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enough to stand firmly against the current. Moreover the weight of one person would
make the rotation of the beam cross-sections at (and around) the middle point still
large enough (too steep for the stepping on of one’s foot) which would cause slippery
(twisting cross section). By standing up and pressing our legs together on the beam,
due to the human chain, the twisting of the cross section of the bridging tree stem
could be resisted by the total weights of our bodies spreaded along the beam.
Our faiths to the word of God: “And behold, I am with you always, to the end of
the age” (Mat 28:20b), and the understanding of the danger of walking on the bridge
beam due to the flooded river had pushed and forced us to move forward, step by
step. By putting in our hearts that the hands of the angels of God held and supported
all of us and that no harm could happen to and inflict us we moved forward until one
by one reached safely the other end of the bridge beam. GOD BE WITH US! That was
exactly what had happened with us. A huge joy and extraordinary peace flowed out
from each of the team members when the last person arrived at the opposite end of
the bridge beam and the swimmer team got out of the river without any problem at
all. Again, all glory to Lord Jesus Christ. Hallelujah!
The team continued to resume the journey, of course, with the increasing
tiredness and decreasing physical energy, slippery boots, great thirst and hungriness.
No food was consumed since docking at the riverport. Nevertheless all of us felt the
sincere happiness, heavenly joy and thankfulness to God for all His protection, saving
of us from the danger and giving us the extra strength. The more than 6-hour journey
finally brought us back to the PNG-Indonesia border near Sota. Since most of us were
extremely tired and not in the position to walk some extra kilometers again we
preferred to wait the car from Sota’s GPdI church to pick us up while taking some rest
at the Null Point of Sota. Some of us, the church’s members, went home directly on
foot. After taking a simple late supper by 24.30 WIT (Indonesian Eastern Time) the NJE
group and the Merauke pastor continued the journey by car and arrived in Merauke
at 02.00 WIT. Thank God for the safe journey. We could still enjoy several hours of
sleeping before in the morning rushing out again to Merauke’s airport to catch the
flight at 10.00 WIT for the 7-hour flying to Jakarta and Manado. Until here, at that date
and time, God has been with us so well. Ebenhaezer!

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