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Admiralty Island located just under the equator line floating with the other eighteen (18) Isle along the Bismarck Archipelago drifting around three hundred twenty kilometers (320 km) from north of Papua New Guinea and sixteen thousand three hundred eighty-five kilometers (16,385 km) South of Guam.
The total area mostly covers by rainforest of two thousand one hundred sqkm2, (2,100 km2) (810 sqm2). The Manus town center located at the north east from Bundahei western Manus district. (Lorengau City)
The western Manus District established at Bundahei back around sixty years as of 2022, prior of Likum time-honoured, well-known existence by then the membership just accumulated to fifty-seven and the first ever pioneer baptism was held in nineteen forty-seven (1947) combine with Likum SDA church baptized church members ceremonial was conducted by Pr. Robert Salau and Pr. Tutty.
The Likum church congregation was Organized back in nineteen forty-eight (1948) after almost ten years SDA landed at Likum in nineteen thirty-seven (1937) by Sapakroea and So’onmuli from Baon Lou Island the Manus head quarter that day.
Then later Pr. Robert Salau and Pr. Tutty as a Ministers of the Gospel arrived strength the laymen work at Likum, Bundahei, Salien and Nihon later Sapondalis in nineteen forty-four laymen was Saponsikadiu then the Missionaries Pr. R Salau and Pr. Tutty assisted.
However, Bundahei Seventh Day Adventist continue grow and after forty years the church Organized Hand church Sahisabo as a sisterhood church congregational and today the church had two branch Sabbath school churches to be cared.
The current membership just under three hundred after sixty years with the COV19 the work keep moving members and non- members feel that it’s one of the land mark to get out of sleepiness. And prepared lives for the Soon coming of the universe Creator.
The Bundahei population would be around one thousand (1000+) excluding children and infant, And the Missionaries who have come and worked at Western Manus District Director accumulated to twenty as of nineteen fifty-two to date.
Western Manus District Consisted of six congregation or Organized churches and two hand churches are Andrikon and “T” Menei with around twelve Grow One excerption of Gwamarai and Gwalilu’uk yet to be recognized as Hand church through permission by the Local Mission Executive committee.
The District have five Adventist Primary school and one Adventist High school within the District,
And the Mission Head Quarter base at Madang and the Local Mission had around forty-six Congregation or Organized church.
This climate change affects our environment rigorously as water level raise up and twice we had an experiences of King tidy approached went right up into the communities and it affect our food consumption and living be coming extra tough and need to work hard to maintenance the communities and families at large. The salt sea very demolished our habitation such food consumption.
While I’ am expressing this enormous affection upon everyone in the communities we need great acknowledgement from the responsible authority to examined the natural disastrous is ongoing surrounding the communities who situated along the coast line with the outer Island of Manus Province.
The situation alerts the communities and revitalized them of their relationship with their God the great Provider and Sustainer of life.
