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Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:08:48 GMT

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Greetings To Everyone At AdlandPro From John Sanchez!

It’s time again for my favorite project of the week and that is the Feature of The Week! It is my favorite project because you folks and the POTW’s of the week make it a very special event. We are all so fortunate to be a part of this community that is made up of so many friendly and talented people. Thank you so much for your support and for making thist event so special. Love and Blessings to you all! John R. Sanchez

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The reason the Feature of the Week forum was created was to honor people who have a positive influence on this community. To qualify the person has to be an active member and one who contributes to the positive atmosphere here AdlandPro. Here are the criteria for nominating a member for the Feature of the Week (also referred to as the Person of the Week, POTW). This criterion can be seen at the site below:

Criterion

How Do I Get Selected as Person of the Week?

To be chosen as Person of the week you:

• Are highly visible on the community

• Are always seen as respectful, professional, and helpful.

• Must be nominated for the program by another member of the Community and voted on by other members.

• Must have a real photo of themselves on their profile.

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This week on the POTW forum we’re featuring one of the most amazingly courageous individuals at AdlandPro her name is Amanda Martin-Shaver. Amanda’s story will bring you to tears and it will inspire you at the same time. Her strong Faith has given her the strength to overcome anything that comes her way. We can all learn something from this shinning beacon at AdlandPro. Congratulations Amanda on winning the Person of the Week award. Shine Amanda shine!

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Folk's for some reason her Bio didn't transfer correctly from the e-mail to MS Word or to this editor so her paragraphs were all eliminated. It must have something to do with the word processor she used.

Sorry Amanda!

Here's Amanda's Bio:

