When the Finns arrived there, there was one structure at Omandongo, a house that had been built by Frederick Green, assistant to the merchant Andersson.

[4] The Omandongo mission station had to be abandoned in late September or early October 1888, because of the despotic behaviour of Prince Nehale of Ondonga.

His men murdered a South African merchant named William Jordan practically in the yard of the mission station.

The 30th anniversary of the arrival of the Finnish missionaries was celebrated at Olukonda, since Omandongo had been abandoned already years earlier.

There was a large wooden cross at the site, and the first number was a re-enactment of the arrival of the missionaries 100 years earlier.

Several male missionaries, with their safari helmets on, acted the roles of the original arrivals on ox carts.

The liturgy of the festive service was conducted by Mikko Ihamäki and Bishop Leonard Auala, and the sermon was held by Kleopas Dumeni.

The government of South Africa was represented by Chief Commissar J. M. de Wet, who emphasised that the Ovambos, the Boers and the Finns must work together in order to improve the situation of the Ovambos[10] Everything went peacefully, and the biggest problem was caused by a couple of scorpion stings.