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as chief executive officer, and Mrs. Kooyers served as a teacher
and missionary.
Petitioners’ daughter Leah graduated from college in 1978
and married Doug Heidema, a son of other missionaries. Leah and
Doug settled in Ambunti and assisted petitioners with their
missionary activities. Petitioners also sought and trained New
Guinea nationals to serve as leaders in the mission activities of
P.I. Ministries. Eventually, those nationals conducted a large
portion of the mission’s activities.
Over the years, the activities of P.I. Ministries greatly
contributed to the development of the Sepik area. With funds
provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development, P.I.
Ministries constructed (i) a large joinery to construct canoes,
trusses for buildings, school furniture, and water tanks, (ii)
new wards for the Ambunti clinic, and (iii) rain-collection water
systems for 165 villages. More recently, P.I. Ministries has
supplied villages with medicines and assisted in training
orderlies to provide basic medical treatment.
B. Creation of the OMK Trusts
Petitioners were frugal, made wise investments, and were
provided retirement benefits by P.I. Ministries. Consequently,
by 1995, they had accumulated substantial savings. Petitioners
continued to live a very modest lifestyle, however, even after
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