Well where does one begin to give their Story? I guess at the beginning... I am the youngest child of two elder brothers and an elder sister, my parents were quite old when I was born, Dad being 59 and Mum 41. I know my Mum was pleased to have a little girl that she could dress up in little dresses etc because my sister has and will always be a Tomboy, no fancy bows and frills for her. My Father was a widower at the time Mum met him and he had 3 sons by his first marriage all much older than his 2nd family (us) 2 with children of their own the 3rd son was quite a bit younger so Mum brought him up and they had a great relationship. My parents discovered when I was about 18 months old that I seemed to have a hearing problem whereby if I was engrossed in anything I did not seem to hear when they clapped their hands. This was to be the first of many hearing tests I would undergo.My hearing was 'fluctuating' (as an adult looking back I realise that it was the timber or tone of peoples voices that I could hear more clearly - and if engrossed I did not hear anything). I was not hearing impaired enough to warrant a hearing aid and it was a difficult childhood with this problem. From birth until I was 6 years old we lived out in the country area, of Karioi near Ohakune owning primarily a trucking business, with Dad driving the school bus and taxi on the sideline. Mum and Dad sold the business and Dad bought some land a couple of miles down the road. He would come home on Friday and leave for the farm on Monday, this was the arrangement for 10 years until Dad finally retired and came to live with us full time. Mum took us children and moved to Taihape where we owned a house that had been rented out, the tenants had not paid rent for a long time and Mum and Dad had to declare the house condemned to get them out.The rats that came around for years after!! (I hate rats yuck). We had the house extensively remodelled in time for my sister to get married 6 months after moving, she was 19 and had been a country girl and did not want to live in a town. My unmarried step-brother Jimmy was a huge guiding influence in my life, he was surrogate father, teaching me to swim, dive, dance, drive the car, play horseys by riding on his back, play fighting etc. He loved me unconditionally and was a stable and loving influence. Along with my hearing impairment, I was a bed-wetter until I was 12 years old. There did not seem to be anything that the doctors or specialists could find was wrong. I bit my fingernails (and still do) had very low self-esteem and was extremely reserved. Obedient and docile that I went along with the flow, not really making any ripples. My parents were both very strong willed and would argue (Dad would tease) Mum along to get a rise out of her, and it worked) I was scared of my father because of the gruffness in his mannerisims, although I only remember him smacking me once, he only had to look at us a certain way and it would pull us back in line. Mum use to tell me that Dad's bark was worse than his bite! I learned early from my parents always to obey and never answer back. I was sent to Sunday School and later I attended church and was a member of the choir for many years at church. School was OK, although I did not have very many friends. Some of the children would call me 'deaf and dumb idiot'. This hurt me for a long time. When I got to Standard 2 (approx grade 3) when I was 8 years old. I was always to sit near the front of the class so I could hear, up until these following years I had been, then slowly I would get pushed to the back as naughty antics of some child or children had them swapping seats with me. To this day I do not know why I annoyed teachers and especially this one Mr Broadhead. Many times I was humiliated and left hurting. He strapped my in front of the class. There was a time he had the caretaker of the school saw off three of the legs of an old wooden chair leaving one back leg to balance and sit on, because one or two other girls in the class would swing back on one leg of their chair. Well this exercise may have been OK for the perpetrators but I do not remember being one of them, nor other children in the class whom ended up balancing on that chair for punishment. I had a pet sheep I named Whiskers that I had since he was a lamb. The nursery rhyme of Mary had a little lamb, was Whiskers and I. He was the best pet lamb I ever owned and I loved him. I would wash him on a regular basis and his wool would come up white and fluffly like a cotton ball. We would often lay down at the bottom of our 1/2 acre section in the sun, me using Whiskers stomach for a pillow and I would talk to Whiskers about my day etc. I made him a bridle out of string and a saddle from and old sack and rode on his back. This spectacle was witnessed one day when Mr Broadhead drove past our place. Well you can guess next day in class, he asks me in front of the class, what was the name of my sheep. When I told him, he drew and picture on the blackboard of Whiskers and I on his back. The class thought this funny. The next year I had Mr Turner, who liked to look at the underwear of unsuspecting little girls. Yep I was one of them, I had no inkling of what he was up too. Nobody ever warned us children about such things. Mr Turner apparantly did the same with other girls and was soon dismissed from service. It was enough to leave lasting nasty memories. The next few years in Primary School were fairly uneventful, I had one best friend that I have to this day, and one or two others that I would have for a time or two. When I reached Form 2 the year before Highschool, I got a teacher who was from England by the name of Mr Martyn, he did not like me much either. One day he was annoyed whether at me or someone else I do not recall, I do remember him pulling the chair away from me as I went to sit down, I grazed my back and buttocks as I fell. The class was in an uproar thinking it funny, I was very upset. I am inclined to growl anyone who might consider pulling the chair out from underneath anyone, and I do not think this is funny. Highschool started we had a lady by the name of Miss Bowler who called us 'cabbage heads, and gutter snipes'. Mr Frewin who was always talking in sexual indoendo. I still did not know anything about sex, my mother had not told me, so this was a bit over my head anyway. But I understood the connitations behind the remarks that they were not nice, my spirit knew because I was uncomfortable. At 14 years old I broke my arm and dislocated my shoulder falling off my pony. I was hospitalized for 2 weeks (the longest 2 weeks I have endured) I had plaster from my waist up over my torso and my left arm stuck out vertical with a slight bend. Sixteen pounds of plaster I wore for 6 weeks. I had had enough idle time away so wanted to get back to school. I could only sit side ways at my desk using the back of my chair to rest my left arm on. My left arm was useless to me anyway like it was, I could not even reach my right hand across to touch my left hand. Mr Roberts another teacher from England, got annoyed with me, I admit I remember talking to my neighbour but then so were others... He said he would break my other arm if I did not sit around at the desk properly and shut up. A teacher from Poland who happened to teach english! had it in for me as soon as he learned my name, he was a teacher that held a grudge against the whole family. My elder brother must have annoyed him. He was also a member of the church I attended and would make fun of me because I was in the choir, consequently I soon left because I was embarrassed. A few of the bully girls use to pick on me, for a long time I would ignore then and walk away. One day it was too much and I ended up fighting two of them. I came out the victor and a lady teacher came upon the scene. I explained that I finished the fight but did not start it. I did not ever have any trouble from these girls again. By the time the 3rd year of college came around I had had enough, I was getting on detention regularly and I could not seem to be able to redeem myself, it was like 'give a dog a bad name' or 'mud sticks'. I started missing class more and more often to stay playing music for the school orchestra, music being a large part of my life back then and now. I wagged (truent) school with the wrong new friends I made, and started sneaking out at night. School Certificate exams the main exams that you work towards when you first start highschool, I failed miserably because I had not put the time in doing homework. I left school after finishing the 3rd year, stopped sneaking out because I got caught and grounded. My father had retired this same year and was home full time working out in the vegetable garden, my mother had been working part time and now had a full time job. During the summer holidays I got my first job full time in a shoe shop. And I did not go back the next year for my fourth year of highschool. I have hated school all these years and have had not desire to take a class. I have actually learned more since an adult than any other time, just by reading and having a 'teachable heart'. My father suffered a massive stroke in his mid 70s. I was still in Highschool. At first Dad's speech, and right side were effected. Two other men much younger than Dad had a stroke about the same time. I will always admire my fathers determination to do the best he could to overcome his handicap. With his sheer 'guts and determination' Dad overcame 75% of his abilities back. While the other two men never got much better. Now and again, though he could not pronouce a word properly and he would swear! I had not heard Dad swear so much before, other than yelling at his sheep dogs!! *lol* My self esteem leading up to my mid teens was very low, as on a number of times I was accused by some boys girlfriend and even a wife, that I was making eyes at their boyfriend or spouse. This was not true, I did not even know who the men were I was being accused of. I started dating and drifted into 2 intimacy episodes. I never understood why I felt guilty as if I was being watched. I did not enjoy the experience, I found that the boys were always in a rush and often it hurt me. I got pregnant by the time I was nearly 18, I remember my mothers words ringing in my ears "you come home pregnant the news will kill your father" I believed her, I wish she had have told me about sex in the first place. I must have been the most naive girl living in Taihape. The next 6 weeks were the longest and hardest time I had as a teenager because I had no one to share my secret with except my boyfriend who was supportive. I remember the trapped feeling that if I told Mum and Dad and Dad had a heart attack and died, it would be my fault. Dad was in his late 70s by this time. I did not look after myself in these early weeks. It was a Friday and I started to bleed, I thought I must have been mistaken and just been late due to my worrying so that evening I hopped into the bath to get ready for my date. I will never forget the amount of blood. My boyfriend was out in the lounge waiting to take me out and Mum was calling me to hurry, while I am hemorraging badly. I swaddled myself up with huge wads of toilet paper etc and came out and we left the house. My boy friend wanted to take me up to hospital and I said no, because the doctor would tell Mum and Dad, we drove 20 minutes to another town but they could not admit me there and sent me back, where I ended up in hospital anyway and Mum and Dad finding out. In hospital Mum admitted that she suspected I was pregnant and wanted to know why I did not tell her, and when I said that I remembered her warning, she said 'silly girl, your Dad is as strong as a horse'. Then she said to me that 'your mother should be my best friend'. I was upset at this because all my life I always wanted to be closer to my mother than being a possession and a tool for her to live through me. My boyfriend and I got engaged, I broke it off after six months, I was not ready and I think it was due more to a guilty conscience. After three different jobs, the last one I had in a bank whereby the Manager harrassed me so much by standing behind me that I was a nervous wreck. He was threatening to fire me, I was always in tears, Mum and Dad would not let me leave as they wanted the Manager to fire me in wrongful dismissal. The Manager had promised my job to a friend of his daughter. In the end I begged Mum and Dad to let me leave, I was an emotional wreck. I had been at the bank 6 months. There were no jobs on offer in our town so I had my eyes set on on the big city of Wellington. I spend one year down there, 3 flats and 3 flatmates later I had had enough of that kind of life too. I sampled marajana but did not like it. Saw more odd people than I had seen in my life that it was too much for this 'townie'. I had a feeling that