August 29, 2024 • 23 mins
How does a family-owned business thrive in the face of adversity and larger competitors? Join us on "Balancing Life in Medicine" as we sit down with Jeremy Armstrong from BA French Drains to uncover the secrets behind his entrepreneurial success. From working in landscaping to becoming a community pillar, Jeremy's story is filled with invaluable insights on running a family business, the power of networking through BNI, and the emotional resilience required to navigate tough times.
In this episode, we shine a light on the importance of personal service and how it can be a game-changer against larger competitors. Jeremy shares candidly about the significance of honesty, communication, and reliability in building a thriving business. You'll also hear about his wife's ventures into teaching bread-making classes and exploring natural health remedies, showcasing the entrepreneurial spirit that runs deep in their family. Community support and personal growth are at the heart of their success, providing a rich tapestry of inspiration for anyone looking to grow their own ventures.
We also celebrate the essence of family values and the impact of community service. Sharing heartwarming stories from Jeremy's 21-year marriage to his daughter's crochet business, we explore how a service-minded upbringing can inspire entrepreneurial pursuits. The episode concludes by spotlighting the substantial contributions of BA French Drains to Tulsa and Broken Arrow communities, emphasizing the crucial role local businesses play in enriching their neighborhoods. Tune in for an episode filled with lessons in faith, perseverance, and the undeniable power of community.
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Dr DeWayne Baugus (00:00):
Thank you for joining us today on Balancing
Life in Medicine.
We're going to be meetingJeremy Armstrong and his family
of entrepreneurs, how he'smaking a difference in the
community and the many blessingsthat his family is offering to
those out there.
I do have to say that there wasa correction during the video.
It was wonderful to becorrected, isn't it?
I love that we talked about thelength of a hug to make a
(00:24):
difference in someone's life.
It's actually six seconds.
So join us and let us exciteyou as far as diving into
Jeremy's family's life and allthe great things that they're
doing Well.
Thank you for joining us todayon Balancing Life in Medicine.
(00:45):
I'm Dr Dewayne Baugus.
My guest today is JeremyArmstrong, with BA French Trains
.
We're going to go through whatmakes a family-owned business
successful, the different thingsthat we encounter as a family
when we start a business, whenwe have to recreate ourself in a
business and how we fit in thecommunity, what we contribute,
(01:07):
and the blessings that comealong with helping others better
their life and their homes.
So thank you for joining metoday, Jeremy.
Jeremy Armstrong (01:14):
Thank you for having me.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (01:15):
Doc, you bet.
So I've known you for a longtime.
Yeah, seems like forever.
Jeremy Armstrong (01:20):
I don't know if that's just years or
personality Long time, but yeah,we were just talking about what
?
2018?
18, I think yeah, yeah.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (01:29):
In networking groups.
Jeremy Armstrong (01:30):
Yes, yeah, I think we were part of BNI.
Can we say that?
Well, yeah, I think we can.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (01:38):
I don't know if we owe them anything now that
we said that I don't thinkYouTube's going to shut us down
or podcasts are going to have aproblem, especially because
we're almost an advertisement,because it was a great
opportunity to meet you.
Jeremy Armstrong (01:48):
Yeah, met a lot of good people through it.
Still know it even though we'renot in it.
But yeah, it was good.
I think we're always going tobe plugged in because, as
business owners, that's just theway we are.
Yeah, we want to be.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (01:58):
The community , how we tap into different
lives by helping otherbusinesses grow.
And I know then it wasinteresting because I didn't
know who you were, but you werethe crazy guy that showed up
with different T-shirts on.
I think you had one like oh,yeah, most referrals, or
something.
Yeah, I was like yeah, thisguy's Kept doing it for.
Jeremy Armstrong (02:19):
I don't know if it was monthly or weekly, but
yeah, yeah, my wife would makeup other shirts.
Was that your wife was doingthat to you?
It was amazing.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (02:27):
Yeah, it was great Because my first
impression was like this guy, hedoes landscaping.
I think he's probably smelledtoo many pesticides.
Jeremy Armstrong (02:31):
He's a little.
I don't know what he's gettinginto.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (02:33):
But Stacy was a very big.
He was a common denominator inthat networking group, yeah, and
helped me understand.
Jeremy Armstrong (02:42):
All three got in trouble together.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (02:44):
It was great.
Yeah, it was.
Yeah, that was their origins of.
Jeremy Armstrong (02:50):
Spark was the falling apart of that networking
group for us, yeah, which Imean it made it what Spark is
today.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (02:57):
Just all those battles we have, or
whatever we go through, thechanges, the next step, yeah,
how we adapt and how things comebetter, like they get better
after those things.
You were a part of Outside Inkat that time.
Jeremy Armstrong (03:11):
Yes, we were one of three owners.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (03:14):
How did you get into Outside Ink?
How did you get into thatbusiness?
What got you into that?
Jeremy Armstrong (03:20):
So I used to do takeoffs for big refinery
heaters and we went through asmall group and he was the owner
, the original owner, of GrassSolutions.
I kept going to his small group, small group and then finally
he wanted to bring me on.
So I just started in theditches, just started digging,
(03:40):
and then, five years into it,four years into it whatever
there was three of us thatbought him out and then us three
took over outside Inc Gotcha.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (03:48):
Was it a short period of time?
Jeremy Armstrong (03:49):
Yeah, it was.
It was a lot of climbing realquick.
God knew where I needed to beand he needed to do it fast.
And then what was that?
23,?
A couple months after I lostDad, the guys came to me and
they wanted to buy me out.
So it was a rough part of timebut man, it was great it was so
(04:12):
glad it happened.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (04:13):
It's interesting how the Lord will
shift us through differentchapters in our life, especially
when things are emotionallyheavy.
It's almost like the bottom,seems to drop out, everything
goes bad and keeps going bad, orseemingly that way, when
there's a blessing, and that'shard to explain to someone who
doesn't understand.
Jeremy Armstrong (04:33):
Doesn't know that it's coming.
Yeah, that valley, there'salways a hill on the other side
of it.
You just got to go through it.
You got to know, when you're init too, that, knowing that I'm
fixing to be blessed, watch outor get beside me.
Come on, because it's going tobe good.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (04:47):
That's the victory in the valley, isn't it?
Jeremy Armstrong (04:48):
Yeah, Because I mean it's dark down there, but
as long as you're a follower,you know.
