Marita

Over the years, Marita has been developing a public platform of her own. She enjoys speaking to women, girls, and youth, and it has been a treat whenever she filled the pulpit on Father's Day giving Les the "day off". Her style is one mixed with humor that walks right into the depth of God's word and how it can be applied to our daily lives.

A gifted vocalist, Marita has sung to audiences as small as a dozen on up to over 1,000. Her song choices are often one of hope in times of trouble and joy in times of sorrow. 

Although Marita has dabbled with the written word in various forms, she really began to improve and expand her writing in depth when she joined Faithwriters. Currently she has over twenty short stories scheduled to be published in anthologies by Faithwriters. She is working on two novels along with a novel project in collaboration with several other authors, Orphan Plane, with Peculiar People Books.

She blogs whenever she can fit it in and has been in high demand among her writing circle of friends across the nation and into Canada for personalized blog designs and coaching individuals as they develop their online presence. 

Marita writes and blogs under the pseudonym Mari LaVell. You can find her blog at MariLaVell.com and her blog design page at Free2Be Designs.