my Father would not make it through the next winter so I was anxious to come back home again. My siblings and mother were planning my father's 80th birthday which was due in February. Dad died suddenly 9 days before his birthday, six weeks after I had come home. I did not have a job in all this time Dad would not let me apply for unemployment benefit so my job was to clean house and cook the meals, this was quite a good time because I had Dad all to myself, not that we really got any closer because he never did tell me he missed me, this I heard from a close relative after he died. Mum and I lived in our family home, my elder brothers were married. I was in my mothers pocket by this time and I did what she told me even though I should have been living a life of my own choosing because I had just had my 21st birthday. I did not date very often at this stage, but occasionally a male would phone me to go out and I would, but there was never any feelings for him on my part, yet my mother seemed to be anxious to marry me off. I was making arrangements to travel over to Australia when I was 23 and at the last moment the friend I was going to go with pulled out, I had just started dating a new boyfriend and had told him that I was going to leave NZ for a working holiday. Looking back I am not sure how I drifted into marrying this man that would be my husband for the next 20 1/2 years. My mother asked me not to have my surrogate dad, Jimmy give me away so I had my eldest full brother act as father. I wished I had not obeyed on this. I am sure it hurt Jimmy. A year after we married Jimmy died, he had stayed with us for 2 weeks earlier in the year which was a great time. I did not know he was sick with cancer. We had our first daughter 2 years after we were married, and 26 months later our son. Our marriage from my point of view was not all what it should have been. We attended councilling 5 years into the marriage. If I had have had somewhere to go I may have left, although I would have had to endure the guilt of hurting my mother and my husbands mother, so I stayed on when my husband promised he would try harder to communicate with me. It never happened. I had my mother coming around to my home every day, she would re-arrange the ornaments and complain that I was not cleaning the house up from toys etc. Not dressing the children correctly. I just always heard criticism from Mum never any encouragement. The guilt of my past especially the loss of my baby was always in the forefront of my mind and I had not told my husband, nor to I reckon that my siblings know to this day. I knew I was searching I was starting to go to church again more often, although it was hard with the children so small and they would get cranky and older members of the church were not as tolerant, it was enough to put my husband off and he did not come to church again except special times. One day two missioners come around to my door and one was American and the other an Australian, I was more interested in hearing of their home countries than I was about their religion. For several weeks they came on a regular basis and it was from them that I heard that I needed to ask Jesus into my heart. I did this on the Thursday, the Lord Jesus Christ was the only son of God that I knew about so I had no problem. On Friday night I went to bed and slept for a few hours and I woke up and I had such an awful flash back of my life in living colour. Here I am in the middle of the night writing furiously apologising for all the memories as they came flooding back to me, crying great hurtful cries as silently as I could. With my husband sound asleep next to me and not knowing a thing about it. Mum came around the next day, I was a mess I thought I was loosing my mind and I confessed to Mum and my husband what had happened the night before and gave them the letter I had written confessing everything. From that day onwards I was free and forgiven from my past sins, and was born again. I wish I could tell you that everything became better and we lived happily ever after.. but I can't. My mother and brothers were going to disown me and my husband was threatening me with divorce, plus I had the church minister on my case because of my friendship with these Missioners. I had to give up my friendship, plus give up martial arts that I was learning due to 'well meaning' people telling me it was wrong. In fact it is 18 years ago now that I gave my life over to Jesus, it has been a hard struggle in my walk with Jesus. I followed advice because I still did not have the confidence in myself that I heard Jesus differently. I needed to be baptised by full immersion but my minister of the Church I had grown up in would not do it, because I had been baptised as a baby. I left the church to follow my heart on this issue, Jesus voice was louder. In these cases I reckon I have had a worse time, but Jesus has used these experiences to build my character. I certainly got bolder and more confident to speak out and tell everyone that I loved the Lord. Also the most marvellous healing happened. By the time I had been married 3 years my hearing was growing steadily worse, whereby I had a hard job hearing my husband because he is very soft spoken. So I was eligible to be fitted for a hearing aid. I got 3 before I was able to wear it with comfort, two of them got broken, one falling down the stairs when I was talking to a visitor at the door (the hearing aid was the small one that sits inside the ear.. to see this small slug shaped thing bumping down the back stairs to land at my visitors feet, while still trying to take in what the caller had come to the door about...*hehehe*) the other aid got bitten into by our toddler son! The replacement I got a behind the ear that could not fall out when talking or eating. Six months after I accepted Jesus I noticed I was not needing to wear my hearing aid out into the public when I went up town, because at home I did not wear it, and I took it off as soon as I got home from being out. Jesus has healed me, and this was quite a great witness to many people in our town because, Taihape is a town of 2,500 people that nearly everyone knows everyone else. With Jesus on my side I found I was much more tolerant of the childrens antics as they never did anything that I had not done before them. My daughter and I are very close and she can talk to me about anything. My son and I have not been too bad, he had a year away at highschool at his asking to go, the asthma that he had flared up more away from home and he got discouraged due to alot of illness and he had a couple of broken bones from sporting injuries at highschool. He came back to go to the local highschool. I noticed in that 12 months away he had grown up. I bought my first computer in 1997 and with Jesus beside me guiding me I learned slowly but surely how to operate the machine, by spending literally hundreds of hours. I have learned so much more with Jesus, I had thought I would not amount to much but with Jesus I can do anything through Him. I taught Bible in Schools for a few years, I was accompanying a pianist on my guitar and leading the singing at evening service at church. I started singing solo and in public after joining a country, western and variety club, with sometimes up to 60 - 100 people in attendance I could not even get up in front of 8 people to talk, such was my fear. I attended many many sessions on councilling and lots of prayer for our ailing marriage. My husband would not come with me, he did not see a problem, it was all on my side and he still thinks it is my fault. I will take half of the blame but I will not take it all, it takes two to differ. My mother died after a stay in hospital from a massive stroke, she had not long met the Lord Jesus Christ. I know she loved me very much, it was just hard with her control over me, and I loved her too, she was loveable. July 1999 I travelled over to USA a dream I had had for many years and never thought I would get here. I travelled alone and met and stayed with 3 of my online friends travelling through 11 States and going into Canada for a day trip. This was to be the deciding point in our marriage for me, what I was going to do when I got back. I had never been so ill as I was the previous year due to the stress, my marriage was at its worse, my husband would not talk to me on a personal nature, gossip and news he would talk about until the cows came home. He would talk about the weather, news on TV but he would not communicate, I could not go on like this anymore with broken promises. Getting answers of 'alright' when he had no intentions of following through. My eyes have been opened since being in the States and away from the 'ties that bind' that I have been in a controlled marriage. There was no compromise, cause my ex did not agree he would not tell me, but just do things his way behind my back. The Lord had been changing me inside too over the past few years from prayer I had asked. I like this new me, but unfortunately no one else does. I changed my name to my middle name because it is the name I always wanted to be called, but no one in my family would take any notice of my wishes. The serenity prayer was the inspiration behind my final decision and also I firmly believe Jesus has honoured it. Most people it was not too difficult after I explained why, it was my family and close friend that would not change. Their reason because they have always known me as my first name! It has been a stumbling block for them. I left my husband and seeked divorce. I gave the marriage everything I had, I did try to improve things. I believe that the Lord brought me out of this distructive marriage and I have opted to follow Him over what people think, they did not know what went on behind closed doors. Jesus knows me and everything about me. I am in a christian relationship with a wonderful man, I love very much. I had one bag of clothes, money was tight and I could expect no help from my ex unless I come back to NZ to collect my things that I want. I had not been more happier and content. I started making web pages like crazy as the Lord puts topics and poems on my heart and giving me the ability to write them down. I discovered that I can be more happy with less material possessions than with, I had left behind my keyboard organ, guitar and all my computer equipment that I had bought myself that was dear to me, plus furniture and effects that I also contrabuted or paid for outright. I have survived sexual abuse, harrassment as there were several other incidents as an adult before and after I became a christian that left me feeling 'what had I done to deserve this' and then working it through that I did not do anything wrong. I also survived verbal and mental abuse for years. I had to learn that the relationship I could have with Jesus would be much different to my earthly father, that Jesus would not 'zap' me when I did wrong, that I could ask forgiveness and be forgiven and move on. I am stronger because Jesus is right there beside me cheering me onJune 1 2000 I returned to New Zealand to start legal proceedings for my divorce and settlement. I have completed a 40 week course in Care Giving for the Elderly level 3 - the highest qualification I could get in NZ and I understand is equivilant to L.P.N. (Licenced Practice Nurse) in USA. My Son accepts, understands and released me with his blessings and He knows that I love him unconditionally. I called weekly to talk to James it is cheaper for me to call as I can talk for as long as I like for $8.00 after 6pm. June 1 2001 I returned to the States, and James nearly one year later after my ex decided to drag out proceedings for as long as he could, Upon attaining my Alien status I worked full time with Alzheimers and Dementia residents and really enjoyed it. 2004 I worked at the University of Oregon for 12 months as custodial and learned to detail clean the apartments, I thoroughly enjoyed this work, even though it was very hard work, due to the large amount on your knees, bending, stretching, climbing stairs and hawling heavy equipment etc. I made some wonderful friends with my co-workers. James who worked in Assisted Living Facility as Resident Assistant for 5 years who had wanted to climb the ranks to Assistant Manager and Manager was always overlooked even when all the resident family members would seek him out to talk about their mother, father, grandmother and grandfather. All the residents knew James by name, they did not know the other RA's by name. It was time for a change of job, so James went to Truck Driving School and passed and drove Over the Road for 12 months. In January of this year we relocated to Wyoming. James still drives and has taken a dedicated run whereby he is home each night and weekends. I enjoy riding with him in the Big Rig a couple of times a week. You can see so much up high.

Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Folks, I hope you were all blessed by her story as I was. She’s quite an amazing lady. Please take the time to congratulate her and to invite her to join your list of friends if she’s not already on it.

Amanda, thank you so much for sharing your story with us. I will be looking forward to knowing you better this year. Have a great week my friend as our POTW and Queen of AdlandPro!

Love and Blessing to all of you from,

John Sanchez

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:20:28 GMT

Hail to the Queen Amanda!

From one of the Knights of Adlandpro:

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:27:36 GMT

Hello Amanda! You are a very special friend and a favorite. Have fun this week as the community Queen. You are a great team leader for Jerky Direct. Congrats to you and James! lol,LaNell
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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:37:12 GMT

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:12:43 GMT

Hello LaNell,

My fellow Jerky team-mate, good friend and Team
Leader of your own group. This has been an amazing Team build this year with you and all my other team-mates.

I have the privilege of you being in my downline in
The perfect Start up too.

Thank you for your good wishes.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

Team Leader

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:40:48 GMT

Hello Daniel,

Your Queen has spoken, "You may arise, Sir Daniel"...

Amanda

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:23:14 GMT

Congrats Amanda. You deserve it!
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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:05:19 GMT

Hello Geir,

Thank you for your kind wishes.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:59:00 GMT

Congratulation Amanda

Enjoy Your week in the light.

Welcome in the POTW-club.

Best regards
Arild

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Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:46:46 GMT

CONGRATULATIONS AMANDA!

You are an amazing lady. Thank You for Your Inspiring Story.

