Rasa Von Werder (also known as Kellie Everts; born Rasa Sofija Jakstas, July 16, 1945) is a German author, former stripper, female bodybuilder, photographer, evangelist, mystic, contemplative, and founder of a church. She understands both Christianity and Yoga. She believes her Mission is to empower women, and to restore the worship of God as Mother. Personal life Kellie Everts, originally named as Rasa Sofija Jakstas, was born on July 16, 1945 in Calw, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Her Lithuanian parents, Stasys and Regina Jakstas, had fled from Lithuania (then part of the Soviet Union) under Stalin. The family ended up in a displaced persons camp, and in 1949 boarded the Navy ship USS Heintzelman bound for the US. Kellie’s parents were sponsored to stay in an ethnic community in Newark, New Jersey. Her father, a professor, created a Lithuanian school in the Church’s auditorium, on the heels of founding the first State Teacher's College in Kaunas, Lithuania. None of Kellie’s family spoke English when they first moved to New Jersey. At the age 5, Kellie was moved ahead a grade because of her artistic talents. She was considered a child prodigy. Her drawings were put into a children's gallery, and a Christmas card she drew at age 6 was mimeographed and hundreds of copies were distributed. After emigrating to the US, Kellie lived in several places in New Jersey and New York. She suffered mental and emotional abuse from her mother. Whenever Kellie got jobs, her mother would call up and have her fired. She was deprived of money for necessities like clothes and dental care. She was verbally abused and was told that she was unattractive and valueless. Upon leaving home, Kellie struggled to prove herself. After her parents separated, she then moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to live with her father. A month after finishing high school she ran away with the famous photographer of Marilyn Monroe, to Hollywood, CA, where she began her career in show business. She lived in Santa Monica next to the pier, where she married Stanley Everts in 1963 and had a daughter, also named Kellie. She later lived in the Pacific Palisades, then Beverly Hills, and then finally Hollywood itself. Stanley Everts passed away in 1966. After ten years of living in California, she returned to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where she spent 17 years total, from 1972 to 1989. There, Kellie started a successful business and