in the United States and that you're an American.
Speaker 7: But there aren't enough supplies on this lifeboat.
Speaker 1: You die out here in the ocean.
Speaker 6: Well right now, we don't know if the warship is
Speaker 6: coming to our rescue or if they'll just shoot us
Speaker 6: and take no prisoners at all.
Speaker 8: Look, look up, look everyone, it's a rainbow.
Speaker 2: God has seen us. He is with us, sais God.
Speaker 6: Carolyn. Look what's that in the water by our boat.
Speaker 7: I don't know, something black.
Speaker 6: I'll just reach out and get it too.
Speaker 2: Oh Carolyn, Look, it's my Bible.
Speaker 7: And must have fallen out of our emergency bundle when
Speaker 7: you came down the ladder.
Speaker 6: Imagine that God brought it right alongside our boat, swirling
Speaker 6: in the.
Speaker 9: Water, right where I would see it.
Speaker 2: He is with us, Praise his name.
Speaker 4: And so even in the moment of their distress, God
Speaker 4: sent a sign not only to Jim and Carolyn with
Speaker 4: their Bible, but to all the passengers of the Zamzam
Speaker 4: by way of the rainbow arching across the sea, a
Speaker 4: sign that He had not forgotten them. As these helpless
Speaker 4: survivors surveyed their situation, some of whom had been cast
Speaker 4: into the sea, some who were huddled in ill equipped
Speaker 4: and leaky lifeboats, and all of whom watched with apprehension
Speaker 4: as the warship bore down upon them. None of them
Speaker 4: could know what lay ahead. Would they survive upon the ocean?
Speaker 4: Would they be killed? Would they be rescued? The next
Speaker 4: few moments might answer that question forever, Oh.
Speaker 3: Aunt Carol, you can't quit there. What happens to Jim
Speaker 3: and Carolyn, to missus Danielson and her children?
Speaker 4: Well, Jule Dan, I'm sorry to say that we're out
Speaker 4: of time for our program today, but I promised that
Speaker 4: next time I'll finished my story about the Zam Zam.
Speaker 3: I'm going to hold you to that promise, anwer okay,
Speaker 3: And I know everyone listening in right now will be
Speaker 3: back to find out what happens to all these folks.
Speaker 3: Just think one mother and six children thrown into the sea.
Speaker 4: Hard to even imagine, I know.
Speaker 3: And what about that rainbow?
Speaker 4: Yes, the rainbow was amazing. There was no rain, no mist,
Speaker 4: no way for that rainbow to have appeared except that
Speaker 4: it was sent by God for their encouragement.
Speaker 3: Amen. And then there was the floating Bible.
Speaker 4: Then well, like I said, we really must go now,
Speaker 4: but first, Uncle Dan, just in case someone doesn't have
Speaker 4: access to a computer and would like to contact us,
Speaker 4: let's give our address.
Speaker 3: Good idea, just write to us box eight Niles. That's
Speaker 3: in Iles, Michigan four none one to zero. That's box
Speaker 3: eight Niles, Michigan four nine to one to zero.
Speaker 4: And now we really do have to go, but be
Speaker 4: sure to join us again next time.
Speaker 3: God bless you.
Speaker 2: This has been your story hour building for a better tomorrow.
Speaker 4: This is Ann Carroll and Uncle Dann saying goodbye everyone,
Speaker 4: See you again next time.