Marie Abelian, a well-educated and beautiful young woman, chose to suffer hardship with her people, God's people, rather than enjoy the pleasures of this world for a season and save herself from misery and destruction.
Forced from their pleasant homes and surroundings, with nothing more than what they could carry with them, Marie, her family, and many thousands of Armenian families in Turkey started across country on what became known as the death march or white massacre-a living death. Their destination? The Syrian desert. Few would ever reach there; fewer would survive if they did. But somehow Marie kept in her heart a hope and a song. She claimed God's promises. She lived to tell the story of those awful years.
Hungry and cold, sick with malaria, ever terrified of being kidnapped and/or raped, Marie earnestly asked her heavenly Father to send the angel of the Lord to camp about them and deliver them from their enemies.
God never turns a deaf ear to those who seek Him. In this book Marie tells her story; and she hopes to inspire every young person to stand firm for right, assured that God will work for and with him. His promises are sure to all who claim them.
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