DEAR FRIENDS,

HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR! HARD TO BELIEVE IT IS 2002!! WE ARE READY TO KICK IT OFF WITH A BANG. FEBRUARY 2ND AND 3RD WE WILL BE BACK IN ADA, OK TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. THIS WILL BEGIN OUR 2ND YEAR FOR THE AATRC. 2001 WAS A GREAT SUCCESS TO US. WE FINISHED OFF WITH OUR FINALS IN ADA, OK. DEC 14,15 &16. LOOKS LIKE WE RAN A LITTLE OVER 1700 TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. DOLLARS AND PRIZES GIVEN OUT TOTALED $120,000!! NOT BAD FOR OUR FIRST YEARS FINALS. BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR A BIGGER AND BETTER YEAR IN 2002.

WE STARTED OUR FINALS OFF WITH A PRELIMINARY ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

WHEN IT FINALLY CAME DOWN TO THE MONEY ROUND OF THE PRELIMINARIES WE HAD 179 TEAMS OUT OF 1280. IN THE TOP 10 ONLY 3 WHERE SUCCESSFUL WITH STOPPING THE CLOCK! NOT ANY OF THEM FINDING THEIR WAY TO THE FIRST PLACE WINNERS CIRCLE! THAT WENT TO THE 11TH CALL BACK-JOE WASMER AND JUSTIN SPOTS. THESE COWBOYS STOPPED THE CLOCK WITH A 8.69 GIVING THEM A 29.06 ON THREE AND HELD FIRST PLACE THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 10 TEAMS. 7TH CALL BACK, STEPHANIE MORGAN AND COLLIN HAIRGROVE GAVE THEM A SCARE WITH A 9.64 BUT AFTER THE TIMES WHERE ADDED 55 HUNDREDTHS OF A SECOND SEPARATED THE TWO TEAMS LEAVING STEPHANIE AND COLLIN IN SECOND PLACE! HIGH POINT WINNER FROM THE PRELIMINARY RECEIVED A HEEL-O-MATIC! POINTS WENT THROUGH 15TH PLACE AND SINCE MR JOE WASMER PLACED 1ST AND 11TH HE WAS OUR HIGH POINT WINNER. CONGRATULATIONS JOE!

