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My mission: Serving God by serving people

My mission: Serving God by serving peopleMy mission: Serving God by serving peopleMy mission: Serving God by serving people

  

A wise older woman taught me that not everyone has money to support noble causes, but we all can give a little of ourselves

My mission: Serving God by serving people

My mission: Serving God by serving peopleMy mission: Serving God by serving peopleMy mission: Serving God by serving people

  

A wise older woman taught me that not everyone has money to support noble causes, but we all can give a little of ourselves

About Dorothea Odom

  

I was born in Boston, but my younger brother, George, and I grew up in East Texas and Houston, children of a mathematician and a lady barber who eventually divorced. (A “shout-out” to my other siblings Aretha, Gerald and Valerie!)


I’m living proof that a poor Black girl coming of age in the segregated South of the late 1960s could achiev

  

I was born in Boston, but my younger brother, George, and I grew up in East Texas and Houston, children of a mathematician and a lady barber who eventually divorced. (A “shout-out” to my other siblings Aretha, Gerald and Valerie!)


I’m living proof that a poor Black girl coming of age in the segregated South of the late 1960s could achieve her dream of world travel and a college education. Not that I did it on my own. I acknowledge the struggles and sacrifices of many before me that made it possible. A federal government career led to both domestic and foreign assignments. I never earned big bucks, but the experiences I gained at U.S. Embassies in Latin America, Europe, and Africa deepened my appreciation for the rights and freedoms we Americans enjoy here at home.


Today, I’m retired and living in a small mountain community east of Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I volunteer as a Spanish teacher. My hobbies include reading and inspirational Christian music. I begin each day with prayers of gratitude and gentle physical exercise. My Bible studies embrace both the Old and New Testaments. 




I just published my first book!!!  It is titled Love Under Fire, a Christian-based work of fiction set in Bogotá, Colombia and Washington, D.C., in the mid-to late-1980s. You can find it at these websites https://www.westbowpress.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/850751-love-under-fire


On Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Love-under-Fire-Dorothea-Od


I just published my first book!!!  It is titled Love Under Fire, a Christian-based work of fiction set in Bogotá, Colombia and Washington, D.C., in the mid-to late-1980s. You can find it at these websites https://www.westbowpress.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/850751-love-under-fire


On Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Love-under-Fire-Dorothea-Odom-ebook/dp/B0D4QKGCHK?crid=39SWY7LBKQLVS&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.R0i51zWLem-B-6TYYai0A9kwuSTnlodG2TQ-ofaIkyD01v00O10_8GkGbCrTMH1S1NeIi5so2-mjree4aBP-Thef437lbpnB68o__oNQbPU.8eg8kAXo6xWJ0iS8PQ1I-wZawCNAY24NDn0-P4xca6A&dib_tag=se&keywords=dorothea+odom&qid=1734649344&sprefix=dorothea+odom%2Caps%2C141&sr=8-1


You can order directly from their website as well as Amazon and Barnes and Noble. It’s available in hardcover, softcover, and e-book, publisher: Westbow Press. You may also go to msodom.com, my home page exclusively for the book, to read a one-page excerpt .


What’s happening with you? Do you have a favorite Bible passage or comments to share? If so and you would like to share any other ideas or comments with me regarding this website or my CD or book, please contact me by filling out the simple contact form below. 

Thank you for visiting.

In His love! Dorothea.

SUPPORT PAGE/CD PURCHASE PAGE

Psalm 46:1 – “God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.”

  

My CD


Won’t you join me in supporting two very worthy causes?


__ USA for UNHCR – Sudan benefits Sudanese people displaced by war and its brutal horrors (famine, rapes, murders, etc.)

__ Kids in Need of Desks (KIND) benefits school children in Malawi.  


The “Refuge” CD (which I recorded at Daywind Studios in Hendersonville, TN) features the following songs: O Holy Night, Come to Me, Finding My Way Back to You, Refuge (title cut with printed lyrics), I Just Want to Testify, Time Waits for No One, You Alone Are Worthy, I’m Going Home, He’s Always There, and We Shall Overcome (a civil rights anthem). I was thinking of my late maternal grandmother when I recorded this last song. My singing style has always been straightforward. During my teen years, I sang in the church choir and sometimes sang solos. It was my solos that evoked her “Honey, the meat was good, but where was the gravy?” She never heard me sing We Shall Overcome, but I like to think that I added a bit of “gravy” in her honor. 


Excluding postage and handling costs, 100% of all CD sales will be donated to these organizations. You will get a receipt for your purchase. 


 Please send a check or money order for the “Refuge” CD in the amount of $20.00 (postage and handling included), pay to the order of:  Dorothea Odom, address: P.O. Box 38, Cedar Crest, N.M. 87008. (Don’t forget to note “Refuge” and your preferred organization on the memo line of your check or money order.)  Thank you for your support. May you be blessed! 

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