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Let me introduce the most awesome group of team mates anyone could ever have! Not only are they my very good friends, but I also have the pleasure of working with them to bring this forum to all of you, each and every week;

and myself;

Here are the qualifications that will be used in the selection of each honoree. People that are selected will be recognized based on:

1. Acts of kindness that they show to their fellow man.

2. Must be willing to help others, and treat people in a kindly manner.

3. Have a good-hearted nature, and shows it through all that they do.

4. Must be a positive role model, and set a good example

5. Must be professional, avoids negativity, and promotes success through faith and hard work

So, if you know of anyone here at AdlandPro that are not necessarily "high profile" people per say, and that don't get the recognition that they deserve, let us know. We will be helping to get people recognized that should be *A SHINING STAR*. All nominations must be in by Saturday and please tell us why you believe the person deserves to be recognized.

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The meaning of the name GEKETA;

From the information I found I believe that Geketa is a French name, a form of Marguerite, and here is what I found out;

Here is GEKETA'S bio;

Geketa was born on  May 6th 1954 in  Cincinnati, Ohio to a very young mother, who in turn gave her to her mom to take care of, as she could not cope. Geketa says she is proud to be born on the same day that her Jewish state of Israel gained independence.
 
When Geketa's grandpa died, her grandma moved to Kentucky, and Geketa got to go to elementary school there which she loved.  However, in 1964 Geketa found herself being adopted by her Uncle and Aunt, who had no children of their own. So finally Geketa had a stable home and family of her own.  They went to live in Georgia. Geketa found herself doing all the normal things a young girl of her age would do, going to school, having friends, and then finally at the age of 15 the dating began.
 
Very soon she found herself pregnant with her first daughter, had to put her life on hold, have her baby, and then resume studies one year later. Now with only a high school education and a 2 yr old, to take care of, life was becoming tough. She worked all kinds of jobs to make ends meet. But being a Go-getter as she is, that was not enough for her. So she packed her bags and left town with her daughter, and returned to her Grandma's place in Kentucky. Once there, she worked nights and attended business school by day. On completion, she got herself a regular job at the court house at Downtown Cincinnati. However that did not last long and she went on to attend University  in northern Kentucky, and thoroughly enjoyed it there, but with hanging out with the wrong type of friends, got into drugs and stuff. Life started to become a mess. Geketa's minor at college was Theater, and she had high ambitions for herself and visioned  herself to be famous one day. 

With the visit of Jackson Browne to her college one summer, Geketa's life took a new turn. She met the engineer of the band who owned a production company, and for the next  5 yrs Geketa had a job at his company called Clear Lite, and worked with various bands like The Cars,( they opened for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) Boston, Fleetwood Mac , Heart and the list goes on she says. Geketa never got to go back to University to complete her studies. But she liked doing what she was doing and that was traveling. But the inconsistency of work and income made Geketa reevaluate her situation, and she made a choice to give it all up for a regular job and life for her daughter and herself.
 
Finding herself in Houston Texas, and still messing around with drugs, Geketa found herself a regular job at a construction company as an analyst and the pay was good. But due to her addiction, she found herself broke most of the time.
 
 It was in the year of 1979 that she met a nice gentleman, who told her about 'JESUS' Geketa admits to not being religious, and having any faith at all in spite of her Jewish heritage. In other words, G-d was far from her life !  But in Feb; 1979, it all changed. As she gave her life to Jesus, and started to believe in who HE  was, her own life started to change drastically, she overcame her addiction, got cleaned up and met a  nice Christian man [or so she thought]' and was married in 1980. They formed a new company together and started to make lots of money, and went on to have 2 lovely daughters. But all that happiness was short lived, for just after the birth of her 2nd daughter, her husband  started the physical and mental abuse…the more Geketa tried hard to make it work the worse it got….so she moved to Freeport, and got herself a divorce. Working as manager for a big chain pizza outlet, life was stable for a while till she met with a nasty accident, which left her unable to work, so she found herself packing once again and moving back to Kentucky .
 
Once there, she met her present husband and went on to have  4 wonderful sons with him, whom she home schools, they all live in a farm at Owenton, Kentucky surrounded by 132 acres of forest land. Geketas life is still one process of growing, but for now she is happy to be living one day at a time. She enjoys the time spent with her  sons, and their activity in the Messianic Congregation, Lexington, where Geketa is a member of their prayer team , and dance troupe. She started her online biz; as a referral travel agent, and now has www.Holmanworldwidetravels.com.
 
Behavior modification has worked for her. Geketa says that there were many times where she had to deal with loneliness  and many bouts with depression, anxiety and panic attacks.She once spent 2 years in the house without leaving.  Until 1999 when she found a program that re- teaches cognitive behavior, she had taked every drug on the market till this time none or them worked for her.  She retakes this program at least once a year  to keep away from any  bad habits from coming back.  she says she might have come from a dysfunctional family, but that does not mean she has to be dysfunctional.  She honestly believes anyone can over come any problem they have, if they learn to eat it like an elephant, one bite at a time, and  live one day at a time.
 
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Let's all Congratulate GEKETA on being named one of this week's *SHINING STARS* If you are not a friend of GEKETA'S please send her an invitation to become your friend today! Here is GEKETA'S link;

http://community.adlandpro.com/go/313726/