THE NEXT DAY WE HAD 429 TEAMS ROPING FOR THE TWO 3 HORSE EXISS TRAILERS WITH A CONVENIENCE PACKAGE PLUS SADDLES, BUCKLES, ROPE BAGS, JACKETS AND LOTS OF CASH! 43 TEAMS MADE IT TO THE MONEY ROUND. TIMES RANGED FROM A 26.16 ON THREE TO A 70.32 ON 3. FAST TIME IN THE MONEY ROUND WAS ON THE MINDS OF THE GUYS WITH THE LONGER TIMES. 3RD TEAM OUT WAS THE 41ST CALL BACK. DOUG MORLAND AND RICKEY MOORE. WITH A QUICK SPIN AND 2 FEET IN THE LOOP THE CLOCK STOPPED AT 7.67, WHICH LASTED FOR FAST TIME OF THE MONEY ROUND! 18 TEAMS CAUGHT THEIR 4TH AND FINAL STEER. THE AIR WAS THICK WHEN 5TH THRU 9TH CALL BACK POSITIONS WENT OUT. 4TH CALL BACK WAS KENNY MILLER AND DAMEON WHITE THEY SUCCESSFULLY ROPED THEIR 4TH STEER AT THE END OF THE ARENA WITH A 11.30. WITH 3 TEAMS LEFT TO GO THEY WONDERED IF THEY WOULD BE PULLING HOME THE EXISS TRAILERS. 3RD HIGH MISSED...2ND HIGH LEGGED AND COULD NOT TOUCH KENNY AND DAMEON. 1ST HIGH CALL BACK WAS TONY SMALL AND MAC MCCLISTER. THESE GUYS WERE BOTH VETS, ONE FROM OKLAHOMA AND THE OTHER FROM TEXAS. IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE WALT WOODARD ROPINGS YOU WOULD KNOW THAT TONY DROVE AWAY WITH A COUPLE OF THE HIGH POINT TRUCKS! HE CLEANED HOUSE AT ROPE WITH THE CHAMPS AND HAS BEEN ROPING GOOD FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS. BUT THAT DAY HE HAD MISSED A FEW, HIS HEELER MAC MCCLISTER SAID HE HAD NOT WON A CHECK ALL YEAR LONG SO EVERYONE WAS WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS HIGH CALL BACK TEAM. THEY HAD TO BE FASTER THAN A 13.88. WITH THIS IN MIND TONY KNEW HE COULD SPIN ONE FAST ENOUGH FOR HIS HEELER TO LEG AND STILL WIN. TONY NODDED......THE STEER LEFT........TONY TURNED HIM IN THE 6 HOLE! MAC GOT IN POSITION AND THREW A BEAUTIFUL TRAP, BUT HIGH HOOPING WAS NOT IN THIS STEERS VOCABULARY. HE DIDNT DRAG BUT HE DIDN'T HOOP BIG EITHER. WHEN THEY GOT TIGHT THERE WAS ONE LEG TIGHT! THE TIME WAS A .......12.47!!! FAST ENOUGH TO WIN 2 EXISS TRAILERS, 2 WORLD CHAMPION BUCKLES, TWO JACKETS AND $4400 IN CASH. ONE SECOND AND 42 ONE HUNDREDTHS SEPARATED 1ST AND 2ND AT ADA OKLAHOMA THAT DECEMBER DAY! YOU MAY WONDER WHO TONY AND MAC THANKED. WAS IT LUCK THAT THEY PROCLAIMED? OR WAS IT GOOD TEACHERS SUCH AS RICKEY GREEN? WELL NEITHER IS WHAT WAS TOLD TO ME BY EACH OF THEM. IT WAS THEIR MAKER. YOU SEE EACH HAS THEIR OWN STORY. MAC NOT HAVING A HORSE HE REALLY FELT COMFORTABLE WITH...JUST ABOUT NEVER FOUND ANY DIESEL ON THE WAY UP...HIS HORSE THREW A SHOE AND A FIT.... NO STALL TO PUT HIS HORSE IN ...AND NOT WINNING A PENNY ALL YEAR LONG. DO YOU THINK HE FELT LIKE HE WAS GOING TO WIN OVER $20,000 IN CASH AND PRIZES? HE TOLD ME THROUGH A CRAZY WEEKEND HE NEVER GOT UPSET. YOU MIGHT SAY SO WHAT?S THE BIG DEAL. DON'T TELL ME YOU WOULDN?T GET UPSET IF EVERY PLACE YOU STOPPED TO GET DIESEL THEY WERE OUT YOUR HORSE IS THROWING A FIT IN THE TRAILER AND PULLS A SHOE AND THERE IS NO STALL FOR YOU TO PUT HIM IN WHEN YOU GET THERE (BECAUSE OF SUCH A BIG TURNOUT!) I WOULD PROBABLY BE A LITTLE AGITATED! BUT MAC DIDN'T. HE SAYS THAT WEEKEND WAS A "GOD THING"! YOU SEE WHEN GOD BLESSES YOU YOU DON'T NEED A HORSE THAT YOU ARE SO IN TUNE WITH THAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU COULD WIN THE WORLD WITH. YOU COULD BE RIDING A DONKEY FOR THAT MATTER. YOU JUST HAVE TO BE A WILLING VESSEL THAT HE CAN BLESS. MAC HAS BECOME ACTIVE IN HIS COWBOY CHURCH AND IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. PLUS HE PRACTICES AND WORKS AT HIS ROPING! THEREFORE GOD SAW A WAY TO BLESS MAC MCLISTER ON DEC THE 16TH 2001. TONY?S STORY IS SOME WHAT THE SAME. HIS YEAR HAS BEEN WHAT ANY #2 (OR ROPER FOR THAT MATTER) DREAMS ABOUT. HE WON A LOT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND GIVES GOD ALL THE CREDIT. AS TONY AND HIS WIFE TOGETHER SERVED GOD MORE AND MORE THE BLESSINGS CAME POURING IN. CONGRATULATIONS TONY AND MAC!!!
GOD WANTS TO BLESS HIS PEOPLE! WE JUST HAVE TO ALLOW HIM TO. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MORE BLESSINGS I SUGGEST YOU PICK UP THE BOOK "THE PRAYER OF JABEZ" YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND IT AT ANY BOOK STORE OR THE STORE THAT HAS EVERYTHING.... WAL-MART. THIS BOOK SHOWS YOU HOW GOD HAS MANY BLESSINGS FOR YOU ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK. MATTHEW 7:7 SAYS "ASK AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU; SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND; KNOCK AND THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED TO YOU. FOR EVERYONE WHO ASKS RECEIVES; HE WHO SEEKS FINDS; AND TO HIM WHO KNOCKS, THE DOOR WILL BE OPENED." BUT WAIT JUST BECAUSE YOU ASK FOR A NEW CADILLAC DOESN?T MEAN GOD WILL GIVE YOU ONE. YOU HAVE TO BE IN GOD?S WILL AND ONCE YOU ARE IN GOD?S WILL HE PUT THE DESIRES IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO HAVE. PSALM 37:4 SAYS "DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART." SO WHEN YOU ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD (PRAYER, READING THE BIBLE AND FELLOWSHIPPING WITH OTHER CHRISTIANS) THEN THE GOD PUTS WHAT HE WANTS FOR YOU IN YOUR HEART AND THEY BECOME YOUR DESIRES THAT HE CAN?T WAIT TO GIVE YOU.
I PRAY THAT IN 2002 YOU WILL RECEIVE THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART!

MAY GOD BLESS YOU!
BUDDY AND KELLY
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