Dr. Don Bartlette

Dr. Don Bartlette has traveled extensively as a full-time public speaker throughout the United States and Canada sharing several presentations that relate to his Christian testimony for over 30 years. Married to a former special education teacher, he and his wife are the parents of seven daughters and one son, and have been foster parents to special needs kids.

His major presentation, titled Macaroni at Midnight, is a profile of Dr. Bartlette's experiences as an Indian child growing up with severe speech and physical handicaps in an environment of poverty, child abuse, family violence, racism and alcoholism. It has been shared over 5,000 times before local, state, national, and international groups and conferences. It highlights his becoming a Christian through the help of two women in his life. This presentation has been featured internationally on radio and film through "Focus on the Family," "The 700 Club, "The Old Time Gospel Hour," "Beverly LaHaye Live," and "100 Huntley St." Dr. Bartlette's testimony has also been highlighted in two films and through a stage production.

Prior to his travel ministry, Dr. Bartlette's professional career included over twenty years of working as a program director, administrator, direct-care supervisor, child-care worker, social worker and staff developer with troubled youth, minorities, families, and handicapped people. He is, by training, a social worker, a counselor, and an educator. He is listed in England's International Men of Achievement and Who's Who in the World.

Having received further training in theology and church ministries in Minnesota, Dr. Bartlette served as House-Church pastor on a metropolitan church and as an associate pastor for the American Indian Evangelical Church. He is involved with the National Association for Native-American Children of Alcoholics, Christian Home Educators of Ohio, and Children's Harbor in Alabama. He is a founding member of The Christian Council on Persons with Disabilities.

Having traveled for 30 years as a speaker, Dr. Bartlette is chronicling his experiences in a manuscript titled "No Autographs, Please."

"It still astounds me to think of the numerous obstacles and abuses you faced as a child and how with God's help you navigated those difficult waters...Our listeners, and so many others through the years, have been encouraged and uplifted by your messages of perseverance, faith, and steadfast reliance on our Heavenly Father...Thank you for having the courage to open your heart so that others who are hurting can begin to experience the hope you've found...Thanks, also, for all the times you let us air your messages at Focus. You have been an all-time favorite!"

Dr. James C. Dobson
Founder - Focus on the Family