About the Author

Grace, mercy, and peace from YaHVaH to all.

I was born in Seattle, Washington in 1962. I do not know much about it though because we moved to Missouri, then Illinois, and finally to North East Texas where I was raised. I graduated High School in 1980 with a 3.13 GPA. Special courses of study were French, General Electricity, Typing, and Vocation Agriculture where I earned a certificate in Horticulture. I then joined the U.S.A.F. Auxiliary where I served for 10 years in Search & Rescue at various capacities. I earned serveral awards and my last rank and duty were 1st Lt. as Communications Officer. During the same time I also owned a landscaping/lawn maintenance company for several years, as well as doing typesetting and computer work at a Computer Club for two years.

I married my first wife in 1983, but we were divorced in 1986. It was around 1986 that I became saved through the leading of one of my landscape customers. I had went to Baptist churches since I was 11 years old, but my attendance was sporadic and I don’t remember accepting Yahoshua (Jesus) as my Master and Savior until that day in 1986. After I was saved, I went to and Interdenominational church for about a year or so. After then, I began attending Methodist churches.

I married my second wife in 1989 and we moved to Houston, Texas where my son, Cody Robert Garrett, was born in 1990. I had been taking firefighting training since 1986 and earned my Basic EMT in 1988, so I went to work as a Firefighter/EMT in Houston until 1994. I worked at the Fire Department, in a Hospital Emergency Room, and for Private Ambulance services. I took Paramedic training from HCC and earned my EMT-I (Paramedic level 1) in 1990. In 1994, I bought my own truck and began delivering freight in Texas and Louisiana until 1997. Also in 1994, I became disappointed with the Methodist church and stopped going in 1996. My second wife left in 1996 and we were divorced shortly thereafter.

[Note: 2017 update, I married my third wife in late 1996, but we were divorced in early 2000. Moved to Beaumont, TX May of 2017.]

In 1997, YaHVaH called me to the ministry, so I started studying and going to Non-denominational churches and I was baptized. Since then, I have become an Ordained Minister; earned both Associates and Bachelor of Theology degrees from CBI; earned M.Rel., D.B.S., D.R.H., and Hon. D.D. degrees from ULC; and founded Odon Obadyah Ministries, Inc. in 2004.

I founded Odon Obadyah Ministries, Inc. for the purpose of providing Biblical/religious instruction and material, along with worship services whenever possible. We are committed to Messianic/Christian goals which are in line with Elohiym’s Will and Word. Other ministries I am affiliated with or partners with are: Assembly of YaHVaH, Jewish Jewels, KCM, and Zion MJC. [Note: 2017 update, no longer affiliated with the last two ministries.]

Although I am not fluent in them yet, I have learned Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, and Tagalog. I am currently working on secular degrees in Social Sciences and Business Administration.  [Note: 2017 update, I completed my Associates of Arts in Social Science in 2010 from CTC and Bachelor of Business Administration in Management in 2012 from TAMU-CT.]

Min. Dr. Donald H. Garrett

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