sorry for the late reply; i don't frequent this site that much anymore since i downloaded the pdf FSM file from here....
i have the same year quest
popped the hood and saw the front o2 sensor...
white black white on the wires = 3 wires on the sensor, confirmed
blue-yellow stripe, green, black on the connector side, confirmed
no 4 wire o2 sensor on my vehicle; did you get the correct part?
are you sure you're looking at the o2 sensor? (the one threaded into the exhaust manifold?)
also lookup same year mercury villager (this is the last year ford-nissan had made a joint venture for this generation minivan) and confirm part numbers the same!