Jessica Marshall
Name: Jessica Joy Marshall
DOB: October 4, 1978
Place where you were saved: I was saved at Camp Life in Bear Mountain, New York, when I was three and a half years old. Our family did the drama, “Dr. Law and Dr. Grace”, based on a message by Lester Roloff. I remember being convicted of my need and going to the front row where my mom was standing. She led me to the Lord that night.
Part you sing: mainly alto, sometimes soprano
Instruments: guitar, piano, mandolin
When you began singing: I was three or four. I started playing instruments in church when I was five or six. I didn’t start working on the guitar until I was seventeen.
Favorites
Restaurant: Cracker Barrel, Sonic, In-n-Out Burger, Outback
Store: Target, JCPenney, Marshalls
Food: steak, chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans
Soda: Coke, Vanilla Coke
Dessert: pie or cheesecake
Snack: crackers & cheese, apples
Ice cream: sherbet, mint chocolate chip
Past time: reading, being outdoors
Vacation spot: Montana
Music: Bluegrass, Celtic, some Classical
Songs: “It Is Well With My Soul”, “How Great Thou Art”
Bible Verse: “Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory;” I Peter 1:8
Place to stay: New England and Montana. I love a nice hotel or mission room any day!
Childhood memory: When my siblings and I were young, we used to play “haunted house” and “train robbery” on the bus while we traveled. I loved waking up at night and feeling warm and snug in my bunk as Dad drove on through the darkness.
Sports: basketball, volleyball, football
Hobbies: reading, reading, and reading….oh, yes, and crocheting…
Other notes of interest
Person who inspires you the most & why: The Lord Jesus Christ, first and foremost, because He died for me and cares for me every day. Secondly, my parents. They are incredible saints of God.
Person you would like to be & why: I just want to serve God in any capacity that He would desire of me.
Dislikes about the road: packing and unpacking, being cooped up in the van for hours
What makes road worthwhile: Seeing someone saved. Hearing a testimony of how a family has been encouraged or strengthened through our music. That does more for me than anyone could know!
Embarrassing moment on the road: I have been known to drop my mandolin pick right in the middle of a song…as well as dropping my guitar face down on the platform right before a song. Once while eating at a restaurant I squeezed a sour cream packet so hard it exploded and hit four people in the face across the table (including the pastor and his wife) before landing on the floor.