I mean it's fixing to be bright.
Yeah, you can see the light.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (04:58):
I think that that's also a part of that
blessed hope.
As a believer, you, that's alsoa part of that blessed hope.
As a believer, you know, youhope, but you also know that
there's something coming, nowyou don't know what it is.
No, you don't, and I think thatthat's a big part of it is just
moving forward, doing what youknow you can do and knowing that
the Lord's with you and he'sgoing to bless you, as long as
(05:20):
you're listening to.
Jeremy Armstrong (05:21):
Him.
Keep taking those steps.
It might be a wide valley, buteventually you'll come out of it
.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (05:25):
You'll come out of it.
So outside ink turned into BAFrench Trains.
Jeremy Armstrong (05:30):
No well for us .
I mean outside, stayed outside.
They're still out there withtwo owners, and then my wife and
I.
She's the owner of BA FrenchTrains.
I work for her, gotcha.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (05:41):
Yeah, I work for my wife as well.
She's the owner of the clinic.
Yeah, we need managers.
Jeremy Armstrong (05:45):
I'm too pretty for jail, if anything goes
wrong.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (05:49):
Nice.
Well, she's not just managingyou, she's got the kids involved
.
Jeremy Armstrong (05:54):
Oh, yeah, yeah Well, and the first year was
very rough on her.
I mean, she does everything.
I mean everything the schooling.
Both the kids are homeschooledour oldest is in stillwater, but
she does that.
She worked with me all day inthe ditches come home, do books
and then tend to her gardens,chickens, farm animals, take
(06:14):
care of the kids, because I justtake a nap, go to sleep and she
wakes me up for dinner and I goto bed.
How do they do that?
Dr DeWayne Baugus (06:21):
I don't know my wife does, she teaches
classes, pilates.
She comes here, she runs theschedule, she does the marketing
, advertising, she does everybit of organization.
I show up and I stick peopleand then I'm like man, I'm tired
.
Jeremy Armstrong (06:36):
And she's like this is so painful.
And she's like okay, Okay,honey, they're amazing.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (06:43):
They are Well , they're the other half of us,
yeah.
Jeremy Armstrong (06:49):
That's that Lord's support, because he knows
that some of us he knows I'mreal good for six hours and then
the rest of it she has to have.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (06:53):
She's like I got it.
Well, that has.
How long have you, has it beensince you started that business?
Jeremy Armstrong (07:02):
BA.
Yeah, we started in March of 23.
Yep, a year and a half.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (07:09):
So March of 23 you started, and then you got
voted.
Jeremy Armstrong (07:14):
Yes, in 20,.
What is this 24?
Yeah, so in 23 we got best inthe Tulsa world.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (07:21):
How does that work I?
Jeremy Armstrong (07:21):
don't know just our clients and God there,
it is right.
How does that work?
I don't know Just our clientsand God there.
It is right it had to be,because we were only in it for a
solid nine months before thevoting took place.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (07:33):
So you're standing up against giants that
you just oh yeah.
Jeremy Armstrong (07:37):
Huge crews.
Yeah, you know companies with30 crews and it's still just me
and my wife out there.
But a lot of that's you knowwe're local.
It's family owned operated.
You deal with us for theestimating.
You deal with us for the jobworks, you know it's not.
And we're just personablepeople.
I mean a lot of people call youand say I don't know why, but
(07:59):
I'm supposed to pick you.
Well, I know why, but thank you.
Pick you.
Well, I know why, but thank you.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (08:05):
There it is.
There's a confidence in knowingthat you're going to do a good
job for each individual you stepin front of.
I think would you say that'sthe heart of business.
Yeah, Just being honest withpeople.
Jeremy Armstrong (08:16):
That's all they want to know Communication
and to do what you say Show up.
If you say you're going to showup, it's amazing how many times
you just go to an estimate andpeople are like you're the
fourth one I've called.
You're the only one that showedup.
I was like why?
Wow, you're the only one thatwill call me back.
Nobody wants business,everybody wants money, but they
don't want to work.
(08:37):
Yeah, exactly.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (08:39):
I think that's a common theme in the
world we're in today.
In the world we're in today,especially this economy, is
everyone wants money, but theydon't want to be there to do it,
and I think that one of the keyfactors in you know, my wife
and I this is a family-ownedbusiness, like Stacy and Heidi,
many others that are businessowners there's a lot of family
roots, and with that family rootcomes a lot of honesty and a
(09:02):
lot of drive to do the best youcan be honest and help out the
community, and I think when youcome with a heart that is true
in that regard, then you'realways going to succeed.
Jeremy Armstrong (09:14):
Yeah.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (09:14):
Because people are always looking for
honesty and truth.
Yeah, that shines through thebest sales tactic.
Jeremy Armstrong (09:21):
It will also come out if you're faking it.
So it's just yeah.
Yeah, I mean, it's just time,let them weed themselves out.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (09:30):
So nine months, you already hit.
Jeremy Armstrong (09:33):
Tulsa's best.
And then this year we've beenvoted, we made top three already
.
We still got what is today.
We still got three weeks, Ithink, until the award ceremony.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (09:43):
Gotcha.
Jeremy Armstrong (09:44):
Shooting for two years in a row.
That's amazing.
It is, it really is.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (09:51):
So your wife is now going into another
venture too, right?
Jeremy Armstrong (09:54):
Yes.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (09:55):
She's doing what my wife is terrified of
doing, and that's learning howto make her own bread.
Jeremy Armstrong (10:01):
She knows that will be the downfall of
everything in her life if we canmake her own bread, she loves
it.
Yeah, yeah, it's great.
They had a sold out event lastmonday at magnolia soap and it
was just, I mean 20 people, youknow.
One night, a couple hours forjust to learn how to make
sourdough.
That's great what's the?
Name of her business, eden'sroots eden's roots?
Dr DeWayne Baugus (10:21):
yeah, um, does it have a physical location
or she's going to differentplaces?
Yeah, different places,different venues.
Jeremy Armstrong (10:28):
So she'll come set up yeah yeah, She'll come
to houses if you've got enough,you know a big enough party get
together, Kind of likeTupperware back in the day.
Same concept, but.
But with more addictive thingslike bread yeah yeah they're
trying to venture into, like uhtinctures and those kind of
things, teaching you how to makethose, because you fill up your
(10:49):
medicine cabinet with actuallysome good stuff instead of, yeah
, some stuff that you'll haveside effects for in 30 years
that's and that's taking over myjob, isn't it?
