1. LONG JOURNEY
In the bustling marketplace of Alexandria we meet Samuel
and Macky. Soon they encounter two young refugee girls who
have stowed away aboard a ship from Galilee and are being
pursued by Roman soldiers. Macky and his family risk their
safety and defy the Romans by taking the sisters into their
home. Samuel tells the story of Daniel in the Lions’ Den to
encourage the family not to be afraid - and Macky learns
that violence is not the answer.
When the girls are captured, Macky reminds everyone how
Jesus demonstrated his power with a Miraculous Catch of
Fish before calling his followers to leave everything and
follow him. This motivates Samuel to help Macky spring a
daring raid on the prison to free the girls.
2. A FRIEND IN HIGH PLACES
Macky rescues a snobbish, aristocratic Roman girl, Portia, from her
runaway horse and she is so fascinated with Macky and the whole
world of Alexandria’s Delta Quarter ghetto, that she returns and
hires Diana to make a dress for her - at the Governor’s palace!
Rebecca is horrified that a Roman should enter their lives and uses
the story of how Delilah led Samson astray to warn against being
corrupted by foreign ways. But Macky senses there is more to Portia
than they have seen so far.
Diana teaches the youngsters the value of tolerance through the
story of Peter’s friendship with Cornelius, the Roman Centurion -
and with help from their new Roman friend Portia, the gang thwart
an extortion scheme run by Tobias and his sergeant, Brutacus.
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