Maricopa Motherhood was born from a desire to build community with the goal of walking out of loneliness and into a season with others. We are by no means perfect or experts, but we know we aren't the only ones feeling this way.

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Contributing editors Mandy Johnson and Jennifer Zimmerman met in a MOPS group, and through MOPS meetings, a book club, and working together in ministry, they realized their shared goal of reaching lonely moms in this community.
 

Mandy loves Jesus, married her husband in 2017 and does life blended with their four kids ages 8 and under. They moved to Maricopa shortly after getting married and at first, she fully believed the town was just a pivot place for her but recently began digging deep and setting roots. Mandy believes community is life-changing. Her prayer as you walk alongside Maricopa Motherhood Magazine is that you will not only grow closer to God but also to those around you to live life with others.
 

Jennifer is a Christ-follower, wife, and mother to three elementary-age kids. She and her husband married in 2006, just two months after Jennifer graduated high school. Most people thought they were crazy (which they were!), but through the ups and downs of their marriage, they are now more committed than ever to each other and their marriage. She and her family moved to Maricopa in 2020 at the start of the shut-down, and Jennifer found herself in an extremely lonely and isolated space, not knowing anyone other than family and without a way to meet other moms.

 

At this time, God put it on her heart to start a MOPS group, which she tucked away for over a year. In His faithfulness, God brought the promised group to Maricopa through a crazy series of events that could only have been orchestrated by a loving and caring Heavenly Father. Jennifer is passionate about sharing the journey of motherhood with other women, and she hopes that as you get to know her and Mandy a little better, you will be excited to live and build community here in Maricopa.