Our Story
Peter MacInnes, Owner/Publisher
FaithAndFamilyAbilene@gmail.com • 325-665- 3191 (texting is best)
FaithAndFamilyAbilene defines the Abilene & Area Businesses who serve us. We are "Your Abilene and Area Online Business Connection."
About me: I'm a husband, father, a grandfather, a Canadian and a Texan. Shirley and I were married in Lubbock, then moved to Canada. Ten years and three children later we moved to Abilene where I started several Big Country Telephone Directories (Later called Area-Wide).
Approximately 10 years later I sold all of the directories to an investment group, and the next 20 years worked as the field director for Texas Midwest Community Network.
TMCN was organized 30 years ago to help Texas Midwest Towns and Cities promote economic and community growth through tourism. Over the years it has accomplished that and more. For the first 22 years it was guided by Executive Director Nicki Harle, who is now the Callahan County Judge. TMCN, is now celebrating its 30th year under the capable guidance of Executive Director Lori Dodd.
Why Name Our Business "Faith AndFamily"
FAITH: Faith is what makes life work. In this context, faith may be understood with this question, “How many of your best traits were learned through adversity?” I’m guessing most of them. Good planning can reduce some unknowns, but it will never eliminate them all because stormy days are common to us all. A wise man once said that when we are preoccupied with the blessings we are sure we need, it might make it harder for us to recognize the blessings we are receiving. It's the storms that show our true self. It's when our faith is most visible. Lewis Carroll the English author and poet once said, “One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.” To these words I would also add, "At the end of the day it’s almost always the small things that really count".
FAMILY: Life is not a do-it-yourself experience. It's the family that gives a nation its strength, one of the gifts my parents gave my brothers and me was an imperfect home. They were godly and honest, but practical. Honest about what they believed, and honest about their inability to always live up to their ideals. Farming teaches one that. Who my parents were at home always matched who they were to the world at large, which gave me security and a foundation of trust with my own family and with others. “Every effort to make society sensitive to the importance of family is a great service to humanity” - Pope John Paul II
BUSINESS: We are an Abilene Tx Small Business. Small businesses are vital to our nations prosperity in that they creates over 60% of all new jobs, and most innovation are first developed in small businesses. The reason? When responsible men and women with different gifts and world views fashion commerce together they become motivated. Their aspirations go beyond their business pursuits because they are employers and customers with a strong desire for a prosperous community. A small business may travel a changing path that's not always smooth, but with time and work they provide the community with something very special.
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