Helllllo! :)

I kept meaning to post a bio (on the new
blog) and I've finally got around to it!  I feel like I've just done this,
but I can't find my original post so here goes a new one... {déjà vu} :)

My name is Marla and I have lived in
Centreville, VA my whole life.  I have an awesome family; an older brother
(and soon-to-be sister-in-law), older sister, brother-in-law, 3 year-old
nephew, and a niece due end of May (I'm hoping she'll make her grand arrival
before I leave for Kenya).  I'm also part of a German Dance Group: Alt
Washingtonia, and have been in it since birth.  It has been a huge extended family to me.  I love my family and friends so much
and have been so blessed to have so much support from all of them in everything
I do.   

I am a proud Virginia Tech hokie and
expect to graduate May 2012 with an Interdisciplinary Studies degree:
concentrations in History, Sociology, and Music.  Who knows what I'll do
after that... I'm hoping to have a better idea when the time gets closer.
 However, I do have passions that would be awesome to use to glorify God.
 I love singing, music, creating things, art, traveling, helping people,
and laughing. :)  So, ideally I'd like to do something that encompasses
most of those things.

I can't wait for Kenya!  This will
be my first over-seas mission trip and all these experiences that go along with
a mission trip have been very new to me.  Raising support has definitely
been a picture of God's grace and power.  It has been an exciting part of
the trip and I know God will provide.  I can't wait to meet everyone on
the trip and see what God has in store for us and the people we'll encounter.  

See everyone in a matter of weeks!

God Bless,

Marla