Whew, what a year this has been! Lots going on all year and now entering a great holiday season.
In April my mother took a fall. This started a series of events that eventually ended in our losing her. It has been a sad loss for us. As we adjust to not having those daily phone calls or taking her to appointments, lunch, church and more, we both realize what a precious part of our lives she has been these past five years in Missouri. Closing her apartment, packing up items and deciding what to sell and what to keep have kept us busy. Moving into my folks’ home here in Springfield since being unable to sell it has also been a change for us. (Note our address change below.) And the paperwork!!
In August we both headed to General Council in Phoenix, Arizona—Ken with his Pentecostal Evangel responsibilities and me with a wonderful new ministry opportunity. I have been asked to be the spokesperson and Women’s Health Care Coordinator for the new partnership between the Convoy of Hope, the Women’s Department of the Assemblies of God, and the National Breast Cancer Foundation. I am excited about this and we are in the process of seeing just what this will mean for the future. We launched a campaign at General Council announcing the kick-off of a two-year 50 state tour where we will have a Convoy event in all 50 states over the next two years with a women’s tent offering breast cancer awareness, free mammogram screenings, and much more. It’s exciting to say the least and I am pleased to know that God is using my past experience for His good. I’ve been cancer free for two years now. I will be participating in at least 12 Convoy events in 2012.
My job at the Senior Center continues to be crazy and hectic. How can those seniors keep me soooo busy?! Exercise classes, bingo, 300 lunches served each day, delivery of some of those meals to homebound clients, dominos, bridge, puzzles, painting the center, decorating the center, counseling … it just keeps going. Ain’t life grand?!
Ken doesn’t travel as much as he used to but there were still a number of trips this year. He covered the World Assemblies of God Congress in India, where he saw several friends he had met in other parts of the world. He went to the Philippines where he covered stories on two islands. At the Evangelical Press Association conference in Chicago, the Pentecostal Evangel again won several awards.
At home he continued doing AGTV interviews. A favorite was Hudson Taylor IV, direct descendent of pioneer China missionary Hudson Taylor.
Since August he has been playing basketball twice a week with a group of guys 45+ and really enjoying it. He credits this (partially) for his best physical in years. (He’s cancer free for nine years.)
We are both still involved in book publishing, both with Onward Books and other projects.
Perkitty is enjoying the new house. She has the run of two levels and has figured out new places to hide and not come out from when called!
We pray you have a wonderful holiday season and a Christ-filled Christmas. We also pray God’s richest blessing on your upcoming year. May He fill your hearts with His love.
Ken & Peggy
Though we still have blogs with personal news and photos, the best place to connect with us is on Facebook; we would love to add you. Ken’s Flickr site has photos and a few video clips are on YouTube. Ken is kenhorn1 on Twitter.
Kenhorn.blogspot.com
Peggyhorn.blogspot.com
Khorn.agblogger.org
flickr.com/photos/hornkl
youtube.com/kjwq youtube.com/tpeag
Ken’s AGTV interview program, PE Connections, is online as video on demand at agtv.ag.org. Go to “channels,” then to “Pentecostal Evangel” to view them.
Perky after a hard day of play! Getting ready for the holidays…