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:31:19 GMT

Congratulations Amanda :-)

Sam

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:16:15 GMT

Hello Sam,

Thank you for stopping by.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:48:12 GMT

COMGRATULATION

AMANDA GLAD TO BE ON YOUR TEAM'S

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Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:31:35 GMT

Congratulations Amanda

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:16:52 GMT

Hi Amanda! :-)

You must be really busy with the moving and your POTW forum.

I hope this forum will be a blessing to you my friend, you sure deserve one.

Enjoy! ;-)

John Sanchez

From the abundance in your mind come the manifestations in your life... JRS ©

If I’m not on your friends list please invite me!

John 13:34 (Whole Chapter)
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

John 13:35 (Whole Chapter)
By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

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Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:42:41 GMT

You are an amazing person Amanda. God bless you.

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Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:20:47 GMT

CONGRATULATIONS
AMANDA

Tha was an amazing life story. I am glad that finally you found the happiness you deserve

Best wishes

Carol

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Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:43:16 GMT

Wow, what a biography. Congratulations Amanda. Thanks, Stephen (Profile of the Day forum)

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:38:21 GMT

Congrats, Amanda!
That was really some life story, you've been through a LOT! I'm glad you're here this week. You really deserve this honor from your friends here!
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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:59:36 GMT

Hello Kathleen,

Thank you for your congratulations and encouraging message.

Writing down my story helped back when I first started writing in 2000, and adding to it helped me through the hurt; whereby I could finally put it behind me and learn -
that one does grow. I feel I can understand more when dealing with people - just as members bios helps them and inspires others.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:06:54 GMT

Hi John,

Hello there Amanda!

First of all WELCOME TO THE CLUB THAT GIVES YOU THAT WARM FUZZY FEELING!!!!

Thanks for have the courage to write your bio and letting us all know who you are. It was a pleasure to read it (John have you ever heard of paragraphs!)

Congratulations Amanda!

and have a wonderful week.

Love
Jenny

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:59:29 GMT

Hello Jenny,

Thank you for the warm welcome to the Warm Fuzzy
Feeling Club, it gives me great pleasure to be accepted
*grin*

I wrote this bio back in 2000 and added to it over
the years. It is on my personal website Above Rubies and you can only reach it from My Causes pages.

New Zealander's having the similar culture as England do not usually open ourselves to others and keep
things close to our chest. I am glad you understand
this concept. I came to the realization that to keep things bottled up inside and not tell anyone is not good for me so writing certainly helped me through the hurt, confusion of what and where I went wrong and come to realisation that I am just as human as the next, who makes mistakes and wrong choices and still have the ability to move forward and learn.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:39:00 GMT

Hello Amanda:

As John suggested, your account was an emotional rollercoaster. True as well is the fact that when I read such stories, I can not help but think of the few people in the lives of others who were placed there, just at the right moment, to somehow protect their faith, lift you up, and assit you in moving forward to that place that can offer one a safe and sane place from which to grow into a productive and loving adult; one capable of wonderful achivements.

Being a person who has spent many years in the entertianment industry, I also see these bio's and stories of ones past, the foundations of what could ultimately become a motion picture based on true life events; those that our industry seeks to produce. Think about that, please.

Your story, like others that I have read here at POTW, when placed before the public can inspire hope, and renew ones faith. Thank for those gifts.

Be blessed,

Joe Buccheri

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:42:39 GMT

Hello Joe,

Thank you for your thoughts, which agree. I had and
have friends, family through the years whom have
been a solid anchor to me to talk to etc. And later
years cry on as my late father would not let us cry
because he believed it was a sign of weakness and
'Tears do not get you anywhere' - It took me years
to feel the freedom of allowing those built up tears
to flow.

I remember one lady back in New Zealand telling me
that she had watched me growing up and said I was
resilient - This one word says most about me, I have
been and do get down yet not for long and I pop back
up fairly quickly.

Since meeting and marrying James, for the first time
I have found whom I really am as James accepts me
and loves me 'warts and all'. James and I have brought
out the best in each other because of our common
background, being the youngest in our respective families and being squashed from being ourselves.
Having the common bond of love from and to the Lord Jesus Christ on our own level and being able to freely express and talk about any subject without boundaries.
This is unconditional love and acceptance to me.

Thank you for the palomino horse, we love riding and are in the process of packing and moving to our own home on 5 acres. When can we come and collect him? *grin*

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:56:15 GMT

Thank-you John for the Invitation to this week's POTW forum. CONGRATULATIONS AMANDA ON BECOMING THIS WEEKS QUEEN OF ADLAND. I am happy to get to know more about you by reading your Bio here. Thamk-you for sharing so much about yourself as you have done alot in your life. Amanda I am proud to be a part of your circle of friends. God Bless Michael
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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:40:42 GMT

Hello Michael,

Thank you for your best wishes and glad to share
about me that I am a real person who has faced
many obsticles in my life and hopefully the best is
still yet to come.

James and I are starting another adventure in our
lives by relocating and we are presently packing up
the removal van to be on the road on Tuesday.

I am also glad to have you in my circle of friends.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:24:21 GMT

QUEEN AMANDA

CONGRATULATIONS

ENJOY YOUR WEEK IN THE SPOTLIGHT !!!

YOU ARE SUCH AN INSPIRATION TO ALL..BLESS YOU DEAR LADY FOR YOUR UNDAUNTED FAITH.....YOU HAVE MUCH BLESSINGS COMING YOUR WAY BE SURE OF THAT !!!!

I AM PROUD TO BE YOUR FRIEND.

GRACE NPEACE TO YOU

YOUR FRIEND ALWAYS

PAULINE R

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:54:05 GMT

Hello Pauline,

Thank you for your blessings. I look forward to more
being given me and I am sure they will come too just
as I look back down my life to where I am now - some
times these blessings have been a long time in coming
yet I can see that I have had many and always an
angel looking out for me as I have had some terrible
accidents and incidences that could have taken my life.

I am glad that my life has a chance to inspire, as I
have been inspired and uplifted from reading other peoples life challenges.

