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I read about a man whose family had been

eaten by a crocodile.

there were three children,

and it had just swallowed the wife.

but the woman's head got stuck in it's

throat so that the animal choked.

That was her way of getting even.

The ground was soaked in human blood.

-Are we going to those parts?

-You know Roberts fantasies?

They're not fantasies.

I've read it.

Kristina?

From Karl Oskar

Could it be the sheriff?

-Who is it?

-Danjel. Can I come in?

-May God bring peace to your house.

-Is something wrong at home?

No, everything is fine with wife and children.

-Then, what's the matter?

-What is it?

-I have a message for you, Karl Oskar.

-From whom?

From God.

The Lord woke me and said :

"Go to Karl Oskar, husband of your

beloved niece."

He spoke to me as He spoke to Abraham

He said :

"Leave your motherland,

your family and your fathers house,"-

-"travel to a country I will show you."

"Go to Karl Oskar at Korpamoen.

He will be of help to you."

Do you want to come with us to America?

We live in a time of persecution in

my motherland.

I am prohibited to seek my God.

I have been banished from the land.

but the Lord will open a new land to me.

We shall travel there together,

and no one need be afraid.

So you will be six?

We will be eight, with children and guests.

Are you bringing all your guests as well?

Ulrika and the girl are coming.

I have promised them.

-Does Danjel need a farmhand?

-Yes.

The other one ran away with the coming

of the time of persecution.

I know one that would be handy in America.

His name is Arvid.

We will place it all in the hands of the Lord.

He will aid us with all His mighty power,

So we can cross the perilous ocean safely.

You're going to be a bad example to

my other parishioners, Karl Oskar Nilsson.

You're known as a fast and handy farmer

Capable of making a living from your farm.

I'm afraid I can't, father.

You have enough food. one should be

content as long as there is food on the table.

Have you really thought about this 'adventure'

you're dragging your family along to?

Do you know the truth about the country

that tempts you?

Have you not been misled?

By smoke and mirrors?

This could be the downfall of you and yours.

I have to advice against it.

-You believe I want only the best for you?

-I believe the father has good intentions.

Think of your parents.

Your father is a cripple.

The old ones have enough to manage on.

You have been possessed by the

spirit of discontent

I have already sold, and am now free.

May I go about my business?

I will give you your emigration license.

And I will ask the Lord to bless you and yours

on the journey to far away lands.

May you never regret your bold choice.

Thank you, humbly. .

Stop, that's enough ! That's enough.

Enough? What are you talking about?

Just a little more!

Aren't we going soon?

Nobody knows what they wear on their

feet in America.

I am sure you can wear these in front of

Americans without having to be ashamed.

They were expensive.

To think that so many are emigrating

at the same time. Jonas Petter as well.

Karl Oskar, there is something

I have to tell you.

-I'm in that way again.

-hmmmm. . .

-It couldn't have come at a worse time.

-What?!

I'm just saying. . . this isn't the best time.

I can't get pregnant only when it suits you !

It's not just my fault that I'm pregnant again.

It's your fault too!

-this isn't the best time for you !

-Why do you have to take this so badly?

-You're afraid I will be a hindrance!

-I never said that.

I'm just afraid this will make it even

harder on you.

ether. We should be friends on this, our last evening

-Well. . . I don't feel well.

-I know, I know.

-You need to speak softly to me.

-No harsh words from me.

Drive slowly through the gate.

It's a good thing your so thin,

or I would have had to walk along side.

Arvid, when we get to Karlshamn,

I'm going to buy an English textbook.

There will be time to learn during the voyage

You can borrow it if you want.

-I don't need it.

-You don't speak English, do you?

No, not now. But when I step ashore

in America I will.

So you think you will be fluent

as soon as you step ashore?

-Who told you that?

-Danjel.

But you will have to teach yourself

the language, for you are not of the spirit.

-Could this be true?

-You don't think Danjel is lying?

When we step ashore the holy spirit will reach

out to all true believers,-

-and everyone who is born again through Jesus

Christ shall be able to speak American.

-Have you read the Gospels?

-Yes. . .

But I haven't heard about that part.

Hey, Robert? I'm afraid of America.

-Why?

-Maybe they are mean to the newcomers.

No, you have nothing to be afraid of.

There are so few women in America-

-that they are treated like gold and jewels.

You will have everything you ever wanted.

so that the wagons won't fall off,

they've attached little hooks. . . . . .

God's peace!

There was the bishop with his rod pointing

to high heaven like a church candle.

They couldn't bury him like that so they

called all the priests in the area,-

-such as the priest Stenmark,

who read over his body,-

-but still it wouldn't go flaccid.

The devil refused to leave his body.

Eventually they asked the old maid

Magda for help,-

-she went into the room where he was lying

and stayed there through the night,-

-and in them morning when the rest came in,

he was fit for burial like normal people.

-I wonder if we'll get seasick on the ship.

-It's not that bad.

-You only vomit a little.

-Probably like being knocked up.

-They say it's meant to be terrible.

-Don't you remember what I said?

-Have you forgotten what I told you?

-No, of course not.

People who have Christ in them can take the

sea, even if they are not used to it.

I believe you. I'm not afraid.

-Don't you get seasick like everyone else?

-No, Karl Oskar.

-Christ died for my sins.

-You have doubts, Karl Oskar.

I have heard that married women suffer more

than others at sea.

Not if they are true in spirit, Jonas Petter.

Most women are of the flesh. You can make

bastards in the marriage bed like anywhere else.

I thought the scurvy and the cholera

were more dangerous than seasickness?

-I've heard that. . .

-Let us give praise to the Lord on this the

first day of our voyage.

Thank you, Lord, for keeping your hand over us.

This the first day of our voyage.

Johan !

Where are we meant to live?

Let's see. You and you. Go over here.

-Karl Oskar!

-I'm coming.

Here?

-There is no room.

-I want to stay with my family!

I don't understand what your saying.

Let me speak to the captain?

Arvid ! Over here.

The beasts at home in the barn have more space!

Passengers and cargo

-Nice with some fresh air.

-Yes.

-I got 16.

-Yeah, so did I.

-Do you want to climb her?

-Yeah, let's do it.

-This far, but no further.

-They wouldn't let us go further.

-How many did you get?

What if the sea rises.

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