Dr DeWayne Baugus (10:59):
yeah, the teachers, we, we made a lot of
tinctures in in chinese medicineand there's so many great
things that come out of those,not necessarily the flavor no,
god no.
But it's.
I always like to stand backfrom my education in Chinese
(11:19):
herbs formulas, tinctures,extractions, things that help
people formulas, tinctures,extractions, things that help
people.
Because well, let's face it,we're in oklahoma and if you can
tailor tinctures toward thepeople you live around in the
community that you are, in otherwords, what you see every day
as a parent.
Um, what you're seeing as far as, uh, other other parents in the
(11:40):
community, what they're goingthrough based on their diet,
their environment, that's moreeffective than anything that
they could teach me in school.
Um, cause, let's face it, 4,000years ago in China, they don't
really know about diet and Cokesand things like that here in
our world.
Jeremy Armstrong (11:57):
Um, but MSG salt shakers, all that fun stuff
.
The killers.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (12:01):
I don't know why I have high blood pressure.
We'll get pressure.
Jeremy Armstrong (12:03):
That's a different video and we're going
to have to have her on if shewants to come on and talk about
those tinctures because, to behonest, I would love to promote
anything that she makes orpromote that growth.
Is there any way you can pokeher to make the introvert
subside?
Yeah, there's no spot for that.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (12:27):
Now there's acupuncture points I can use to
get hit, but I don't know ifthat's bringing someone out of
their introvert.
Jeremy Armstrong (12:33):
It's more of a pain reaction.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (12:36):
But no, I think that comes with time the
more confidence she builds.
And it's actually from thecommunity, isn't it?
The more you see the responseand how much they enjoy your
services.
Anything that you get into,it's that feedback, that helps
you grow.
Jeremy Armstrong (12:53):
Gives you the confidence to Say what you want
to say.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (12:55):
Yeah, Do what you want to do.
She feed you any tinctures.
She make you drink anythingweird.
Jeremy Armstrong (12:59):
Yeah she makes something called a toothache,
does it taste horrible and yourwhole mouth's numb and you're
just drooling everywhere andshe's giggling in the background
.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (13:08):
It makes you wonder sometimes, when you're
married to a person like that,it's like is this medicinal or
are you doing this just for fun?
Jeremy Armstrong (13:14):
Why does this smell like vodka?
Dr DeWayne Baugus (13:17):
I didn't know it takes vodka to do most of it
.
Jeremy Armstrong (13:21):
Come home and she's got shot glasses
everywhere.
I'm like rough day with thekids Making tinctures, okay.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (13:30):
So she's growing in that direction and
you're chugging along.
Jeremy Armstrong (13:35):
Yeah, we actually were able to start a
crew this year, or subsubcontractors, but yeah.
So, we can continue to grow andprovide that good, a good
service.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (13:47):
So you went from the family crew and now
you're to the kids helping.
Gotcha and you and you've doneall that in in literally less
than a year.
Jeremy Armstrong (13:56):
I would say year, year and a half on the
adding the crew yeah, literallyless than a year, I would say a
year.
Year and a half On the addingthe crew yeah, but from the
start it's just been a year anda half On this business yeah.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (14:05):
That speaks wonders to people who are like
can I start my own business?
Because I've heard Stacy saythis to us many times business
owners are all rich.
Jeremy Armstrong (14:17):
And that's a complete lie.
Just keep speaking it intoexistence.
Just keep talking it.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (14:21):
So people think that that's unachievable.
To be their own business owner,to start their own passion or
to excel in what they really are?
Jeremy Armstrong (14:27):
made to do.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (14:29):
And for you to say, well, yeah, I got
started in it.
You know, I went from onecompany starting my own company,
from one company starting myown company, and within one year
best in Tulsa, within two years, less than two years you've got
your own cruise.
You're not just like, yeah, wehave a five and ten-year plan.
This is really blowing a lot ofthings out of the water and I
(14:53):
think that that has a lot to dowith the economy and offering an
honest service to people.
But there's another part of it.
I think that is really would beconsidered kind of magical.
Obviously, the Lord is the onethat's paving this path for you,
but there's you stepping intoit and making personal contact,
(15:13):
conversation, one-on-one it'snot text messages it's not like
through a voice.
It's you're meeting these people, yeah, and when you're getting
to meet people out there, whatare you?
You're, you're working withvery wealthy people and also
people who really don't have.
Jeremy Armstrong (15:32):
They need a service because their yard's
flooded um, and they know thatthey can't afford it, but they
just need to know what it costs,I mean, yeah we're all at
different places right now, but,yeah, there's always a way to
help people, and that honestyyeah, I mean you just tell them
what it is.
I mean, yeah, I can help you, Ican't help you, you don't need
this, you need this.
(15:52):
You don't even need me callthese people, you know something
like that.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (15:57):
So it's, it's to bring it focus.
It's not necessarily what youcan get from people, it's what
you can give them.
Yeah, and I think when peoplereceive something from a
business owner or from a companyJust honesty they feel
fulfilled.
Yeah, I had one.
Jeremy Armstrong (16:14):
This week A lady called me out and I was
like I told her everything and Ididn't even sell her nothing.
She's like let me pay you foryour time.
I was like no, I don't needanything, you just didn't know.
She's like oh, thank you somuch, you're welcome, but I mean
, it's just the way.
It is the way you're supposedto treat them.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (16:33):
That's gratifying, yeah, it's
gratifying in itself, knowingthat you helped somebody.
Now you have with you, withyour wife, now you have someone
here next to us, a youngentrepreneur starting up.
Jeremy Armstrong (16:48):
Another business in the family Right.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (16:50):
So, goodness gracious, you guys are just
going to take over the countryhere.
Jeremy Armstrong (16:54):
This little one is.
She's going to run things.
She's not the introvert One orthe other.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (16:58):
She'll run it .
She's going to run things.
Jeremy Armstrong (16:59):
She's not the introvert, one or the other.
She'll run it.
She'll run it.
Yeah, she's not the introvert,no.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (17:05):
Well, and I think that there's that other
story, the back story, aboutyou're doing all these things
and you're achieving so much andyou're meeting people at their
level, whatever service they mayneed as far as what they're
calling you for, but also you'reraising a family.
You got one in collegeStillwater, yep.
Jeremy Armstrong (17:23):
She's 20.
