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TAA NEWS

Chaplain’s MESSAGE: WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR TALENTS?

In Matthew 25, Jesus tells the parable of the talents. One Prayer Request
person received five talents and invested and made five Cindy Soltis-Stroud Brenda Kaddatz
more talents. Another person received two talents and Ethan Yeaman Renee Jones
invested and made two more. The third person buried their Harold McDonald Yvonne Jones
talents. Jesus praised the ones who invested their talents. Charles Connour Renee Sample

God has blessed us all with special talents. He expects us to Steve Friscup Ollie Wharton
Mike Hanley Cullen Johnson
use these talents to help our industry and our fellow man. John Lemons R.J. Smith
Let us use all of our talents to serve the Lord in all that we do. Those effected by Hurricane Harvey
I received a phone call from Linda Riley that Mark had gone Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs
to be with the Lord. Mark fought hard to recover from his Obituaries
health issues. He was released from the hospital in Houston Jim Gregory 11-2-17
and was at a skilled facility at Clute, Texas. Mark served on Kelly Deckard (Steve Deckard’s Sister) 9-20-17
the TAA Board. Mark was a very generous person and sold John James Brandon 10-9-17
the Brazoria County Fair for over 20 years. Charles Gabehart (Andy Gabehart’s Father)
I visited with Mark several weeks ago. He loved his auction Leah Mildred Faske (Keith Faske’s Mother)
family. He told me how much he appreciated all of the Melissa Croucher (Ernie and Beverly’s Daughter) 9-21-17
auctioneers who had encouraged him during his illness. Mark Riley 11-13-17
Gary Worstell had provided a car for him to use. We praise Rod Lee Bartley (Wade Bartley’s Brother) 8-18-17
God for all of you who were there for Mark. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through
A special thank you to the students at the Texas Auction our Lord Jesus Christ.
Academy School in September who raised funds for FCAI. 1 Corinthians 15:57
Thank you to everyone who supported Chris Taliaferro’s Be strong and courageous, do not be terrified, do not be
son, Ty Wylie Taliaferro, as donations were raised for the discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wher-
Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas. ever you go – Joshua 1:19
We received a note from Nancy Manning thanking everyone If you have a soldier deployed overseas, let us know. We
for the cards, and prayers after losing Bob. “Your actions send out care packages to them. If you would like to be on
are deeply appreciated.” the FCAI e-mail list, send us your e-mail address.
We received a thank you note from Keith and Sheila Faske Check our website or Facebook for praise reports, prayer
who had extensive damage from Hurricane Harvey. “Thank requests, thank you notes and obituaries.
you for your generous blessing. We appreciate the monetary
support and the prayer support.” They included the scripture Checks may be sent to:
from Matthew 19:26. With God all things are possible. 535 HCR 4223 Hillsboro, TX 76645
Ethan Yeaman (Shorty and Dianne’s grandson) wanted to For online donations please visit www.fcai.org
All donations are tax deductible.
thank FCAI for the packages and items he received on his
deployment in the military. May God bless you and keep you,
Pray for our military, veterans and their families. Alvin Kaddatz

FCAI members responded to Hurricane Harvey. Several PA’s akaddatz@yahoo.com
were sent to the Houston area along with FCAI donations
from auctioneers in other states.

Wade Bartley wanted to thank everyone for their thoughts
and prayers at the passing of his brother.
Praise Report
Mathew Cade promoted to Major in Marines.
Ethan Yeaman, Top Gun Award, in the military.
Dirk Van Reenen, recovering from knee replacement.
Congratulations to Travis Kaddatz,
Carson Kaddatz and the Texas Wind football team for
winning the Texas State Home School Championship.

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