Paul Rosolie

He didn't even have to order it.

But yeah, this isn't like the aftermath when things were calm.

And then my sort of moment with this that really stuck with me was when Rommel said to me, he said, you know, they, he said, they're asking about you.

And I said, what are they asking?

I said, you know, me?

And he goes, yeah, they're asking about you.

And, you know, again, I'm not tall, but compared to the people in the village, I was a little bit taller and big shoulders.

And he said, they said, you look like a warrior.

He said, could you come forward?

He said, show them that you don't mean any harm.

He said, show them your palms.

And so he pulled me up onto the beach.

And this was right before they left.

But see, I hold up my hands, listen.

And they sang back.

They're singing.

They raise their hands, I raise my hands.

And then we were left with watching them walk off the beach into the jungle with everything that we'd given them.

and they were gone.

And so we went down river the next day and the community said to us, okay, now you understand this is real.