Yeah, 20.
How'd that happen?
No, don't go into that 20 yearsold.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (17:33):
I mean, I know, when I first met you I was
like, yeah, he's probably gotkids under the age of 10, you
know, and there you are, you gotone I did, but I had an older
one too.
Yeah.
Jeremy Armstrong (17:40):
So we just passed 21 years last month.
Marriage, wow, yeah 21 years.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (17:47):
I've seen the wedding pictures you posted.
Jeremy Armstrong (17:49):
That's pretty amazing for 32,.
Huh, I wish I'd know.
I don't want to go back.
I'm good, I'm happy, right here.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (17:55):
Good yeah, because everybody's happy around
you.
I mean, you've createdorganizations within
organizations, one of them beingTeam Hug.
Jeremy Armstrong (18:03):
Yeah, I'm vice president.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (18:05):
Sure, and if any of the viewers have watched
or listened to any previouspodcasts, there were two
individuals Stacey Ray andPresident, president, president,
stacey Ray.
And then we have NathanWilliams.
Jeremy Armstrong (18:20):
He's just the receiver.
He hasn't received his badgeyet.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (18:23):
I think he was the catalyst for Team Hug,
though, wasn't he?
He was the reason we are.
Team Hug Because you didn'tlike hugs.
No.
Jeremy Armstrong (18:29):
There's quite a bit of people that don't.
That's coming around, kenneth.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (18:32):
Yeah, this is our guy behind the scenes.
Yeah, hugs are awkward for somepeople and I don't care.
Jeremy doesn't care, staceydoesn't care, now, nathan
doesn't care.
Jeremy Armstrong (18:46):
Now Nathan knows All right, come on, let's
get it over with.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (18:48):
Let's just do this.
Jeremy Armstrong (18:49):
And eventually he's going to be a giver of
hugs.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (18:52):
Well, I think that says a lot about your
personality and when it's astranger or someone doing
business with you, they'realways going to be a person in
your community.
They're a friend.
I think that comes from anupbringing of your dad, who I
got to meet.
He's an amazing gentleman, aservice member, a combat vet,
(19:14):
but also he passed that on toyou of being a service
individual, service-minded.
Be honest, be truthful, do yourbest, help the community grow,
and it means a lot.
Yeah, and it shines through andit's shining through to one of
your offspring over there.
That's giggling.
She's very embarrassed, butwhat is it?
She makes Coaster, is itCrochets, crochets.
Jeremy Armstrong (19:37):
Yeah, my Crochet Coasters.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (19:39):
Do you?
Jeremy Armstrong (19:40):
have a website .
She has a Facebook.
Facebook my Crochet.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (19:44):
My Crochet Right on.
So everybody go to my CrochetFacebook.
Jeremy Armstrong (19:49):
Yeah, Facebook .
Dr DeWayne Baugus (19:50):
Yeah.
Jeremy Armstrong (19:51):
Load her up 11 years old.
Show her what business isreally like Trying to get it
going 11.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (19:55):
Yep, so you know QuickBooks, yet Mom taking
care of it, okay, she got withLisa Bain last week Great
ministry.
Amazingly so.
Jeremy Armstrong (20:04):
Lisa's going to start putting some of her
crochet coasters in her boxes.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (20:08):
Wow, those boxes.
Lisa Bain Ministries.
Look her up.
She's amazing.
She's that stranger that bringsyou a gift of love when you're
in the middle of a traumatic,life-changing experience.
That woman is a light thatshines isn't she?
Jeremy Armstrong (20:25):
Yeah, she's amazing, even her backstory.
I mean just her and her mompersonally, just before they
even started the Lisa BainMinistries.
That's good.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (20:37):
I need to hear that.
I haven't got to hear her story.
Jeremy Armstrong (20:41):
She wasn't even supposed to be able to walk
, so she sent her shoes to thedoctor that told her that, and
then finally he's like stopsending me your shoes.
She said well, stop tellingpeople they can't walk.
Beautiful, yeah, and she'sstill going strong today.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (20:55):
Yeah, I got to see some of the snapshots I
and strong today.
Yeah, I get to see some of thesnapshots.
I didn't get to make it to thelast last meeting but, um, thank
you for for spending time withme today.
Jeremy Armstrong (21:05):
No problem.
Thank you for having me.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (21:06):
Yeah, you bet .
Um, is there anything that thatyou would like to add?
Or I mean because we need tothrow some, some information out
there so people can find you.
How, how would, how, wouldpeople find you?
Is it social media?
Jeremy Armstrong (21:19):
Oh yeah, we're on Facebook.
I think we're.
I don't know any of this stuff.
I know it's Facebook.
I think we have an InstaInstagram, however you say it.
So BA French Trains, yes, BAFrench Trains.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (21:30):
Okay, yeah, we'll throw a link up on that
one.
You're gonna have to show mehow.
I don't know how to do any ofthat, but keep blessing people.
I know the Lord always hassomething planned for us and
you're a beautiful testimony ofthat.
So never stop, just keep going,just keep trucking and all else
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fails.
Just keep hugging people, makethem uncomfortable if they like
you.
Jeremy Armstrong (21:55):
We were serving at a church before
during COVID and we would dohugs or handshakes during the
middle of COVID.
You'd be surprised how manypeople still wanted to hug.
It was just amazing.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (22:08):
I think that personal contact is something
that I see so many people, evenin medicine.
You know there's a lot ofresearch on hugging people.
Did you know that?
Uh-huh, you know there's a lotof research on hugging people.
Did you know that?
Yeah, just to hug someone youknow for I think it's between 40
and 60 seconds I'll have tolook that up Changes everything
about their day.
It's a long hug.
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Yeah, it becomes awkwardsometimes.
Jeremy Armstrong (22:31):
Be sure you let them know what's going on.
Can't stop.
Yeah, we got 15 more seconds.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (22:35):
My watch and my ring are locked behind your
back.
My, my watch and my ring arelocked behind your back,
whatever excuse you got to make,but it's there, there's.
There's something to be saidfor a hug, and I think covid
that separation from people andand where people are going.
You know the cell phone worldwhere people think that that's a
proper way of communicating Ithink it leaves people empty and
and you just a handshake isalmost like handshake almost
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means you.
I want to give them a hugthere's just a grab to bring
them in it is, it's just just.
That's just a ticket coming infor the hug well, um, I'll be
looking forward to seeing whatwhere you guys end this year.