Afterall, one cannot learn about life, the good and bad
side without first hand practice to put to knowledge,
and the challenges that build ones character.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:50:31 GMT

Wow you are a remarkable woman Amanda that has endured alot.
Thank you for sharing your story. It reminds me to keep going no matter what life throws your way.

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:10:08 GMT

Hello Linda,

Thank you for inviting me to be your friend.
I never really thought of myself as remarkable yet
I am very happy being me, a mother of two
wonderful adults now and having an imput in their
lives that have fashioned them into who they are now.

Wife to James and our different cultures that we had
to work through. Living in New Zealand I never even
gave it a thought that America could be so vastly
different to NZ because the two countries speak english
as our 1st language, (Australia and England have very
similar cultures to NZ) - Yet once here and I started
to work then the fun began as I realised just how different and diverse it is to live and work in America.
It was so hard at first but now that I have been here nearly 7 years the culture shock is wearing off.

I have had to keep going forward even when the going
got really tough because I could not and did not want to go back - these hard times do not last that long when you get through them and look back.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:57:34 GMT

Hi John,

Thanks for another POTW.

Congratulations Amanda

Enjoy your week in the spotlight.

Best Wishes

John.

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:12:37 GMT

Hello John,

Thank you for stopping by and your good wishes.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:27:10 GMT

Amanda have a wonderful week.

Linda C.

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:19:04 GMT

Hello Linda C

Thank you for the graphic and good wishes. I think
I could easily sit back and sip some wine and relax.
*grin*

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:37:48 GMT

Hello John,

Thank you for all you do for us, the members of Adland Pro. I appreciate you.

Your apology is accepted as it was beyond your
control.. It gives readers a bit of a challenge to read
*lol*

I am not sure why it did not come out well your end.
I used Word and saved it as Rich Text Format (rtf)
which is suppose be able to be opened by most
software.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:41:52 GMT

Congratulations Amanda!!

Enjoy your week in the POTW spotlight! :)

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:21:11 GMT

Hello Tanya,

Thank you.

I had to go look at your profile because I was not sure
if I knew you, and realised you have put a new photo
of yourself which is very nice.

I guess I could say the same for myself - changing
out the photo for one of myself all alone. *lol*

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:42:51 GMT

Amanda, thanks for sharing your life's story with us!

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:23:30 GMT

Hello Jeannie

Thank you for stopping by with the lovely sparkly
graphic to brighten up the page.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:00:17 GMT

Hello John,
Congradulations Amanda! Enjoy your week!
Mary
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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:25:53 GMT

Hallo Amanda,

let me congratulate you, too, even though I do not know you yet.

Would enjoy to become a member of your list of freinds. With you a very enjoiable and successful week.

Warm reagrds

Renate Schedl from Germany

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:31:29 GMT

Hello Renate,

Thank you for your congratulations, I appreciate
you posting and I have already sent you an invitation
to be on each others friendship list.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:56:08 GMT

Congradulations Amanda!

It's amazing what we can endure isn't it.

Enjoy your week as Queen.

I would love for you to be my friend,

God Bless!

June

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:55:19 GMT

Queen Amanda, It has a nice sound to it. Enjoy your riegn! Nest week it's right back to the hard work that got you there. Way to go, congrats, & enjoy! your friend jeff
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Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:05:40 GMT

Hello Jeff,

Thank you for good wishes of congratulations.
Yes, it is going to take me a few days to get back
into the swing of things and also reply to all my messages from a week off line.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:52:13 GMT

Hello June,

Thank you for your good wishes. I agree one does
endure lots in our lifetime and how we each face
and tackle the obsticles in our path. Me, I rant and
rave and sometimes cry, pass it up to the Lord Jesus
then get over it.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:36:06 GMT

Hello Mary,

Thank you for your congratulations and I am sure
I am going to have a very eventful week.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:32:58 GMT

Thank you John :-)

CONGRATULATIONS AMANDA!

You are such a special lady and you so deserve this honor. I have very much enjoyed your friendship and getting to know you and all you do.

What a wonderful story........I read every last word. Coincidentally, I had a cat named Whiskers the same as your sheep........we must be sisters. LOL

Enjoy your week and your wonderful new honor!

Cheers, Jill

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:58:57 GMT

AMBASSADOR!

Dear friends,

A new week and a new winner. Amanda is active in many forums and in many opprotunities. She is worhty to bee Queen. Her Bio is so rch and interesting. We had some contrary theses but through discussion we came over it. Amanda did a nice competition and she deserves this title.

CONGRATULATIONS AMANDA
ENJOY YOUR WEEK.

Kindly Regards
Georgios
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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:03:34 GMT

Hi John,

Thank you for the opportunity to get to know Amanda.

Amanda, your story of your spiritual growth is very interesting and edifying, thank you for sharing.

God bless you and yours,

Natalya
_______________________________________
Happy, Healthy, Wealthy Life With Neways
www.ineways.com/covina
Business Opportunity
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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:17:44 GMT

God Bless you and Congratulations, Amanda.

Your bio is fascinating. You are so deserving of this. Enjoy your week on the throne.

Blessing and cheers!

Judy

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:00:01 GMT

Hello Natalya

Thank you for your good wishes.

I am now an open book with no secrets which is very refreshing to me for years now, because there is not
the constant worry of someone finding out something about me I did not want them to know.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:04:23 GMT

Hello Judy,

Thank you for your best wishes.

I never really thought about my life being fascinating
before. I reckon one does not think they are any more
special than the next person and there is always
someone else who has had a challenging life more
than your own. This I believe keeps us grounded and
not prone to become 'swollen headed' about ourselves.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:09:56 GMT

Hello JR,

wow thank you. You are talking my language - your opening post reminded me so much of New Zealand
slang (which came from England) and it brought back lovely memories.
I am glad you are on my list of friends too.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

Team Leader

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:12:45 GMT

Hello Barb,

Thank you for your good wishes and stopping by
with your lovely graphic.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:15:21 GMT

Hello Rusty,

Thank you for stopping by with your good wishes

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:19:00 GMT

Hello Donald

Thank you for stopping by with your good wishes.

