Friday, December 6, 2013

Mentor Mom Introduction #3

Introducing…
Nancy Kopsa
Nancy has been involved with MOPS programs for over 10 years. She enjoys her participation in MOPS because of all the good connections she makes with the mothers at her table(s).

Nancy is married to Gary. They’ve been married 46 years. 45 of those years have been spent in Sheridan! They have 2 daughters who are both married. Their oldest lives in Sandpoint, Idaho and has 6 children. The younger lives in Castlepines, Colorado and has 3 children. One of these precious little ones was adopted from China. With such a large extended family, Nancy is busy being Grandma!

One of Nancy’s favorite Bible verses (it is so hard to choose just one, isn’t it!?) is John 15:5. Or rather, the last part of John 15:5 - Jesus says, “Apart from me you can do nothing.” Nancy likes this because it reminds her that we may do many things, all day and night long, but we can do nothing of real value apart from Jesus.

Here are a few of Nancy’s other favorite things:

-       lemon cake with cream cheese frosting
-       the color red
-       a good long walk outside by herself or with a friend
-       1,000 Gifts by Ann Voskamp

Nancy’s spiritual gifts are the gift of encouragement and the gift of teaching children.

She does not like to be messy. And thus, Nancy deals with messes quickly.

Nancy recommends Honey for a Child’s Heart by Gladys Hunt for all us moms. It is a resource for finding excellent books of different age levels. It is especially good for finding books for (important!) family read aloud time.

She wants to remind us all how important it is for us to go out on dates with our hubbies. Remember that time away is very special to both of you. She also urges us all to remember that as husbands and wives, as parents, we are both on the same “team.”

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