Hi, I’m Jemima

I’m a mum of two and wife to an amazing man, Matthew. We’re missionaries following God’s call to Brazil. Our journey started about a year and a half ago when God told us, to move with our 11-month-old son (I was pregnant at this time) 7,164 km from our home country to Brazil. Leaving behind our family, community and all that we knew. It’s been an adventure of faith, learning to trust Him in new and deeper ways.

I didn’t have a live-in village when I had my daughter. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. The contrast between caring for my son alongside three other people and caring for my daughter alone was HUGE. I didn’t have an emotional, mental, or spiritual village, apart from the times I would chat with my mum. I think that was the toughest part of the journey. I felt abandoned and I really needed a community of women in that season.

A few months postpartum, I started checking on other new mums I know, and we all had a lot to say. We all just felt better after ranting to each other. I didn’t want any new mum to go through ‘Matresence’ alone. I put up an Instagram post inviting new mums to an online meetup on Zoom, a no-judgment zone, where we were free to rant, chat, laugh, and pray together. Several new mums signed up for the meeting and after that, we opened an online group where we could check in on each other between meetings, and A New Mums Room was birthed.

This publication is an offshoot that will feature other mothers occasionally but is mostly my reflections, thoughts and encouragement about mother and life in general, while also sharing my creative outlets.

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