Campeche, Mexico – Andrews native Katie Hornor is proud of her success and has built a movement in its celebration. The founder and director of Handprint Legacy dedicates her talents to teaching others what she learned during what she calls her “broken years.”
“About 14 years ago, my family and I left everything and moved to Mexico to work as tent-making missionaries,” she said. Tent-making missionaries, she added, “are missionaries who create their own support and fund their missionary work through their own efforts.”
Those first few years in Mexico were rough, when the ministry they served “fell apart.” However, they kept the faith. When the second ministry they joined struggled with internal issues, they decided to go it alone.
The Hornors were already homeschooling their children. and Katie was so good at it she turned it into her tent-making. She began to curate online homeschooling courses that she created and tested on her own five children.
These teaching principles became the cornerstone of her online courses. The product was so successful, she began speaking to business owners and organizations about how to successfully build their businesses based on her model.
Hornor writes and creates mainly for a Christian audience. In her book, Faith like a Flamingo, she speaks of the flamingo’s pinkness.
“They have pink feathers, pink skin, even pink blood,” she said, adding, “and they are not ashamed.”
This last observation is what informed the content of her book. “So many Christians are ashamed to celebrate their successes,” Hornor said.
She said Christians are taught that bragging is sinful, and this reproach may prohibit them from serving others through their God-given gifts. She believes Christians must “live and give from a place of abundance, not scarcity.”
At the core of her business lies a three-word manifesto: “Your Message Matters.” And this belief informs her business success. “What we do creates an impact in our wake,” she said.
Hornor calls her impact a “transformational legacy” and has packaged her success into high-ticket offers she defines as “any deliverable for sale.” Her deliverable is her “over $6,000 master teacher accelerator course.” But she coaches Christian entrepreneurs in any effort of “calling” they feel led to pursue.
At her core, Hornor is a teacher. “I have always been a teacher,” she said. “It lights me up to see the lightbulb turn on in others.”
Despite living a busy life as a successful entrepreneur and mother, Hornor’s favorite place to be is on her front porch drinking coffee in her hammock. Her husband drinks his coffee iced because of the extreme temperatures in Campeche, but she prefers it warm.
She loves living in Mexico because it reminds her of home in Andrews. “The culture here mirrors the mountains,” she said.
“Just like back home, here people are more important than appointments.”