You Can Make a Difference
We receive many thank you cards-mails, and letters of appreciation from auctioneers. Your involvement in the Fellowship of Christian Auctioneers International (FCAI) has given families the support they needed.
In Luke 10 vs 30, Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan. This reminds me of all the auctioneers who help those in need. Not only did the Good Samaritan take care of the wounded man, but Jesus states in vs 35 that He told the innkeeper, “Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spend more, when I come again, I will repay thee.” We received this thank you note from Doug Bradford’s Dad:
I want to thank you for the package of items of Christian encouragement and your prayers for my healing. I am humbled by your thoughtfulness. Healing is occurring and I know this is all in accordance with his provision. I enjoyed some of the coffee Doug shared with me this morning.
Thank you, Jim Braford
Our friend Lyle Bond went to be with the Lord December 21, 2021.
He graduated from high school in 1955 and enlisted in the US Navy in June 1955. He toured the world on the USS Northampton. He told of his adventures of travel with love and fondness especially Italy over the years. After 4 years of active duty in the Navy which were very near and dear to his heart and 4 years of reserve duty he was honorably discharged on June 4, 1963.
He married Denise Harris on February 2, 1963, and to this union Bret Andrew and Sara Ann were born. The family moved to Colorado, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska and finally to Texas where he and Denise retired in Round Rock.
Lyle returned to Iowa in the early 1960’s and began his career as a radio personality at KAYL in Storm Lake, IA. He moved to Sioux City, IA and became a TV Weatherman. Lyle was selected by UPI as one of Iowa’s top 6 newscasters in 1964. He also enjoyed other careers in the Executive Recruiting and Real Estate industry but his love for the auction industry won out as his last career with daughter Sara by his side. Together with Denise, they built TNT Auction & Appraisals. Lyle was named Senior Champion Auctioneer for the State of Texas in 1990.
Lyle is survived by his wife Denise of Round Rock, TX, son Bret of Austin, TX, daughter Sara of Hutto, TX. Please keep Lyle’s family in your prayers.
Our friend R.J. Smith, went to be with the Lord 2 years ago, I wanted to share his poem:
Carson Kaddatz & his fiancée Michaela attended the 2021 Stagg Bowl NCAA in Canton, Ohio on December 17, 2021.
The University of Mary Hardin Baylor (UMHB) varsity team played North Central. UMHB won the National Championship. Carson has played on the Jr. Varsity at UMHB for 3 years. The team was recognized on 2-8-22 at UMHB at Belton, Tx. Pictured are the new head Coach for UMHB on the left Larry Harmon, Carson, myself, & recently retired head coach Pete Fredenburg.
Please designate Live Action as your Charity when you order from Amazon Live. Live Action is Pro-life group that is doing excellent work in saving babies.
We have visited with founder Lila Rose several times in Washington D.C. She did uncover work to find atrocities at Planned Parenthood.
Prayer Requests
Jim Bradford, Carrollton, TX - Doug Bradford’s Dad
Allen Huegatter’s Mom, Bowie, TX
David Ashley Harbour, Dallas, TX
Brenda Kaddatz, Hillsboro, TX
Pat Storey, Early, TX
Sandy Dunning, Plano, TX
Bob Mitchell, Terrell, TX
Kyle Mitchell, Terrell, TX
Patti Franklin, Tomball, TX - Jacquelyn Lemons-Shillingburg & Lori Lemons-Campbell’s Mom
Louise Long, Brady, TX - Pat & Mike Long’s Mother
Renee Jones, Gainesville, TX
Lou Ann Young, Olton, TX
Doug Elich, Prosper, TX
Charlene Sample, San Marcos, TX
Praise Reports
America’s Auction Academy raised funds for FCAI at their last auction school.
A special thank you to Mike Jones and Lori Jones and the student’s instructions. The next school will be June 3-10, 2022.
Go To Auctions provides the FCAI website.
Soldiers Prayer List
Louis D. Tarver Sergeant
Caleb Castro
People Passed or Lost Loved Ones That Have Gone to be with the Lord
Lyle Bond, Round Rock, TX
TDLR
I recently had to deal with a complaint at TDLR. The complaint was resolved. Todd Kercheval assisted me. If you need assistance with a matter at TDLR, you can contact Todd or I.
Please renew your FCAI membership if you have not.
Support Our Veterans
Let us know if you have any deployed troops. We send packages to them.
“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” – 1 Corinthians 15:57
“Be strong and courageous, do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” – Joshua 1:19
If you would like to be on the FCAI e-mail list, send your e-mail address. Check our website or Facebook for praise reports, prayer requests, thank you notes, and obituaries. You can send contributions to FCAI, visit our website, or call 254-582-3000 with a credit card. Our address is: 535 HCR 4223, Hillsboro, TX 76645.