As far as uh first, second orthird, uh in tulsa but Broken
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Arrow or BA French Drains Googlethem, look them up Jeremy
Armstrong and his wonderfulfamily are making a difference
in the surrounding area.
It's not just Tulsa, it'sBroken Arrow.
Jeremy Armstrong (23:31):
Yeah, where do you go?
We take about an hour circle.
Sorry, kenneth, take about anhour circle from Tulsa Gotcha.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (23:38):
So give or take, go, get out there and get
to them.
Yeah, all right.
Well, once again, thank you forjoining us and until next time,
care for one another, betruthful, be honest with each
other and make a difference inyour world, and we'll see you
next time.
Thank you for joining us today on Balancing
Life in Medicine.
We're going to be meetingJeremy Armstrong and his family
of entrepreneurs, how he'smaking a difference in the
community and the many blessingsthat his family is offering to
those out there.
I do have to say that there wasa correction during the video.
It was wonderful to becorrected, isn't it?
I love that we talked about thelength of a hug to make a
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difference in someone's life.
It's actually six seconds.
So join us and let us exciteyou as far as diving into
Jeremy's family's life and allthe great things that they're
doing Well.
Thank you for joining us todayon Balancing Life in Medicine.
(00:45):
I'm Dr Dewayne Baugus.
My guest today is JeremyArmstrong, with BA French Trains
.
We're going to go through whatmakes a family-owned business
successful, the different thingsthat we encounter as a family
when we start a business, whenwe have to recreate ourself in a
business and how we fit in thecommunity, what we contribute,
(01:07):
and the blessings that comealong with helping others better
their life and their homes.
So thank you for joining metoday, Jeremy.
Jeremy Armstrong (01:14):
Thank you for having me.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (01:15):
Doc, you bet.
So I've known you for a longtime.
Yeah, seems like forever.
Jeremy Armstrong (01:20):
I don't know if that's just years or
personality Long time, but yeah,we were just talking about what
?
2018?
18, I think yeah, yeah.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (01:29):
In networking groups.
Jeremy Armstrong (01:30):
Yes, yeah, I think we were part of BNI.
Can we say that?
Well, yeah, I think we can.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (01:38):
I don't know if we owe them anything now that
we said that I don't thinkYouTube's going to shut us down
or podcasts are going to have aproblem, especially because
we're almost an advertisement,because it was a great
opportunity to meet you.
Jeremy Armstrong (01:48):
Yeah, met a lot of good people through it.
Still know it even though we'renot in it.
But yeah, it was good.
I think we're always going tobe plugged in because, as
business owners, that's just theway we are.
Yeah, we want to be.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (01:58):
The community , how we tap into different
lives by helping otherbusinesses grow.
And I know then it wasinteresting because I didn't
know who you were, but you werethe crazy guy that showed up
with different T-shirts on.
I think you had one like oh,yeah, most referrals, or
something.
Yeah, I was like yeah, thisguy's Kept doing it for.
Jeremy Armstrong (02:19):
I don't know if it was monthly or weekly, but
yeah, yeah, my wife would makeup other shirts.
Was that your wife was doingthat to you?
It was amazing.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (02:27):
Yeah, it was great Because my first
impression was like this guy, hedoes landscaping.
I think he's probably smelledtoo many pesticides.
Jeremy Armstrong (02:31):
He's a little.
I don't know what he's gettinginto.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (02:33):
But Stacy was a very big.
He was a common denominator inthat networking group, yeah, and
helped me understand.
Jeremy Armstrong (02:42):
All three got in trouble together.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (02:44):
It was great.
Yeah, it was.
Yeah, that was their origins of.
Jeremy Armstrong (02:50):
Spark was the falling apart of that networking
group for us, yeah, which Imean it made it what Spark is
today.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (02:57):
Just all those battles we have, or
whatever we go through, thechanges, the next step, yeah,
how we adapt and how things comebetter, like they get better
after those things.
You were a part of Outside Inkat that time.
Jeremy Armstrong (03:11):
Yes, we were one of three owners.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (03:14):
How did you get into Outside Ink?
How did you get into thatbusiness?
What got you into that?
Jeremy Armstrong (03:20):
So I used to do takeoffs for big refinery
heaters and we went through asmall group and he was the owner
, the original owner, of GrassSolutions.
I kept going to his small group, small group and then finally
he wanted to bring me on.
So I just started in theditches, just started digging,
(03:40):
and then, five years into it,four years into it whatever
there was three of us thatbought him out and then us three
took over outside Inc Gotcha.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (03:48):
Was it a short period of time?
Jeremy Armstrong (03:49):
Yeah, it was.
It was a lot of climbing realquick.
God knew where I needed to beand he needed to do it fast.
And then what was that?
23,?
A couple months after I lostDad, the guys came to me and
they wanted to buy me out.
So it was a rough part of timebut man, it was great it was so
(04:12):
glad it happened.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (04:13):
It's interesting how the Lord will
shift us through differentchapters in our life, especially
when things are emotionallyheavy.
It's almost like the bottom,seems to drop out, everything
goes bad and keeps going bad, orseemingly that way, when
there's a blessing, and that'shard to explain to someone who
doesn't understand.
Jeremy Armstrong (04:33):
Doesn't know that it's coming.
Yeah, that valley, there'salways a hill on the other side
of it.
You just got to go through it.
You got to know, when you're init too, that, knowing that I'm
fixing to be blessed, watch outor get beside me.
Come on, because it's going tobe good.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (04:47):
That's the victory in the valley, isn't it?
Jeremy Armstrong (04:48):
Yeah, Because I mean it's dark down there, but
as long as you're a follower,you know.
I mean it's fixing to be bright.
Yeah, you can see the light.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (04:58):
I think that that's also a part of that
blessed hope.
As a believer, you, that's alsoa part of that blessed hope.
As a believer, you know, youhope, but you also know that
there's something coming, nowyou don't know what it is.
No, you don't, and I think thatthat's a big part of it is just
moving forward, doing what youknow you can do and knowing that
the Lord's with you and he'sgoing to bless you, as long as
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you're listening to.
Jeremy Armstrong (05:21):
Him.
Keep taking those steps.
It might be a wide valley, buteventually you'll come out of it
.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (05:25):
You'll come out of it.
So outside ink turned into BAFrench Trains.
Jeremy Armstrong (05:30):
No well for us .
