Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Your Opal Team Leaders

Senior Executive Team Leader Bobbi Giles!
I have four kids ages 14-22 who were lucky to grow up with amazing kids' books! I've been with Usborne for 13 years and am LOVING it more than ever. I started because I loved the books and needed money. Now it's grown into so much more! I LOVE helping others find success, having something for me and all the friendships I have made that never would have happened without UBAM! My favorite books right now are any of the illustrated stories, Tale of two beasts and Nursery rhymes w/slipcase. And always TNM.

Hi I'm Brittany! I have four little kids, Meredith, 6, Emmett, 4, Nathaniel, 2 and Amos, 1. I live in St. Louis, where I grew up, but we lived in Utah for almost four years. My husband sells insurance to mainly churches and ministries (which is a new career for him!). We've been married 10 years and actually celebrated our 10th anniversary on the UBAM cruise back in August. I have a BA in philosophy and religion and a MA in exegetical theology from Covenant Theological seminary in St. Louis. One of the things that attracted me to Usborne in the first place was all the language books! I have studied several languages, and I studied abroad in Italy in college. I love to travel; my husband and I have been working on visiting all the US national parks (we have visited 11!) and I also like to quilt and do crafty things, along with playing piano and drums. I play drum set or hand drum two Sundays a month at church. My older two kids go to a university model school, which means they attend school two days a week and are home schooled the other three days. I've just recently begun doing admin work for the school as well, which I actually really enjoy. In order for my husband to switch careers and take a pay cut so we could move back to family, UBAM actually picked up the slack! we wouldn't have been able to make this move without it. It also gave us the cash flow to purchase our first home last fall. (It might also give me some extra money to fund my coffee addiction ðŸ˜‰ ) I love working this business and helping others reach their goals and change their lives as well.

My name is Bobbie Murphy! I am a mother to 3 great kids, a girl who is 8 years old, and boy girl twins who are 6 years old. My husband and I have been married for almost 13 years. He sells Car parts at a car dealership in Provo UT. I am a full time college student now studying education at Western Governors University (WGU) an online program which I’m loving so far. I also Substitute teach at a few local Elementary Schools and I do Usborne and have for just over 3 years. When I’m not busy doing any of these things, I like to volunteer at my kids school, read, watch College Football (Go Oklahoma SOONERS), and play games with my family.
As far as my UBAM business goes… I totally regret not working my business for the first 3 months. I promoted when I had been with the company for 1-1/2 years and did it because I’m extremely competitive and when a friend promoted BEFORE me I knew I had to join those ranks quickly. It’s been a tough road since then, but I am so grateful for all of the friendships I have made while working my business and the support of many who help me more than they know!

Hi! I'm Kristen Powell, from Manchester, MD and I have 4 kids: Jack age 9, Thomas age 7, Jane and Andrew (twins) age 5. I've been married 16 years to Jim who is the Executive Worship Pastor at our church here in Carroll County, MD. I have a degree in Business and one in European History from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA (where I met my husband who went to VMI) but I grew up in TEXAS. Jim and I have lived in Texas, Virginia, Utah, and Maryland (we've been in Maryland for 6 years). I really love books (duh), art, design, gardens, Ben & Jerrys, and building with legos. I LOVE encouraging and helping others figure out what it is that God made them to do and how to go and do that! I am thankful for earplugs, oxiclean, and Usborne because this Pastor's family could use some extra $ for sports and all the chocolate it takes to keep me chasing after these high-energy kids. Usborne also PAID for tuition for private Kindergarten for my twins ....and they are going to a fabulous 3/4 day Kindergarten (which means all my kids go to school 5 days a week FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER) Which means now I get to go to yoga class all by myself. WORD. I never, ever, ever thought I would be in Direct Sales. But Usborne has been one big fun surprise and a true blessing for my family.

Hello! My name is Julie Lesinski and I live in Delaware Ohio. I met my husband Scott over the phone through work while he was living in Atlanta. I flew down one weekend to meet him and it was love at first sight. Now we've been together 15 years, married for 12! I'm a stay at home mother of 2 boys. They are ages 3 and almost 5. I've always been a huge book lover and I'm happy to see that so far my boys are as well! I started selling Usborne books because I liked that they were different from some of the other books I've seen. I've also found that they have a fun way of encouraging my very stubborn 4 year old to learn. In the past I sold Tastefully Simple but I was no where near as successful. Usborne is our way of saving for college for the boys and having extra money for play.

Hi! I am Emily DeWitt, and I have been with Usborne 3 years this month! I have a very rambunctious little boy who is 4, and a baby girl who is 20 months old next week and completely full of spit and vinegar. A little about me, I was born and raised in Payson, UT and am happy to now be raising my family here too. My husband and I met shortly after I graduated high school at a church activity. We dated long distance for 10 month when I left for school and were married after I finished my first year at Westminster College in SLC. We have now been marries a little over 6 years. When we decided to start a family and put my husband through school at the same time we were looking for something to supplement our income and still allow me to stay home but mostly I wanted to build a library for my son which we could most definitely not afford to build it to my liking. I found Bobbi at our local city days festival and fell in love with the books. Originally intending to just book a party to get some books for my then 14 month old little boy, at the encouragement of my wonderful husband I joined. Three years later, after a lot of hard work, struggles, and frustrations I promoted to team leader and I am so excited to see what other opportunities Usborne can provide for my family.
I love sewing, making crafts, reading, playing with my kids, and singing with my church choir. 


Hello! I am Rissa Woods from Tooele Utah. I met my husband in 7th grade math class, we started dating our senior year in high school 10 years ago, and have been married for 5 years now. We have 2 beautiful children, Maezie age 3 (4 in December) and Cole age 1 (2 in January). We also have 2 min pin/jack russel mix dogs named Maverick and Sherriff who are 8 years old. I am a stay at home mom and I teach dance part time as well. My husband works for FedEx freight and usually long hours but is home with us every night. I joined Usborne a little over a year ago. I grew up hating reading and wanted a different life for my kids. Originally signed up just for the discount and it took off for me. I have tried many direct sales companies and none have worked for me like Usborne. Promoting to team leader was probably the hardest thing I have ever done, and I had a med free home birth with my second! I had a ton of obstacles to promote and fought through them all thanks to Bobbi. 




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