For online donations please visit www.fcai.org. All donations are tax deductible.
May God Bless You,
Alvin Kaddatz
1st Qtr 2022 President Update: Angie Meier
Greetings TAA Family,
I hope everyone had an amazing holiday season with family and friends and that your 2022 New Year is off to a fantastic start!
We have had a lot of amazing things happen within our association since our last newsletter.
As you all know, due to Covid and hospital restrictions, our annual Christmas Auction at Scottish Rite Hospital was cancelled. We all look forward to this time each year and hope that we will be able to return in 2022.
However, we did something super special this holiday season. We held our first annual “TAA Family Christmas Gathering” in Belton, at the Summer’s Mill Conference & Retreat Center. Our goal for this event, was to bring our TAA family together for a laid-back weekend full of FAMILY FUN and fellowship, and that is just what we did!
We kicked off Saturday morning with breakfast and an awesome scavenger hunt with the kids. After the hunt we had a great lunch with our guest speaker (and Lobbyist) Todd Kercheval, updating us on the current affairs of TDLR. We then built gingerbread houses with the kids, had a surprise visit from Santa Claus, two Cornhole Tournaments (one for the adults and one for the children) , an amazing dinner, and wrapped the night up with our FIRST ANNUAL CHILDREN’S AUCTION! Oh my, that was something to behold! The children were so excited to be on stage and be auctioneers! The future is bright for our association; I cannot wait until next year’s gathering! Thank you to all the board members and volunteers that worked so hard to make this weekend a complete success.
Another amazing event held by the TAA was the 2022 Texas Lone Star Open (TLSO) at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo Jan. 30, 2022. We had 25 contestants from all over the United States join us in Fort Worth to compete for $10,000 in Prize Money, a Custom Jeff Smith Trophy Saddle (Donated By Tony Langdon Auction Properties) and the title of 2022 TLSO Champion. It was an amazing competition with so much talent showing up and giving it their all. This year the event was broadcast on the Cowboy Channel Plus App. Congratulations to all the contestants for entering and to our five finalist – Jarod Hamm, Kyle Dykes, Sixto Paiz, Trey Galloway, and Cody Shelley. A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Cody Shelley for winning this year’s competition! We look forward to everyone joining us next year, for another amazing event.
I hope to see you all in Frisco at the Embassy Suites June 16-18 for our 65th Annual Convention, Contest and TAA Fellowship and FUN!
CHEERS!
Miracles Still Happen
Yvonne Jones called me to ask everyone to pray for Renee Jones. Renee had surgery in Houston on 10-20-2021. She was recovering so she traveled to Gainesville to be with her mom (Yvonne). On 10-29, Renee had extensive internal bleeding. She had lost a lot of blood and had to be rushed to the hospital. She had a broken artery in her chest the doctor said if she had got there 15 minutes later, she probably wouldn’t have survived. Praise God for answered prayer.
Thanks to all of you who are prayer warriors. Jesus states in scripture in Matthew 7:7:
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
8 For every one that asked receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Jesus did numerous miracles. As we share our experiences with each other, we see that numerous miracles continue to occur every day. One of our friends had the Covid virus. She went to the doctor and her doctor refused to give her anything except vitamin C & zinc. She took some Ivomec & was well in 2 days.
Currently, Ivermectin has already been adopted by 25 percent of the world’s countries to prevent and treat COVID-19. Bangladesh, where Ivermectin is broadly used in almost every home, enjoys a 99 percent lower per capita death rate from COVID-19 than the US. Bangladesh, with 160 million inhabitants, has half the US population. However, it has merely 10,000 COVID-19 deaths. Contrast that with nearly 580,000 US deaths in our country of 327 million. Some report 700,000.
On October 19, we received this from Stan Young: “We are very thankful that today’s surgery went well” Stan was giving us an update on Lou Ann. She is still having some health issues so continue to pray for her.
It is great to know when FCAI sends out emails with a prayer request, you respond. Praise God for all of you.
We wanted to wish each of you a very Merry Christmas! Join us in celebrating Christ’s birthday.
6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
12 And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes. lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
We have killed several rattlesnakes in the past 3 months. Pictured is Robert Robertson, our nephew, with one he killed on our farm near Hillsboro.
Gideon Bible
Kevin Lane, who does a 3:16 devotional that we send out, was talking to a Gideon. The Gideon had been to a prison and a prisoner said he wanted a small testament. He told the Gideon he used the pages to smoke. The Gideon said he would give him a testament if he would agree to read each page before he smoked it. When the prisoner got to John 3: 16, he stopped smoking them.
We serve a great God! Praise God for answered prayer.