I mean outside, stayed outside.
They're still out there withtwo owners, and then my wife and
I.
She's the owner of BA FrenchTrains.
I work for her, gotcha.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (05:41):
Yeah, I work for my wife as well.
She's the owner of the clinic.
Yeah, we need managers.
Jeremy Armstrong (05:45):
I'm too pretty for jail, if anything goes
wrong.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (05:49):
Nice.
Well, she's not just managingyou, she's got the kids involved
.
Jeremy Armstrong (05:54):
Oh, yeah, yeah Well, and the first year was
very rough on her.
I mean, she does everything.
I mean everything the schooling.
Both the kids are homeschooledour oldest is in stillwater, but
she does that.
She worked with me all day inthe ditches come home, do books
and then tend to her gardens,chickens, farm animals, take
(06:14):
care of the kids, because I justtake a nap, go to sleep and she
wakes me up for dinner and I goto bed.
How do they do that?
Dr DeWayne Baugus (06:21):
I don't know my wife does, she teaches
classes, pilates.
She comes here, she runs theschedule, she does the marketing
, advertising, she does everybit of organization.
I show up and I stick peopleand then I'm like man, I'm tired
.
Jeremy Armstrong (06:36):
And she's like this is so painful.
And she's like okay, Okay,honey, they're amazing.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (06:43):
They are Well , they're the other half of us,
yeah.
Jeremy Armstrong (06:49):
That's that Lord's support, because he knows
that some of us he knows I'mreal good for six hours and then
the rest of it she has to have.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (06:53):
She's like I got it.
Well, that has.
How long have you, has it beensince you started that business?
Jeremy Armstrong (07:02):
BA.
Yeah, we started in March of 23.
Yep, a year and a half.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (07:09):
So March of 23 you started, and then you got
voted.
Jeremy Armstrong (07:14):
Yes, in 20,.
What is this 24?
Yeah, so in 23 we got best inthe Tulsa world.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (07:21):
How does that work I?
Jeremy Armstrong (07:21):
don't know just our clients and God there,
it is right.
How does that work?
I don't know Just our clientsand God there.
It is right it had to be,because we were only in it for a
solid nine months before thevoting took place.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (07:33):
So you're standing up against giants that
you just oh yeah.
Jeremy Armstrong (07:37):
Huge crews.
Yeah, you know companies with30 crews and it's still just me
and my wife out there.
But a lot of that's you knowwe're local.
It's family owned operated.
You deal with us for theestimating.
You deal with us for the jobworks, you know it's not.
And we're just personablepeople.
I mean a lot of people call youand say I don't know why, but
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I'm supposed to pick you.
Well, I know why, but thank you.
Pick you.
Well, I know why, but thank you.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (08:05):
There it is.
There's a confidence in knowingthat you're going to do a good
job for each individual you stepin front of.
I think would you say that'sthe heart of business.
Yeah, Just being honest withpeople.
Jeremy Armstrong (08:16):
That's all they want to know Communication
and to do what you say Show up.
If you say you're going to showup, it's amazing how many times
you just go to an estimate andpeople are like you're the
fourth one I've called.
You're the only one that showedup.
I was like why?
Wow, you're the only one thatwill call me back.
Nobody wants business,everybody wants money, but they
don't want to work.
(08:37):
Yeah, exactly.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (08:39):
I think that's a common theme in the
world we're in today.
In the world we're in today,especially this economy, is
everyone wants money, but theydon't want to be there to do it,
and I think that one of the keyfactors in you know, my wife
and I this is a family-ownedbusiness, like Stacy and Heidi,
many others that are businessowners there's a lot of family
roots, and with that family rootcomes a lot of honesty and a
(09:02):
lot of drive to do the best youcan be honest and help out the
community, and I think when youcome with a heart that is true
in that regard, then you'realways going to succeed.
Jeremy Armstrong (09:14):
Yeah.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (09:14):
Because people are always looking for
honesty and truth.
Yeah, that shines through thebest sales tactic.
Jeremy Armstrong (09:21):
It will also come out if you're faking it.
So it's just yeah.
Yeah, I mean, it's just time,let them weed themselves out.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (09:30):
So nine months, you already hit.
Jeremy Armstrong (09:33):
Tulsa's best.
And then this year we've beenvoted, we made top three already
.
We still got what is today.
We still got three weeks, Ithink, until the award ceremony.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (09:43):
Gotcha.
Jeremy Armstrong (09:44):
Shooting for two years in a row.
That's amazing.
It is, it really is.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (09:51):
So your wife is now going into another
venture too, right?
Jeremy Armstrong (09:54):
Yes.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (09:55):
She's doing what my wife is terrified of
doing, and that's learning howto make her own bread.
Jeremy Armstrong (10:01):
She knows that will be the downfall of
everything in her life if we canmake her own bread, she loves
it.
Yeah, yeah, it's great.
They had a sold out event lastmonday at magnolia soap and it
was just, I mean 20 people, youknow.
One night, a couple hours forjust to learn how to make
sourdough.
That's great what's the?
Name of her business, eden'sroots eden's roots?
Dr DeWayne Baugus (10:21):
yeah, um, does it have a physical location
or she's going to differentplaces?
Yeah, different places,different venues.
Jeremy Armstrong (10:28):
So she'll come set up yeah yeah, She'll come
to houses if you've got enough,you know a big enough party get
together, Kind of likeTupperware back in the day.
Same concept, but.
But with more addictive thingslike bread yeah yeah they're
trying to venture into, like uhtinctures and those kind of
things, teaching you how to makethose, because you fill up your
(10:49):
medicine cabinet with actuallysome good stuff instead of, yeah
, some stuff that you'll haveside effects for in 30 years
that's and that's taking over myjob, isn't it?
Dr DeWayne Baugus (10:59):
yeah, the teachers, we, we made a lot of
tinctures in in chinese medicineand there's so many great
things that come out of those,not necessarily the flavor no,
god no.
But it's.
I always like to stand backfrom my education in Chinese
(11:19):
herbs formulas, tinctures,extractions, things that help
people formulas, tinctures,extractions, things that help
people.
Because well, let's face it,we're in oklahoma and if you can
tailor tinctures toward thepeople you live around in the
community that you are, in otherwords, what you see every day
as a parent.
Um, what you're seeing as far as, uh, other other parents in the
(11:40):
community, what they're goingthrough based on their diet,
their environment, that's moreeffective than anything that
they could teach me in school.
