A pristine jungle river-turned-baptismal-font and a crowded meetinghouse yard draped in makeshift tents set the scene for a landmark weekend in southeastern Papua New Guinea.
On June 14, 107 disciples of Jesus Christ stepped into the Bangoho River to be baptized; following those services, Elder Taniela B. Wakolo, a General Authority Seventy and member of the Pacific Area presidency, organized the Oro Papua New Guinea Stake—the fifth stake in the nation and the first in the remote province of Oro, reported the Church’s Papua New Guinea Newsroom.
For the meetings on June 14 and 15, the Popondetta chapel could not hold the hundreds who gathered. Volunteers pitched rows of tents outside, while others tuned in from remote villages by internet for the meetings.
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