Slow down and look up …
As we write this letter looking back on the year,
snow covers the area and all is white and beautiful.
We recently returned from Scottsdale, AZ, where we visited with
Peggy’s cousin Melba. We celebrated Thanksgiving together and
enjoyed our time there. We visited a great walking area where we
birded and Ken did some photography.
Sadness touched us once again with the sudden loss of Ken’s sister, Ellene. God helped Ken do the funeral with family and friends. With this came executor responsibilities but we were able to sell her home quickly (the day it went on the market) and all related business has come together well.
Ken’s cousin Nedra was an incredible help, opening her home to us, and helping at every stage of the process.
Ken took a 12-day trip to Indonesia in November and had an exciting time trying to get home when airports were closed and he was stranded on a small island until a special flight to Singapore was arranged for him and the other “strandees.” He missed one major part of his story because of this.
Ken continues to play basketball twice a week with a group of guys 45+ and really enjoys it. The injuries so far are minimal (right now only two of his fingers are non-bending). Peggy started water aerobics the first of year and continues to attend with a friend two to three evenings a week.
Peggy was diagnosed with celiac disease in November, likely triggered by her chemo treatments four years ago. She is adjusting to the major change in diet and learning to cook and bake with the change. (Ken thinks she is a real trooper; she’s never complained and has baked numerous goodies she couldn’t eat throughout the holidays for others.)
We are both still involved in book publishing and editing. We completed a second book for Project Rescue and Peggy is currently working on a Spanish translation project for Silk Road Stories, one of Ken’s book projects previously published in English. The Pentecostal Evangel, the weekly magazine that Ken leads distributed several million copies once again during the year.
Peggy continued her tax work, serving her regular clients in Springfield as well as working with Southwest Missouri Office on Aging. She traveled to Branson once a week during tax season assisting at the senior center. She enjoyed seeing the ladies that were friends of her mother at Maranatha Village while doing taxes there several times.
Ken did very little fishing this year but hopes to make up for it next year!
Perkitty is more spoiled than ever. But, we love her anyway and you would too!
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
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.
flickr.com/photos/hornkl youtube.com/kjwq
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.
Happy New Year! Let’s make it a good one filled with all God has for us!
