- 5 - 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 afterPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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