Leadership Team/Mentor Moms

Hi ladies! For those of you who are unable to attend GUM (overseas) or did not make it to the first meeting, here is the flyer that was passed out.

Elizabeth Gregorich

I have two boys.  Levi is 4 years, Silas is 21 months and baby # 3 due in January. GUM is a place I can be real about being a not so perfect mom, laugh about the funny things and pray about the tough things. I am encouraged in the role God has given me and blessed to share with other moms too.  I love being a wife and mom. I stay home with my boys.  I love this church and learning more about the Lord from His Word and fellowship with others. Sometimes I have to force myself to talk, because I’d much rather listen.  My husband makes me laugh.  He can be a goof sometimes. My children make me laugh.  When other people laugh really hard, it’s hard not to laugh with them.

Mari Higerd  

 I have 1 husband, Gabe, and 3 girls, Caroline (6) Annabelle (5) and Grace (3) with one baby on the way due in February! I've been part of a MOPS/moms group/GUM since Caroline was a baby and would intentionally throw up each time I dropped her off - true story. GUM has been my hands down favorite. I don't think I would have survived these 6 years of motherhood without the understanding ears, laughter, and good food :) I love all the moms in GUM and can't wait to get to know everyone even more. I can't remember what I used to do in my free time, but I'm a football fan (Go APU!) and a thrift store shopper.

Manda Robinson 

  

I have one child, Ezra, who is 2 ½ with baby #2 due in Nov.  GUM (for me) is a place that I can vent my insecurities about motherhood and get prayer and encouragement for them.  I love working part time as a Physician Assistant and balancing that with being a mom/wife.  I enjoy art (other people’s, not my own), organizing, baking cupcakes, and trying new things. Things that make me laugh are puns and my son’s dancing. 

Stacy Thompson 

I have two boys.  Jordan is 4 ½ years and Lucas is 22 months. GUM is where I am able to share the good, the bad & the ugly, and to know that I am not alone in this journey of motherhood.  It is a place of safety, honesty, advice, laughter, love, encouragement, and prayer.  I am thankful that we have mentor moms who have traveled this path before us & can guide us, listen to us and tell us “it may not seem like it now, but you’ll make it through the hard times”.  I love to read, get together with friends and family, go for walks, and bake.  My husband and my boys make me laugh every day.                  

                       

Amie Wagenbrenner 

I have two girls.  Mya is 4 years and Winter is 2½ years.  GUM keeps me sane.  When I get home from a morning with other moms, I feel refreshed and recharged.  It also helps me remember that I cannot do it on my own. I need Jesus.  I love to be around people. I hate staying at home which doesn’t make me a very good stay at home mom J I adore my girls and I feel so blessed to have married such an amazing man. I’m pretty easy going unless I’m driving or my house is a mess.  I love to sing and dance and I’m into health and fitness.  I’m a bit of a perfectionist.  I’m fairly neat and I don’t like knick knacks or chotchkies that clutter my house probably because I grew up in a super messy small home.  I tend to like sarcastic humor and burps and farts have always amused me.

Aileen Jones 

I have been married to my very funny husband for 36 years.  I have a son, 26 & a daughter 30, & a very new son-in-law,29!  GUM is my very favorite ministry.  I love everything about it, and often feel I get more out of it than the mamas! I am a mid-50's woman who loves God, my family and travel!  I am fascinated by people and love getting to know new people I meet!  I also enjoy gardening, exercise, baking and reading.  

Cindy Kinnoin

I have been married to my husband, Carl, for 28 years. We have three children: Jill, who is 25 and lives in Santa Rosa, Laura, who is 23 and is earning her teaching credential at Cal Poly and Zack, who is 20 and is a junior at Cal Poly Pomona. I attended a mom's group when my children were preschoolers. I couldn't wait to go. When I left the house, I didn't walk, I ran to moms! I needed the love, encouragement and community of other moms going through the same things I was. It was such a blessing and a lifeline for me. I am so looking forward to being a GUM mom mentor this year. I like to travel, garden, decorate and hang out with my twelve-year-old Boston Terrier, Chessie.

Kathie Speck

I have been married to Dave for 32 years.  We have two children.  Our daughter, Stacy (30), is married to David and has two children, Jordan and Lucas.  Our son, Kevin (28),  is married to Kristen.  Stacy and David attend COD and Kevin and Kristen attend Grace Church of Glendora.  I love to read and ride my horse, Comanche! I feel so privileged to be a mentor mom for GUM.  Being a mom of a pre-schooler can be both an amazing joy and overwhelming.  To see young mom’s interact with each other and to strengthen their walk with the Lord is a blessing.  Watching them laugh, cry, pray and draw                                                       closer together is a gift God has gives to us “old women”  Feeling                                                             blessed!