Prayer Requests
O.B Powers - Howe, TX
Jim Bradford - Carrollton, TX (Doug Bradford’s Dad)
Allen Huegatter’s Mom - Bowie, TX
David Ashley Harbour - Dallas, TX
Brenda Kaddatz - Hillsboro, TX
Pat Storey - Early, TX
Sandy Dunning - Plano, TX
Bob Mitchell - Terrell, TX
Kyle Mitchell - Terrell, TX
Patti Franklin - Tomball, TX (Jacquelyn Lemons-Shillingburg & Lori Lemons Campbell’s Mom)
Louise Long - Brady, TX (Pat & Mike Long’s Mother)
Renee Jones - Gainesville, TX
Lou Ann Young - Olton, TX
Doug Elich - Prosper, TX
Praise Reports
America’s Auction Academy raised funds for FCAI at their last auction school.
A special thank you to Mike Jones and Lori Jones and the students. The next school will be January 21-28, 2022.
Go To Auctions provides the FCAI website.
TAA raised $1308.91 for FCAI from the Fun Auction.
Soldiers Prayer List
Louis D. Tarver
Sergeant Caleb Castro
People passed or lost loved ones that have gone to be with the Lord
Rudy Mayer - Lincoln, TX
Shorty Ballard’s Dad - Bryan, TX
TDLR
I recently had to deal with a complaint at TDLR. The complaint was resolved. Todd Kercheval assisted me. If you need assistance with a matter at TDLR, you can contact Todd or I.
Please renew your FCAI membership if you have not.
Support Our Veterans
Let us know if you have any deployed troops. We send packages to them.
“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” – 1 Corinthians 15:57
“Be strong and courageous, do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” – Joshua 1:19
If you would like to be on the FCAI e-mail list, send your e-mail address. Check our website or Facebook for praise reports, prayer requests, thank you notes, and obituaries. You can send contributions to FCAI, visit our website, or call 254-582-3000 with a credit card. Our address is: 535 HCR 4223, Hillsboro, TX 76645.
For online donations please visit www.fcai.org. All donations are tax deductible.
May God Bless You,
Alvin Kaddatz
4th Qtr 2021 President Update: Angie Meier
Hello TAA Members and Families,
This is such a magical time of year. It is a season of giving, thankfulness, a reflection of ourselves and the close of 2021. I hope that each of you had a great Thanksgiving with your families and friends. This past year has been super eventful for the Meier Clan. Our oldest daughter (Loralyn) will be moving back home to Texas from VA. She just accepted a position at Tarleton State University and will begin this new chapter in Jan 2022. Our Oldest Son (Rody) is in his Senior Year at UNT and will graduate with his marketing degree in 2022. Our middle Daughter (Riley) graduated High School in May with her associates and is in her Junior Year at Tarleton, studying marketing. And our youngest son (Levi) is in his Junior Year in high school and will be attending the World Wide College of Auctioneering the summer of 2022. I am so proud of the young adults Craig, and I are raising and excited for what the future holds for them.
Unfortunately, due to Covid Restrictions, a tradition the TAA has had for years, was cancelled again. Our current Champion Scotty Gibbs, the 2021-22 Board of Directors and friends are unable to go to Scottish Rite this year for our annual Children’s Auction, but our mission of giving back is still the same and a donation on behalf of the TAA will be made.
With the spirit of the season, the TAA is holding our Inaugural Auction Family Christmas Gathering Dec. 11th at Summer’s Mill in Belton, TX. We are planning lots of family fun activities for the day, pictures with Santa, Crafts for the kids, Wreath making class for the ladies and a holiday fun auction and scavenger hunt. We also will have a PAC update during lunch from Todd Kercheval and any questions will be answered. I am super excited for us to come together in fellowship and hope that this tradition will last for years to come. (I will have a full recap of the event in the next newsletter but want to thank each of you who came out to Belton to support your TAA family.)
It is hard to believe that 2021 is about to an end and 2022 is right around the corner, and that means it’s TIME FOR THE TLSO! Is there a better way to launch into the new year, than with an amazing auctioneer competition?! I would like to invite each of you to polish up those boots and your auction chant! Please make plans to enter or attend the Texas Lone Star Open, January 30,2022. This awesome event will be held with the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo! $10,000 and a Custom Jeff Smith Trophy Saddle will be awarded to the champion, as well as lifelong friendships and memories made. If competition isn’t your thing, coming out and supporting your fellow TAA members means the world to the competitors. We hope to see you all there! Let’s make this the biggest and best TLSO to date.
May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope;
The spirit of Christmas which is peace;
The heart of Christmas which is love.
-Unknown
I wish you all safe travels this holiday season, a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!