I am also glad you are in my downline in TPSU
and Jerky Direct. You are a great team-mate.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

Team Leader

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:52:45 GMT

Hello Georgios,

Thank you for your kind words, wishes and congratulations, and now you know more about me.

I am glad last year is behind us and into the New
Year and new beginnings.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:41:08 GMT

Congratulations, Amanda!!

Thank you for sharing your bio with us! Enjoy your week!

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:44:44 GMT

Hello Jill,

Thank you for your good wishes, friendship and
reading my rather long bio. It was hard to know
whether to shorten it yet I am now middle aged
in my 50s, so I had quite a few years to cover.

Hmm I do believe we could be sisters - I did not say
in my bio but my sister's name is Jill *lol*

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:41:26 GMT

Amanda Martin Shaver, Thank you for your story and Congratulations on being the POTW ! Linda
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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:23:36 GMT

Hello Linda,

My good friend, xocai drinker, Team Manager, Jerky
eater, TPSU inspiration how to build and your
listening ear.

Now you know more about me than you probably
wanted to know and who you have in your downline
*lol*

Your friend
Amanda

Team Leader

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:10:41 GMT

HI Amanda

What a Bloody good Bio that was. A great BIG Congrats of becomming our Queen of the week. Have yourself a Great and Blessed Month. I am happy to ber your friend.

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:02:38 GMT

Hi John,

Congratulations Amanda on being POTW for this week! I enjoyed reading your bio and getting to know you better.

Peace, Health and Prosperity,
Barb Doyle, Sc

I can see the future. If you don't join us, some day you will regret it.
http://empower.thisworks.biz

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:31:35 GMT

Hi Amanda,

What a bio. The best part is getting to know the Lord Jesus as your Savior. May God richly bless you.

I hope you have a wonderful week as POTW. Congratulations

Myrna

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Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:42:45 GMT

Hello friends,

I am now back online since yesterday and James
and I are still settling into our new home.
We had a delay of several days and some very stressful and sweaty moments, from our move in date, due to the underwriters querying James first year pay when he drove OTR and was paid per diem and the next two years was ordinary pay. They (underwriters) wanted
to see James W4 which was in transit in the mail to
our new address as we had started the new delivery.

After many phone calls, fax messages that our broker
did on our behalf too, back and forth to Werners to get
copies etc the underwriters were finally satisfied and
we moved on Friday evening after James finished work.
James was able to get back on his route for the few
days while we waited which helped our finances.

I found this last minute delay very hard to comprehend because I thought that the house would not go into Escrow until all the paperwork etc had been finalized and Escrow was the 'safety net' that one could not possibily be facing the possibility of loosing the home you were trying to buy and payed out money for expections etc that you could loose this too.

We stayed the night at a motel just down the road from our house as it was 3am and our agent had the key, and could not meet us until 11.30am. When we got up James went out to the removal van with our vehicle on a tow trailer and moved it forward and the tow bar (hitch) was frozen solid and broke, so we had to call out the service person to come and fix which was a delay of an hour.

We unloaded the van much slower than anticipted because it was so cold with snow on the ground and it was nearly dark so decided to take the van back next day. This took us in excess of 4 hours to find their depot and after asking many people - their route instructions were on the right track, The Budget Depot was in only visable one way e.g. travelling south and we travelled north and could not see it!

Being Sunday there was no one in the office so left the keys in the drop off box and James would call them next day about our return of deposit. Guess what? We find that they have taken out more money from our credit card with the excuse of us being late (James explained we were delayed because of the broken hitch and we did not know our way around to bring the van back in the dark) So these theives have not only kept our deposit they also have taken more money from our bank account! Their instructions were different to what we were told from Cheyenne branch as we were given extra days which we paid for.

We were going to go with Penske and Budget called us with a deal that worked out better because we would get our deposit returned - this end the deal seems to be null and void and it has cost us much more than Penske would have been!

James and I are tired of people ripping us off! There
does not seem to be a way of 'putting things right' with
services, purchases, rentals etc because you are always
dealing with 'middle or front people' who do not have any authority, while the people who can change terms
etc are hidden away from the customers upstairs or wherever!!

Well, I have had my 'vent' now onto getting back to
meeting and thanking you all.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:47:14 GMT

Hello Myrna,

Thank you for stopping by with your best wishes.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver
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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:43:42 GMT

CONGRATULATIONS,AMANDA!!
I would have been in here earlier but didn't know the forum was up.... God bless you and James always.
Thanks for being such a great networker here in Adlandpro too and best of blessingin Jerky Direct, TPSU and all your ventures! I am blessed to call you a friend!
Love in Christ,
Carla :)

PS... to the balloon lady, is this enough balloons??

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Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:09:44 GMT

Hello Carla,

Thank you for you blessings and best wishes my Jerky
and TPSU friend and downliner. It has been a very eventful week!

Are these balloons all for me...*lol* Thank you.

Amanda

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:18:48 GMT

Congratulations Amanda!

I very much enjoyed reading your bio. I could relate to some of your experiences growing up...especially in school. I am glad that you are happier now and that above all you love and belong to Jesus Christ. All the experiences you had growing up are what God used to shape you to be the beautiful person you are today.

I hope you will enjoy this week as our Queen of Adland.

God Bless,

Leonard

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:20:21 GMT

Hello Leonard,

Thank you for your best wishes.
I am glad you enjoyed my bio and are able to
empathsize with me, growing up. This does make a difference when you understand and can relate and especially our school years.

I do not think school years for some are ever going to
be different or get easier - children will always
notice and pick on the ones who do not fit the mold.

