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of the convoy were caused by the slippery into and trapping in the mud, the breaking
of the chain without a reserved spare-part, the brokendown machine due to muddy
water etc. As a result one waited the other without knowing the condition of the other,
having no communication means and clear direction where to go next. While in the
same time the sun was about to set and the evening time would come soon. (What if
anybody in the groups had an evil thought and would rob or kill somebody? Remember
that the groups were in the middle of the ‘virgin jungle’ of the world).
Thank God, no evil deeds took place. God’s protection has been so real. The
planned meeting place was at one point on the branching small river bank. Nobody
had the idea about the meeting place for a clear reason. A small space on the bank of
a small river with unknown number of branches in the middle of a jungle and, of
course, no sign board and lights and decent place to wait was not the easy place to
identify. But there should be a speedboat driver waiting the team overthere and he
(and the speedboat) could be a distinct and clear marker of the meeting place. The
problem was who could really guarantee that the speedboat and its driver would be
there after the team was so late to arrive. Who could have trusted these local people
for all details of the transportation arrangement, after such a misled and catastrophic
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journey? This was further proven by the fact that some of the members of the 1 and
nd
2 groups had different ideas about the exact location of the meeting place. What
could we do? Only one thing we could do, coming to God through the praying and
asking His wisdom to lead us out from this ‘deadlock natural labyrinth’.
This was proven to be correct if one reviewed from what would take place
afterwards. In God’s enlightening ideas, two things had to be done. First we had to
make sure that our current location was on the route or near the usual path taken by
a walking group or burden-carrying group. The second step was just ‘wait and see’ with
the fully-opened eyes and ears to be able to detect when a walking or burden-carrying
group was passing our location. Yes, we were waiting the first group or part of the
second group who did the journey on foot. They still walked definitely behind the
motorcycle team especially the Wandouw group who also carried the heavy burdens
i.e. sacks of rices, jars of petrol on their bicycles. And the glooming darkness of the
evening, hopefully, made them carrying several lamps or the oil-filled pipes with
glowing fire on its top. Those lights would make their convoy becoming eye-catching
and easy to observe. Then we had to be ready with the strong screams, noisy shouts
and roaring voices to attract their attention and to stop their convoy. Hallelujah! One
big problem was finally solved. Uuuugh, thank God, anyway.

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