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Other important things had still to be done, meeting and reporting our visit to
the local military station which acted like an immigration office as well. Finally NJE
team departed the nearest village. After sailing for some times the boat turned aside
and crossed a very wide lake-like area full of water and long weeds. Two rather big
and long speedboats were moving and ‘breaking through’ the lake of weeds. The first
carried our team while the second the military ‘platoon’ (10-12 personnels) with their
loaded heavy arms. The two speedboats moved one after the other and maintained
the distance quite accurately. In other words, our team was well escorted by the
military men with the ready-for-use guns (this raised a question: “what could have
been wrong with the trip?”). At least 2 hours were needed just to cross the large lake-
and-weed area until arriving at Wandouw. This mystery of the heavily-guarded NJE’s
team remained unanswered until we finally arrived at Wandouw and were greeted
with special singings of local songs with the musics. All local leaders, pastors and
evangelists and their congregations had already gathered in this ‘small island’ village.

2017: Arriving at Wandouw, PNG – The greeting ceremony.

At Wandouw village: the meeting, facilities and crusades.
In the courtesy meeting that late afternoon it became distinct that the heavy guarding
by the military men was intended to protect NJE team from the real threat of potential
attacks by a group of large crocodiles which lived and operated in the large river and
its banks especially in the lake-and-weed area. The real truth was we had just passed
‘successfully’ the river, swampy areas and lake-and-weed area which contained (so)
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