About Us

Gary completed his Doctorate eight-year college program in six years, having attended Wilburton Junior College, Oklahoma State University and Southern College of Optometry in Memphis. Tenn. In Oklahoma his license as an Optometric Physician covered the use of prescription diagnostic and therapeutic medication with hospital privileges. Upon setting up his private practice he also became a provider for the Northeastern Oklahoma Cherokee Nation Indian Health Services. A major highlight to his life and goals was the invitation and acceptance as a visiting Volunteer Optometric Doctor for the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, in Wallkill with his family. And later in Patterson., after moving to New York. This he did with full family support for 16 years. Through the years he could always expect something unexpected from Margo such as wanting to live in the jungles of Belize, Central America. After major surgerys wanting to join in full time volunteer ministry there, and they did. Where Gary met Don Elijio Panti, the Mayan Medicine man of Cayo district, meeting Rosita Arvigo who became his apprentice in her store in San Ignacio. , and ……….the 14th generation Bush Doctor with the jungle herbal remedy for deadly snake bites, in Punta Gorda. They also met and received Apprenticeship training and treatment from a Californian Acupuncturist living …in the jungle. When they moved back to the US, Gary jokingly said, “We wanted to stay in foreign service, so we moved to Arkansas!” As it turned out, Arkansas was a Meca for Alternative Health Care making headway in the movement of Alternative Medicine toward recognition under the arrangement of Naturopathic, Holistic and Homeopathic Doctors. Then visiting in the Southernmost district of Punta Gorda, the Bush Doctor, Mancel Pratt, also known as the ‘Snake doctor.’ Mancel Pratt was the 14  generation bush doctor that held the jungle herbal remedy for deadly snake bites. To that date his ancestors and he had never lost a patient.  (Today his son Desmond Pratt of Desmond Nature Tours, Punta Gorda, carries on this generational gift and treasure. One of Gary’s favorite Instructors has been Dr. Andreas Marx, a German Herbal and Alternative Educator and founder of Marco Pharma, a Professional line German Herbals and Nutritional Supplement company. Dr. Andreas Marx is the only educator now living directly taught by the Master, Dr. Voll himself. Dr. Marx says, “EDS is one of the finest methods to evaluate imbalances in Biological Medicine today.”

Gary and Margo were both raised in the agricultural communities of Oklahoma, with roots of a southern mix in a western culture. Gary’s family raised and preserved their fruit and vegetables, raised and dressed their meat for most of their food supplies. They raised Beafmaster, Hereford and Angus cattle and horses. Farming commercial crops, they grew various grains, peanuts, and baled hay.

German’s often have an affinity for mechanics and building equipment, with Gary’s dad being a great deal German the boys were adept in building and repairing farm equipment, welding, and tractor haul contests. Margo says, “Ask Gary sometime about Bugger Red!”

Gary was surprised as a teenager with his first pair of glasses to know what the telephone poles were for, because before glasses he had never seen the wires or the tops! You can say his “view” to life changed…”sometimes small corrections can make dramatic changes in people’s lives.” He learned with an unusual process of being open to new thoughts. As a young boy he was drowning in the pond when he thought to sink to the bottom so he could walk out…And he did!