Marcus Doe's recounts his story as a Liberian refugee who lost his family and fled his country, and ultimately learns to forgive and find peace again. Marcus was born in Liberia, West Africa, in 1979. Affectionately nicknamed "Jungle Boy" by his family, he reveled in his childhood life and was hardly aware of the dangerous political climate swirling around him. But by mid-July 1990, a violent civil war erupted and Liberia was thrown into a time of fear, starvation, and death. Separated from his family, Marcus embarked on a remarkable journey to escape the war-ravaged country he loves and wounds that he carried in his memory. But God's light reached him in this darkness. Where he had been filled with hatred, Marcus slowly learned to forgive. Now his mission is to bring the hope and the peace of Christ to others. Marcus's life unfolds in four movements: first as a young boy living in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, during a period of growing unrest; second as a refugee fleeing from rebel forces that would kill him and his family without a second thought; third as a wanderer in foreign countries -- Ghana, the United States -- unable to return to his childhood home; and finally as an adult, coming to grips with the loss he experienced and longing to see his own healing extended to others still haunted by Liberia's suffering.
About the author:
Marcus Doe is a former refugee from Liberia and was orphaned by civil war in 1990 at age 11. He is a pastor at a church in Tucson. Marcus holds a Master of Divinity and is the Founder and CEO of We Reconcile, whose mission is to restore relationships between separated adult children and their fathers through a healing journey of forgiveness and reconciliation. He lives in Tucson, AZ with his wife and two kids.