However, teachers should know better as they are
adults and suppose to be wiser - yet I know that
there are children and students who will 'push buttons'
just because they can to get a reaction.

I agree, we each have to 'go through the fire' of our
respective lives and experience disappointments,
frustrations, heartaches, hurt, crisis, glad and sad,
birth and death etc to build character that you can
draw upon to help someelse who is going through
their own difficulties and be a support to them.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:33:39 GMT

CONGRATS AMANDA!

May you always be blessed and have a wonderful week as POTW.

God Bless!
Marion

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Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:20:42 GMT

Hi Amanda,

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU!

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

YVETTE

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:25:05 GMT

Hello Yvette,

Thank you for good wishes and congratulations.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:22:24 GMT

Hello Marion,

Thank you for your good wishes and this cute little
kitten pic. I love it!

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:15:46 GMT

Thanks to the invite John!

"Congratulations Amanda", enjoy your week in the "SpotLight" !!!

Warm Regards

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:27:43 GMT

Hello Florence,

Thank you for your warm wishes.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

Team Leader

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:33:22 GMT

Thank you John.
Amanda, who could ever guess by your lovely smile and peaceful face that you have overcome so much?
Your story illustrates very well the wide, wide swing that has taken place in dealing with children. Now its too far the other direction.
Your unshakable faith is an example to hold on no matter what.
Congratulations and much love and happiness for the rest of your life-you have earned it!

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Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:43:13 GMT

Hello Joyce,

Thank you for you comment on my smile as you
have touched what has been said to me for years.
People often said to me 'butter would not melt in
my mouth' I did not fully understand this saying,
however over the years I have kinda got a grasp on
what they mean.

I am resilient, I do not get down and depressed for
long, I have a large quantity of hope which sustains
me through everything. Without this Hope and faith
to see me through I would be rendered defenseless
and just could not cope and would just lay down give
up and die.

I smile and laugh a lot as well as giggle. Sometimes
I giggle while talking and was once a habit because
I was self consciencious and did not have a lot of
confidence - now it is just part of who I am and I
accept this.

Yesterday when James and I were signing our paper
work on the house closing the Broker said to me that
I am a happy person and understood why people in
America are drawn to me (one is my 'Kiwi' accent - I
had said in our conversation that being in a new city
was not a problem for me because I can start up a
conversation with anyone, because on the whole Americans are so friendly)..and he said I am smiling while I am talking - I did not realise this was so pronouced. One does not see what they are doing

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Tue, 30 Jan 2007 04:11:38 GMT

Bless your heart Amanda! Your life story is amazing, and you deserve all the happiness in the world from here on in.

Your story does have a happy ending and I live for happy endings.

Congratulations my friend! We wish you the best of all that life has to offer.

Love and Hugs!

Luella May and John Elliott, aka Oaky Wood

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:51:56 GMT

Hello Luella May,

Thank you for the pretty card and your warm wishes.

Each of us are pioneers too yet many of us do not
believe that our life's story has or is anything special
than the people whom have written theirs down and
sold in books.

People's lives are amazing, not just mine but anyone
who cares to share theirs with the rest of us because
it gives us hope, inspiration etc. something that we
can all identify with in some way.

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:31:54 GMT

Hi Amanda! :-)

Welcome back!

You're finally getting a chance to enjoy your POTW forum.

You will be blessed by the many posts here.

Take care my friend! ;-)

John Sanchez

If I’m not on your friends list please invite me!

John 13:34 (Whole Chapter)
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

John 13:35 (Whole Chapter)
By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:09:59 GMT

Hello John,

Thank you for your warm welcome back.

Yes, James and I have had a crazy week, relocating
and all its excitement and headaches are quite stressful and elateful..

Yes it has been wonderful to read so many messages and indeed a great blessing

Kind regards
Amanda Martin-Shaver

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:55:45 GMT

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:56:34 GMT

Hi Sir John,

I have not had the pleasure to begin to know Amanda yet ..Featured POW I know I had been missing out :-)

Congratulations Amanda ! My best to your success Enjoy your week :-) Lee

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:12:52 GMT

Hi Amanda,

Congratulations on winning the POTW!

Enjoy your week.

Take care,

Bob

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:53:14 GMT

Hi Amanda,

It's John Elliott here,

I've known Amanda and James for a very long time amongst our community, way before TC4Women.

You are and continue to be a wonderful brave woman, so loving and so caring, the many long letters we have exchanged in the past were very deep and thoughtful. You have always been the purest of souls, a true angel. You certainly deserve this wonderful accolade.

I send both you and James all of my love and best wishes, and although we don't talk much these days, know that you are always in my heart, the pair of you, and I wish you much happiness.

Love and peace Amanda Always

John

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:34:38 GMT

Hello Amanda,
Congradulations, it is great to see you here.
You are a good friend.

Rose

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:23:20 GMT

Hi Amanda,

It is truly an honor to be your friend. Have a wonderful week and BE BLESSED!!

Gracie

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:07:20 GMT

*CONGRATULATIONS AMANDA*

Have A Fantastic Week as our Queen for POTW, all the very best to you :)

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:28:42 GMT

Congratulations Amanda
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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:49:26 GMT

Amanda, Congratulations on POTW. Keep Serenity with you at all times. It works.

God, Grant me the serenity, to accept the things I can not change. Courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. Amen.

I wish you nothing more than the best Amanda. You have worked very hard for this.

Peace, Sharon

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 09:39:44 GMT

Hi Everyone! 8)

Amanda is moving so that's why she's behind on her replies.

She'll be back as soon as she gets a chance.

Thank you for taking the time to Congratulate her.

John Sanchez

If I’m not on your friends list please invite me!

John 13:34 (Whole Chapter)
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

John 13:35 (Whole Chapter)
By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

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Re: Welcome To The 79th Edition Of The Person Of The Week!!!

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:24:38 GMT

Congratulations on being POTW. Your story is awesome
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