Up Out of Egypt (Helen Marsh) PAPERBACK

A STUNNING TRUE STORY OF REDEMPTION AND FORGIVENESS

Up out of Egypt is the personal story of Helen Marsh: a young, rebellious girl, who from the age of 12 was in search of fun. By the time she was 14, she became sick and when hospitalized, it was discovered that she not only suffered from glandular fever, but that she was pregnant.

To cover her wrong she lied again, telling her parents she had been raped. The police were called in and one lie lead to another...

When finally the truth about her life and lifestyle was revealed, and the mess she had created, her baby was given up for adoption; the law said she would never see her baby again. What pain and trauma she and her family suffered, yet faithfully and lovingly they stood by her and saw her through.

Sadly she did not learn from her hard lesson. Pregnant again at 15, and married at 16, the struggle now moved to teenage marriage, and the birth of three children in 3 years. But God endured, and Helen is not only still married to the same man she married at 16 years of age, but she also reunited with the daughter she relinquished.

Up out of Egypt reveals God's Grace, forgiveness, redemption and reconciliation. It is a story of His redeeming love.

REVIEW

I have had the pleasure of interviewing Helen Marsh and several members of her family regarding her remarkable life story.  Those interviews have been made into a multi-part series for Vision Christian Radio.  However, to get the full story, one must read her book, “Up Out of Egypt.”

The theme I have found in her life – and her son Geoff Marsh’s story – is that God will often use some of the most unlikely people to do some of the most remarkable things in His Kingdom.

For example, Helen’s story doesn’t start off too well: she was 14 years old, unmarried and pregnant and was forced to give her baby up for adoption.  Never knowing if she would ever see her daughter, Jan, again.  And then, things got worse.

But eventually, God touched her yearning heart and turned her life around.  And then Geoff’s life.  And then Jan’s life.  And many others who have been touched by their stories.  A wonderful story of redemption and restoration.

-          Eric Skattebo – Producer of “The Story” and “Real Faith”