Um, cause, let's face it, 4,000years ago in China, they don't
really know about diet and Cokesand things like that here in
our world.
Jeremy Armstrong (11:57):
Um, but MSG salt shakers, all that fun stuff
.
The killers.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (12:01):
I don't know why I have high blood pressure.
We'll get pressure.
Jeremy Armstrong (12:03):
That's a different video and we're going
to have to have her on if shewants to come on and talk about
those tinctures because, to behonest, I would love to promote
anything that she makes orpromote that growth.
Is there any way you can pokeher to make the introvert
subside?
Yeah, there's no spot for that.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (12:27):
Now there's acupuncture points I can use to
get hit, but I don't know ifthat's bringing someone out of
their introvert.
Jeremy Armstrong (12:33):
It's more of a pain reaction.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (12:36):
But no, I think that comes with time the
more confidence she builds.
And it's actually from thecommunity, isn't it?
The more you see the responseand how much they enjoy your
services.
Anything that you get into,it's that feedback, that helps
you grow.
Jeremy Armstrong (12:53):
Gives you the confidence to Say what you want
to say.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (12:55):
Yeah, Do what you want to do.
She feed you any tinctures.
She make you drink anythingweird.
Jeremy Armstrong (12:59):
Yeah she makes something called a toothache,
does it taste horrible and yourwhole mouth's numb and you're
just drooling everywhere andshe's giggling in the background
.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (13:08):
It makes you wonder sometimes, when you're
married to a person like that,it's like is this medicinal or
are you doing this just for fun?
Jeremy Armstrong (13:14):
Why does this smell like vodka?
Dr DeWayne Baugus (13:17):
I didn't know it takes vodka to do most of it
.
Jeremy Armstrong (13:21):
Come home and she's got shot glasses
everywhere.
I'm like rough day with thekids Making tinctures, okay.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (13:30):
So she's growing in that direction and
you're chugging along.
Jeremy Armstrong (13:35):
Yeah, we actually were able to start a
crew this year, or subsubcontractors, but yeah.
So, we can continue to grow andprovide that good, a good
service.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (13:47):
So you went from the family crew and now
you're to the kids helping.
Gotcha and you and you've doneall that in in literally less
than a year.
Jeremy Armstrong (13:56):
I would say year, year and a half on the
adding the crew yeah, literallyless than a year, I would say a
year.
Year and a half On the addingthe crew yeah, but from the
start it's just been a year anda half On this business yeah.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (14:05):
That speaks wonders to people who are like
can I start my own business?
Because I've heard Stacy saythis to us many times business
owners are all rich.
Jeremy Armstrong (14:17):
And that's a complete lie.
Just keep speaking it intoexistence.
Just keep talking it.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (14:21):
So people think that that's unachievable.
To be their own business owner,to start their own passion or
to excel in what they really are?
Jeremy Armstrong (14:27):
made to do.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (14:29):
And for you to say, well, yeah, I got
started in it.
You know, I went from onecompany starting my own company,
from one company starting myown company, and within one year
best in Tulsa, within two years, less than two years you've got
your own cruise.
You're not just like, yeah, wehave a five and ten-year plan.
This is really blowing a lot ofthings out of the water and I
(14:53):
think that that has a lot to dowith the economy and offering an
honest service to people.
But there's another part of it.
I think that is really would beconsidered kind of magical.
Obviously, the Lord is the onethat's paving this path for you,
but there's you stepping intoit and making personal contact,
(15:13):
conversation, one-on-one it'snot text messages it's not like
through a voice.
It's you're meeting these people, yeah, and when you're getting
to meet people out there, whatare you?
You're, you're working withvery wealthy people and also
people who really don't have.
Jeremy Armstrong (15:32):
They need a service because their yard's
flooded um, and they know thatthey can't afford it, but they
just need to know what it costs,I mean, yeah we're all at
different places right now, but,yeah, there's always a way to
help people, and that honestyyeah, I mean you just tell them
what it is.
I mean, yeah, I can help you, Ican't help you, you don't need
this, you need this.
(15:52):
You don't even need me callthese people, you know something
like that.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (15:57):
So it's, it's to bring it focus.
It's not necessarily what youcan get from people, it's what
you can give them.
Yeah, and I think when peoplereceive something from a
business owner or from a companyJust honesty they feel
fulfilled.
Yeah, I had one.
Jeremy Armstrong (16:14):
This week A lady called me out and I was
like I told her everything and Ididn't even sell her nothing.
She's like let me pay you foryour time.
I was like no, I don't needanything, you just didn't know.
She's like oh, thank you somuch, you're welcome, but I mean
, it's just the way.
It is the way you're supposedto treat them.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (16:33):
That's gratifying, yeah, it's
gratifying in itself, knowingthat you helped somebody.
Now you have with you, withyour wife, now you have someone
here next to us, a youngentrepreneur starting up.
Jeremy Armstrong (16:48):
Another business in the family Right.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (16:50):
So, goodness gracious, you guys are just
going to take over the countryhere.
Jeremy Armstrong (16:54):
This little one is.
She's going to run things.
She's not the introvert One orthe other.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (16:58):
She'll run it .
She's going to run things.
Jeremy Armstrong (16:59):
She's not the introvert, one or the other.
She'll run it.
She'll run it.
Yeah, she's not the introvert,no.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (17:05):
Well, and I think that there's that other
story, the back story, aboutyou're doing all these things
and you're achieving so much andyou're meeting people at their
level, whatever service they mayneed as far as what they're
calling you for, but also you'reraising a family.
You got one in collegeStillwater, yep.
Jeremy Armstrong (17:23):
She's 20.
Yeah, 20.
How'd that happen?
No, don't go into that 20 yearsold.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (17:33):
I mean, I know, when I first met you I was
like, yeah, he's probably gotkids under the age of 10, you
know, and there you are, you gotone I did, but I had an older
one too.
Yeah.
Jeremy Armstrong (17:40):
So we just passed 21 years last month.
Marriage, wow, yeah 21 years.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (17:47):
I've seen the wedding pictures you posted.
Jeremy Armstrong (17:49):
That's pretty amazing for 32,.
Huh, I wish I'd know.
I don't want to go back.
I'm good, I'm happy, right here.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (17:55):
Good yeah, because everybody's happy around
you.
I mean, you've createdorganizations within
organizations, one of them beingTeam Hug.
Jeremy Armstrong (18:03):
Yeah, I'm vice president.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (18:05):
Sure, and if any of the viewers have watched
or listened to any previouspodcasts, there were two
individuals Stacey Ray andPresident, president, president,
stacey Ray.
And then we have NathanWilliams.
Jeremy Armstrong (18:20):
He's just the receiver.
He hasn't received his badgeyet.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (18:23):
I think he was the catalyst for Team Hug,
though, wasn't he?
He was the reason we are.
Team Hug Because you didn'tlike hugs.
No.
Jeremy Armstrong (18:29):
There's quite a bit of people that don't.
That's coming around, kenneth.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (18:32):
Yeah, this is our guy behind the scenes.
Yeah, hugs are awkward for somepeople and I don't care.
Jeremy doesn't care, staceydoesn't care, now, nathan
doesn't care.
Jeremy Armstrong (18:46):
Now Nathan knows All right, come on, let's
get it over with.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (18:48):
Let's just do this.
Jeremy Armstrong (18:49):
And eventually he's going to be a giver of
hugs.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (18:52):
Well, I think that says a lot about your
personality and when it's astranger or someone doing
business with you, they'realways going to be a person in
your community.
They're a friend.
I think that comes from anupbringing of your dad, who I
got to meet.
He's an amazing gentleman, aservice member, a combat vet,
(19:14):
but also he passed that on toyou of being a service
individual, service-minded.
Be honest, be truthful, do yourbest, help the community grow,
and it means a lot.
Yeah, and it shines through andit's shining through to one of
your offspring over there.
That's giggling.
She's very embarrassed, butwhat is it?
She makes Coaster, is itCrochets, crochets.
Jeremy Armstrong (19:37):
Yeah, my Crochet Coasters.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (19:39):
Do you?
Jeremy Armstrong (19:40):
have a website .
She has a Facebook.
Facebook my Crochet.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (19:44):
My Crochet Right on.
So everybody go to my CrochetFacebook.
Jeremy Armstrong (19:49):
Yeah, Facebook .
Dr DeWayne Baugus (19:50):
Yeah.
Jeremy Armstrong (19:51):
Load her up 11 years old.
Show her what business isreally like Trying to get it
going 11.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (19:55):
Yep, so you know QuickBooks, yet Mom taking
care of it, okay, she got withLisa Bain last week Great
ministry.
Amazingly so.
Jeremy Armstrong (20:04):
Lisa's going to start putting some of her
crochet coasters in her boxes.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (20:08):
Wow, those boxes.
Lisa Bain Ministries.
Look her up.
She's amazing.
She's that stranger that bringsyou a gift of love when you're
in the middle of a traumatic,life-changing experience.
That woman is a light thatshines isn't she?
Jeremy Armstrong (20:25):
Yeah, she's amazing, even her backstory.
I mean just her and her mompersonally, just before they
even started the Lisa BainMinistries.
That's good.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (20:37):
I need to hear that.
I haven't got to hear her story.
Jeremy Armstrong (20:41):
She wasn't even supposed to be able to walk
, so she sent her shoes to thedoctor that told her that, and
then finally he's like stopsending me your shoes.
She said well, stop tellingpeople they can't walk.
Beautiful, yeah, and she'sstill going strong today.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (20:55):
Yeah, I got to see some of the snapshots I
and strong today.
Yeah, I get to see some of thesnapshots.
I didn't get to make it to thelast last meeting but, um, thank
you for for spending time withme today.
Jeremy Armstrong (21:05):
No problem.
Thank you for having me.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (21:06):
Yeah, you bet .
Um, is there anything that thatyou would like to add?
Or I mean because we need tothrow some, some information out
there so people can find you.
How, how would, how, wouldpeople find you?
Is it social media?
Jeremy Armstrong (21:19):
Oh yeah, we're on Facebook.
I think we're.
I don't know any of this stuff.
I know it's Facebook.
I think we have an InstaInstagram, however you say it.
So BA French Trains, yes, BAFrench Trains.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (21:30):
Okay, yeah, we'll throw a link up on that
one.
You're gonna have to show mehow.
I don't know how to do any ofthat, but keep blessing people.
I know the Lord always hassomething planned for us and
you're a beautiful testimony ofthat.
So never stop, just keep going,just keep trucking and all else
(21:51):
fails.
Just keep hugging people, makethem uncomfortable if they like
you.
Jeremy Armstrong (21:55):
We were serving at a church before
during COVID and we would dohugs or handshakes during the
middle of COVID.
You'd be surprised how manypeople still wanted to hug.
It was just amazing.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (22:08):
I think that personal contact is something
that I see so many people, evenin medicine.
You know there's a lot ofresearch on hugging people.
Did you know that?
Uh-huh, you know there's a lotof research on hugging people.
Did you know that?
Yeah, just to hug someone youknow for I think it's between 40
and 60 seconds I'll have tolook that up Changes everything
about their day.
It's a long hug.
(22:28):
Yeah, it becomes awkwardsometimes.
Jeremy Armstrong (22:31):
Be sure you let them know what's going on.
Can't stop.
Yeah, we got 15 more seconds.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (22:35):
My watch and my ring are locked behind your
back.
My, my watch and my ring arelocked behind your back,
whatever excuse you got to make,but it's there, there's.
There's something to be saidfor a hug, and I think covid
that separation from people andand where people are going.
You know the cell phone worldwhere people think that that's a
proper way of communicating Ithink it leaves people empty and
and you just a handshake isalmost like handshake almost
(22:59):
means you.
I want to give them a hugthere's just a grab to bring
them in it is, it's just just.
That's just a ticket coming infor the hug well, um, I'll be
looking forward to seeing whatwhere you guys end this year.
As far as uh first, second orthird, uh in tulsa but Broken
(23:19):
Arrow or BA French Drains Googlethem, look them up Jeremy
Armstrong and his wonderfulfamily are making a difference
in the surrounding area.
It's not just Tulsa, it'sBroken Arrow.
Jeremy Armstrong (23:31):
Yeah, where do you go?
We take about an hour circle.
Sorry, kenneth, take about anhour circle from Tulsa Gotcha.
Dr DeWayne Baugus (23:38):
So give or take, go, get out there and get
to them.
Yeah, all right.
Well, once again, thank you forjoining us and until next time,
care for one another, betruthful, be honest with each
other and make a difference inyour world, and we'll see you
next time.
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